Any other expectant Dads?

Any other expectant Dads?

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bgunn

1,416 posts

130 months

Thursday 21st February 2019
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Had the 20 week scan for our first on Monday; a girl.

All starting to get very real! Exciting..

scjgreen

571 posts

133 months

Friday 22nd February 2019
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Post 1st IVF Cycle Pregnancy Test Today


Don't want to get to Excited but it's Positive biggrin

The Moose

22,821 posts

208 months

Friday 22nd February 2019
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37 weeks yesterday. Guess we better buy the car seat, stroller and get the nursery sorted...

dojo

741 posts

134 months

Friday 22nd February 2019
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Guys can someone talk to me about prams??
I want one capable of bridleways etc...
Is it worth getting a travel system??
Thanks

Vaud

50,289 posts

154 months

Friday 22nd February 2019
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dojo said:
I want one capable of bridleways etc...
Mountain Buggy Terrain; had one for 6 years. Very well built.

ST_Nuts

1,487 posts

106 months

Friday 22nd February 2019
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ST_Nuts said:
20 week scan tomorrow.. Can't wait to find out what it is!
Everything looks perfectly healthy and 80% certain it's a girl biggrin

CharlieH89

9,079 posts

164 months

Friday 22nd February 2019
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bgunn said:
Had the 20 week scan for our first on Monday; a girl.

All starting to get very real! Exciting..
ST_Nuts said:
Everything looks perfectly healthy and 80% certain it's a girl biggrin
Welcome to the baby girl club biggrin

37 weeks yesterday. Sweep next Wednesday. Possible induction a few days later.

The baby has been above the line on the weight graph so they don’t want my wife to go into
40 weeks.

Would be made up if she came next weekend. Wife is really suffering this evening with pains.

Jonnny

29,387 posts

188 months

Saturday 23rd February 2019
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Good luck to all of the 'nearly time' Dad's.

My wife said she definitely would not do it again, she's now very open to the idea of another one at some point in the future, ours is only 14 weeks biggrin

Jasandjules

69,825 posts

228 months

Saturday 23rd February 2019
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dojo said:
Guys can someone talk to me about prams??
I want one capable of bridleways etc...
Is it worth getting a travel system??
Thanks
We got a Bugaboo Buffalo. Incredible for off road type stuff and foam filled tyres. Also easy to steer and use despite the size etc.

dojo

741 posts

134 months

Saturday 23rd February 2019
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Vaud said:
Mountain Buggy Terrain; had one for 6 years. Very well built.
This is what I was looking at, what's the deal with a new born and the attachment? I was looking to buy used but seem hard to come by?!

Vaud

50,289 posts

154 months

Saturday 23rd February 2019
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dojo said:
This is what I was looking at, what's the deal with a new born and the attachment? I was looking to buy used but seem hard to come by?!
The main bit of the push chair sort of folds down and the attachment lets you fit a car seat or a carrycot. I need to ask my wife how it worked - I will when she is back home.

We used the buggy for 6 years so far, it's a really well built piece of kit. It is even strong (and big) enough to take a tired 5 year old when touring the London museums. The space underneath is good for shopping, etc. It has great "kerb hop" for getting about. It's well balanced.

There are some good accessories - sunshade, waterproof cover, and a very, very warm winter sleeping bag. We noticed that if we pushed them to sleep, when we came back in the house the change in temp would wake them up. The fleece sleeping bag meant there were able to sleep outside by the back door, even when it was <0c...

It can be collapsed one handed (with practice) which is handy if you are juggling a baby/wriggling toddler in the other hand.

Downsides: not light. Accessories are pricey, but again very well made.
Also, its collapsed form is quite long - be sure to measure your car boot.

You could have had ours for but I need it for 18months more wink

We bought ours new, and I saw very few for sale at the time as used. It has had a few names though - it's the Terrain Buggy now, but it was the Mountain Buggy before so double check on ebay/etc.

The Moose

22,821 posts

208 months

Saturday 23rd February 2019
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Jonnny said:
Good luck to all of the 'nearly time' Dad's.

My wife said she definitely would not do it again, she's now very open to the idea of another one at some point in the future, ours is only 14 weeks biggrin
That’s how you know getting kicked in the nuts hurts more than having a baby.

I’d be surprised if you found many men who’d say “go on...kick me again”!

Shakermaker

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11,317 posts

99 months

Monday 25th February 2019
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dojo said:
Guys can someone talk to me about prams??
I want one capable of bridleways etc...
Is it worth getting a travel system??
Thanks
The useful part of a travel system is the ability to plug the car seat into the pushchair chassis. When they've fallen asleep and you need to pop into the shops for a few bits, you'll appreciate the flexibility it allows not having to lift them up and put them into a different seat and they can stay pretty much asleep.

From what I saw, most chassis will accept most brands of newborn car seat, you may need some adapters but it was definitely worth it in our opinion

Blown2CV

28,697 posts

202 months

Monday 25th February 2019
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Shakermaker said:
dojo said:
Guys can someone talk to me about prams??
I want one capable of bridleways etc...
Is it worth getting a travel system??
Thanks
The useful part of a travel system is the ability to plug the car seat into the pushchair chassis. When they've fallen asleep and you need to pop into the shops for a few bits, you'll appreciate the flexibility it allows not having to lift them up and put them into a different seat and they can stay pretty much asleep.

From what I saw, most chassis will accept most brands of newborn car seat, you may need some adapters but it was definitely worth it in our opinion
the guidance is that they shouldn't be in the car seat for longer periods than is necessary when they are very little and also to not really use car seats with adapters in the same way as you'd use a pram. It can be harmful and the car seat is more about protecting them in the event of a collision and so holding them tightly in position.

Separately, if you're getting a pram/buggy for muddier tracks you'll need big wheels so as to ensure the hubs and bearings are further from the mud, and it's a good idea to get stuff to clean it off with. I use a pack I got from Go Outdoors for cleaning walking boots, which comes with a stuff brush and some other bits. Also WD40 is useful.

Gary29

4,131 posts

98 months

Monday 25th February 2019
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Good luck to all those due in the next few weeks, exciting times!

Shakermaker

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11,317 posts

99 months

Monday 25th February 2019
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Blown2CV said:
the guidance is that they shouldn't be in the car seat for longer periods than is necessary when they are very little and also to not really use car seats with adapters in the same way as you'd use a pram. It can be harmful and the car seat is more about protecting them in the event of a collision and so holding them tightly in position.

Separately, if you're getting a pram/buggy for muddier tracks you'll need big wheels so as to ensure the hubs and bearings are further from the mud, and it's a good idea to get stuff to clean it off with. I use a pack I got from Go Outdoors for cleaning walking boots, which comes with a stuff brush and some other bits. Also WD40 is useful.
Correct. But that doesn't stop it being damn useful for those 10 minutes you need to spend going to the Post Office or similar!

Blown2CV

28,697 posts

202 months

Monday 25th February 2019
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Shakermaker said:
Blown2CV said:
the guidance is that they shouldn't be in the car seat for longer periods than is necessary when they are very little and also to not really use car seats with adapters in the same way as you'd use a pram. It can be harmful and the car seat is more about protecting them in the event of a collision and so holding them tightly in position.

Separately, if you're getting a pram/buggy for muddier tracks you'll need big wheels so as to ensure the hubs and bearings are further from the mud, and it's a good idea to get stuff to clean it off with. I use a pack I got from Go Outdoors for cleaning walking boots, which comes with a stuff brush and some other bits. Also WD40 is useful.
Correct. But that doesn't stop it being damn useful for those 10 minutes you need to spend going to the Post Office or similar!
absolutely yep smile done it myself plenty of times!

SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

252 months

Monday 25th February 2019
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Blown2CV said:
Shakermaker said:
Blown2CV said:
the guidance is that they shouldn't be in the car seat for longer periods than is necessary when they are very little and also to not really use car seats with adapters in the same way as you'd use a pram. It can be harmful and the car seat is more about protecting them in the event of a collision and so holding them tightly in position.

Separately, if you're getting a pram/buggy for muddier tracks you'll need big wheels so as to ensure the hubs and bearings are further from the mud, and it's a good idea to get stuff to clean it off with. I use a pack I got from Go Outdoors for cleaning walking boots, which comes with a stuff brush and some other bits. Also WD40 is useful.
Correct. But that doesn't stop it being damn useful for those 10 minutes you need to spend going to the Post Office or similar!
absolutely yep smile done it myself plenty of times!
Agreed. Some kind of chassis system that marries to the car seat is really really useful. When you're operating on 4 x 1 hour sleep a day, and you've got to make the rest of life happen, waking a sleeping baby is precisely the opposite thing you want to do.

Especially if the car is where they get some good sleep done.

Blown2CV

28,697 posts

202 months

Monday 25th February 2019
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SpeckledJim said:
Blown2CV said:
Shakermaker said:
Blown2CV said:
the guidance is that they shouldn't be in the car seat for longer periods than is necessary when they are very little and also to not really use car seats with adapters in the same way as you'd use a pram. It can be harmful and the car seat is more about protecting them in the event of a collision and so holding them tightly in position.

Separately, if you're getting a pram/buggy for muddier tracks you'll need big wheels so as to ensure the hubs and bearings are further from the mud, and it's a good idea to get stuff to clean it off with. I use a pack I got from Go Outdoors for cleaning walking boots, which comes with a stuff brush and some other bits. Also WD40 is useful.
Correct. But that doesn't stop it being damn useful for those 10 minutes you need to spend going to the Post Office or similar!
absolutely yep smile done it myself plenty of times!
Agreed. Some kind of chassis system that marries to the car seat is really really useful. When you're operating on 4 x 1 hour sleep a day, and you've got to make the rest of life happen, waking a sleeping baby is precisely the opposite thing you want to do.

Especially if the car is where they get some good sleep done.
however, transferring a sleeping child without waking them is a useful skill to acquire.

SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

252 months

Monday 25th February 2019
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Blown2CV said:
however, transferring a sleeping child without waking them is a useful skill to acquire.
But a deeply, deeply unpleasant apprenticeship!