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@SweetMamaM: Oh wow, I'm sorry! I'm glad little baby is moving around and all is good in there, but that must have been so scary!

@Danizaur: We didn't cloth diaper with LO and probably won't with this one either. If we do, we won't start until later (6+ months) and would do the pre-fits with bamboo liners that are flushable. Realistically though, no, I see us sticking with our Huggies!

@Mrs Music: Speaking from experience here, I'd say buy a proper nappy bag and buy a nice one! Yes, they're godawful expensive here, but as someone who went with cheaper options and is now on nappy bag #5 in 15 months, it's so much better to suck the cost up and splurge at the start. I've finally just ordered a fairly pricy Timi & Leslie bag (which will be bag #6, ugh!) for when baby #2 gets here, but I wish I had just ordered it at the start, instead of spending a few hundred dollars on different bags that never quite met my needs! Also, I know the CR bags you're talking about and honestly, I think those will be too big, and more to the point, somewhat inconvenient. You probably won't want to be digging around inside that huge compartment every time you need something. One of the nice things about a nappy bag is that it has loads of internal and external pockets, so grabbing a dummy, blanket, keys, wallet, whatever, can be done with one hand, without having to put the bag down. Just my opinion though! Also, bags are significantly, significantly cheaper in the US, so may be worth scouring Amazon to find a seller who ships to Australia!

@MrsKoala: I found this article helpful when we were researching disposables!

http://www.babygearlab.com/Disposable-Diaper-Reviews

Well its a rainy day here. Enjoying my LO's first case of the hiccups that I have felt. Hoping the rain stops.

Anybody else LO's have the hiccups yet?

@littleblessings: Still waiting for that, but I have a flipper today. Rolling and rolling and rolling!

SweetMamaM- Glad to hear your little one is being active! I hope your bruises and such heal up soon. Very scary!

We haven't started baby shopping much yet (we're getting a TON of hand-me-downs from friends and co-workers). I do know we'll likely go with a backpack as a diaper bag ($50 max). We're pretty thrifty, so I try to avoid even browsing the super-cute but spendy stuff so I don't get tempted. Hehe.

@MrsKoala: I'm still trying to decide if I'm going to stay at home or not. If I go back to work I may just settle on disposables for the convenience of day care and relatives. If I stay home though I will most likely use cloth.

@SweetMamaM: I think it's smart to wait a few moths before cloth diapering. Give yourself a bit of a break and newborns go through so many diapers! The laundry would be insane. We started at month 3 when we moved into our house.

I have just been so out of sorts today and had to have two dozey naps... It played havoc with the work I was intending to do today but I just felt utterly tired and miserable. It makes me very nervous for the next term of teaching - what if I have more off days? I'm hoping it's a lack of sleep from my sore leg and I'll be back on the ball tomorrow.

Y'all. Life is so funny. The day I posted about the diaper bags, I was scrolling through Craigslist and lo and behold is the Green Skip Hop bag I posted for $30.00. I offered $25.00 and picked it up this morning.

I want the JuJuBe even MORE now that we got the other one for basically nothing.

@citymouse: @Danizaur: I feel like I wake up at least six times a night, whenever I roll over! I'm not ready for the sleep deprivation just yet!

@Danizaur: I've just bought a Belly Bean pillow - doing some reading up, women with wide-set pelvises tend to have more discomfort side-sleeping because there is more strain on our belly muscles when we turn. Would explain why I wake up every time I turn.

@SweetMamaM: That sounds like me too.

@indi: Good luck indi. Mine's in 2 days. I personally cannot wait.

@indi: not me I couldn't wait to find out and I'm so happy we did so know we call him by his name it's fun

@indi: Any news?

Also my belly button is starting to flatten out already. I just barely have to pull at my skin and it goes completely flat. Ah!

@Danizaur: @Mrs Music: @Honeygold89: @MrsKoala: Thanks, ladies! Our ultrasound took a little longer because LO was munching on feet and wiggling and kicking all over. We spent 10 minutes at the end trying to get all the heart measurements the tech needed...she gave up on getting the last one. I guess we have a stubborn wee one!

And we ALMOST had to wait until December to check again because LO was far more interested in dancing for us than cooperating in letting us take a peek, but we found out that Little Indi is.....

A GIRL! We are so darn excited! You were right, danizaur!

@indi: yay! Congrats! Our LO just wouldn't cooperate at all, so I'm glad yours would for you!

@Honeygold89: Thanks! The IRL guesses were about 50/50, so it's fun to see why people thought what they did.

@SweetMamaM: So fussy already, those kids!

@Mrs Music: I hope your LO cooperates! Mine was feisty!! It was really cool, though. Definitely fun.

And our 3D is scheduled for DH's birthday, so that'll be a treat for him.