Baby monitors and other baby stuff

[CrippsCorner]

I remember a few nights of him crying where we just looked at each other not knowing what to do! It was horrible.

I found bouncing up and down on an exercise ball with him helped quite a lot. Have you tried a baby carrier for when you need to get stuff done?

 

[HTFC]

Is she suffering from Reflux, or perhaps Colic? My first had Colic, second had Reflux - we used the specialist formulas for both (Aptamil) and that helped. We changed their bottles to MAM as well, which let air escape from the base, reducing the risk of wind.

A little trick for the breathless screaming - blow gently on her face, it’ll stop that straight away ? (seriously!)

The blowing definitely snaps her out of it for a few seconds, and then I have to do it again.

Since we’ve had the infacol on the go and let it get working she’s been fine so fingers crossed.

 

[HTFC]

I remember a few nights of him crying where we just looked at each other not knowing what to do! It was horrible.

I found bouncing up and down on an exercise ball with him helped quite a lot. Have you tried a baby carrier for when you need to get stuff done?

Have a baby carrier, which we have used when out and about. She’s just still a little slumped in it due to her size and not holding herself up yet but we will be using it if it makes things easier. We’ve also set up her cot for daytime naps to try get her used to being on her own, but of instinct tells her she needs to be near us then I doubt it will work but we can try!!

 

[Marc.]

Have a baby carrier, which we have used when out and about. She’s just still a little slumped in it due to her size and not holding herself up yet but we will be using it if it makes things easier. We’ve also set up her cot for daytime naps to try get her used to being on her own, but of instinct tells her she needs to be near us then I doubt it will work but we can try!!

It’s worth persevering with the cot. My son was sleeping in his cot overnight and during naps from about 4 weeks old ?

 

[Ben]

Dilemma, our second is due in September so we need a new monitor. We have a BT 6000 and it’s ace but our first will still need to use this for a while, but we can’t buy another (without paying over the odds) as they’ve been discontinued. What monitors are people using?

 

[Darren61]

Dilemma, our second is due in September so we need a new monitor. We have a BT 6000 and it’s ace but our first will still need to use this for a while, but we can’t buy another (without paying over the odds) as they’ve been discontinued. What monitors are people using?

We’ve got a BT 6000 too, great bit of kit except battery life on the main unit. You can still get them online and even get 2nd hand ones on eBay and you can hook up an additional camera to the main unit and toggle between the two..

 

[Ben]

We’ve got a BT 6000 too, great bit of kit except battery life on the main unit. You can still get them online and even get 2nd hand ones on eBay and you can hook up an additional camera to the main unit and toggle between the two..

When I looked into adding the second camera, lots of reviews online said you couldn’t. Have you got two cameras on yours?

 

[Feirny]

I think I need to give this a good read. Any ones to specifically avoid? Me being me will want the all singing one that can connect to nasa etc...

 

[Marc.]

I think I need to give this a good read. Any ones to specifically avoid? Me being me will want the all singing one that can connect to nasa etc...

Something to tell us Greggles?!

 

[Feirny]

Something to tell us Greggles?!

Not until I work out who’s it is.

 

[Darren61]

When I looked into adding the second camera, lots of reviews online said you couldn’t. Have you got two cameras on yours?

I’m under the impression you can add a second and have seen some reviews online to say that is the case. Although you can only toggle between them individually and not watch both at once.

I’m tempted to get a second hand unit on eBay and try it.

 

[Darren61]

I think I need to give this a good read. Any ones to specifically avoid? Me being me will want the all singing one that can connect to nasa etc...

Having had the BT 6000 since our little girl was born, can genuinely say it’s been great. Wide screen unit, auto switches to night mode when it’s pitch black. Tilt and zoom function which is helpful, as well as a talk function so you can speak to the other half if they’re upstairs for example (like a walkie talkie basically)

Based on advice from John Lewis and glad we went with it. We found it’s a bit of a minefield choosing a monitor if you don’t know what you’re talking about as there’s so many.

But the BT ones seem to tick most boxes!

 

[Andy_con]

my daughter is now 7 years old and we are still using our 7 year old Motorola MPb36 or something like that, for our third child who is 8 months old.

its probably very dated now being 7 years old, but is still working faultlessly

amazing range, great battery life, pan and tilt etc and all the other functions you would expect

 

[RIC172]

When I looked into adding the second camera, lots of reviews online said you couldn’t. Have you got two cameras on yours?

I have this monitor for my twins and can confirm you can add additional cameras.

I actually ended up selling the second camera though as it was much more convenient for me to ceiling mount the one camera and PTZ between the two cots. Otherwise you have to navigate through the slightly faffy menus on the device and manually connect to the other camera.

 

[Feirny]

Having had the BT 6000 since our little girl was born, can genuinely say it’s been great. Wide screen unit, auto switches to night mode when it’s pitch black. Tilt and zoom function which is helpful, as well as a talk function so you can speak to the other half if they’re upstairs for example (like a walkie talkie basically)

Based on advice from John Lewis and glad we went with it. We found it’s a bit of a minefield choosing a monitor if you don’t know what you’re talking about as there’s so many.

But the BT ones seem to tick most boxes!

Brilliant cheers mate, I’ll get one of those sourced once my bank account has recovered.

 

[RIC172]

Brilliant cheers mate, I’ll get one of those sourced once my bank account has recovered.

I admire your optimism ;-) I don't think my bank account will ever recover!

 

[Ben]

I have this monitor for my twins and can confirm you can add additional cameras.

I actually ended up selling the second camera though as it was much more convenient for me to ceiling mount the one camera and PTZ between the two cots. Otherwise you have to navigate through the slightly faffy menus on the device and manually connect to the other camera.

Rather than buying a second camera, I was tempted by the new BT Smart Monitor system.

BT Smart Video Baby Monitor with 5 inch screen: Amazon.co.uk: Baby

Great prices on your favourite Baby brands plus free delivery and returns on eligible orders.

www.amazon.co.uk

 

[Feirny]

I admire your optimism ;-) I don't think my bank account will ever recover!

We’re in the middle of having a new kitchen fitted, that’s the killer.

 

[Tim.]

Anyone want iCandy adapters for maxi cosy seat?

Look like this:

£10 plus postage?

 

[RDH]

Dilemma, our second is due in September so we need a new monitor. We have a BT 6000 and it’s ace but our first will still need to use this for a while, but we can’t buy another (without paying over the odds) as they’ve been discontinued. What monitors are people using?

BT 6000 is still available in Smyths Toys for £130.00?

 

[Ben]

Any old wives tales/tips for a baby (4 weeks) suffering with constipation?

 

[Darren61]

Gently massaging their tummy in a circular motion can help with that

 

[R3k1355]

Also try and be out of the house when the dam finally breaks it's banks.

 

[Ben]

He only seems to be going once every other day but we can tell he’s really uncomfortable on poo day until he’s pushed it out. We’re formula feeding so we’ve reached out to the Health Care visitor to see what she suggests, probably tell us to try a different milk formula.

 

[seb]

He only seems to be going once every other day but we can tell he’s really uncomfortable on poo day until he’s pushed it out. We’re formula feeding so we’ve reached out to the Health Care visitor to see what she suggests, probably tell us to try a different milk formula.

defo try a different milk. We had the same with ours and a change of milk it made an instant change. I would say try prunes but too young at 4 weeks LOL (but that does work too.)

The other trick we did was when we could see her really straining but having no joy a damp bit of tissue paper to try and tickle her behind seemed to help too as weird as it sounds. We did the tummy circular motions too.

But the best advice is the milk.

 

[Marc.]

Definitely look at changing the milk.

As Seb said, 4 weeks is probably too young for Prune juice.

One trick we used was a small amount of sugary water, that really helped our son.

In the end we were prescribed laxative for both our kids - the downside to bottle feeding kids is definitely the risk of constipation

 

[Crybert]

How old is he? Shouldn’t be changing his milk if he’s been on it for a while. That’s not unusual for them to poo every other day. Quite common.

Try a bath too, that helps. Our wee guy (2 weeks and a few days old) only poos every other day and he’s on the mamia formula. Always does it at 5 in the morning. It’s f**king great

 

[KermitTheDog]

He only seems to be going once every other day but we can tell he’s really uncomfortable on poo day until he’s pushed it out. We’re formula feeding so we’ve reached out to the Health Care visitor to see what she suggests, probably tell us to try a different milk formula.

Our daughter would go days without a s**t, so we put her on Nutramigen, it did the job.

 

[Ben]

How old is he? Shouldn’t be changing his milk if he’s been on it for a while. That’s not unusual for them to poo every other day. Quite common.

Try a bath too, that helps. Our wee guy (2 weeks and a few days old) only poos every other day and he’s on the mamia formula. Always does it at 5 in the morning. It’s f**king great

He’s just turned 4 weeks old so still pretty dinky. We’re using SMA as that’s what we used with our first baby last year and he was fine on it but I suppose all babies are different!

 

[Marc.]

He’s just turned 4 weeks old so still pretty dinky. We’re using SMA as that’s what we used with our first baby last year and he was fine on it but I suppose all babies are different!

Both ours were fed on Aptamil. We tried SMA with our second, but she didn’t like it. We used the thicker, anti-colic formula so constipation was a constant problem for us.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Bit of a bump on this thread after seeing @Cub. saying he uses his phone light to do the night feed in another thread.
We got one of these and it's been pretty good. Laura leaves it on dim throughout the night and I just turn it brighter when I change Sophia before her feed.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07G71JHDS/?tag=cliospnet01-21


I forgot how tiring babies can be sometimes, luckily she's only up twice in the night at the moment and the first is usually when I'm heading to bed.

 

[Ben]

I forgot about this thread! I’ve got two boys now and the youngest turns 1 next week, the wife is already planning the third 🤔

 

[riz]

If you wanted to forward plan.
I'll be selling an Icandy designer soon

 

[Ben]

We’ve got this ridiculously large pram, there’s no way she’s having another 😂

 

[ChrisR]

Bit of a bump on this thread after seeing @Cub. saying he uses his phone light to do the night feed in another thread.
We got one of these and it's been pretty good. Laura leaves it on dim throughout the night and I just turn it brighter when I change Sophia before her feed.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07G71JHDS/?tag=cliospnet01-21


I forgot how tiring babies can be sometimes, luckily she's only up twice in the night at the moment and the first is usually when I'm heading to bed.

We bought one of these and it's been good

Shnuggle Moonlight Night Light | Baby & Toddler bedside Lamp

Light up every step with Shnuggle Moonlight | Portable Night Light | Perfect glow for night feeds or toddler trips to the bathroom | With Charging Dock

shnuggle.com

Used to be handy for middle of the night changes, thankfully at almost 4 months now he'll go from changing him in his sleep about 11 through to 7ish in the morning now.

Best thing out of all the stuff we bought was the formula prep machine, more so no whe's solely on formula for various reasons. Been a life saver and makes things very quick and easy.

Also loves sitting in his bouncer and flinging his legs around.

 

[Coby.]

Very very early days for us but popped into JL for a browse and couldn't believe how expensive pushchairs etc are 😳

 

[imprezaworks]

If you buy scene, yep.

 

[Iain C]

Very very early days for us but popped into JL for a browse and couldn't believe how expensive pushchairs etc are 😳

My I candy for our twins was £1200! Most of my cars haven't been that expensive!

 

[Darren61]

Very very early days for us but popped into JL for a browse and couldn't believe how expensive pushchairs etc are 😳

Most of the top specs are £1k. We went for the Uppababy ‘Vista’ on their advice and it’s been brilliant. So easy to use and collapse etc, very “bloke” friendly. And if we divide the cost over 2 or 3 children (currently on 2 😂) then it doesn’t represent bad value IMO.

if you opt for a cheap pram system, you’ll regret it, like most things in life, buy cheap, buy twice...

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Most of the top specs are £1k. We went for the Uppababy ‘Vista’ on their advice and it’s been brilliant. So easy to use and collapse etc, very “bloke” friendly. And if we divide the cost over 2 or 3 children (currently on 2 😂) then it doesn’t represent bad value IMO.

if you opt for a cheap pram system, you’ll regret it, like most things in life, buy cheap, buy twice...

Depends on what you deem cheep IMO. I don't think you need to spend £1200 or so on a pram personally but I'm a tight arse. We're on our second (and last) child now and we're using this set again. We went for a neutral pattern to future proof though.

I think we spent sub £500 for our pram/ car seat combo and that included the isofix base. The wife spent months reading reviews of all price ranges and these had a good review, and is a piece of piss to collapse etc.

The Cosato range is definitely worth a look.