Bigger pack and play options

I have a 97 percentile baby who is active even in sleep. We use the pack and play when we travel but sooner than later it’ll be too small.

Anyone know what we can use since he’s still too small to be in a bed (and would just crawl out of it if we tried)

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What would you do?

Breastfeeding
Pros:
- Better for baby
- Don't have to pay for formula
Cons:
- I'm probably gonna get touched out
- Worries, what if I don't produce enough, latching etc
- I want my partner to be able to handle feeds too
- I'll be going back to work after 9m

Formula
Pros:
- Already know what I'm doing
- Dad can do feeds
- Feel like this will be easier when baby starts nursery at 9m but don't know.
Cons
- More expense

Also please give me more pros/cons for both as that might help me make a decision 😅

Making bottles while out

Don’t come for me, I’m a first time mam and still learning! When I am out, I haven’t been doing a “hot shot” or mixing formula into hot water as I have been using the nuby rapid cooler and just cooling the correct amount of water down e.g. 4oz of boiling water then pouring it into a bottle (I use mam bottles) and then adding the powder but I have been researching and it says I should be mixing it the powdered formula into hot water to get rid of any bacteria however when I am out I can’t sterilise the nuby rapidcooler and sometimes we use about 3 or 4 bottles depending how long we are out. I use SMA First Infant Milk. What does everyone else do? I’m stressing🤣 I need advice as I don’t really want to have to get pre-made formula as it’s just means having to spend even more money.

Nappies

Not sure where else to ask this, but I recently brought some unopened nappies on vinted (pampers pants). They have just arrived today and when checking packaging I noticed the manufacturing date was 2018!

I know nappies don't have an expiration date but would you still use them? I haven't actually opened the packaging yet or accepted the order yet just in case.

These will be for my 8 month old.

I've never seen nappies like this before as people tend to use them straight away.😂

I brought 3 packs for £10 and all 3 are dated 2018.

Newborn visitors

Would you make someone wait a few days after flying on a plane before coming to see your newborn?

My reason being that planes are full of germ ridden strangers and I’m already going to be paranoid about germs with my baby being a winter born baby.

My mum implied that I’m being dramatic.

Nursery/breastfeeding/CMPA

My daughter has dairy and egg allergies so for nursery I’ve been pumping and sending that with her, I’m still happy to breastfeed her to sleep at night and when she wakes up in the morning, and even for naps when we’re both home all day together but I HATE pumping. Do I actually need to be sending her with breast milk or do I have alternatives or is she just okay without it at all? For reference she’s JUST turned 12 months so not sure if that changes anything - thank you so much in advance for advice I am STRESSED x

Opinions needed!

So my partner and I aren't that well off financially. We vave a 19 month old and I'm 30 weeks pregnant. We wanted to move to a 2 bed flat before baby comes but it seems we can't afford it comfortably.

Is it unrealistic to change our 1 bed flat to a 2 bed, where we'd change the front room slightly for my partner, me and the newborn to sleep so that my toddler can have his own room. I'm also weary of my son having to get used to being in his own room before baby comes, so us staying where we are would enable him time for that.

Or, do we push for another flat that's bigger and more expensive and scrape by?

What are your thoughts?