MSE Parent Club - Part 2

ella_ella_ella

stokegal wrote: »

Hi everyone!!

Having just found this thread - I'm now doing a happy dance :j:j

I have been an MSE'r for ages but didn't think there would be a parenting threat... I had joined another website called babyandbump.com but my god they're judgemental on there... I didn't dare say they I was bottlefeeding my 12 week old son, or that sometimes we don't get dressed until 2pm in the afternoon...

I bath Natasha on a morning and always have but people think it is wrong. How on earth can bathing a baby on a morning be wrong??? I know some people use a bath as making a baby realise its bedtime but we have been really lucky in that she has slept through since 8 weeks.

Im at home all day and find it much easier to bath her on a morning, ITS UP TO ME, ARGHHHHH :rotfl:

stokegal

I have stopped going on there now - I love my child to pieces but as a first time mum I already feel bad enough and I think the final nail in the coffin was when I actually bought a Gina Ford book and agreed with some of it...

cazscoob

1st things first Erin has been giggling today! when u tickle under her chin or sing silly songs and clap her hands pmsl:D

i had my apptoday and i am all booked in for the 18th june! am still worried but went through everything and it doesnt sound too bad. they go internally so no cuts/gas etc etc they slighty burn the inside of each of your tubes and inplant a tiny inplant which is the size of a gain of rice, the scare tissue builds around the implant and therefore blocks the tubes. all the patients that have had this trial done to them have had no pain and back to normal asap! doc wants to do under GA until he has carried out a few before doing it under a local. i will be first to have it done(my request) and he said there shouldnt be a prob with BF after due to being under GA for such a short time and also no drugs will be needed for pain relief. the only big difference between this way and th other is that this way is not reversable, so once its done thats it! around 3 months after the op you have to attend for an x-ray or scan to make sure the implants are in place and blocking the tubes so will also require to have the depo to cover 100% the sucess rate is 98.9% but he said this is due to people not being careful during the 3 months before the xray.

oh and remember the boots glitch well i went overboard with the 1st size nappies to took them to asda(Thanks SB!) and they gave me the money when all i asked for was a swap. walking round they had great deals so managed to get double the amount in a bigger size and have money left over PMSL:P

My_Fathers_Daughter

right - who gave me the baby that wakes up everytime he gets put down :rolleyes: - was it you caz :mad:

He's happy enough and goes back to sleep but it's like he has a 15 minute alarm clock that means he won't stay down anywhere for any longer.

Was I stupid enough to talk about us having a routine earlier?? When will I learn to keep my big mouth shut :rolleyes:

stokegal

ella_ella_ella wrote: »

I bath Natasha on a morning and always have but people think it is wrong. How on earth can bathing a baby on a morning be wrong??? I know some people use a bath as making a baby realise its bedtime but we have been really lucky in that she has slept through since 8 weeks.

Im at home all day and find it much easier to bath her on a morning, ITS UP TO ME, ARGHHHHH :rotfl:

You bath your daughter in the morning - Shocking!!!

I dump Ethan in the bath with his dad for half an hour every evening. Not so much for him to realise it's bedtime but for me to run around for half an hour cleaning up and... now I know this might earn me title as World's Worse Mother but.. pre making bottles for the next day :rotfl:

My_Fathers_Daughter

cazscoob wrote: »

oh and remember the boots glitch well i went overboard with the 1st size nappies to took them to asda(Thanks SB!) and they gave me the money when all i asked for was a swap. walking round they had great deals so managed to get double the amount in a bigger size and have money left over PMSL:P

we have just opened our last pack from the 13 size 1's that we had...not sure if Benjamin poos and wees a lot or if I am an over-zealous changer

Was going to start looking for deals so will start with Asda, thanks caz

ella_ella_ella

stokegal wrote: »

You bath your daughter in the morning - Shocking!!!

I dump Ethan in the bath with his dad for half an hour every evening. Not so much for him to realise it's bedtime but for me to run around for half an hour cleaning up and... now I know this might earn me title as World's Worse Mother but.. pre making bottles for the next day :rotfl:

Isnt it terrible, my mother thinks I should be locked up for *sometimes* leaving her in her pyjama's all morning.

I pre make bottles too although im a bit weird and either half or double things to be on the safe side, so when they say bottles are ok for 24 hours I only keep them for 12 and when the say keep baby in your room for 6 months I decided 12 months......its now 15 and she is still in our room lol

Obviously the double or half thing doesnt extend to everything, just a few things - im honestly im not giving her double scoops, half meals or dressing her in 3 year old clothes :rotfl:

cazscoob

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

we have just opened our last pack from the 13 size 1's that we had...not sure if Benjamin poos and wees a lot or if I am an over-zealous changer

Was going to start looking for deals so will start with Asda, thanks caz

i think i have someone elses baby might be yours ladybird:D she smiles and gigles and has also slept great for 2 nights!! :T

i bought 20 packs and had to take 9 back but i also had another few packs of sainsburys. asda had 140 in a box for £10 and i also had money off vouchers:o then when i nipped into sainsburys for juice the pampers nappies were 2 for £10 and i had 2 £2 off vouchers so 2 packs for£6!! my OH has been laughing at me:money:

stokegal

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

we have just opened our last pack from the 13 size 1's that we had...not sure if Benjamin poos and wees a lot or if I am an over-zealous changer

Was going to start looking for deals so will start with Asda, thanks caz

If you're not to fussed about brands of nappies I can highly recommend Tesco's own brand. I think there £1.66 for size 1 and I've found them to be better for Ethan than most others. In my experiance I have tried Asda's homebrand - they leak for me, Wilko's own brand - they leak, Pamper's Newborn - brilliant but so expensive, Huggies Newborn - the worst I have used, they leak, move away from the legs so if you have a baby that fills their nappy it comes out at the side (sorry to be so crude) and they just feel funny. Now we're testing out Pamper's Superdry but I'm not overly impressed with them. Hope this helps

Stokegal

Fritha_2

Celia crawled! Admittedly it really wasn't very far and it was backwards but she crawled! I loook forward to her doing it again, probably in three months time! Although... I'll probably have to tidy now!