Uk SMOG Wannabes ~ January

[maybepink3]

Hi everyone,
Popped on to read through all the posts and I can't keep up!
Babymad - hope you are beginning to feel a little easier with your news. I completely understand how you feel and went through GD with DS2. I have my scan next week and I'm absolutely dreading it. Big hugs x
Charlie & Pinga - can't believe we're nearly half way!!! Pinga, I've just noticed I share your due date. Mine was confirmed 20th too at my 12 week scan.
Sunset - loving the pictures of Serena, she's adorable and good news you're nearly off the medication
Deaks, keeping everything crossed for your attempt. It's just got to be your month x
Hi to everyone else.
Just looking at the discussion on cravings and worrying that I'm not in to fruit that much this time apart from grapefruit juice (although it has to be pink - for the taste not the pink factor!), I suppose because it's sour. This time I've completely gone off red meat (and eat loads of burgers etc when pg with DS1 and DS2) and not keen on chocolate (although I've had some but it leaves a thick salivary taste in my mouth afterwards - funny as I was a chocoholic before). I just want anything salty - peanut butter, salt n vinegar crisps, pretzels, marmite on toast and drinking lots of decaf coffee but gone off wanting tea.
Very interested in all these predictions, I've never been brave enough to have anything like that done but sounds very intriguing.
Life here has been very hectic lately. We're about to have our kitchen done and make the dining room/kitchen in to one. I've wanted it done since we moved in here 9 years ago. We've had to borrow more money to do it and now mortgaged to the hilt! Not the best time to do it but it will make a big difference in years to come especially as the children want to be when I'm cooking. Think I'm going to take the boys to my mum and dad's for a week whilst the building work is being done and hoping my mum will help me out and give me a bit of a break.
We're starting to think too about bigger cars. Ideally I'd like to put all 3 children on the back seats but like the idea of a 7 seater too. Is there such a car out there where you can get all 3 on the back row? Any advice much appreciated. DH and I not really car people so have no idea where to start! xxx

[maybepink3]

Hey all just a quick one, scan showed bubs is there and growing so very happy! She thought placenta to right so = boy!! But she seemed confused about how to tell which side so not thinking much of if it is to the right - but I do now think boy and am ok with that, feel no different. Placenta is to the front so hard to hear heartbeat too

Glad your scan went well Chocolate x

[maybebabythree]

Nice to hear from you maybe. I think most bigger cars will fit three seats in the back. Depends more on the car seat than the car.

Sunset serena is a real cutie!! Love the outfit! I would have no class if I had a dd. She would be in bright pink Lacey puffball type ott outfit.

Thought of another name, Ashton - what about that one?

I love skylar for a girl. Lovely name. But my gave girl names are Shannon, Hazel and scarlet. Maybe dave can have Shannon as a middle name? Lol been waiting to use that name for eight years now .

[maybebabythree]

Babymad will try to post my Photos of newborn and 0-3 things over the weekend for you

[maybebabythree]

Oh I'm 34 weeks today! Got a great marking at work for my yearly review! Three working weeks left! Yippie! Ds did great in his parents eve and all is sweet in my life today!

Indigo dh says he sees you running past him on the school run so even though you feel yuk, you most certainly look great ;-)

[Sunset]

Inglewood ~ I craved coca cola in my pregnancy and i’ve never been a big fan of fizzy drinks either. I’m recording call the midwife. Haven’t got around to watch it yet though

Indigoviolet ~ yay for 12 weeks

Chocolate ~ glad to hear the scan went well! Did you get a picture?

Maybepink3 ~ how lovely to hear from you! Wow you’re nearly halfway! are you finding out gender or staying team green?

Maybebaby ~ Ashton is really nice! i cant believe you're 34 weeks! Dave will be here before you know it

Deaks ~ how did your attempt go?

[zanacal]

I don't think it is that easy to find a car where you can fit 3 'proper' carseats along the back! We have a Fiat Multipla but the others which come to mind are VW Touran, Renault Scenic - all the cars my DH considers to be suitable for an old man!!

[maybebabythree]

Deaks I can get three in the back of my zafria and astra but two are high back boosters. Not sure two newborn and a three point forward facing one would fit. Childminder has a voyager and she could fit five massive car seats easy in the back. Handy they have sliding doors because then it's a bit too big to fit in a standard parking space. My zafria is thinner and maybe shorter too? If you get a expensive car seat like my maxi cosi then your right, it's going to be hard. I plan to sit in the back when we all go out in the middle but the pain then is climbing over a car seat. Might have to get ds2 just a booster but they don't look as safe.

[HappyLea]

We can fit 3 car seats in the back of both our cars, we have a vauxhall zafira and a kia sorento. When DS3 was little i had a babyseat with isofix and 2 pretty biggish seats with 5point harnesses in the Zafira. We are now onto 2 highback boosters and one with a 5point harness. The sorento we only got recently and as its a 4x4 its pretty wide and easily fits 3 seats in back.

[chocolate]

Cars - now I may be handy as I childmind so have various car seats. I have a Zafira and try to only use 5 seats. My middle seat is only a lap belt so is an issue, however I have a britax 5 point harness seat which just uses the lap belt, I then have another britax next to it, and a high back booster the other side Not sure about newborn seats going next to the one in the middle? Not with those 9 month to 4 year seats either side. To do that you'd be best with a high backed booster in the middle (if u have a 3 point seat belt?) some have 5 point harnesses attached so from 9 months up too 11 years, or you can use a normal belt when older.

I was going to get a renault grand espace but the engines are prown to blowing up! Chryslers are so practical, but expensive to run and fix. We would prob. go for a Galaxy but would pay extra tax and insurance so try to stick with the Zafira.
Id ask Mothercare