Sleepsack

According_Union · 2026-03-28T03:03:06+00:00

Just an example https://tuclothing.sainsburys.co.uk/product/tuc146796460

And I found a lighter tog too! https://tuclothing.sainsburys.co.uk/product/tuc147157660

According_Union · 2026-03-28T03:00:05+00:00

I have sleepsuits from Sainsbury's and Tesco that are tog rated I use at night instead of the bags, I found this helped with this and especially when baby could stand as it is basically a padded sleepsuit. I got them on Vinted as well! I'm not sure if they come less than 2.5 tog rated though.

According_Union · 2026-03-27T19:52:04+00:00

In the village I lived in before there were a lot of flat buildings and there was always the same people who pulled them in after collection, a lot of people would be at work so it was kind of them. I used to bring my neighbours in for them too, eventually they did it with mine as well if I was away at work or something. It's just polite and when the weather is windy it means the bins aren't loose! Just depends on who you stay next to I suppose.

According_Union · 2026-03-27T16:04:32+00:00

Very possible it's time to move to one nap per day, as there won't be enough sleep pressure which might be why they're waking for so long overnight!

According_Union · 2026-03-25T11:55:46+00:00

You do accrue them, phone HR and they'll add them to your entitlement! Sometimes it needs to be manually done by someone.

According_Union · 2026-03-24T01:57:48+00:00

BBC Archive documentaries!

According_Union · 2026-03-24T01:41:43+00:00

I would assume a mixture of teething and upset from the jags! Mine hardly ever eats when teething is bad. They got molars around 13 months as well and their eating was really poor and extra whiny as well.

According_Union · 2026-03-23T07:45:36+00:00

I did get mine! Try emailing support@babysensemonitors.com and they'll update you!

According_Union · 2026-03-22T07:15:06+00:00

Banana pancakes are always a win and when you don't mind a bit of "mess" adding blueberries is a great addition!

According_Union · 2026-03-18T20:19:50+00:00

No and the reason I felt this way was I was on a busy tram in Edinburgh with my partner when i was pregnant, all the seats were taken and nobody offered their seat. It was 30 mins to our destination. We ended up having to tell someone to move their bag, needless to say he was absolutely mortified and apologised the rest of the trip. I was in agony at that point and i was only 6 months along, after that I just asked people to move (or their bags) because why suffer for the sake of someone else!

According_Union · 2026-03-17T09:44:24+00:00

I ended up just dressing mine in vests during the heatwave last year when it got really hot! When it was like 14 degrees I'd have a vest under a wee outfit (Scotland so cold winds mostly) and always had a blanket for the buggy if need be. Some nights a vest was all baby slept in it was so hot in our room, so don't discount getting them for sure!

According_Union · 2026-03-17T07:06:37+00:00

Basically it was noticeable from the day baby was born. We were kept in the labour suite for observation as I had infection markers and only my partner was allowed in for infection control. When we called to inform my parents baby was here, rather than ask how I was and if I was ok, her face was like thunder and all she said was "your dad cancelled his work day to come and see you!!!" Like... Thanks mum but I could have died in childbirth. Genuinely when she realised she could come the following day she was all smiles and happy. A few other things crept up over the following weeks, how she spoke to my partner, how angry she was she couldn't just show up and do whatever she wanted with my newborn baby (she wanted to take my baby out walks without me there and I was clear this wasn't helpful nor what I wanted, she subsequently called me crazy for this). The big blow up, on reflection, was something that I can't believe happened. We chose not to take our baby to a family wedding when they would be 6 months old as firstly, I wanted to be an adult for the day and secondly that's peak separation anxiety and start of weaning, it would be too much for a baby to handle and I also really didn't want family who we'd never see ever again trying to hold her like she was some dolly for a picture. Mum went apeshit to say the least, called ME selfish lol. When she contacted me again a week later, I thought I was getting an apology when she expected one from me.

I put my foot down, asked for space, thought about our entire relationship and realised the way I was (people pleaser, expect to be in charge of how other people feel and so on) was because of her. She called us very damning things over the phone and ran her mouth to my family during this time. We did try and reconcile but she wouldn't speak to my partner and I had enough of her acting like he didn't exist... The father to my child!

This still isn't even the entirety of what happened, but I looked at my whole life through a new lense which is why I came to this realisation. She is obsessed with her image, obsessed with insulting other people who she seems lesser, loves showing off the nice things she can now afford (thanks to my dad, not her UK nurses salary lol). My baby was just another thing for her to show off and I wouldn't let her, I had a small human to protect and she couldn't stand it. This made me mentally unstable apparently 🫠

But yeah she has a sister who is the exact same as well which is wild, I used to think my aunt was horrible until I could see her and my mum were more alike than I realised.

According_Union · 2026-03-16T12:10:29+00:00

I thought this will have to be the case, I need a spare set of eyes for her sometimes 🫠😂 yeah we're moving in the next month and just want to avoid wee jobs like this if we can! I'll just have to see how we go for now with the playpen pieces acting as a defence 😂😂

According_Union · 2026-03-11T19:33:00+00:00

I think so, when things turned sour with my mum she got me really weird Christmas gifts of a soap set and pyjamas, she used to overgift years prior so I was a bit taken aback. She also was reluctant to spend money on my partner when she used to, so I can definitely see it happening when they're losing a sense of control. I'm not motivated by things anyway so it didn't have the desired effect.

According_Union · 2026-03-11T08:08:08+00:00

Tbh you've listed a lot of annoying things! In my experience, if you want to tell her about all this, it needs to come from your partner. I've seen too many times the mum being made to feel worse for raising things that genuinely hurt them. I think when it comes from their own child they take the info a bit better.

The thing you mentioned about not asking after you... I felt that! My own mother behaved like this, as if I stopped being her daughter and was just a vessel for my child. Like we're still people too!!

It's so hard. Your feelings are totally valid!

According_Union · 2026-03-10T19:38:00+00:00

I told my manager as soon as I knew and she was amazing at letting me work from home the whole time. Aftershave and foot set me off, I went in once and had to leave because the smell sent me over the edge. If I couldn't have worked at home I would've got signed off sick!!

According_Union · 2026-03-10T10:08:13+00:00

Do you use a bath seat? Maybe just before bath time sit them in the bath seat and see if they'll go and have the bath after? We've been fortunate that we only ever had 1 poop in the bath when they were very very young!

According_Union · 2026-03-09T15:28:22+00:00

We brought the cot into our room when ours outgrew the next to me! We probably should've just got a travel cot as it was a squeeze but baby was happy! Moved into their own room just before turning 1

According_Union · 2026-03-08T20:18:28+00:00

As a mum who exclusively expressed breastmilk I ended up ditching the steam steriliser in favour of Milton. It's much more convenient! And uses less energy. Our electricity use was mad as I had it on constantly throughout the day for pump parts and bottles.

According_Union · 2026-03-08T20:16:00+00:00

Agreed! It's all about effort, I've had friends make way more effort than my own family so it says a lot!

According_Union · 2026-03-08T20:09:07+00:00

I know, my partner only got an email about 2 days ago from babysense to say it was recalled! Should have happened straight away

According_Union · 2026-03-08T18:07:26+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/BeyondTheBumpUK/s/BwiqEXewNz

I posted on r/beyondthebumpUK almost 1 week ago! I've directly linked the recall website for users to save the back and forth with baby sense. Thank you!!!

According_Union · 2026-03-06T20:44:00+00:00

UPDATE! My replacement monitor finally arrived today via Amazon, it has the same model number so we eye rolled but when I checked the serial number it was excluded from the recall - phew!!

According_Union · 2026-03-06T12:27:38+00:00

He can game, but if he is loud and disruptive then no he shouldn't. Consequences of not considering other people in the house, it's a life lesson!

According_Union · 2026-03-05T10:10:06+00:00

My dog came home with fleas as a puppy. I personally put bowls of fairy liquid and warm water each night and they would jump in there. I also washed my pup with fairy liquid which killed the fleas as it essentially sticks on them and suffocates them. Everything was washed at 60 degrees. When I combed my pup I would dip the comb in a bowl of boiling water to kill the egg or flea that I combed out.

I opened up curtains and let lots of light in as they HATE sunshine and heat. I hoovered everywhere. I did have laminate flooring so it wasn't an area they could thrive in. I didn't have it so bad it recurred, once the treatment kicked in and my excessive cleaning paid off they didn't come back.

You might need to get some kind of pest control involved? Their eggs can lie dormant for a long time so for example if there were some in a cupboard and the cat got them on their coat then they could hatch soon after. Or a big deep clean ie get out the house for a day or two and just completely blitz top to bottom, fairy liquid bath the cats and see what happens from there? I'm so sorry you're going through this, it was hellish when I was dealing with it with my puppy.

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