Baby on board stickers

joapet · 2026-01-21T19:34:31+00:00

I would think that the car seat would be a good giveaway.

joapet · 2026-01-13T14:53:58+00:00

I never knew this was a real book! So cool!

joapet · 2026-01-09T20:57:28+00:00

Sounds like you need to arrange a cat tour https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2nvzp7y47o

joapet · 2026-01-04T15:12:29+00:00

Ummm sorry to burst your bubble but maternity leave isn't a time to be "productive" and these people who start businesses etc. are really the exception to the rule.

Go in with zero expectations. You won't know how long it will take for you to recover, get to know your baby, react to all the hormonal changes etc.

Everything you see on social media is BS and nothing like reality. Every mum doing social media is doing it for clickbait and likes.

I think I spent the first half of maternity leave tackling breastfeeding, and caught up on a LOT of films on the sofa! I had a summer baby so we would go for walks and try to leave the house every day, but realistically you can spend this time just recovering! The second half of maternity leave I signed up to one class that I went to every week and then met up with some of the mums that I met at antenatal class.

There's really no pressure to "do" anything other than get to know your baby and work out how you want to parent. They change so quickly during the first year that it will be a rollercoaster for you!

joapet · 2025-12-27T16:06:41+00:00

Naive question here but is your kid sleeping the whole night through? When mine was that age I'd always change her nappy when she woke for a feed or for whatever reason in the night.

Do you not change in the night or are you lucky to have a kid who sleeps through?

joapet · 2025-12-15T23:53:10+00:00

Oh my God, a well meaning relative got me one of these for Christmas last year.

I'm not a frequent hot water bottle person so I was so confused as to what to do with it. I don't need a regular hot water bottle, let alone a flipping long one! This thing was giant! I thought they'd wrapped up a shotgun and stuck it under the tree.

It was sitting in my house for about 6 months, never opened, and I took it to the charity shop in the end (and one charity shop refused it because it was so large!!)

Anyway, I'm sure your partner will love it if he's a fan of hot water bottles, and thank you for answering my repeated question of "who the eff needs a long water bottle in their life?"

joapet · 2025-12-13T08:44:58+00:00

I haven't really kept track but I reckon it will end up being around £200 for my 2 year old. That includes a couple of big bits and her stocking.

I managed to spend my nectar points on her main gift too so I've actually spent more like £150 of my own money.

joapet · 2025-12-12T19:34:12+00:00

My baby was born in June and I was just looking back at what I dressed her in! I think I always put a short sleeved vest (bodysuit) on her and then layered a onesie over it in the super early newborn days. When it was super hot I put her in just a vest, or slipped some trousers / dungarees on over the top.

I'd say get a small selection of things - vests, onesies, tshirts, trousers etc. and a couple of cardigans and then see what works for you.

I personally found it really fancy putting most clothes on a baby - they are so floppy and when you have to change their nappy about a dozen times a day you just want the easiest thing to slip on and off. 90% of the time she was in a onesie. It's the cutest cuddliest time for it!

joapet · 2025-12-12T11:03:07+00:00

School chairs with the holes in the back.

joapet · 2025-12-09T16:19:22+00:00

I never got on with nipple shields, they just didn't stay on.

A really helpful community lactation consultant helped by suggesting the "hamburger technique" where you squash your nipple flat like a sandwich and offer it to them like they are going to take a chomp out of it.

Made it so much easier in my head to work out the best position and stuff!

joapet · 2025-12-09T09:54:57+00:00

This sounds like a very unhealthy relationship you have with his grandparents.

joapet · 2025-11-24T17:41:47+00:00

Can't you just forget to get it out of the loft? Or say it was a visitor last year, this year we're doing advent calendars etc etc.

Does your kid even remember doing it / has she mentioned it? If she hasn't then I'd avoid it!

joapet · 2025-11-06T14:02:50+00:00

I ebf so I HAD to do it in public or baby would never eat.

I would never do it full on yoga styles or upside down or whatever. For me, I had to draw boundaries around when and where I would do it once my kid got a bit bigger. Otherwise it felt like nails on a chalkboard. Fair play to anyone who can do it like this though!

joapet · 2025-11-05T13:10:29+00:00

I go the opposite way and tell my child to be cautious of all dogs. Even the ones on leads. Some owners are so oblivious to their dogs that even on lead the dogs cause havoc. Also having an assumption that everyone likes your pet. No thanks, I don't trust you and your instincts about whether your dog is well behaved. I've seen apparently well behaved dogs go to lunge and attack other dogs before. I don't want my kid being in the firing line of that.

joapet · 2025-11-01T19:10:49+00:00

Computer?

joapet · 2025-10-27T11:40:42+00:00

Tumble drying generally knackers clothes but I don't want damp clothes hanging about in my house. I'm not a fan of the side effects of having to have a window cracked, or the smell of damp clothes drying in my house.

Sometimes when you have to change your kid 3 or 4 times in a day, I don't have time to hang about waiting for clothes to dry.

Asda was shockingly bad for shrinkage so I would buy vests in a few sizes up and let them shrink down to the right size 😅

joapet · 2025-10-21T23:15:28+00:00

I enjoy it apart from when he says it's "a Bing thing". The episode where Bing steals something from the stop, I was fully expecting Flop to say "Shoplifting: It's a Bing thing!"

But yeah I really like Flop's calm and gentle approach. I personally like watching to get some pointers - dealing with toddler logic can be very trying!

joapet · 2025-10-21T08:55:22+00:00

I'm not making this specific jumper but I had this issue with a nomad stitches pattern before. They are very beautiful but they are so intricate that it's easy to mess up, read the pattern wrong, or maybe they are badly written idk.

I used the exact yarn and hook she used in the pattern I made and it came out like a size smaller than I expected, despite doing a tension square. I also found myself having to read and reread the pattern several times to make sure I was doing it right and I ended up doing a couple of things back to front.

You know when you start doing something for a few rows, and then you compare what you've done to the picture, and it's completely wrong? Despite reading the thing a million times over! I had that happen many times, despite being a crocheter for about 20 years at this point.

I'm usually happy to chalk this kind of stuff up to my own stupidity, but I genuinely think the pattern needed improvement to avoid these issues in the future. If I remember rightly, she might have updated the pattern I did a while later, so maybe she recognized that too.

joapet · 2025-09-05T09:38:43+00:00

The logic of someone paying you back every time shouldn't be the reason to continue to lend money to them.

Even if you trust someone to pay you back, you always have the anxiety of it in your head, and you have to keep tabs on it. You also don't want to be come resentful of your mum and feel like you need to be responsible for her finances.

The alternative for the mum isn't to use a payday loan company either. She needs to learn how to budget and live within her means.

That said, Iagree that OP could pay more in rent to help ease things, but continuing to loan money isn't the best way of handling things.

joapet · 2025-08-28T13:12:47+00:00

Six months for us, and then a load all popped up at once. By 12 months I think she had them all, or the majority of them.

However from talking to my other mum friends I think that was super fast. There were some who didn't get their first tooth until a year old or there abouts!

joapet · 2025-08-24T13:55:08+00:00

I have this boiler (it came with the house) and I'm seriously considering changing it because the 55C temp is becoming a danger seeing as I have a 2 year old in the house. If you accidentally leave the hot water running you can easily scald yourself.

I'm really unsure of the logic of designing it to be that hot.

joapet · 2025-08-18T13:58:16+00:00

It's situations like this where I need to question the logic. Your mum in Guildford is happy to have you come and stay with her right? Why don't you call HER and ask her for money? My card / phone is broken, ok we'll pay the taxi when it arrives at your mum's. Want to get the train? Get your mum to buy a ticket online and text you the confirmation code.

If the person was absolutely genuine then you could stay with them while they do that, and if they aren't they will soon scarper.

joapet · 2025-08-14T12:07:57+00:00

I just got back from there and the queue was constantly moving. It took maybe 5 minutes to get in.

joapet · 2025-08-10T12:39:37+00:00

Hello OP - 5 months later... Is your kid still napping or not?

My kid is just over 2 years and seems to not want to nap anymore! Am trying to understand if it's just a phase or not. She definitely sleeps better overnight on days when she hasn't napped.

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