MSE Parents Club Part 4

sparkle03

MrsTine wrote: »

Am I a bad mother??? I have just registered Alexandra to be a baby model :eek: don't know if we'll be exccepted ofcourse but i thought it might be quite fun and something to put in a savings account for her (not her trust fundy thingy started with the £250 the government sent... I don't like the idea of letting an 18 year old suddenly have control of a rather substancial amount of money - what if she's turned into a spendaholic!!! :eek: I'd rather it was in an account we control and if she's going to uni then it could help pay her fees etc

Not at all! Id just say to state the obvious know yours and Alexandras limits and I kind of have a problem with it when parents do it to earn off the children ... but your not! Also agency would be fools not to snap her up! She is beautiful!

sparkle03

Oh dear....when I was younger I got £4.00 a tooth, so now we give Joshua £5.00 :o:o

redmel1621

sparkle03 wrote: »

Oh dear....when I was younger I got £4.00 a tooth, so now we give Joshua £5.00 :o:o

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

elle_gee

redmel1621 wrote: »

.. Thankfully Kai only woke up half a million times last night, as opposed to the million the night before:rolleyes:

Small mercies!

Do babies sleep a lot a newborns, only waking for feeds, then gradually start waking more in the night as they get older, or if they wake only for feeds from the start does it usually stay that way?

I'm thinking because Rhys had such a slow but regimented start in the hospital and now only wakes every 3-4 hours through the night for feeds, will it stay this way or will he start waking up lots through the night as he gets stronger/needs less sleep? Does that make any sense...

MrsTinks

sparkle03 wrote: »

Not at all! Id just say to state the obvious know yours and Alexandras limits and I kind of have a problem with it when parents do it to earn off the children ... but your not! Also agency would be fools not to snap her up! She is beautiful!

Thanks Sparkle - no it wouldn't be for us to make money (unless she becomes the next Jodie Kidd or Helena Christensen in which case I'll expect a very nice retirement home in my old age :rotfl:) more because I actually think it could be fun, she might get some great pictures (free :rotfl:) and it's MSE because what she "earns" we wouldn't have to pay later when she's uni age

On that line... how much can an infant earn before Mr Brown wants a share of their earnings?:mad: If it's a couple of grand then we'd be ok - there is no chance she'd do that much (I'm hoping for 2 or 3 shoots maybe if we're lucky...)

And she IS gorgeous but is she "what they're looking for" is the big question? My stepsister is a model - used to do united colours of benneton and other big names so I know a fair bit about the model world and especially it's pitfalls...

feelinggood_2

elle_gee wrote: »

Small mercies!

Do babies sleep a lot a newborns, only waking for feeds, then gradually start waking more in the night as they get older, or if they wake only for feeds from the start does it usually stay that way?

I'm thinking because Rhys had such a slow but regimented start in the hospital and now only wakes every 3-4 hours through the night for feeds, will it stay this way or will he start waking up lots through the night as he gets stronger/needs less sleep? Does that make any sense...

Toby would wake twice at night till 6 week, then started sleeping through the night. At about 11 weeks he started waking 6+ times a night. He is now back to once or twice a night most nights.

He has always slept well at night - he only ever wakes to feed and goes straight back to sleep. He just likes to eat often.

r.mac_2

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

I was surprised not to find in my skim of Wikipedia that the tooth fairy needs them to build a castle of baby teeth, so rotten ones are no use.

That's what I was always told. I am not sure WHY she builds her castle of baby teeth.

I was told this and just accepted it - I was usually reminded of this when I was refusing to brush my teeth

weezl74 wrote: »

ps this may be a bit TMI, but elle did ask what my next sewing project is, well I'm quite touched by this appeal, and I'm going to try and make and send some :eek::o:D

When LO was in neonatal care each cot has a mini 'quilt' in the bottom - my mum has since made 20 of them and donated to the unit Annabel was in. I knitted hats for premmie babies and sent them via lovinghands (google them or check out the wooligans thread) when I was pregnant - I haven't had the time recently though!

MrsTinks

elle_gee wrote: »

Small mercies!

Do babies sleep a lot a newborns, only waking for feeds, then gradually start waking more in the night as they get older, or if they wake only for feeds from the start does it usually stay that way?

I'm thinking because Rhys had such a slow but regimented start in the hospital and now only wakes every 3-4 hours through the night for feeds, will it stay this way or will he start waking up lots through the night as he gets stronger/needs less sleep? Does that make any sense...

I think it depends on the baby...
Alexandra has now slept through for 2 nights and she's 9 weeks old now... She's pretty much gone through the nights from early on with only one wake up and then an early morning start... I think so much just depends on the baby and how you set down the routines - we've been super conscious of not letting her fall asleep on us, in our beds etc and the only trigger we have permitted has been the dummy... and personally I think it has made a difference We also don't come running as soon as she starts moaning... I wait and see if she "means it" or is just trying to get a reaction... 50% of the time it's 20 seconds of wailing and then she forgets why she's wailing and starts giggling at something :rolleyes:

r.mac_2

I was a naughty mummy last night - LO wouldn't settle properly and kept crying in her sleep. DH was starting to stress so at 3am LO and I went to the spare room and cuddled up together - she was asleep almost instantly and slept through to 8am - little tyke! I hope that I ahven't made a rod for my own back though.....Her teething pain is huge this week though and I feel so sorry for her. Calpol and teething gel doesn't seem to be helping that much. Is this normal and should I carry on as we are or should I seek extra medical advice because it's not normal?

MrsTinks

*sigh* it's monday... it's booby cafe... and I can't be bothered to go I need to drag the munchkin to the vets later and I honestly can't be bothered to head out in this weather TWICE in one day! Sooo naughty of me