Car seats

We are most likely getting the Evenflo 360 but curious what are others using? We have two cars so most likely two car seats. We’re okay with investing a bit if it’s a convertible several years type of thing. We want 4-6 kids so just weighting our options

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New baby is going into the britax advocate that both my older kids started in. I just moved my oldest into a Chico booster and that’s worked really well. My (soon to be) middle just moved up to the Clek Foonf forward facing. I love this idea of this seat, but in practice I really really hate it. The Britax is fine, very sturdy and has held up alright through two kids so far. If we have a 4th baby I’m not sure the britax will still be in good condition (after 3 kids and likely 9 years of use) so we might have to replace it at some point. We will likely have to replace the Clek, hopefully it lasts through two kids at least 🤦‍♀️

We don’t use bucket seats except cheap light ones just for air travel, and start the babies in a convertible seat from the start

I would consider your planned child spacing, and the types of seats you will need at any given time. If you’re going to need a bunch of rear or forward facing seats crammed together, Diono seats are very narrow side to side but take up space front to back. So they are good in larger cars if you need three seats across. We are having our kids a little farther apart so likely won’t have more than one or two rear facing at a time, and when this baby comes we’ll have one in a booster, one forward facing, and one rear facing, which will work in our minivan.

You are so lucky to have a partner who wants that many children.

We bought a chicco brand just because they perform well on safety tests per consumer report

I decided on the Evenflo Revolve360 All-In-One for the ability to turn so baby is easier to get out of the car, and the fact that it's a convertible that later becomes a booster seat for up to 120 pounds. So I'm counting on getting years of use out of this. I went back and forth on getting two, one for each car, but the reviews said it's easy to switch between cars, so we're going to try with just one for now.

One of my brothers bought it off my registry, and it just arrived yesterday! 🙌 I'm tempted to set it up and try it out with my friend's 18 month old.

We used an infant seat until my daughter grew out of it, and transitioned her to the 360 revolve gold and I absolutely love it! It is a bit bulkier so I would make sure there would be a proper/comfortable fit in your car before purchasing. But I plan on doing the same with our second babe, but leaning more towards the extend so he can be rf a bit longer than the limits allow for the one we already have.

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Baby clothes

Just out of curiosity, why do parents love zipper onesies?

Don’t get me wrong, I tried zipper ones it’s easy to zip in and out when putting it on the first time and taking it out, but I find it difficult when changing diapers especially when baby is asleep.

I prefer those kimono style buttons where it’s easy to button or too down button with crotch snaps.

Is everyone thinking the same or different? Lol

AITA

In the uk there is an outbreak of meningitis, in a specific area mainly. My BD has family from that area and decided to go and meet up with them, I said if he does then he cannot have contact with the kids for 7-10 days after incase he picks anything up. Am I being over dramatic? I reallyyy don’t want my young kids getting anything serious

At this point I’m not enjoying motherhood

My 22 month old is horrendous at the moment🫣 biting, hitting, pushing, pulling and shoving not only adults but children he also wants what other children have and will just snatch it away from them.

We repeat ‘nice hands’ ‘be gentle’ ‘let’s share’ etc

But how do I make him understand what he’s doing isn’t very nice? At the end of the day I feel like I’ve just been saying his name all day and nothing else.

What can I do?

This might rattle some people

Ok, this might get a bit long, and a bit bumpy, so get comfy and buckle up.

So about a week or 2 ago, there was a post on here regarding sleepovers. Not letting their child go to them as you can't trust who'll be at the house etc.

Now, given recent incidents in nurseries and schools, plus my own experience back in the 90s, I am more concerned about sending my child to nursery and later school than I am to a friend's house for a sleep over.

The other day a man was jailed for abusing children at the nursery he worked at. A woman has been arrested for sleeping with an underage boy and then getting pregnant by a different underage boy while on bail for the first offence.

Young girls and boys get sexually harassed and bullied when at school, not all of them. But more than you think. And not just by other kids, but by adults who we as parents are trusting to look after our kids.

A sleepover, is a more controlled environment, with only a handful of people coming into contact with your child. A school, a club etc there can be 100s of people coming into contact with your child.

I was targeted at 7 years old by the owner of a prominent private school. Thankfully, I wasn't SA'd. In year 5 of primary school, I started to develop early, I was harassed by the boys and teachers made remarks about how my uniform didn't fit right, always "adjusting it" around my chest and legs.

Years 7-9 of secondary school were hell. But it was all under the guise of "we're just messing around". A teacher twanging my exposed bra strap (none uniform day) is not "messing around".

Boys pinning me down trying to rip open my shirt to see my breasts.

I fear for my daughter. I hope she takes after my father's family, flat chested.

We need to educate all our children, what is acceptable behaviour. And to come to us, as their parents should ANYTHING happen.

Dummy

My baby has had a dummy since about 2 weeks old (now 5 months) and over the course of the last month we weaned her off it during the day only for naps and night (which was fine) and then 5 days took it completely away during the day.

The first day no dummy was fine, the second bit rougher. But now it feels impossible she just moans and cries all the time it takes ages for her to go down to sleep (she’s always been an amazing sleeper)

I thought it was meant to get better as time went on not worse. I’m at my wits end I dunno what to do.

Currently typing this as she screams uncontrollably in the car and I cry with her cos I can’t do anything.

How to help my husband understand why I'd like to breastfeed

My husband is very supportive, but he is also someone who wants to make things as easy and as stress free as possible.

With our first child, I tried to breastfeed, but due to my own medical issues postpartum, baby and I were separated a lot and my milk dried up so quickly. We introduced formula around 2 weeks PP, and I tried pumping as much as I could, but it just lead to nothing. It was heartbreaking. It definitely ruined a lot of those early weeks for me, I was wrecked with guilt and sadness. I cried every day and felt like such a failure.

Now my son is a healthy, happy 2 year old and I eventually came to terms with formula feeding him. He was quite content with the first formula we tried, never had feeding or gas issues etc, so it felt like a much easier option.

Obviously my husband witnessed all of this and now we're expecting our second baby, he sort of assumed we'd just go straight to formula.

I told him pretty early that I'd like to try breastfeeding again, and although I won't be putting so much pressure on myself this time, I've also done more research and I'm more prepared for the hard times that might come up in the early days/weeks, and I'm trying to prepare for any complications.

He's very supportive and says it's totally up to me and hasn't tried to sway me either way, but I do get a feeling the moment things get difficult PP he will automatically be buying formula. And he won't mean it in a bad way, he'll just be trying to make things easier for me and take off the pressure. He won't understand that it's unhelpful.

His thinking is that as long as baby is fed that's all that matters, and I agree mostly! But I also understand how beneficial breastfeeding can be and want to give it all my effort if I'm able!

So I guess I'm asking, are there any good resources I could send him to read? Preferably nothing too long/wordy, but something that explains the benefits and how to best support me during this time too? (Also something preferably from the UK as I know guidance can differ depending on country)