Any other expectant Dads?
Discussion
mattfuey said:
Blown2CV said:
Look into the internet discussions on those milk prep things as there are downsides some of which might be dealbreakers. I think something to do with sterilisation and the heat of the liquid? Can’t remember.
From what I remember when we were looking at them before our first was born, the issue is when they haven’t been in use for some time & are empty. Can get mould build up in the lines.Essentially if you’ve got one, get rid of it when you no longer use it, don’t store it thinking you’ll use it again.
Lady Jambo did quite a bit of reading when I picked ours up - the reason they’re “not recommended” is that the manufacturers refuse to divulge their IP by explaining exactly how it works, apparently. Which is odd, because it’s hardly rocket science. I did some tests with ours that after shaking the hot shot on the milk powder it was still hot enough to kill anything, so I was happy enough.
And frankly, these are so widely used that if there was an issue there would have been a scandal before now.
mattfuey said:
Blown2CV said:
Look into the internet discussions on those milk prep things as there are downsides some of which might be dealbreakers. I think something to do with sterilisation and the heat of the liquid? Can’t remember.
From what I remember when we were looking at them before our first was born, the issue is when they haven’t been in use for some time & are empty. Can get mould build up in the lines.Essentially if you’ve got one, get rid of it when you no longer use it, don’t store it thinking you’ll use it again.
I genuinely hated all those bottle cleaning phases and fortunately we moved into 90% breastfeed only until solid food. I think he was still topping up with breastfeed until 1 year old though. Used those ready made small aptamils (with pre-cleaned nozzles) when necessary.
A quick question to experienced dads, have any of you used Au-Pairs before? I hear post Brexit the whole thing became quite difficult, but registering with an agency soon.
A quick question to experienced dads, have any of you used Au-Pairs before? I hear post Brexit the whole thing became quite difficult, but registering with an agency soon.
We have three kids. Three girls. I'm 37. The youngest will start school in September 2025.
Mrs is on about wanting another.
I'd like one, if I just didn't have to do a single thing for it until it was 2. Just about at a point where I am not permanantly exhausted, the kids sleep 7-7, works good, fitness back on track etc.
How much is a nanny or au pair?
Mrs is on about wanting another.
I'd like one, if I just didn't have to do a single thing for it until it was 2. Just about at a point where I am not permanantly exhausted, the kids sleep 7-7, works good, fitness back on track etc.
How much is a nanny or au pair?
JimmyConwayNW said:
We have three kids. Three girls. I'm 37. The youngest will start school in September 2025.
Mrs is on about wanting another.
I'd like one, if I just didn't have to do a single thing for it until it was 2. Just about at a point where I am not permanantly exhausted, the kids sleep 7-7, works good, fitness back on track etc.
How much is a nanny or au pair?
Nanny starts to make sense with two or more young kids I think. Mate of mine has one, I think it’s about £45k all in. Which is significantly cheaper than two sets of London nursery fees. Mrs is on about wanting another.
I'd like one, if I just didn't have to do a single thing for it until it was 2. Just about at a point where I am not permanantly exhausted, the kids sleep 7-7, works good, fitness back on track etc.
How much is a nanny or au pair?
I suspect it’s one of those things that only works if nursery where you live is expensive. Not sure on au pair but they’d need to live in the house which is a big difference. But they always used to be buttons by comparison. Not sure if laws prevent it and they just get min wage/pension etc these days.
Has anyone got any experience of an off-road/running buggy? My Mrs is quite keen on one, but the price ranges are wild.
Anything from £100 right up to £800.
We do have a lot of fire track and cycle paths around us, which the occaro pram is pretty useless on so I'm also quite keen, but don't want to spend a fortune. Has anyone used the Hauck runner? Seems good value for around £150
Anything from £100 right up to £800.
We do have a lot of fire track and cycle paths around us, which the occaro pram is pretty useless on so I'm also quite keen, but don't want to spend a fortune. Has anyone used the Hauck runner? Seems good value for around £150
Tim Cognito said:
We've got an out n about "nipper sport", wife used it a fair amount before baby turned into a 15kg+ toddler which is a bit of a haul on the hills around here.
No complaints, rolls well, some sort of primative suspension not sure how effective it is at damping anything.
That was going to be my suggestion. I haven't got one yet as we're not at 6 months yet so no point yet but I tried a few out at a baby show and it felt pretty good.No complaints, rolls well, some sort of primative suspension not sure how effective it is at damping anything.
https://outnabout.com/products/nipper-sport-v5-jog...
I've got a Nipper Sport and it's been great, regularly run with it, even run sub 22min parkruns with it on not great terrain. I use it to fetch my eldest from nursery a couple of times a week, been doing so for nearly 2 years now and the only issue was the foot brake sticking, a clean up and silicone spray and all is well again.
Little one doesn't mind a little bit of bouncing about in it, compared to a regular pram it's miles better at dealing with terrain. The only time I struggled was a field totally rutted from horses but a pram wouldn't have even got anywhere.
Downsides? No basket, just a bag on the back, so not as easy to carry a nappy bag etc. Steering around shops is awkward (but rarely do this) and you inevitably have to take at least the front wheel off to put it in a car, although this is easy to do (quick release).
We liked it so much we got a second hand double seat one for our newest arrival. There's plenty of used ones about and parts are readily available so no need to buy brand new.
Little one doesn't mind a little bit of bouncing about in it, compared to a regular pram it's miles better at dealing with terrain. The only time I struggled was a field totally rutted from horses but a pram wouldn't have even got anywhere.
Downsides? No basket, just a bag on the back, so not as easy to carry a nappy bag etc. Steering around shops is awkward (but rarely do this) and you inevitably have to take at least the front wheel off to put it in a car, although this is easy to do (quick release).
We liked it so much we got a second hand double seat one for our newest arrival. There's plenty of used ones about and parts are readily available so no need to buy brand new.
Any advice on the below folks?
My three and a half year old boy has recently started waking up at 4.48am on the dot pretty much every single day, there isn't anything I can do to get him back to sleep, he will stay in his bed if i'm next to it but otherwise he will inevitably wake up my wife and our 9 month old up as he wants everyone to start the day then. He's always been a bad sleeper and historically we'd get a lot of night wakes but then he'd at least not want to get up until 6am-ish (still early i know but feasible). Now he rarely wakes between 7pm and 4.48am but then he is up for the day. We've tried cutting all naps (hard when he wakes at 4.48am as he gets absolutely knackered later in the day understandably, and if we go anywhere in the car for longer than 10 minutes it's game over and he's asleep), we've tried later bedtimes, he just wakes at the same time anyway.
He has the Tommee Tippee clock that lights up when he is supposed to wake up, he just ignores it... the only thing that has worked for me in the past has been bribing him with a new matchbox toy if he stays in his bed until the clock wakes up... cannot do this forever unfortunately and it's not foolproof as depending on his desire to get up he will happily give up any bribes.
Anyone had a similar experience and got any tips for how to get him to wake later or at least try and get him back to sleep for a bit at 4.48am?
At this point i'd be over the moon if he just went to 5.30am... but 4.48am just feels like the middle of the night! That 4 is hard to get past.
My three and a half year old boy has recently started waking up at 4.48am on the dot pretty much every single day, there isn't anything I can do to get him back to sleep, he will stay in his bed if i'm next to it but otherwise he will inevitably wake up my wife and our 9 month old up as he wants everyone to start the day then. He's always been a bad sleeper and historically we'd get a lot of night wakes but then he'd at least not want to get up until 6am-ish (still early i know but feasible). Now he rarely wakes between 7pm and 4.48am but then he is up for the day. We've tried cutting all naps (hard when he wakes at 4.48am as he gets absolutely knackered later in the day understandably, and if we go anywhere in the car for longer than 10 minutes it's game over and he's asleep), we've tried later bedtimes, he just wakes at the same time anyway.
He has the Tommee Tippee clock that lights up when he is supposed to wake up, he just ignores it... the only thing that has worked for me in the past has been bribing him with a new matchbox toy if he stays in his bed until the clock wakes up... cannot do this forever unfortunately and it's not foolproof as depending on his desire to get up he will happily give up any bribes.
Anyone had a similar experience and got any tips for how to get him to wake later or at least try and get him back to sleep for a bit at 4.48am?
At this point i'd be over the moon if he just went to 5.30am... but 4.48am just feels like the middle of the night! That 4 is hard to get past.
Id definitely cut all naps now, is it now the sunrise waking him up?
We are in a running battle now with our 4.5 yr old and trying to keep the sun out of the room @ 7-8pm getting him to sleep. "but its silly sunny and blue sky outside" he says
As with all these things, it could just be a shortish phase that all kids go through.
How long has this been happening?
We are in a running battle now with our 4.5 yr old and trying to keep the sun out of the room @ 7-8pm getting him to sleep. "but its silly sunny and blue sky outside" he says
As with all these things, it could just be a shortish phase that all kids go through.
How long has this been happening?
Martin_Hx said:
Id definitely cut all naps now, is it now the sunrise waking him up?
We are in a running battle now with our 4.5 yr old and trying to keep the sun out of the room @ 7-8pm getting him to sleep. "but its silly sunny and blue sky outside" he says
As with all these things, it could just be a shortish phase that all kids go through.
How long has this been happening?
Trying to cut the naps, but as I say, logistically it can be difficult as all but the shortest car journeys result in him falling asleep (if he's woken up at 4.48am).We are in a running battle now with our 4.5 yr old and trying to keep the sun out of the room @ 7-8pm getting him to sleep. "but its silly sunny and blue sky outside" he says
As with all these things, it could just be a shortish phase that all kids go through.
How long has this been happening?
This latest development has been maybe 3 weeks... before that he'd go til around 5.20 most of the time, which isn't great but more palatable than 4.48, so it has shifted back by half an hour.
It's very dark in his room, we have a Bloc Blind and curtains over that, which is about as close to total blackout as we can get - That said, some light still gets through and it could well be that. He's also very aware that our baby daughter often ends up in my wife's room for one reason or another, which I think he's jealous of, as mostly he's waiting for the earliest opportunity to get into my wife's room.
okgo said:
We told our son, we will come in when it’s yellow, not before. Ignored him and he soon got the message.
kids usually adapt quickly if they know they aren’t going to get their way. Parents struggle to do this of course.
He just gets out of bed, comes down the hall and wakes up my wife and baby though. Do you lock him in his room?kids usually adapt quickly if they know they aren’t going to get their way. Parents struggle to do this of course.
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