Brands & things

i just checked out the Ergo baby carrier that bubbly mentioned and it seems very versatile and easy to adjust. If you purchase an additional 'infant insert' you can use it as a sling, front carrier, hip carrier and back carrier. And it looks like it has very good back support, which is important for mom and dad. http://www.ergobabycarrier.com/
 
I have loads of carrying devices, including the ergo. I still use the ergo all the time and my daughter is 14mths and I'm 27 weeks preggers. So it really helps to carry the load. I found that it takes a bit more getting used to compared with the babu bjorn but it is a great distributer of weight. You can hardly feel the impact because it distributes the weight around your hips and keeps your lower back safe. We go the baby insert and used it once. Again, i just found it too difficult when my daughter was an infant to use but I was sleep deprived and not very patient. I have to say that the best part about it is that you can use it forever and in lots of different carrying positions. Great for travel.
 
Thanks 7807 - soooo much stuff to buy! my first mission will be to find the cot! I am not familiar with a lot of the UK and Australian brands (Boori, Kidsmill, etc) and have been doing a lot of research.

Also not sure to put baby in our room for first 6 mos. (as recommended by the Am. Pediatric society) or keep cot in a separate room - which will determine the size of the cot! Any thoughts?
 
kmalia said:
Also not sure to put baby in our room for first 6 mos. (as recommended by the Am. Pediatric society) or keep cot in a separate room - which will determine the size of the cot! Any thoughts?
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I think it all depends on your situation. We kept the cot in a separate (baby's) room but because I was breastfeeding so much in the first weeks, it was easier to keep bubs with me in a bassinet next to our bed. I finally moved bubs to his own crib/room when he turned 3 months - mainly out of necessity as he was fast outgrowing the bassinet and also because I was going back to work.
 
I was figuring that with breastfeeding I would be getting up so often that I would want baby in the room anyway.

I considered a crib in a separate room in addition to one of those co-sleeper cots, but they just don't seem safe - so I think I will opt for a crib in our room for the first few months and then move the crib to baby's room between 3-6 mos.

Any thoughts on good brands of cots? Did anyone find the drop side necessary/useful? What about these 3-in-one things that turn into a toddler bed?
 
I think that the conversion to a toddler bed is pretty unneccessary. When toddlers move to a bed, I think it would be much more exciting for them to be moving into a real bed. You could make a really big deal about the big move into a big kids bed. Chances are there might be another little one on the way who will need the cot anyway.
 
Hey guys - what about baby monitors?? I heard from someone that some brands don't work so well in Hong Kong because of thick concrete walls and interference - anyone have good experience with a certain type/brand?
 
I've also heard that some brands will pick up stuff from OTHER people's monitors because everyone is soooo close together over here... I'm not planning on getting one because our place is so small - only 780 square feet - it's almost impossible to not hear something in the other rooms...
 
did some research and found that if you get a digital monitor it helps with the interference. Also, most monitors (and wireless hubs and cordless phones) run on the 2.5MHz range, so if you get one that uses 900 MHz or the new 1.9GHz frequency you can also reduce interference.

I found two brands - Philips DECT Digital and the Angelcare with Movement Sensor - now to find where they sell them in HKG!
 
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