Harry's Room Re-organisation...

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So yesterday I decided that I needed to organise Harry's room as we got his new furniture all ready and built and it just needed putting into place and filling with clothes.

So I popped Harry in his little soft car and he sat and watched while I did the cleaning, sorting and organising of his things. I managed to hang most of his clothes in the wardrobe, and pack away his clothes in the drawers.  I've also sorted all his cloth nappies, added inserts to them and got them ready to use. He's got a few that are still too big and I could really do with some more inserts for the smaller setting on the nappy.

When I was bought the nappies I was given a few different kinds. I really liked the pocket nappies so bought a few more of those and thats what I have been using. I was also bought some prefold styles with wraps, but I just coudln't get along with these so I have decided to sell them on. Seen as I need more inserts and seem to have about 20 of the nappy inners for the wrap nappies I'm gonna use a handful and make some inserts for my pocket nappy using them. Gives me an excuse to dig out the sewing machine and means I don't have to buy anymore.

So now all Harry's toys and clothes pretty much have a place and his room looks a lot better for it. His cot can actually be used when he's ready to move in there now as I've found a place for all the things that were put in there to get them out of the way after Christmas.

I have to pay for fuel? What!!

Here's a little picture of Harry yesterday sat in his car next to his fuel pump wardrobe. He didn't seem to happy about having to fuel the car though!!!

Donna
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First Jabs and Early mornings...

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Well I never thought that I'd ever be a morning person. I don't think I truely am a morning person still but I'm slowly getting used to the idea of being up and about before 6am.

This morning I've managed to do a load of washing and clean the kitchen all before 6am, as well as feed Harry and myself. The only downside to this is I'm pretty much knackered by 7pm and want to go to bed!! This is around the time that Harry is having his bath and settling down for the night, so I try keeping myself occupied until his 9pm feed and then we both head to bed for a few hours sleep.

Harry had his first jabs on Tuesday and his 8 week check up. His immunisations involved 2 jabs, one in each leg and an oral vaccination. He seemed to like the taste of the oral vaccination. There were 2 nurses so they did the jabs at the same time. He seemed OK until he realised they'd jabbed him then cried for a couple of minutes. All in all it wasn't as bad as I expected and he didn't seem to be traumatised by the event. The following day he was really cranky and I didn't think I'd ever get him settled though.

He also went to get weighed yesterday at the baby clinic. He's now 8lbs 14oz, he's dropped a line on the chart and only put on 2oz in the last 3 weeks so I have to take him back nextweek to keep it monitored, but they assured me it was nothing to worry about at this stage. So hopefully by next week he'll have put on a little more and be back on track.

Well I'm going to go get us both washed and dress ready for baby group and finish tidying up before we head out for the day.

Donna
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Baby Swimming Lessons

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David and I decided that we wanted Harry to get used to the water and swimming as soon as he could so that he wouldn't be afraid of the water and also because we both like to swim so didn't want him to miss out.

I looked into our local pool and found that they do baby lessons on a Tuesday morning, so I rang to find out what we needed to do to get him in the class. All we had to do was turn up and pay the fee on the day (£3.25). So we went a couple of weeks ago, all three of us set off and got down to the pool. Unfortunately the teacher was off ill so we didn't actually get to do the lesson but still had a dip in the water. Harry wasn't too sure at first but he seemed to settled down and we even dunked him under a couple of times.

So I couldn't go last week as I was at the doctors, but we went again this morning and the teacher was there. We did some floating on their backs and then on their fronts with a little teddy float under their chest. Harry did so well and was the youngest baby there by about a month, he did start to get a little tired towards the end and I took him out of the pool after 20 minutes, the lesson is only 30 minutes long and the teacher did tell me to take him out whenever I thought he'd had enough. I'm looking forward to next week and hopefully doing more in the water with him.

For his swimming lesson I've got him some Huggies Little Swimmers nappies and also a Happy Nappy swim nappy to go over the top of that. He then has a little water babies vest to keep him a little warmer so that he can stay in the water for a bit longer. We found that the first time we took him swimming he slept for the majority of that day and this time hasn't been much different. Poor little mite is tired out.

I've been told by a lady at the baby group that Water Babies is supposed to be the  best swim class to take babies to so I may have a look into the price and things of those classes and see about possibly enrolling him into those.

Donna
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First Immunisations...

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So today was Harry's first immunisations and I really wasn't looking forward to it. He got his little letter with the appointment on last week and so off we went to the doctors today.

We went in to see the doctor first who checked him over and measured his head. He also checked his hips etc and everything was perfect. Then he sent us on to the nurses who did the immunisations. One oral and two, yes TWO jabs, one in each leg. They did one leg each at the same time. He was all quiet, then bam he screamed!! He settled down after a few minutes and was calm again after that.

The doctor said he may get a little grumpy and crabky this evening and may even have a bit of a tempurature. He's currently got to the cranky/grumpy stage and is napping on and off. I'm catching up with some blogging and computer bits while he's napping. I feel this could be a very long night. To top it all off I'm feeling ill too. I started last Thursday with a sore throat and it's progressed to a full on cough and cold. This could make it an even longer night!!

Donna
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Fisher Price Discover 'n Grow kick and play piano gym...

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I've got another little review for you today. This time it's the play mat that Harry was given for Christmas by my mum. She bought him the Fisher Price Discover 'n grow kick and play piano gym. There's the fabric playmat with a piano attached to the bottom and an arch with dangling toys.

View from top showing piano

The piano can be kicked at for babies and the turns so that when baby is old enough they can sit up right and play the piano. Whilst laying down they can bat around at the toys hanging from the archway and theres also a nice big mirror in the centre. the four dangling toys can be removed and change the order or added to a pram etc if you want to take the toys elsewhere. The arch will also lay at the top of the mat for tummy time play.

The little piano can be set so that the individual keys play a note or play a tune and there's also flashing lights on this part. It's very well made and I can see this lasting a very long time.

Harry absolutely loves this and it's one of the best things he's been bought. It's a handy place for him to have some tummy time and then move him on to his back while he bats around at the toys. He's taken much more of an interest in the toys and piano recently as he's become more aware of the things around him. He sits and stares and giggles at himself in the mirror and squeels when his feet hit the piano and it makes a noise.

From bottom showing the toys

The mat can be removed from the frame to be washed and is nice and soft for baby. It's also got a lovely design on it.

I would really recommend this for any new baby as Harry does seem to enjoy it a lot and I can see the older he gets the more aware he will be that by him kicking his feet it causes musci to play etc.

Again this was bought for him, I think it came from Amazon and was around £35.

Donna
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Fisher Price Woodsy Friends Bouncer...

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Today I thought I'd do a little review on the bouncer chair that we use for Harry. I looked into a lot of bouncer chairs before he was born and added this to my wish list as it had some great reviews and I really liked the look of it. We chose the Fisher Price Woodsy Friends bouncer. It was actually bought for us in the end by my Dad and his wife, so I'm not sure on the actual price they paid but it is still on Amazon for around £35.

Woodsy Friends Bouncer

I really like the design on the fabric and it's really soft and snuggly for the baby. It has a 3 point harness to keep the baby secure so they don't fall out or escape, which comes in handy now my little guy has started getting quite wriggly!!

The chair has vibrations to soothe the baby, Harry wasn't so keen on this to start off with but over the past few days he doesn't mind it as much and it will settle him back to sleep when he starts to stir.

The toybar can be removed, so you can get baby in and out easily and just clips into place when ready. It's a sturdy fitting and has been removed and put back in many times over the last 8 weeks so I'm very cinfident this will last and won't easily break. There's an owl toy on the end, which when pulled hoots and then plays 2 musical tunes. Next to this is another dangling toy and then another on the side. The 2 other toys have removable bits as well. Now Harry's that little bit older he is starting to bat around at the toys and taking an interest in them.

The head rest part can also be removed by a velcro tab at the back so you can lower it or raise it depending on where babies head rests.

It's also obviously a bouncey chair and the frame, although it looks quite thin is very sturdy. Overall I'm really pleased with this chair and would deffinately recommend it to other mums and mums to be. Harry seems to approve of it too and has spent many hours happily sat in there whilst watching us get little jobs done.  The cover is also machine washable, a must for all baby products I have found as they tend to dribble and spit up over everything!!

Donna
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New furniture...

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Yesterday me and Harry have had a day out with Grandad. It's was a lovely day, I do enjoy our little days out with grandad.

We just went for a wander round a nice garden centre at Barton Grange and stopped for a cuppa and a cake (and a bottle of milk for Harry). Then on the way back we called in at an auction shop place that David and I went to a couple of weeks ago. While we were there before I saw a little furniture set that I really liked and wanted for Harry's room. It's a wardrobe, tall set of drawers and a little bedside cabinet, all done out like a fuel pump/toolbox type thing that would go with a racing car bed. They didn't have the bed in the shop and obviously Harry is far too small to even need a bed for quite a while yet so we went back yesterday to see if it was still there.

Luckily for me it was and we bought it. So it's upstairs now ready to be built up and arranged in Harry's room. At the moment in his room is his cotbed, a small storage bench, set of pine drawers and a bookcase. So the drawers and storage bench are coming out to make room for his new furniture. The new drawers are quite deep so even though there's only four drawers there will be plenty of room for his little things. It's also got a wardrobe to start hanging his little clothes up, I've been starting to run out of room and a wardrobe would come in handy. Theres a little rail at the top and a couple of shelves underneath, then his little bedside cabinet. So plenty of storage for his ever growing possesions.

So today I'll be making them up and moving things around in our spare room to accomodate the other chest of drawers. Then I can load up his little drawers and wardrobe with all his tiny little clothes. I'll post some pictures once it's all ready and in place.

Donna
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