MSE Parents Club Part 3

MrsTinks

Yaaaay! Found the docs at last madam has had a feed and we're gonna head off to have the car taxed I think
I knew they were around somewhere - it's just that I had tidied them somewhere sensible and when I do that... well... it's usually TOO sensible

My_Fathers_Daughter

MrsTine wrote: »

Yaaaay! Found the docs at last madam has had a feed and we're gonna head off to have the car taxed I think
I knew they were around somewhere - it's just that I had tidied them somewhere sensible and when I do that... well... it's usually TOO sensible

You can still do it online MrsT

scruffy96uk

Weezl You could try something like this
http://www.netmums.com/home/Netmums_in_Wales.487/

I know my one does local meet a mum I've never been but seemingly they are brill. You can post individually and ask to meet up individually or if your local netmums do group meet ups that might be easier coz if you don't feel right you could make excuses and leave but if you meet individuals it would be a little more difficult to leave if you didn't get on.

keelykat

Hi, a totally different topic all together-Elliot's finally eating lumps in his food now We've been trying trying and trying again to get him into lumps (silly hv kept telling me he HAS to have lumps and learn to chew so i felt crap because he just woulddn't chew, he hated the feeling in his mouth). Well only a week ago, i left some lumps in his food and thought hes going to spit it out as usual, but he didn't! Yay! I kept giving him finger foods as other's recomended, which i'm sure has helped him loads.

Last night he had baby spaghetti and homemade bolognaise (can't spell)-he loved it! I'm so proud, he's learning quickly.

keely.

feelinggood_2

DS is now 10lb 9oz at 6 weeks! Growing nicely, reassuring as I'm always worrying I'm not feeding him enough. He was 8lb 9.5oz at three weeks.

SusanC_2

weezl74 wrote: »

DH has decided that I can't dry pail the nappies anymore cos it makes everything else in the wash smell of wee :rotfl:

I can't work out if it's cos I didn't put nappisan in or cos I washed on a 'quick wash' setting

I dry pail and do quick wash but what I do before the wash is a rinse but with rinse hold so that they get to soak for a while (either a few hours or overnight) before I do the quick wash. Another thing I used to do when there were more nappies is if I wasn't doing a load of washing on a particular day I would stick the nappies in for a rinse so that they weren't sitting festering away for more than a day waiting to be washed.

My_Fathers_Daughter

YAY feelie! 2lb in 3 week is tons for a bf baby! Well done you and your gold-top milk!

SusanC_2

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Which, reminds me...other than Skinty and her tights, has anyone received anything from Emma Jane?

I got two nursing bras on Friday. (Thanks Sami!) I have to return two questionaires within 48 days but I'm supposed to answer questions on what they are like after 25 washes. How often do they think people change bras - that would have to be more than once a day. I'm quite chuffed to have got them for free though.

SusanC_2

feelinggood wrote: »

The HV keeps mentioning that I should go to this club, that club and various clinics and things. Don't think she realises how stuck in the house I am. Feels like I'm slipping quite far back, I don't feel able to leave the house alone. I think I've gone out alone four times since I had the baby, but have to do it again tomorrow.

Apart from going out for walks with Alice in the pram while she had a nap I don't think I'd been out out on my own with Alice at the stage you're at. It just seemed like too much work to be worthwhile doing in between everything else. Some of my friends thought it was really strange that I didn't go out all the time and that I wasn't lonely but it was such an improvement on being pregnant (when I was stuck at home on my own doing nothing because I was ill) that I was quite happy. Do you have any friends that can come round to visit you so that you are not just stuck on your own all day? Perhaps you could mention to your health visitor that you find it difficult to actually get out to go to groups?

My_Fathers_Daughter

Right - now I have 2 hands to type with (not feeding!) I can have a rant - Be Warned!!

Firstly - supermarkets!! As I have said, Benjamin is not overly keen but he did really well today lasting 45 minutes in Morrisons (I am trying them all) before getting grumpy.
I get to a til, load everything on to the belt and try and amuse him whilst we wait. By this time he has gone from a bit grumpy to upset so he starts to cry...
...the stoopid woman on the til STOPS putting the shopping through to talk to me about why Benjamin is unhappy and how old he is etc - Does she not understand that I just need to pay for the bl00dy shopping and get out of there as fast as possible :mad:

In the meantime the world stares at me like I am the worst mum in the world


Secondly (and I hope that I don't offend anyone here) - is any mum who takes her child out in the sun without a hat and protection :mad: I have seen far too many tiny tots in buggies or prams with the sun shining directly on them in the last few days - cover the poor babies up!!