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I am currently watching 'morning' and they were discussing what people kept from their pregnancy, newborn ect. Some examples were pregnancy tests, first dirty nappy and umbilical cord. So what, if anything, did you keep?
Personally I've kept positive preg tests, umbilical cords, last UNUSED nb nappies, hospital tags, cot tags and hair from their first haircut
I kept the girls and my hospital admission bracelets and that's about it I think.
I kept their hospital admission bracelets, cot tags from hospital, some hair from their first cut and I think that's about it
Nothing except ultrsound and the 50,000,000 photos that we have taken.
The only reason I have the ultrasound is because it is on top of the fridge and I keep meaning to throw it out.
Im not sentimental in that way. I am however photograph made. I take photos of everything :)
I have DD's hospital tags, the ID card from her cot in hospital and a couple of dried roses from the ones my partner brought and the ones my mum sent.
For DS I have his tags and the ID card from his cot, but no one brought me flowers this time as I get hayfever :p
Ive kept the hospital cards if they were given them, u/sounds, and a couple other random things. Too much just equals too much clutter in my book.
We have ds's hospy bracelets, my yellow card, the knitted beanie and booties he got from the hospital, and the super cute little arm thing they used to take his blood pressure.
I can't imagine keeps his first dirty nappy!!
Excuse my sucky spelling, I'm on my iPhone
With DD...
Pregnancy Test
Every single ultrasound report (and there's lots of them!)
A couple premmie nappies, smaller than Huggies Prem.
All her hospital ID bracelets.
Hospital Stickers (Womens, Children's, Bendigo SCN)
A couple beanies she wore
Her last NGT (feeding tube)
Her first outfit from RCH that was handmade
Her coming home outfit
A couple different EBM bottles and RCH EBM labels.
There's a few other things, but I can't think.
Dirty nappies? WT...
I kept her hospital admission bracelet and cot tag, ultrasound stuff, and the blanket the hospital wrapped her in. That's about it. I don't collect anything body related... hair or teeth or umbilical cords or poo O.o.
Hospital admission bracelets and cot tags and I also still have ultrasound pics. I've also kept their coming home outfits as they were handmade by mum. No way I'd keep dirty nappies! :sick:
pregnancy card thing
cot card from hospital
first suit she wore
going home outfit
umbilical stump and clam
preg test
u/s pics and dvd's
cards we were/she was given at birth/baptism/each birthday
we have two little boxes of "stuff" from when she was born that things get kept in. it doesn't create clutter or anything like that - and given i am something of a sentimental person and love most of the stuff mum kept for me - and wish she had kept other stuff too. she has my first set of glasses (i was 13 months old!) - but not stuff from when i was younger that i wish i had now... i'd rather keep too much and let her get rid of it if she doesn't want it, then to not have it and have her wish i did kwim?
After we got married, Professor's parents gave us a box of Professor's kiddie stuff. In there was a little box with a tissue in it.....and lovingly wrapped in the tissue was Professor's foreskin :o
KEEP EVERYTHING!!! *twitches*
hehe, I'm so sentimental....expect a list as soon as I have those things to keep =P
(already has the box to put it all in =P)
EEEEP!!!! :o:
I have a box for each of the girls, hospital bands and card, cord clamp (but no cord) going home outfit for DD1, cord stump with the silk cord used to tie it, first NBsize cloth nappy (clean!) for DD2, i have curls from first hair cuts for both.. and little bits have been added to the boxes since.
Umbilical cord clip
Name card from the bassinett they slept in at hospital
My and kids wrist bands
Coming home outfit
Cards
U/s pictures
OB fees charged
The record you made with each feed, dirty nappy at hospital.
I also have alot of the information you get, immunisation and other paper information.
With each baby, I made sure the same photographer company came around the same day after birth in hospital, took virtually the same black and white photo and have them all framed exactly same.
Also with each one, when I got home I had the hand a foot cast all done on around the same day after birth as well and framed with the birth information on it.
Oh WOW! Not sure if i'd be wanting to keep/see/have that!! haha. Did you guys keep it??:
AFM: Not sure what i will keep yet. I can hoard things i find sentimental so i better get a set of drawers for all this stuff....
Everything you mentioned above except unused nappies - we didn't have any unused for some reason. I wouldn't be keeping first dirty nappy - yuck! I also kept the hospital craddle name plate (not sure if that is what you meant) that said DD personal details and her u/s pics:
I have kept her hospital tags, cot tag, birth announcement from the newspaper, newspaper from the day she was born, and curls from her first hair cut. Her placenta too. Still in the freezer with 'DO NOT COOK' written on the container. I will do something with it one day lol
Wow Keike, that's quite a welcome to the family isn't it?!
I'm pretty sentimental :D I have kept...
the card the hospital writes up for the bed for both boys
all ultrasound photos
pregnancy record book from middies
every single pregnancy test (all dated)
first outfit we put on them after they were born
outfit they wore home
parking meter tickets from when I was in hospital
cord stump as well as the clamp
Moo's hair from first hair cut
all paper stuff from the MCHN
unused newborn nappy
all cards and cards from flower deliveries the boys received
a copy of the birth announcement in the paper it was printed in
all birthday cards
all ticket stubs etc from places we've taken the boys
their first wrap
That's all I can think of off the top of my head. They both have a special box under their bed that it goes into so it's not all over the house. I have done for Moo and plan to for Buster - keep a couple of outfits from each size that I identify with ITMS, eg. Moo's very first pair of jeans etc. As a PP said I would rather keep it for them than throw it out and regret it.
Pregnancy tests
All ultrasounds and reports
First outfit purchased
Umbilical cord
Hospital bracelets
Congratulations cards
Hospital card
A NB nappy
First outfit
First haircut
One thing some people might find gross but I'll always keep is the crop top I wore when I birthed DD. I was naked aside from the crop top, and it's covered in her birth blood from when I lifted her to my chest :) It's all brown and dry now (doesn't actually smell though, surprisingly) and I'd never get rid of it.
From DS1-hospital bracelets, hospital paperwork etc, first outfits, congratulations cards/gifts.
From DS2-Labour/birth photos, first outfit, cards/gift and his placenta.
Oh, thought of more stuff.
My hospital bands from a few admissions.
Her name sign from RCH. It still hangs on her door and has since she got home.
Her name sign from Bendigo.
A couple syringes from when she was on all her different medications
Her Christmas outfit that she didn't fit til 5 weeks old... it was 00000.
A mitten that has a pentavite spew stain on it.
My CTG straps.
Oh I also kept the newspaper on the day DS1 was born, it was on the 10.10.2010 so I thought that was cool. I also still have the jarmie pants I was wearing when my waters broke with DS1, they have been washed and I've worn them since but I don't think I could ever throw them out. Also have all the congratulation cards from both births. DS2 wore the outfits that DS1 came home in but I still won't ever throw them out, DS2 got a new coming home outfit so another that will stay with us forever, neither of my boys are circumcised but even if they were I don't think I could bring myself to keep their foreskin haha