MSE Parent Club - Part 2

Sami_Bee

Krystaltips wrote: »

Aimee broke her arm just before she was 2... I didn't take her to hospital for 3 days... Because she stopped crying within minutes... She could still move her hand and nothing swole up or went black... When she was still complaining of it hurting after 3 days I thought I best get her checked out... I thought social services would be waiting for us as we left when the Dr's kept asking me when she'd done it... But nope... And the health visitor never got in touch at all...

My friend broke his arm when he was about 7 but his parents thought he was just being a wuss so didn't take him to hosp, he then broke it again about a year later and when the doc look at the x-ray said "oh I thought you said he'd not broken anything before?" cue one very guilty mummy!:p

chocaholic110 wrote: »

Up to a point I do agree with this and for normal swimming baths trips we don't use anything (I say we, I mean OH!) but on holiday I like them to wear something at water parks and around the pool.

On a similar note, my class started swimming lessons this term and you wouldn't believe how many children have NEVER been swimming before. Hopefully now that swimming is free for under 18s more children will get the chance to go.

I refuse to ever enter a swimming baths in the UK (OCD Germaphobe!) so my poor boy has never been and probably will only get to go in a pool on our holidays - provided there is one we only go skiing and last time there wasn't a pool :rolleyes:

Have you tried other shoe places besides Clarks? like start-rite or hush puppies

there is a cheapy buggy in the Asda baby event not sure what its like tho..

edit: http://direct.asda.com/Hauck-Sport-and-Recover-Stroller/002652498,default,pd.html

The Hauck Sport and Recover is a compact lightweight folding buggy. It has fixed or swivel front wheels, a multi-position stepless backrest, suitable from birth, a large fold back hood, removable playtray and a parent tray with drinks recess (cold drinks only!). There is an extended adjustable leg rest, comfortable foam covered handle, large shopping basket, fixed footrest and a raincover is included. Folded dimensions are 78 x 46 x 24cm. Handle height is 101cm.

chocaholic110

It looks exactly the sort of thing I was looking for and what a fab price! Not that I think Tom will go in it anyway, but it will be handy for carrying all our stuff! Might just order one of those... Anyone ever had one?

So how come you won't go to a pool in the UK but you will in another country? Aren't the germs the same?

Becles

chocaholic110 wrote: »

*Sigh* apparently it's up to the school to teach most things, including how to wash hands properly (ie that they need to wash the backs and in between the fingers as well as the palms!), how to eat with a knife and fork, how to put socks and shoes on and how to fasten a zip!

I noticed that when I was doing parent helping in school.

If children come in to play, I make them say please and thanks when they ask for juice

chocaholic110

Becles wrote: »

I noticed that when I was doing parent helping in school.

If children come in to play, I make them say please and thanks when they ask for juice

That is our Headteacher's biggest bugbear so pretty soon our kids do have good manners. It can take ages though when you're giving out stickers or letters to go home and they all thank you and you have to keep saying "You're welcome, you're welcome" Once one says it they all do and if they don't say it I don't say anything but just keep hold of whatever I'm giving them with my eyebrows raised. I find you can say a lot to children with your eyebrows!

Talking of 'thank you', Tom signs thank you but he uses it when he wants something as well as when he gets something. I'm not sure whether or not he thinks thank you means 'give it to me'. He also uses it when he's helping take clothes out of the washing machine - hands each thing over and signs thank you - it takes forever, no wonder I get nothing done! (Nothing to do with all the time I spend on here, of course!)

Sami_Bee

chocaholic110 wrote: »

It looks exactly the sort of thing I was looking for and what a fab price! Not that I think Tom will go in it anyway, but it will be handy for carrying all our stuff! Might just order one of those... Anyone ever had one?

So how come you won't go to a pool in the UK but you will in another country? Aren't the germs the same?

There's less chlorine in pools abroad because they don't need as much as the swimmers are cleaner and as the in-laws pay for our holidays :A we always go to nice hotels where there's no chav germs Its mostly Germans there and they usually shower before they get in the pool too

Sami_Bee

chocaholic110 wrote: »

That is our Headteacher's biggest bugbear so pretty soon our kids do have good manners. It can take ages though when you're giving out stickers or letters to go home and they all thank you and you have to keep saying "You're welcome, you're welcome" Once one says it they all do and if they don't say it I don't say anything but just keep hold of whatever I'm giving them with my eyebrows raised. I find you can say a lot to children with your eyebrows!

Talking of 'thank you', Tom signs thank you but he uses it when he wants something as well as when he gets something. I'm not sure whether or not he thinks thank you means 'give it to me'. He also uses it when he's helping take clothes out of the washing machine - hands each thing over and signs thank you - it takes forever, no wonder I get nothing done! (Nothing to do with all the time I spend on here, of course!)

we're big on manners here too :cool:
Sneezing is a nightmare with my hayfever it goes a little like this..
ME - achoo
Chris - blllllless you mummy
Me- thank you Christopher
Chris - you're wellllcome mummy
Me - achoo....

We're working on saying pardon after burps and when we haven't understood because at the mo he keeps saying "ooh I burp mummy" and he says "what" far too much!

Krystaltips

As soon as Aimee says what I follow it with Pardon... Unfortunately sometimes she calls me and I say what... she'll say 'No it's pardon Mummy' so I try and say yes more when she calls me now...

She also says 'bless you me' when she sneezes which I think it beyond cute!

Sami_Bee

Krystaltips wrote: »

As soon as Aimee says what I follow it with Pardon... Unfortunately sometimes she calls me and I say what... she'll say 'No it's pardon Mummy' so I try and say yes more when she calls me now...

She also says 'bless you me' when she sneezes which I think it beyond cute!

:rotfl:at the moment it goes
Chris: what?
Me: Pardon
Chris: what?
Me: pardon etc etc..:p

I do love that even if I'm at the other end of the house and I sneeze I hear this little voice say "bless you mummy":happyhear

chocaholic110

Sami_Bee wrote: »

We're working on saying pardon after burps and when we haven't understood because at the mo he keeps saying "ooh I burp mummy" and he says "what" far too much!

We teach Jolly Phonics at school which is a great way of learning letter sounds BUT I do have a problem with one of the sounds (ai / ay) as the action to go with it is cupping the ear as if they didn't hear and the rhyme that goes with it is "Ay? Ay? What do you say?" which just feels rude. I remember reading with one little girl who came across the word rain and needed to sound it out. She started of by saying r...a..i... to which I prompted "What does this sound say?" and pointed at the 'ai'

"Oh, yes, it says 'r...what?...n' "she confidently replied!

SusanC_2

Alice used to answer yes or no questions with either, "No no" or, "Pease pease" because she couldn't say, "Yes" but now she's learnt how to say it she often says, "Yes yes". I have to make sure I prompt her by saying, "Yes please" because if I say, "Yes what?" then she starts saying, "Yes...what...yes...what."