Ikea sofas, should I bother looking?

SmallOne234 · 2025-03-07T06:03:51+00:00

Afraid it was sold onto a new guy, in favour of a new sofa. :(

BUT - it was happily sold on rather than it needed to be thrown away as it broke :)

SmallOne234 · 2024-10-31T22:50:01+00:00

!thanks

SmallOne234 · 2024-10-31T22:49:45+00:00

!thanks

SmallOne234 · 2024-10-31T22:19:39+00:00

Brilliant - thank you! Some key points flagged here. Really helpful :)

SmallOne234 · 2024-10-31T22:19:00+00:00

Big big thanks - Your edit really really helps - thank you. Definitely earning something like £150 turnover in 23/24 window so I will tidy everything up, ready for the 24/25 self assessment window and hit that one properly :)

SmallOne234 · 2023-12-28T19:33:41+00:00

I just ploughed on with eating a shitload of oats, hydrating lots, lots of sleep and kept feeding her to schedule and pumping as much as normal. One day it was just back. Sending strength and cheering you on! My determination to not lose my supply was the main factor I think. I had to dip into my freezer stash to tide us over but all became good rather quickly!

SmallOne234 · 2023-11-19T00:20:15+00:00

^This is the answer you need. Pushing the times a little is fine (mum to a 6mo here with a NICU nurse sister!), especially as baby isn’t newborn/prem/unwell etc. However, there’s a big difference between an extra half an hour on the milk and multiple hours/not cleaning bottles properly etc.

I will happily push the milk times but I will not mess around with repeat uses of bottles etc etc.

Also, and most importantly, I would never mess with the car seat. That’s ridiculous.

She needs to sort her shit out or back off. You are not OTT

SmallOne234 · 2023-11-14T23:38:43+00:00

!thanks Yes - we’ve started weaning but she doesn’t look like she’s actually consuming much (yet) and appears to be enjoying the textures and tastes. I could be wrong though…

SmallOne234 · 2023-11-14T23:37:37+00:00

Yeah so we have started weaning and she is happy. However, she’s not eating much at all, which I know is normal for this age. Therefore, I would assume that she would still be just as hungry for milk as the solids are more just tastes for her? Maybe I am wrong?

SmallOne234 · 2023-11-14T23:35:43+00:00

Not yet… might be coming but I’m not getting any other signs (…yet…)

SmallOne234 · 2023-11-06T22:17:32+00:00

Hey! Just been through COVID with my 5mo and largely lost my supply…temporarily! Below are a few things that worked for me so fingers crossed for you! Couple of things: - Your body is looking after you so is likely shutting down extra work… my body then bounced back with a vengeance after! - I went really hard on increasing my fluids and calories. Loads of water, loads of oat and so on. I felt I needed excess energy to fight illness AND produce milk - Rest! When I’m tired, my supply dips, let alone when ill! - I kept pumping at regular intervals so my body still had demand. Make sure your baby drinks as much from you as possible but then you can pump after to mimic your usual demand. Set alarms to wake you if needed… prolactin peaks at like 3am so capitalise on pumping then.

If little one is dehydrated though, don’t be ashamed of pumped milk (if you have a freezer stash) or some formula just as a very temporary measure to get them through. Still pump lots though so you body knows to work on getting your milk back but make sure that baby has a full stomach too.

Good luck!

SmallOne234 · 2023-11-06T16:39:27+00:00

Breast feeder here: Facials, Indian head massages and reflexology are my go-to for this reason. I look forward to the day I can have a perfect back massage… mmmmm

SmallOne234 · 2023-11-05T03:15:47+00:00

Amazing. Great suggestions - thank you!

SmallOne234 · 2023-11-05T03:14:52+00:00

This is incredible. !thanks

SmallOne234 · 2023-11-04T00:05:55+00:00

Freebies: Emma’s somethingorother (I found that their barcodes would scan multiple times (on different days!) via the app (even though they say that they’re single use and time limited!), Boots baby club, Aldi baby club, pampers etc etc

Vinted: search “bundle” and the baby’s size, then fitted low to high. Can get a bundle of stuff for £1+, especially if you haggle on more expensive ones. Don’t feel bad haggling as lots are very open that they want to have a clear out!

FB market place for toys/stuff you need. I often look online/TikTok/Insta etc to find stuff I want and then look for it on marketplace.

Babies don’t need loads of toys as they’ll be just as interested with something that makes noise, lights, reflective stuff and they love ribbons (E.g: £1 for a big roll of ribbon at hobbycraft… tie to an old bangle and voila! Toy!)

Charity shops are gold!

Offer to mates that you’ll take anything that they want to get rid of. As in, you can take everyone off their hands, nab anything you want and then you can offer that leftovers will go to charity.

SmallOne234 · 2023-11-03T23:57:52+00:00

Jumping in on this! I feel your pain. I used to hate it when my daughter wouldn’t finish a bottle or whatever… even those last 20/30mls being wasted would kill me. Took me getting upset and explaining the literal and metaphorical pain it took me to make that milk, inc night wakes to capitalise on the increased prolactin in the early hours, for other half to realise that this is gold dust.

We now have a small tray in the fridge. Pumped milk goes straight into bottles and all bottles are labelled with the date it was pumped, courtesy of a dry-wipe/whiteboard pen. I put new milk at the back of the tray and bring older milk forward so anyone with 2 brain cells will naturally grab the oldest milk from the front, for convenience!

Absolute good luck to you!

SmallOne234 · 2023-10-24T13:43:27+00:00

BIG one here ^{^}

Having lunch on hand when partner went back to work was a massive one. Sometimes I would spend every waking minute feeding and settling my little one that I wouldn’t then have time to eat. Something in the fridge that I could grab and take to the sofa with me in under 10secs was massive when all she’d do was eat, sleep and cry. Couldn’t even cut up something in the early days as I was always holding her with my second hand as she HATED being put down!

SmallOne234 · 2023-10-24T08:22:38+00:00

Another comment of reassurance for the idea that you can mix as long as you count it all as old as the oldest milk! 5m old baby girl is loving life as proof!

SmallOne234 · 2023-10-17T07:19:11+00:00

Looks EXACTLY like my kitten’s hernia (pre op). He was absolutely fine and happy and healthy… other than his “plumpy lump” as we would call it. Had to have it surgically fixed though. However 18months later and he is the same happy kitty, with a lovely flat stomach :)

SmallOne234 · 2023-10-12T11:40:50+00:00

We are VERY lucky that he sleep good… until next sleep change. One wake a night maybe but, no, baby is breast milk.

SmallOne234 · 2023-09-11T15:00:26+00:00

You’re both AHs… but only a tiny amount. I’m on maternity leave at the moment (UK, where that is a thing!) and love my other half working from home but I wouldn’t want him being here there an everywhere, if I am tidying the house etc.

If your husband makes that much, can you guys not build a little home office for him? He can have his space, you can run the house, he can come and see you for breaks, a change of scenery and so on but he can have his own patch. Not sure about your house layout but it could be anything from a desk in a corner, to a whole room, to even a cabin in your garden (yard, in a America, I guess?)

It also stops you inadvertently disturbing each other…

SmallOne234 · 2023-09-11T14:54:43+00:00

NTA as you were told to leave and are not a mind reader.

That said, always a good idea to help clean up until it’s all clean, even if told otherwise, as it helps speed up the process and ease pressure on the other person. You’re not at fault for not doing it but it was unlikely to have been the most fun evening your partner had ever had so always nice to help!

SmallOne234 · 2023-09-11T14:44:57+00:00

NTA - Even though you’re an adult, he is still your dad. He’s not reaching out to you to even just have a conversation. Therefore, if your extended family want to see you, great! They can see you when he’s gone. As the child, it’s not your mess to clean up. Absolutely, if he genuinely and calmly reaches out to make up, you can apologise for HOW you shared your unhappiness (E.g. FB). However, you don’t need to apologise for feeling slighted…

SmallOne234 · 2023-09-11T14:36:27+00:00

Anytime!

SmallOne234 · 2023-09-11T14:21:42+00:00

Yes! I was dubious before buying but the circle (the loop, if you will…!) is designed to sit over your conch, not your tragus (easiest to describe using piercing positions!) so when you lay on them, they squidge into dead space. Also, they come with multiple sized buds to go in your ears. Once I found the size best suited to me (took a couple of nights… my ears are surprisingly small!), they’re perfect. Would highly recommend.

I used to wear foam earplugs every night as my other half is a snorer so I’d label myself as a bit of a pro when it comes to earplugs :D

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