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zombie duck v2.0 posted:starshine, my GP specifically told me NOT to fast and eat a regular breakfast before the 1-hour glucose test. She said that if you fast, you'll get skewed results. They want to see how you tolerate glucose on a regular basis, and if you fast, it'll look like you can't tolerate it as well, as opposed to if you had of ate normally. Mine also told me to go ahead and eat, but said to make sure I didn't eat too much sugary stuff. So I had eggs and toast.
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Diaper pail discussion -- We have two of these, and we really like them. They use regular trash bags. They're kinda small, I guess, and at the beginning when the diaper changing was neverending we would have to change the bag daily, but now it's no big deal. The only problem I've encountered is that they are extremely top heavy, and won't stay up on their own when open and empty (while changing the bag), but that's easily remedied by putting them right in front of something and letting the top lean against it (like a dresser or a wall). Other than that though, the fact that they use regular trash bags, don't smell at all(yet -- we haven't started solids, though), and are sturdily built make them excellent diaper pails, in my opinion.
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"Tatiana" posted:I live in Perth Australia (it's super hot and we have really harsh sun in case you don't know), we walk everywhere and don't use sunblock/sunscreen at all. Jack's so fair skinned he got a mild sunburn on his cheeks the other day spending a couple hours outside with his dad -- in the shade the entire time, wearing sunblock AND a hat. I think I waited too long to reapply the sunscreen. Poor pale baby got his momma's skin. 
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May 12, 2011 05:26
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"foxatee" posted:Oh man, this. They need to teach you how to catch that before it happens. I never felt more like an idiot new parent.
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May 17, 2011 05:13
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Congrats, LuckyDaemon, he's very cute.  You'll totally get a feel for a wet diaper, I just poke it. It gets "stiffer," for lack of a better word. Poke the front of his diaper right when you put it on to get a feel for a dry diaper, and when it feels tougher, it's wet.Also the newborn sized Huggies and Pampers have indicators. We didn't realize the Huggies that we started out using had the indicator for a few days though. 
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May 26, 2011 03:09
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I'm keeping all of Jack's outgrown stuff in Rubbermaid tubs. I have no problem letting someone borrow it, but I will write my last name on all the tags and make sure they know that I will want it back when they're done, just in case for the next baby. I actually have five pregnant friends right now, but they are ALL having girls, and they're all the type who will want to dress their girls in frilly girl stuff, not hand me down boy stuff. Oh well.
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Jun 22, 2011 22:31
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foxatee posted:Problem! I'd post pictures to show exactly how bad this has gotten, but I'm posting from my phone. Whatever, my problem is Amelia has started sucking on my arms. We've tried giving her a pacifier, but she refuses it after a few seconds. Is she teething already? She's only 2+ months! What can I do?! Are your arms covered in hickeys?
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Jun 27, 2011 04:12
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We were able to tell that I was having a boy at 14 weeks because he was totally into showing off his junk during that ultrasound. The tech told us we were having a boy, even zoomed in on and printed out the penis shots with "it's a boy!" typed on them. When we went in the next month, the same tech came to get us for the gender ultrasound after my checkup and I told her "I'd love to get another look, but you already showed us that we are having a boy!" She insisted that she would not have been able to make that distinction at 14 weeks and would have never told us that.  Whatever, I got penis pics to prove it (not currently with me or I'd post em).
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Aug 16, 2011 03:47
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Idonie posted:Maybe she got yelled at? Our tech told us we were definitely having a girl (and she was right!) but she also told us that she wasn't supposed to say anything about it so early. I assume it was because the doctor was with us at the time, and she wasn't allowed to tell so early and was trying to save face in front of him, yeah.
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Aug 17, 2011 21:11
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MoCookies posted:Hopefully you won't need too many blood tests. I think the only one I had was for STDs and whatnot towards the beginning of my pregnancy. I did have blood drawn again during the gestational diabetes test, but that test wasn't required, I requested it because of a family history of diabetes. Is that unusual? It's my first pregnancy, and my midwife/birth center is really non-invasive when it comes to tests and exams. (Maybe this is also weird and unusual, but I'm really hoping to go the rest of this pregnancy without any internal exams.) Yeah the only blood test I had was at the first appointment, to confirm pregnancy and test for STD's and such. Well, actually they did test my blood for the gestational diabetes test (which at least here, everyone is required to take), but that was a finger prick. I imagine if Vanessa doesn't have problems with injections or the TB skin test, she won't have a problem with a finger prick!
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Aug 31, 2011 16:40
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Yeah I remember complaining about folks on Facebook who only posted about their kids. And then I had a kid, and I have pretty much no life outside of my kid, so I have nothing to post about except for my kid. I do make a point to keep myself in my profile picture, though, just because it sucks searching for someone and not being sure if the person you have found is actually the person you're looking for, because they aren't in their profile pic!
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Sep 1, 2011 01:39
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Brennanite posted:Shouldn't have stressed about the due date, baby arrived the next day. There was some trauma, so for those of you will major tearing and/or blood loss, how long did it take you to recover? What on earth did you do for the pain? Were you really able to walk for an hour a day one week postpartum?  If your hospital didn't send you home with any of this, you can get it at Walgreens or any other decently-stocked pharmacy. Just spray it on your junk after every bathroom visit.
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Sep 1, 2011 03:10
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We used this diaper pail: http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Trend-Diaper-Champ-Deluxe/dp/B002IWYXH4/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1316234033&sr=8-5 It's nice because it just uses standard 10 gallon trash bags. You have to empty it every day the first few weeks though (Oh, twins? Twice a day). Biggest con is you need to position it in the corner when you are changing the bag because it's very top heavy when open and doesn't stay up on its own. HOWEVER, once he started solids all bets were off, it was like the plastic was permeated permanently with poop smell and it never went away. I was warned of this happening in this thread but I didn't really believe it till it happened to us. No amount of cleaners, disinfectant, or sunlight made it any better. Now we just toss pee diapers in a regular trash can and take poop diapers to the dumpster when they happen -- if we can't do this for whatever reason, we have a roll of cheap bathroom trash bags and I put the poop diaper in one of those and twist it up and tie it off really well to hold off until we can get it to the dumpster. For a while we were just keeping a cheap bathroom trash bag by the changing area and tossing the pee diapers in there, then whenever he pooped putting the poop diaper in with them and tying it off and putting out a new one, but we were going through so many trash bags we changed our system. Randomity fucked around with this message at 05:41 on Sep 17, 2011 |
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Sep 17, 2011 05:38
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My kid must be an especially toxic pooper because we roll every diaper up (habit from when we used a diaper pail, made em take up less room) and it doesn't do a thing to contain the smell.
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Sep 17, 2011 14:16
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Helanna posted:
We found out at 14 weeks. I don't know this for a fact, but I would think it is easier to tell early if you're having a boy. Generally, the gender scan is done around 20 weeks, but I've heard of it being scheduled as early as 17 weeks. We found out so early with Jack because I went in for a dating ultrasound (I have an irregular cycle and had no idea) and we got lucky. Randomity fucked around with this message at 05:34 on Sep 21, 2011 |
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Sep 21, 2011 05:30
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Gumby Orgy posted:How bad does your morning sickness have to be before you get diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarium? I'm so sick all the time I can't function or successfully perform the basic functions of my job. When I went to the ER, the doctor managed to both acknowledge the amount of vomiting I was having was excessive and treat me like it was all in my head.
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Sep 29, 2011 23:45
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I had my sister bring me my makeup kit and I did my makeup right before they broke my water after 30 hours of labor. I had my son an hour later. In the pictures taken during the hour before I started pushing, I look tired but good. However, I still look a ragged ridiculous mess in the pictures taken after he was born, and I only pushed for like 15-20 minutes. Nonetheless, I'll probably do it again if given the opportunity for the next one, I always feel better when I'm somewhat put together.
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Oct 12, 2011 04:32
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I was just positive that Jack was going to be a girl. I think it's because I really wanted a boy, and I was preparing myself in case he was a girl. It worked pretty well because I remember feeling a little "oh." when I found out he was a boy, until I realized how relieved I was! I used a Snoogie that a friend gave me and it was magic for me, but it didn't help another friend out at all. If you know someone you can borrow one from for a couple nights just to make sure before dropping the cash (aren't they like $50?) I highly recommend it. I have heard pretty universally that the Boppy pregnancy pillows aren't very good, and that they lose their support really quickly.
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Oct 18, 2011 21:41
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A good friend of mine had a scheduled induction a week or two ahead of her due date because being pregnant was driving her crazy and she was on the verge of a breakdown and needed back on her psych meds. She went in to be induced at like 6am. Baby was out by 1:30pm. You only really hear about the horror stories because most people aren't interested in reporting boring birth stories. I still wouldn't want to be induced but would take it over a c-section any day, and wonder if folks who think otherwise are really educated about the reality of c-sections.
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Dec 20, 2011 21:02
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A friend of mine gave me one of those things that's more like a stethoscope instead of a doppler and at 27 weeks pregnant I have still never been able to find her heartbeat with it. I'll even try right after an OB appointment and put it in the same place he puts his doppler and get nothing. Oh well I know she's in there because she's ALWAYS MOVING.
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Dec 28, 2011 21:05
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chrysoula posted:The baby of somebody I know was kind of like this. They ended up discovering a soy sensitivity but not until he was like 1 year old. I hope you figure this out sooner; it took them that long because unlike dairy soy is EVERYWHERE, apparently. Good luck. Have you ever tried to cut out dairy? For a nursing baby, it's the milk protein that causes the sensitivity and that is in everything as well. It shows up on ingredients lists under strange unassuming names too. Giving up dairy for a breast feeding baby's sensitivity is really freakin tough-- my bet friend ended up weaning when her kid had a milk sensitivity because she couldn't handle the lifestyle change.
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When my first child was born, the hospital sent a staff member down to the car with us as we were leaving to check the carseat and help us put my son in correctly. When my daughter was born a year and a half later, they didn't check or anything. I don't know if it's just something they only do for first time parents or if they stopped doing it because of budget cuts or what.
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Apr 18, 2012 16:07
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Stairs posted:Guys I need help. I'm in total agony from heartburn that will not go away. I've tried Tums, gasX, and Zantac but nothing is helping. I can't drink milk because of lactose intolerance. Jesus I just want to cry. If I take anymore Tums I'm going to poo poo out a chalkboard. I never had heartburn but I did have reflux (sometimes the contents of my stomach would just randomly end up in the back of my throat when I laid down or burped) and my doc said it was fine to take Prilosec every day.
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May 6, 2012 05:16
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I had an ultrasound at 38 weeks because the doctor couldn't tell if the baby was head down and just wanted to make sure she was in the right position.
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Jun 8, 2012 06:26
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Mr Darcy posted:We don't have a baby swing, we have a vibrating chair thing but he hates that. One of us holds her and the other eats quickly, then we switch.
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Jul 13, 2012 22:26
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Bear Rape posted:I have a random question for anyone who might know the answer. How common is it to go back to your weight before pregnancy after you deliver? My doctor says it's not a bad thing, but I guess it's just weird to me. I weighed 150 lbs before pregnancy, then at 34 weeks I was 185 lbs, and I delivered a week ago. I'm at 155 lbs. I was back to my pre-pregnancy weight within a week after having both of my kids. I consider myself very lucky and you should too -- a lot of women have a very hard time losing the baby weight.
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Jul 16, 2012 18:11
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Alterian posted:Yeah. That stuff is expensive. I can go on my husband's but that's expensive too. I also don't know how that will work since I've been paying into using this insurance with the OB already (they bill it globally or something?) My OB's office did the global thing and my husband got a new job and we switched insurances a couple months before she was born. The way they did it was, when I first started seeing them they calculated what my (old) insurance would cover and I paid the remainder in monthly installments (at each monthly visit while I was pregnant). However (and this was sooooo hard to get through my husband's head holy poo poo), they did *not* bill insurance until after she was born, so when we switched insurance all we had to do was recalculate what we would owe through the new insurance and pay the difference the last couple months. The way I looked at it was, when we made payments to the OB's office, they set that money aside and held on to it until she was born. When she was born they billed insurance, and instead of having to bill us for the remainder, they already had the money we paid them set aside to cover that. So switching insurance before she was born was simple because they hadn't actually involved the insurance company yet. I don't know that your OB's office is operating in the same way but it sounds like they may be doing so.
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Jul 25, 2012 16:28
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Alterian posted:Thats pretty much how its going to go. I'm going to max out my deductible though. It would blow to max it out on appointments with my old insurance and then have to pay it again on the new insurance for the delivery. With mine, since they didnt file anything until she was born, nothing went to my old insurance. Even though when I went to appointments and had ultrasounds and labs I was under the old insurance, they billed *all* of it to the new insurance when she was born.
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Jul 25, 2012 21:26
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The little whitish bump thing, you say it's right in the middle? Does it look kinda like a whitehead? My son got those and the pediatrician said they are related to teething but they are not actually teeth. When his first tooth actually started to erupt (much, much later, he has always been a bit behind the curve with his tooth development), there was no mistaking it. Google "Epstein's Pearls" and see If that sounds right.
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Jul 26, 2012 05:31
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My kids are 17 months apart. It wasn't intentional but it's been a lot easier than I expected. However, my daughter (the youngest) was born 2 weeks early, and only weighed 5 pounds 13 oz. My son weighed 8 pounds 9 oz when he was born. The youngest also had to be on oxygen for about 15 hours after she was born because she was breathing too fast. It is my *opinion* that her low birth weight was due to them being so close together. I nursed my son through most of my pregnancy and my body hadn't really had time to fully recover from the previous pregnancy. If I could do it again I wouldn't change anything, though. However, it's your body, your choice. You can listen to your husbands wishes (although saying that you got your period back early is a sign is ridiculous) but ultimately the choice is yours. Don't let him talk you into something you aren't ready for. Also keep in mind that you may not be so lucky with the next one. I was lucky in that my first child was the difficult baby (colicky and a lovely sleeper) while my youngest has been so easy. I know a few people who recently had second babies who aren't so lucky, though, and having a difficult newborn is a lot harder when you also have another child to worry about. Edit: also my son, despite being a difficult and clingy baby, has grown up to be a very independent toddler. I just won the luck lottery for having an easy time with two kids close together, but there are some days (especially when my husband has been working 80+ hour weeks) that I just want to disappear. If I didn't have my family close by (my parents live less than 2 miles from me) to help on difficult days, I'd probably be singing a much different tune. Randomity fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Jul 26, 2012 |
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Lullabee posted:Have any of you parents had/known someone with a MamaRoo? It's a bit pricy, but my parents were wanting to get us something *BIG* for the baby, but since we're in a one bedroom, we're just having a pack n play for sleeping and a few items like that. I like that it's settings are more 'natural' (as in, they have a car setting, so on), but we don't have a seller near me, so I can't really go 'test it out' in person. We have one. She slept in it exclusively for the first few months but now it's just an expensive white noise machine.
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Randomity posted:We have one. She slept in it exclusively for the first few months but now it's just an expensive white noise machine. I should elaborate that the reason we don't use it anymore is because when she started rolling over reliably she would sleep fine in her bed (only on her tummy though, which is why we waited until she could roll). We can't have it in any of the rooms that we actually hang out in during the day because my toddler would try to climb into it and break it and hurt himself. It's very nice for what it is but to be honest I am not sure it's any better than your standard side-to-side swing. The white noise function on it is awesome though, it gets really loud which newborns really like. I wouldn't recommend you buy one for yourself but if someone is wanting to get you an expensive gift and you have the essentials, go for it. That's how we ended up with ours. Randomity fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Aug 28, 2012 |
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Aug 28, 2012 21:42
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I have a friend who was told she was having a boy and ended up having a girl. She said she ripped the oxygen mask off of her face and yelled to the doctor "THAT is a VAGINA!!!" It can happen both ways.
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Sep 8, 2012 02:32
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Once jack was crawling well I just let him doodle around in the floor of the shower while I took mine. He loved it. I don't know how we went from that to a two year old who panics any time water gets close to his head or face, but there ya go.
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Oct 14, 2012 15:41
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Chickalicious posted:For questions about medications, you should use safefetus.com (in consultation with your OB of course). Also the lactmed app is awesome if you have a smart phone (didn't you recommend that to me?).
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Nov 10, 2012 16:23
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Acrolos posted:Hey guys, Paxbaby.com rents out baby carriers for you to try for a pretty good price, or at least they used to. Haven't been back to the site since I bought my Beco Gemini from them 2 years ago but they were awesome.
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Ben Davis posted:There's also a safer and more comfortable option (for everyone--outward facing is less comfortable for the parent's back as well) in the Beco Gemini. It's the only carrier to safely face both inward and outward. I don't have one, but there were times when I was walking with him at the zoo, which doesn't have high chairs, and it would've been nice to switch him outward for lunch instead of balancing him on my lap and trying to feed him at the same time. I have a Beco Gemini and I looooove it. My daughter (currently 12 months old) wasn't a big fan when she was itty bitty but since she turned about 4 months old I have used it constantly. My two year old son is an escape artist, so I don't know what I would have done without the carrier to get them both in and out of the car when I'm by myself. I just get Avery out of her carseat and strap her to me in the Gemini and I have both hands free to wrangle Jack. Totally invaluable when grocery shopping at a store that doesnt have carts that can manage two kids too. Avery doesn't mind being carried facing in (in fact she likes the snuggly feeling, I think), but when Jack was a baby he would not have it. He was probably about 6 months old when we got the carrier, and I carried him facing forward for maybe a month until I got the hang of the hip carry. Now that Avery is walking and is a little more timid and easier to handle than Jack, I might try him in a back carry some time... What I'm trying to say is the Beco Gemini is awesome, I've been using mine for 2 years between two kids and have no intention of putting it away anytime soon. My best friend is having a baby tomorrow (she also has a 20-month-old) and I have one on order for her as well. I Recommend it to everyone, but especially if you have two little ones close in age. I can't imagine having to whip out that gigantic double stroller everywhere we go, yeesh.
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Sorry for the double post, apparently I can't edit from the awful app at the moment, but here is a picture of my husband wearing Jack (facing forward) in the Beco Gemini when we first got it. You can kinda see that the way it holds him is more like in a seated position instead of just dangling from the crotch. The guitar design was a custom addition using Paxbaby.com and their "pimp my carrier" option.
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Papercut posted:My Beco Gemini finally arrived and I tried it on. Amazing! It is soooo much more comfortable than the Bjorn, and baby is definitely much better supported. I'm having trouble visualizing what you mean and my Gemini is in the car while I'm in bed trying not to move and wake the sleeping teething toddler. Do you mean the clip straps that hold the headrest up? I just let those dangle when we aren't using the headrest like in the top right pic here: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v2LXFit6Mjs/TFZTvBu8SQI/AAAAAAAAAw4/CKBzvxah_Eg/s1600/image009.jpg I think technically you're supposed to hook em together and tuck em under the the flap if you don't want them hanging free but effort. That sucks that your button broke so quickly.
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So looks like it will be the Bjorn for at least another week.