Monday 14th July *Daily Chat* Welcome back Keren

Snaggles

Daph, Natasha refuses to eat when she is teething - it hurts her poor little gums to chew. If I haven't managed to get much down her all day, I give her some calpol about an hour before her evening meal to take some of the pain away, and then I give her soft, mushy food that she doesn't have to chew. She likes to chew on big sticks of celery when she's teething too, straight from the fridge (someone on here told me to try it, and I was doubtful but she really liked it!).

LouiseJ

Lucifa73 wrote: »

Another daft question (bear in mind I am a tax professional, albeit corporate...) - Do I pay tax on SMP?

Yes you do pay tax on SMP Lucifa:mad:

Lucifa73

LouiseJ wrote: »

Yes you do pay tax on SMP Lucifa:mad:

!!!!!! :mad:

always29

LouiseJ wrote: »

Yes you do pay tax on SMP Lucifa:mad:

What you might find tho is, depending when during the tax year you go off and what your earnings are, you might get some tax rebates, especially when you go onto the 13 weeks unpaid (assuming you take the full year) so even though you earn nothing and get no SMP you could still have a little bit of money coming in.

Lucifa73

We can only really afford for me to be off while the mortgage holiday is in effect.

I'm due around 11 Feb give or take a couple weeks either side and I have already booked holidays so would return to work after Xmas on 5th January. I figure, health permitting, to work until 23 Jan ( I think 30th might be pushing it? )then 1 week of Jan will be SMP at 100% pay and the rest normal pay, Feb will be 4 weeks SMP at 100%, start mortgage holiday 1st March, March pay will be 1 week SMP @100%and the rest at basic SMP. Will need to go back in August to have money to meet mortgage payment on 1 Sept after 6 month holiday finishes so I'll have about 6 months off in all.

Actually, Feb pay covers March mortgage so could start payment holiday 1 April and get 7 months off... Or use the excess Feb money to pay off some debt and make things easier later...

I need to do sums properly but its more or less there I think

daphne_descends

immoral_angeluk wrote: »

I've got all sorts all over the place... best thing to do is to nip into a tattooists and either talk to them or have a look through the flash books and see if anything grabs you.

I've got a few, but am all out of inspiration! There's a new(ish) tattoo studio next to my hairdressers so yeah I should pop in there when I'm next over that way... problem is (as is so often the case!) OH is not fond... bloody men...

Speaking of whom, he is home, and giving DS his dinner, who is acting like the perfect angelic child, eating every last bit! Why couldn't he do that at lunchtime... I shall say it again - bloody men....

daphne_descends

Snaggles wrote: »

Daph, Natasha refuses to eat when she is teething - it hurts her poor little gums to chew. If I haven't managed to get much down her all day, I give her some calpol about an hour before her evening meal to take some of the pain away, and then I give her soft, mushy food that she doesn't have to chew. She likes to chew on big sticks of celery when she's teething too, straight from the fridge (someone on here told me to try it, and I was doubtful but she really liked it!).

Elliot loved cucumber sticks when the bottom two were coming through, I love the faces they pull when chewing like that :T he has gone off it though, along with everything else... have had a bit of success with watermelon but I find myself reluctant to share

Burlesque_Babe

jinky67 wrote: »

even if he does a couple of days without food it wont do him any harm.....so long as he is taking fluid

thought you were talking about your OH then :rotfl:

Bunnyinthelights

Hi all,
In the hotel now on yet more training...
weekend has caught up with me and im soooooo tired.


Jinky- I shall play devil advocate here-I would have been upset if my OH had sent texts like that...I dont think how he has reacted is fair but I can kind of see where he is coming from...I hope you don't hate me for saying that...

jacs76

hello all:D

in celebration of the wonderful keren returning (about bleedin time too may i add) i thought i would come out of the woodwork and say hello.
hello:wave:

hope everyone is fine and dandy xx