Random baby questions

1. wore merino nighties until about 7 months I think, just so easy, even though wasnt doing night changes by then! Then into homemade merino pj's
2. Avent. very good but sold it on TM at when DS was about 9 months as sisnt really need it. Small house and could hear him easily
3.door just ajar a wee bit (since aged about 1 month)
4.heads, shoulders, knees and toes. here we go round the mulberry bush, grand old duke of york, or in my case the latest pop tune I cant get out of my head!

1.DS #1 wore gowns until he was about 11 months as it was so much easier. DS#2 wore PJ's from 6 months. Not quite sure why..

2. I had a Tommee Tippee Ultimate Reassurance which was great until he started moving soa round 5 months then he would constantly be off the sensor pad. I now use a respience one which I love but its more a breathing one so depends if its for sound or breathing really.

3. Monitor on and door shut. My kids have always had their doors shut at night.

4.No idea as no singing here...thats DC's job But at a push we do sing heads shoulders knees and toes, I'm a little teapot and the ABCsong.

1. When she outgrew her size 000 all in ones, about 7 or so months.

2. Angelcare sound and movement. Love it!

3. I have the movement sensor on but I don't have the sound on at night, only in the day when I am doing housework while she is napping. Her door is always closed but not totally shut. Have cats that like to snuggle up to her!

4. At the moment I like the long ones while changing her nappy because she is suuuuch a wriggle pot. 5 little ducks, I'm a little teapot, 5 little monkeys umm actually I've had to put Elmo on TV when I change her nappy she has gotten so bad with wriggling away from me....

1. Pretty much from birth we had "sleepy clothes" (usually a merino gown) and "daytime clothes".

2. Angelcare sound and movement, and also love it. I sometimes don't bother with it anymore, but it was extremely reassuring in the first few months.

3. He co-sleeps with us a lot during the night now, so I don't have the monitor going (although I still find the nightlight on it useful). When he's in the cot for day sleeps, I have the monitor, especially if I'm in the kitchen at the other end of the house. It also works well all the way out to the clothesline and our storage sheds in the garden. (We have even used it for DH to call me in from the shed when he's looking after DS in the evening.)

4. This old man / Knick knack paddy wack and Hokey Pokey (put your right leg in, etc -- works well when putting on clothes!).

1. What age did you start dressing your child in pajamas (or something similar)? He was in All in Ones from birth and then I put him into flannette PJ's from about 6months. Only because I think he looks super cute in them.
2. What brand baby monitor do you use, is it a good one. (our one is in the process of dying, cuts in and out all the time, only 4 months old!) Mum went out and bought us a Fisher Price one when DS was about 3 days old (she thought it was something we desperately needed), I've used it about twice  I don't need it and there is so much interference its crazy.
3. When your child is in there own room for the night, do you have a monitor on, or just doors open? Can't help with that, DS is in our room.
4. I need some ideas for songs to sing when changing DD, my brain is mush. I usually have the radio on or TV on the music channel so tend to sing to whatever is on. He seems to like "real" songs more than nursery rhyme type ones (but that could be cos I always forget the words)

Aethalia wrote: I have a few random questions that im hoping you lovely ladies can help me with. 1. What age did you start dressing your child in pajamas (or something similar)? 2. What brand baby monitor do you use, is it a good one. (our one is in the process of dying, cuts in and out all the time, only 4 months old!) 3. When your child is in there own room for the night, do you have a monitor on, or just doors open? 4. I need some ideas for songs to sing when changing DD, my brain is mush. ummm.... im sure I had more when I was thinking about it while feeding at 2am, thanks anyway

1. DD has always worn and AIO or nightgown to bed, although she hasn't worn a night gown since she was 3mo. I have proper pjs but they're too big atm. I never wore pjs as a kid, just wore my undies and a tshirt as I hated the feeling of them riding up my legs and arms!

2. We have a tommee tippee one, does exactly the same thing as the Angel Care movement one as it also has a movement part but it also has a handy night light attached which can have the light full or dim and it also has a thermometer for room temperature.
It's a really great monitor BUT it used to cut out and we had to regularly change what channel it was on when DD was in our room, mainly because the wireless modem used to interfere with it. Now she is in her own room it is fine!

3. I have the monitor going 24/7 but I recently had to get a replacement cord for the parent unit because it had worn and the wires were exposed so stopped going! (Luckily Dick Smiths sold what I needed!) Monitor is 6 months old too. But I have it in our room over night and move it to the lounge during the day where I mainly am.
I once accidentally forgot to bring it to bed with me and we have both our door plus DDs door shut and I woke up to her crying. She is in the room next door but due to the layout it's technically down the hallway even though it's next door... DW!
I also found since giving birth my body is very alert to DD, she makes a little sound and I notice.

4. Round and round the garden, went the teddy bear! 1 step, 2 step, tickley under there! - Draw circles on DDs stomach then use fingers for the steps and tickle under her underarms!
Head shoulders knees and toes...

1. What age did you start dressing your child in pajamas (or something similar)?
We still use AIOs too, they're so cute and babylike, his dayclothes are so grownup, I like the babyness of them. Same as T-Rex it wasn't till about 3 months he wore proper dayclothes except for special outings as he wasn't up long enough for it to be worth changing him all the time.

2. What brand baby monitor do you use, is it a good one. (our one is in the process of dying, cuts in and out all the time, only 4 months old!)
We use the Angelcare one, and still use the movement pad too. I suggested to DH the other day that we could stop now but he looked all freaked out and agreed to stopping at 1 year. I think it's a good one too.

3. When your child is in there own room for the night, do you have a monitor on, or just doors open?
We have the monitor on all night still.

4. I need some ideas for songs to sing when changing DD, my brain is mush.
I sing Hush Little Baby and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. We've also got the mobile above the change table so often I put that on.

. What age did you start dressing your child in pajamas (or something similar)?
2. What brand baby monitor do you use, is it a good one. (our one is in the process of dying, cuts in and out all the time, only 4 months old!)
3. When your child is in there own room for the night, do you have a monitor on, or just doors open?
4. I need some ideas for songs to sing when changing DD, my brain is mush.

1. I always changed her into something other than day clothes to sleep at night. It was a bodysuit to start with (she was a summer baby born at the begining of December) but she started in all in one PJs when she was about 3-4 months old.

2. I just have the Avent one they offer on Fly buys. Didn't use it for the first 10 months or so because first she was in our room then right next door. When her dad and I split we ended up at my parents place and her bedroom is upstairs and mine is downstairs so I have it on 24/7. It does get a bit of interferrence from time to time but usually only on one channel and I just change to channel B. I haven't had any issues with it but then I don't expect much from it coz I think its one of the cheapest models you can get. No special features on it or anything.

3. When she was in the room next door I just had the door open so I could hear her. Now that I am downstairs I just pull her door to at night (not closed but not all the way open if that makes sense). I don't like the idea of a closed door coz I like the idea of the air in her room being able to circulate.

4. Songs - I often have the wiggles best of cd and I often just flick it on and sing along.

I change Lily once a day or as she needs to be...

1. What age did you start dressing your child in pajamas (or something similar)? About age 1
2. What brand baby monitor do you use, is it a good one. (our one is in the process of dying, cuts in and out all the time, only 4 months old!) I dont, I hate them.. plus the one I did have messed with my wireless internet.
3. When your child is in there own room for the night, do you have a monitor on, or just doors open? Door open during the day - door closed at night.
4. I need some ideas for songs to sing when changing DD, my brain is mush. look on youtube for Love to Sing stuff. I hate it, but the kids love it!