UK SMOG Wannabes ~ December

[chocolate]

Charlie - Id do the same with searching for potty shots which is why Im going to try to be really good and not look and not post pics to ask gender as I know if someone says 'boy Ill be like 'thats it, Im having a boy for sure'

Lavenderlime hope they have them in stock I had to ask them to get an extra one out as there wasnt enough for the bogof, she said they sell so quickly they have to keep some asside!

Maybe - we moved from a 2 double bedroomed semi to a 3 bed semi which has a converted loft room, but getting to it is a pain as its through the smallest room so would make the smallest room extra small if we had stairs up to it again, hoping we can put some up there via the extra bit in our room. No room to extend either Im afraid, but we do have a bigger garden and get this - we have one of those log cabin things! has 2 sides but full of junk!! Came with the house and I do dream of decluttering and turning it into a childs play room or my OH and the boys tc room lol.

[zanacal]

Charlie - you're like me, I got SO obsessed with trying to guess baby's gender after my NT scan. Before that I really didn't want to see a nub photo and was going to try and wait until birth to find out - of course in the end I booked a private gender scan at 16 weeks so I went completely the other way! It was just driving me too mad wondering.

Lavender - I think sickness in the 2ww is something to do with progesterone? I felt very sick with this one in the 2ww and with the others it was the only time I felt sick during pregnancy! This was the only pregnancy I had loads of symptoms and had that 'feeling' I was pregnant.

We used to have a 4 bed detached house but we moved to a little cottage! We didn't like the area our old house was in (it was on a new housing estate) and we love where we live now, in a village on the edge of a town so we can walk in to the country in one direction and in to town in the other and the town is lovely, full of gift-type shops and coffee shops. I get so excited when somebody has a birthday because I can go around all the little shops and buy something! Our cottage was 2 beds when we moved in but we did an extension late last year. We wanted 4 bedrooms but the conservation officer made a fuss about our planning application and we ended up with 3 bedrooms and a much bigger downstairs. It's still not big (probably not really big enough for our family!) but we love it - the 3 biggest boys share a room and DS3 and the new baby will share when she moves out of our room. DS3 could go in with his big brothers as their room is a good size but I'd rather they were in pairs, we'll have to see if they both fit in DS3's small bedroom! I'm thinking of having some small size bunk beds made for them Even though it's completely crazy and hectic I love that there are so many of us all bundling in together. I'm sure the boys will feel differently when they're teenagers and we may let one of them move downstairs to our 'den' at that point - though I'm already worried about him climbing in and out the window during the night, I'd be terrible in a bungalow!!

[Lavenderlime]

Right make me step away from the computer now.....so much for team green lol pretty much convinced this is a boy now.....ho hum

Me Devil on Charlie's shoulder:

Book an early gender scan for in 3 weeks and the speculation will be over !

[charlieispy]

Z sounds like my dream home will have to find a ebay seller for you i saved it as they make triple bunks but also short bunks to your specifications which is what i think we will end up getting x

i will have to not look at all st my 20wk scan ad i don't purposely look i think i must be good at watching scans dh had no clue when it was obvious to me ds 2&3

[zanacal]

Yes please Charlie though may be the same place I've found! One of my friends from another site just got her eldest three a tripple bunk - but our ceilings are too low!! You can get cotbed sized bunkbeds that are so cute for not a lot of money

[charlieispy]

We have a 3 bed modern house dh wanted new build now we both want old! Plan to have 2 in each room with aim to move when we can afford it.....4 yrs or so

[Kell]

Do you know I didn't even think about triple bunks this may be they route we go so all the boys have a bed, I know realistically we will be here for a few months while baby is little.
Just had a quick look I quite like the look of this one http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/vie...id=86509861309
I think they would separate out quite easily once we get a bigger house rather than the metal framed ones that can't be changed.

[Lavenderlime]

We live in a three bed semi. So we'll move the boys into DS's room and get bunk beds but I'm really sad as I lOVE ds's bed it's an iron bed, re-powder coated in a glossy red paint and from a de-serviced Navy ship it's so high he needs a step stool to get in! It's amazing.

I really want the bunk bed version but because it was from an antique shop the reality of finding one is slim! The couple who sold me the bed just specialise in antique childrens beds so have my name on the list if they ever come across one.

DP is insistant we need a 4 bed detached but I think we've still got another 4 years left in this house. Plus I love the village and type of house we want costs about £400-£500k in our area. So we'd need a big winfall! Or for me to get a full time job so we could get a better morgage. Sighhh we'll at least i've got 4 years to save, ponder and play the lottery!

[zanacal]

This is the site I've found for bunkbeds:

Bunk beds our many styles

Do any of your children already share rooms? My eldest two are incredibly close and I'm glad they share a room because I think that's part of the reason - but they don't sleep half as well as they did when they had separate rooms!!

[chocolate]

My boys have their own rooms right now, they will probably share in about 18 months time when the next one needs to vacate our room lol, but then I may put the 2 youngest together - not sure, just worry they will disturb each other. Also thought about bunk beds but wonder if it would disturb them when one rolls over. Like the cabin beds but I think the smallest room won't fit 2 of those in unless I convince my OH to swap rooms so the boys can have the master room with en-suite and us have the smallest but would be a squeeze getting our king size in there. We need a 6 or 7 bed detached ha ha!