For those of you with other kiddos

Re: For those of you with other kiddos

• LoCarb member

  December 2012

  I'm in TX and there is no way I could go through a summer.  I planned my pg for Spring babies.

  Friends who have been pg over the summer complain how miserable they are. I have a friend in the NE who had a Jan baby at home bc she couldn't get to the hospital in the snow/ice safely (they tried). If you have them in diffn't season you can spread out b-day celebrations. My kids are b-days are one day apart so they actually save me money in the beginning w/ joint parties. I'm sure when they are older they will want separate b-days. Because they are the same gender clothing is cheaper too.
  

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• EDWHIP member

  December 2012

  Thanks for the responses!  Very interesting things to think about.  I guess the only thing I did not like about an April baby was it was too early for LO to wear sunblock, which was hard during the summer months.  I felt like she was suffocating during walks when I would put a swaddle over the top.

  

  
  

  

  

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• EDWHIP member

  December 2012

  Grace0609:

  EDWHIP:

  Thanks for the responses!  Very interesting things to think about.  I guess the only thing I did not like about an April baby was it was too early for LO to wear sunblock, which was hard during the summer months.  I felt like she was suffocating during walks when I would put a swaddle over the top.

  https://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/at-play/pages/Sun-Safety.aspx?nfstatus=401&nftoken=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&nfstatusdescription=ERROR%3a+No+local+token

  I used sunscreen on my April baby in the summer.  Here's the AAP recs on it.  Ok to use on exposed portions of the body in small amounts under 6 months of age.

   

  Oh very interesting!  I remember when I went to my "mommy and me" group at the hospital after DD was born, this was a hotly contested issue.  I ended up shading her mostly, but the debates just made me paranoid.  Thanks for the info. 

  

  
  

  

  

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• virginiagirl11 member

  December 2012

  I felt like April was the perfect time to be due with a baby and that actually was one of the big reasons why we started TTC again when we did. We wanted the kids to be two years apart and wanted me to have a similarly-timed pregnancy since I loved the timing of the first so much and already had the maternity clothes, etc.

  I like that pregnancy during this time keeps me warm in the winter, yet I don't have to worry about delivery in a snowstorm, and then I get to deliver before summer hits.

  Plus, all of our family birthdays and special dates are within those two months, April-June, so we'll just knock everything out at once and then won't have to spend a bunch of money again until Christmas.

  Re: sun cover-ups....I wasn't comfortable putting lotions on my son at such a young age, so I just kept a bunch of light Aden+Anais swaddle blankets with me and would drape those over him or over the stroller to block out the sun but still keep things breathable. I also limited our time in the direct sun and didn't go outside on really hot/muggy days, period. Btw, you can also buy stroller canopy extensions. I think a friend of mine got hers for under $30. 

  natural m/c 7.1.10 : sticky baby 4.25.11 : #2 due 5.18.13

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