Birthday present ideas

What’s everyone buying their almost 3 year olds for their birthday? I’m stumped 🫣

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A bike with stabiliser’s, lots of spider man things— sticker books etc
A large cardboard colour in car
Play Power tools and dress up items :) plus some new clothes and pjs

Tonie box for her main present.

Bike or scooter, small trampoline, Tonie box are some things I’ve been thinking off. Also, my daughter is really in to jigsaws and puzzles lately, so maybe more of them if the obsession lasts until her birthday.

might nick some of your ideas. Good ones!

We’ve got my little girl some magnatiles, a few tonies, stickle bricks, new clothes and PJs and a Sheffield United kit (obviously dads choice😂)

A scooter, yoto cards, puzzles, some new pyjamas, a unicorn camera thingy

Books, arts and crafts, first bingo game and some play dough stuff

Got my little boy a Dino pawpatroller, dinasaur popper, bluey wooden bbq set, paw patrol 3 in 1 easel, chase costume, spiderman crocs, clothes, pj's, chase squishmellow, scooter and trainers but he got his scooter early while the weather was nice x

We've gotten, a puzzle, some thomas track, a play ice cream set, a tractor ted matching game, he will also be getting a transformer car and a rubbish truck toy

A trampoline !

Some Tonies, Gruffalo garden toys and crafty bits

I tried not to go over the top and seem to do it with my youngest the most as it's so much easier to think of what to get her. Anyway, I got a few gabbys doll house bits (plush, figures, cakeys oven, bike with stabilisers), spidey and his amazing friends, Blue's Clues and You- Get baking with Blue, wee fairy dress up and got her Valentino the goat & Star from disneys Wish

We are getting her a bike with stabilisers.
We've asked others to get her a new doll pushchair and baby accessories, wooden puzzles, barbie wardrobe (she currently loves dressing up dolls), kids makeup, doll head (the one where she can do hair and makeup), color by stickers book, truck toy car set.

I’ve taken my little one out shopping with me, and anything he’s showed a lot of interest in I have gone back to buy at a later date.

I did give him his main present (swing, slide and climbing frame set) towards the end of July, mainly so he got good use out of it over the summer.

He’s obsessed with bluey too so I’ve bought him bluey costume and we are taking him to CBeebies land too

We got a Trampoline

in our community

Oh my God, oh my God I hope this is not true!!!! I’m kind of scared

I’ve been throwing up and taking a shit all night!!! I just hope that it’s not what I think it is

Small head reported following 20 week scan

Has anyone else had it flagged that their baby is in the bottom 5th percentile for head size?

They said everything was fine whilst we were in the scan and then I got a phone call the next day saying that it’s on the small side and we’re being referred to a paediatric specialist at St George’s. Has anyone else had this and how did things go??

Would you bring 9 week old to a family party of 35+ people?

These are also people who will want to pass the baby around and get a turn to hold him. He just got his 2 month shots two days ago

Exercise 6 weeks after c section

What movement did people start to introduce? I won’t do anything too vigorous until I’ve seen the pelvic physio as I don’t want to compromise anything that may have been extremely weakened through pregnancy! But just wondering what types of classes/movement people started off with?

Induction experience

I just wanted to share my experience with being induced as I wasn’t sure what to expect and thought it may help others.

I opted for the foley balloon which was inserted at 8am Saturday morning, I had to stay in hospital due to hypertension and protein urine however usually you can just go home once this has been done. The insertion of the balloon was not painful, was slightly uncomfortable as there was slight pressure. I actually found having the cervix checked prior to be worse (again not painful at this point just uncomfortable) The balloon had little effect and after having it removed I was still only 1cm. Removal also was pain free and hardly even noticeable.

I then had my first dose of the gel and definitely noticed a difference, I started experiencing period like cramps almost immediately however they were light and manageable. After 6 hours I had another cervix check and although my cervix was soft it was still only 1cm and was only open at the front. I had another dose of the gel and felt an increase in pressure and more intense cramping where I now required pain relief (codeine). After another 6 hours I had another cervix check and I had now dilated to 2-3cm however was still quite difficult to get all the way through so a third gel was recommended which I agreed to.

Almost immediately I noticed the difference and was in considerable pain, I had paracetamol and codeine however the contractions had now become intense and a lot closer together (around 3 minutes apart). After a couple of hours I had my last cervix check and was 4cm and taken down to the Labour ward to have my waters broken and an epidural.

I had been in my room for approx 20minutes when my waters broke by themselves and I was now 10cm and actively pushing…. There was no time for the epidural and my beautiful girl arrived into the world within 2 minutes of pushing.

All in all I would say the cramps/contractions were manageable up until the third gel where it became pretty unbearable however it was for a very short time a gas and air helped take the edge off. The worst part about any of it was actually the later cervix checks where after stimulating the cervix my contractions were at their most painful.

If I had to be induced again I would skip the balloon and opt for the gels immediately as thy had a quicker effect and I would have been out a lot sooner if I had done this to begin with.

One more thing, I’ve never believed when people say “you forget the pain once they’re here” but I can honestly say this is true. It’s been 4 days and I would do it all again in a heartbeat.

Scan needed at 33 weeks

Hi ladies! I just had a midwife appointment (I am 33+5)..the midwife was different to my usual midwife. She's requested I have a scan within 72 hours as she said baby is measuring a little small, however, she did say that it's likely nothing to worry about and it's probably just her measuring me a bit different to my usual midwife. Has anyone else had this? Am a bit worried although babys heartbeat and movements are completely fine.