50p a day til christmas, healthily?!-Weezl's next challenge (part 2)

ceridwen

weezl74 wrote: »

Fergus has a definate left-leaning tendency (rather like god-mummy ceridwen's politics methinks ) and so unless we straighten it for him he leaks out of his leg holes...



:o:oyes I have, and I must remember to do my pelvic floor exercises.










ohhhhhhhhh! you meant the baby! :D:rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:hmmm....left-leaning....hmmm....greenish...hmmm...thinks...

done to a turn - guess that equals mid-green swaying in a leftward direction:cool:

Pelvic floor exercises...well...I've been reading a coupla articles about the "aftermath" of having a baby in France. Shall we just say...they do the "pelvic floor exercise" bit for you....<cough> <draws veil over>. You could always have your next holiday in France and make it dual-purpose;):D ...and whilst we're on matters culinary...try a few snails out and see if you could get the taste for a bit of free protein:D

In_Search_Of_Me

oo good we'll get a shot of fergs gorgeous chubby thighs then!! That, his ears and mouth are my fave bits of him! Had great fun with him in ikea while mummy and daddy chose a gazillion frames! Lovely to have restarted the threa - I've missed people too but am a tad worried that the length will scare new people and with money as it is we want new recruits to know it is possible...
Yategirl sorry to her your news...fingers crossed that its just a rumor!
C how do they do the pelvic floor for you?!! Am intreigued!! One must also do them as you get older...the muscles do tend to get lazy!!

meanmarie

I am shocked at how cheaply you buy bread flour....plain flour here is €1.19 (2 k) and strong bread flour is €2.45 for the same amount...to keep down costs when I make bread I use two thirds strong and one third plain....seems to work ok, although I sometimes stop for a week and buy bread....then I miss the decent taste and go back to baking myself.


Marie

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Hello all

Lovely pic of Fergus! Glad to see you back posting, I could do with some inspiration on the 'frugal front'. My DH now self employed as from last week so income isnt quite so stable, so looking to cut back even more (without him noticing too much! )

Bashful - I use Bambino Mio's too, and I really like them. DH is actually keen. We do use disposables at night tho, as she soaks through the washables otherwise. (She's 7 weeks old tomorrow and when she was weighed about 2 weeks ago she weighed 11 1b 1. So she's a big girl and seems to do big wees!) :rolleyes:

I was given some other nappies which were alot thicker and bulkier so I thought they would take longer to dry. Even when the weathers not great and I have to dry them inside they dry on an airer quickly. Okay - waffle over about nappies - sorry to bore everyone!!

Nite all x

queen_of_string

made the sag aloo again today, forgot what a fab recipe that is. Its very forgiving of fresh or frozen spinach and of me forgetting the coriander :-S. I like to add a bit of tumeric for colour but its purely cosmetic. Looking forward to some new recipes now the thread's back.

ceridwen

In_Search_Of_Me wrote: »

Yategirl sorry to her your news...fingers crossed that its just a rumor!
C how do they do the pelvic floor for you?!! Am intreigued!! One must also do them as you get older...the muscles do tend to get lazy!!

Well ISOM - lets face it - you'd "gobble up ALL of Fergus for dinner" (metaphorically-speaking of course):D

Re the pelvic floor exercises - well the gist of those articles by a coupla different British women was along the line of shocked British woman finding that pretty soon after birth the medical personnel are approaching her with an "instrument" shall we call it and checking out how far "back to normal" things are in that direction shall we say and expecting to "assist" the mother with said exercises....<cough>

..That would be me asking for the best-looking male doctor they had then in those circumstances:D

reet...well....we are before the 9pm "watershed" here.....so I'll pass on to the rest of this thread.....;):D

In_Search_Of_Me

oo c thats sounds gross!! As for munching ferg...well what can I say...I wouldnt actually eat him but the odd munch never goes amiss and he is exceptionally cute even recognising my bias! Am having fun today reorganising a painting my 50p bedside table...think I will go for cream and gold door!

BigMummaF

weezl74 wrote: »

We find with a little boy baby that you have to erm, position the little hosepipe strategically! Fergus has a definate left-leaning tendency (rather like god-mummy ceridwen's politics methinks ) and so unless we straighten it for him he leaks out of his leg holes...

Boy bubbas need more nappy in the front, whilst girlies need 'all around'. I used terries for all three, but had to transfer to disposables for the last due to an allergy ..goodness knows what cuz I use non-bio & always have done. I had two in nappies for some time but rarely used the tumble drier & found they dried fine on the airer inside in the winter.
Anyhoo, a tip I found invaluable, was to just dampen a bit of cotton wool/kitchen/loo roll [but the last one does break down] & place strategically over the little chap's hosepipe as soon as you remove a nappy. Because the material is damp it will stay in place, then if His Nibs decides he can't wait for a clean nappy, you don't end up with an eyeful
As for the pelvic floor muscles, a certain party-plan organisation used to sell 'Love Eggs' in four sizes. They were, for a time in the 80's, recommended for strengthening the muscles after child-birth. Perhaps that's where France got the idea from...

chnelomi

well thanks to this thread and site for that matter my shopping bill is £40 over...don't stone me lol
Although i recon that from what i have spent i should save a small fortune quite easily on the next few months shopping probably more loads of tips and recipes needed loads of ingredients but i have not long moved and not bought most standard cupboard things like herbs sea salt only had a cheap black pepper no flour or anything so i now have no excuse. it's going to be fresh homemade bread for us too. cant wait.

keep the recipes comming i am determind to get OH eating veg much to his annoyance lol

Seakay

thriftlady wrote: »

If I can butt in here I would go for the cheapest butter you can find every time. Butter is simply churned cream and contains fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and vitamin K. It is therefore nutritionally value for money Always go for the traditional and natural foods rather than the new and artificial.

If you aren't vegetarian lard is excellent in baking. Despite its reputation lard has less saturated fat than butter and is 56-62% polyunsturated fat and 47-50% monounsaturated fat (that's the stuff in olive oil). Lard is also very cheap and has been used for thousands of years;)

interested in your lard info; I got this from www.nourishedkitchen.com


Animal fats, like vegetable fats, contain the full spectrum of fats including saturated fats, mono- and polyunsaturated fats; however, lard and poultry fat contain higher amounts of monounsaturated fats than saturated fats so are primarily monounsaturated fats. This info is sourced from NutritionData.com.
For example, lard is approximately 45% monounsaturated fat, 39% saturated fat and 16% polyunsaturated fat. Goose fat is 57% monounsaturated, 27% saturated and 16% polyunsaturated. So their highest proportion of fat is monounsaturated. By contrast beef tallow is 50% saturated, 43% monounsaturated and 7% polyunsaturated so it’s classified differently.


I was wondering where your figures came from as they are much higher in polyunsaturateds and lower in saturates than the ones that I found?