MSE Parent Club - Part 2

Sami_Bee

Krystaltips wrote: »

I don't know... I'm in my 20's (for the next 6 months anyway) I still feel like a teenager... Maybe you never feel your age?

Soo true! My dad is in his 50's now but still acts like his somewhere around 18-20 :cool:

Lu_T wrote: »

Can we stop about age pleeeeaaase? Traumatic year for me (in my self-absorbed way).

I'm turning 30 in June. We've been together for 10 years and married for 5. I will have 2 children shortly after I turn 30. Shouldn't I have to have sat an exam or been tested in some way?! It's all far too grown up....

Choc - how north east. I'm in Yorkshire, any chance?!

It's too grown up for you?!?!
Next year I will be 25, married 2yrs, with OH 8yrs and have 2 kids :eek: feels like only yesterday I was dashing about in my shiny little micra spending all my money on clothes and music and still being looked after by my mum n dad how did that turn in to a family car, SAHM, spending all my time picking up an endless amount of toys and crumbs and doing my own cooking, cleaning and food shopping :D

I think I'll quite like it when I get to 40 because my LO's will be leaving home not too long after (hopefully!) then again knowing me I'll be stuck with them until they're 30 :rotfl:

Sami_Bee

:rotfl: Chris is "feeding me" some plastic cake with a spoon! he even wiped my chin and said "ooh dribbled mummy":blushing:
Yesterday he showed just how much he isn't wanting to be potty trained by attempting to change his own nappy! :rotfl:

nadnad

redmel1621 wrote: »

nadnad - I keep meaning to ask, your little boy Oz, is that his full name or is it short for something?

short for Oscar. But he gets Oscar, Oz and Ozzie. He was Ozzie when he was a bump, but we thought Oscar a good compromise because thinking ahead when he goes for interviews etc Ozzie sounds a little crazy but Oscar is quite proper .

Re: Ironing, i dont iron very often - OH wears a suit to work so his shirts get ironed but he usually does them unless I'm feeling particularly housewifey and as he has about 20 if I do them all at once then that does him for over 3 weeks. Oz's clothes NEVER get ironed and only some of mine do!

Re: Childminders, I will visit some more and see what I think, but the idea of becoming registered myself is becoming more and more appealing, so I rang up local early years team and they're sending me out an info pack. I've already been planning how to fit out the room I would use and activities I would do with little ones and have rang about a few courses the childminding association does.

Re: Feeling your age - do you ever?! I'm 29 this yr, been with OH since I was 15, living with him since Uni at 19 along with my 2 best mates - much fun!), married at 24 and baby at 28. And I still feel around about 21/22! I've known my 2 best mates since we were 11 and we have (almost) 5 children between us. Hard to believe.

and before I forget we had THE BEST NIGHTS SLEEP IN 10 MONTHS last night!!!!! Oz slept from 6.30pm woke at 11pm and then slept til 6.30am!!!!! In my book thats a full nights sleep :T but am wondering was it a fluke?! we'll see what happens.

redmel1621

SB - £5 is a great price for a Chester Zoo trip:)

Sami - He will probably potty train just as the baby comes along, just to give you extra work to do:rotfl: Ds1 was in pants before ds2 came along but as soon as ds2 arrived he refused to use the potty, and we had to start all over again!!

I'm going to be 30 this year too:o 3 kiddies, Married for 6yrs (together for 14). although I never really had the spending all my money on myself phase as I was in my own flat at just turned 15yrs:rolleyes:.

I have two concerts booked, one in May and one in June...but I don't want to go to them and leave Kai with anyone, because we will be out alllllllll day!!! I wish I hadn't booked them now:cool:

Mel x

SeptemberBaby_2

I'll be 36 this year! :eek:. Been with DH for 10.5 years and married for 6.5 . And I really don't feel in my early twenties as I have changed soooo much since then!

Luckily I have acquired patience along the way which was lacking when I was younger . I suppose it had to happen now have two under 2's! :rotfl:.

xx

chocaholic110

Sami_Bee wrote: »

I think I'll quite like it when I get to 40 because my LO's will be leaving home not too long after (hopefully!) then again knowing me I'll be stuck with them until they're 30 :rotfl:

I thought that as I had my first two in my early twenties. Got broody several years later and had Tom at 33 therefore effectively making it ten years later that we will be child free by which time I imagine DS and DD will have started families of their own and we will be grandparents. And I wouldn't have it any other way!

BTW how scary is this? Saw someone who I went to school with at a baby group last week. On talking to her I discovered she was there with her grandchild!! Turns out she had a baby not long after leaving school and her daughter has just had a baby too. We are both 34!

On the opposite note, OH bumped into someone he went to school with who assumed Tom was his grandson. OH was horrified! Though the bloke he went to school with said he had three grandchildren so it was a fair assumption, I suppose. OH is nearly 42, so probably counts as an older Dad.

Sami_Bee

Choc I was at MIL's with Chris, she lives about 2 mins walk from the GP and needed to get a prescription so we all went for a little walk. When we got to the pharmacy attached to GPs the woman behind the counter knew MIL and asked if Chris was hers :eek: I know MIL is a bit younger than my mum and looks good for her age (49) but I was speechless :shocked:

purplepatch

Sami_Bee wrote: »

Choc I was at MIL's with Chris, she lives about 2 mins walk from the GP and needed to get a prescription so we all went for a little walk. When we got to the pharmacy attached to GPs the woman behind the counter knew MIL and asked if Chris was hers :eek: I know MIL is a bit younger than my mum and looks good for her age (49) but I was speechless :shocked:

You think that's bad, my mum has been asked on more than one occasion if my kids are hers - and she's 65 this year!!!!! Admittedly she looks young for her age, but seriously I wonder if the people asking were the full ticket :rotfl:

got-it-spend-it

I've snuck in from the pregnancy board but just wanted to say that if I wasn't sure whether a baby/ toddler with someone was their child or their grandchild, I'm damn sure I'd ask if was their child first! Much less likely to offend, even if I really thought it was probably their grandchild!

Just a thought....x x

Becles

My Mam has been mistaken for my childrens mother before and thought it was funny, especially as she had womens troubles when we were little so she's got no baby making parts left!

I look young and get mistaken for being early 20's (I get ID'd buying drink!). People seemed horrified when I was pregnant with Charlotte and asked if it was my first baby, and I said no it's my third!