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Amazing how quickly the bugs kick in once the weather changes. Just had the dreaded "she's crapped herself too many times today so you need to come and pick her up and not bring her back for 48 hours" call. I think this is the 3rd time since mid Sept we've had to go and pick her up for something.
Since we got back from holiday we've lost 5 days worth in about 2 weeks. Thats between 2 boys though. The one that has been the most delicate threw up again last night at 11:45 so no nursery for him today. Didn't tell nursery it was vomiting because otherwise he can't go in tomorrow. Hes absolutely fine but has just randomly thrown up a few times over the past couple of weeks.
A LOT of it going around nursery at the moment.
A LOT of it going around nursery at the moment.
We think for her it's actually something she's eating as this is the second time they've sent her home for it but she's been absolutely fine otherwise. No idea how we're going to manage to narrow it down though, she's a dustbin 
Well, after a good run our youngest finally started her inevitable “just started nursery bugs’. She lasted right up until the end of her third week minus 2 hours, our eldest was as sick as a dog after only 3 days when she started 18 months ago.
We’re so much more relaxed and objective about the appropriate care/actions this time round in terms of not panicking, knowing what actions to take etc etc.
Poor little thing is suffering but she’ll be ok in a couple of days.
Fortunately the other half has accrued a ridiculous amount of holiday during her maternity to cover it.
We’re so much more relaxed and objective about the appropriate care/actions this time round in terms of not panicking, knowing what actions to take etc etc.
Poor little thing is suffering but she’ll be ok in a couple of days.
Fortunately the other half has accrued a ridiculous amount of holiday during her maternity to cover it.
We've had a couple but nothing that's sent him home yet, though I know it's inevitable. Missing the fact that this time last year the boy was at 2 places, one on Tues & Thurs, so in the event we had one of these non issue 48 hour periods kick in, it wasn't ever that bad. Ofc would have kept him off if he was actually sick, but it was always a phone call followed by him running out of nursery without a care in the world.
Currently dealing with the transition from cot to bed at the minute. We had a good 2 months of him being great. Then a couple weeks ago he realised there was nothing stopping him just getting up out of bed, and also leaving his room. The **** eating grin he gives us when we're putting him back to bed is exceptionally triggering. Holding firm though. Hopeful theconditioning training will pay off soon 
Currently dealing with the transition from cot to bed at the minute. We had a good 2 months of him being great. Then a couple weeks ago he realised there was nothing stopping him just getting up out of bed, and also leaving his room. The **** eating grin he gives us when we're putting him back to bed is exceptionally triggering. Holding firm though. Hopeful the
Ours sounds similar, she eats everything and goes through phases of really un-solid nappies. Which yeah results in nursery binning her off from time to time even when she's totally well. It's just something called toddler's diarrhoea, which is basically their guts still learning how to form poo I reckon. One thing we did cut out which actually seems to have worked - but again there's tonnes of variables at play - is redy brek. I know oats are good for you in general, but I think being milled into a powder means it's digested a lot faster and isn't good for gut health. That and the millions of berries!We think for her it's actually something she's eating as this is the second time they've sent her home for it but she's been absolutely fine otherwise. No idea how we're going to manage to narrow it down though, she's a dustbin
Currently dealing with the transition from cot to bed at the minute. We had a good 2 months of him being great. Then a couple weeks ago he realised there was nothing stopping him just getting up out of bed, and also leaving his room. The **** eating grin he gives us when we're putting him back to bed is exceptionally triggering. Holding firm though. Hopeful theconditioningtraining will pay off soon
I'm not looking forward to this transition. We have them both in cots still at 2.5 and they are perfectly happy. One got out a few times about 6-8 months ago really easily but seems to be happy not to these days and the other one did a somersault out of it the one time he tried and hasn't tried since.
One of them loves to snuffle right up into the corner when he sleeps and the other likes squeezing himself across the short side of the cot despite him being far too long these days. Long may it continue. So much easier when you don't have to worry too much about stair gates and being woken up by a tiny face staring at you in the dark.
I've basically come to the conclusion it's something she's eating for breakfast at nursery as we've never seen one of these poo fountains and they only seem to occur post breakfast time at nursery and finish by the time one of us picks her up early afternoon.
So we've asked them to do a food diary so we'll see if we can narrow it down.
So we've asked them to do a food diary so we'll see if we can narrow it down.
If they're comfortable and have the space, why not! In hindsight we could have easily waited a lot longer, especially as we have one of those cots that turned into his bed. Done now though! Literally offered the cot sides back to the company we bought them from as they were local, so they could re-use them
What's people's experiences with nappies for new born babies?
One thing that really irritates me about my fiancé is she's obsessed with organic/bio things, something instilled in her by her mother. It's quickly becoming a source of major frustration for me because she'll blindly follow anything her Mum tells her.
We have an Amazon wish list for items for our first baby due in Feb (both side of family want to buy things, so I said we'll do a wish list but no pressure from my side for anything to be bought) - and we now have organic nappies on there....
The reviews aren't great at 4.1 and the negative comments appear to be around leakage and some find they dig into the child's legs since a design change. Obviously if you look at Pamper's products, some will also claim they have leaks which I guess can happen to any product due to variables such as size of the baby, movement, how well they've been fitted. TL/DR - I would rather go with a trusted brand over some brand I've never heard of.
One thing that really irritates me about my fiancé is she's obsessed with organic/bio things, something instilled in her by her mother. It's quickly becoming a source of major frustration for me because she'll blindly follow anything her Mum tells her.
We have an Amazon wish list for items for our first baby due in Feb (both side of family want to buy things, so I said we'll do a wish list but no pressure from my side for anything to be bought) - and we now have organic nappies on there....
The reviews aren't great at 4.1 and the negative comments appear to be around leakage and some find they dig into the child's legs since a design change. Obviously if you look at Pamper's products, some will also claim they have leaks which I guess can happen to any product due to variables such as size of the baby, movement, how well they've been fitted. TL/DR - I would rather go with a trusted brand over some brand I've never heard of.
We used Aldi but yeah Lidl/Aldi is the way forward for nappies. Less than a quid IIRC for a big pack for newborns, which is exactly what you want when you're drowning in pee/poo.Meh. Just get Lupilu stuff from lidl. Does the job perfectly fine
Just as good if not better than pampers at £lol price.
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I don't know about organic stuff but I personally prefer Pampers above generic supermarket brands.
We bulk bought a load of sizes from different brands(including Aldi etc) before she was born and I keep going back to Pampers. Others might disagree.
Also to note, we started off with Pampers wet wipes then when they ran out, switched to a generic one we bought off Amazon and my goodness were the rashes horrendous. We then got rid of the rash(by just using water and a sponge or cotton pads) and tried another Amazon brand we had and the same thing happened. Baby was in so much discomfort. We've vowed to stick to lukewarm going forward.
Agree on the quality and price, cannot argue with that.
I just (personally) feel Pampers keep the mess in better, you're not having to change vests and sleep suits due to mess escaping.
Edit: Advice would be to buy a few brands and try them out, see what works for you, you won't go wrong either way. Can't help with the organic argument.
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We use Kit & Kin, and have used Naty as well. They're both great, we just prefer the former.
I think it's really important to use biodegradable or more eco nappies because babies go through so many of them. I'm happy to pay the additional.
Edit: which are the 4.1 star?
I think it's really important to use biodegradable or more eco nappies because babies go through so many of them. I'm happy to pay the additional.
Edit: which are the 4.1 star?
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Funnily enough, it's the Naty brand (BioEmbrace Eco Newborn product) that has the 4.1 star, I noticed she also has some from a brand called Pura which also has 4.1 stars.
Ultimately it'll just be trial and error with brands I guess. Dealing with any mess will be okay in comparison to any rashes etc, we can just learn and try a different brand if they're leaking/not keeping the mess in.
We're going to try Pampers first as inlaws recommended them as said they're definitely better at keeping leaks in, some folks in the antenatal group have said Aldi ones are good though. Would like to know what the Sainsburys ones are like as that's where we usually shop but not had any direct reviews about them...
Personally wouldn't put any stock in organic ones. The volume you'll go through, and the amount of time they're worn for it just doesn't make sense. Could be worse, my OH was considering reusable ones for a while, I politely told her to do one.
Brands wise we had Fred&Flo from Tesco which were mostly fine, but ended up getting Pampers, as my sister recommended them from her experience of leaks with my Niece. We tried a few others but none of them were 100%. You will get some random leaks at some point when they're slightly too small, too big, too loose, too tight, the frills are folded inside the leg, the sheer volume of stuff in them, the list goes on.
Maybe get a pack of the organic ones and something more reasonably priced. When they're shown to be just as effective as each other, the savings should justify themselves.