MSE Parents Club Part 4

elle_gee

Sami_Bee wrote: »

I thought that surely all parenting is natural
but I think attachment parenting is called that because baby tends to be attached to you most of the time as apposed to being in a pram, cot etc.
for me personally it's all semantics tho, I am 'just' a parent, I bring up my children who I feel I should - I suppose if you wanted to give me a label I'd be instict parenting :rotfl:

I know that feeling! Rhys has been really grouchy all morning but now absolutely fine asleep on my chest. Dunno when he's going to do when he's too big for this!

Feely, I think skinty (who was in labour on the preg thread when I checked this morning!) is into natural and attachment parenting

Sami_Bee

feelinggood wrote: »

Elle - your breastfeeding comment reminded me of how difficult I found it when anyone asked if I was breastfeeding. A woman stopped me outside Waitrose once and asked lots of questions, including how I fed him. First person to ask, and I said 'I don't know'. I must of seemed a bit dim!

AM - Toby is catching up to Ryan, he is 16lb 4oz. His weight gain has slowed back down to normal now, that last growth spurt was a big one.

Well that's a bit of a personal question to ask a stranger
Doesn't matter now but I'd have gone for "I give him breast milk" or something similar OR as it's not really their business I feed him milk

feelinggood_2

Oh wow, Skinty is in labour?! Best go and read over there, I've been waiting for her to have this baby!

(Is it just me who gets jealous about people having babies? I mean, its so silly, even while I was pregnant, I got jealous of other people getting pregnant.)

Brother and sister in law, and neices and nephews think they've got swine flu! I'm feeling pretty ill, so exhausted, even sitting up is hard work. Thing my busy weekend was too busy.

Sami_Bee

What do you think is a reasonable price to pay for a 'nearly new' changing bag that is £50ish new? I can't decide what to set my bid at :undecided

elle_gee

I find myself making a point of telling people it's expressed milk he's drinking from a bottle, not formula

As I've said before, I have nothing against formula, but I seem to feel I need to point out to the medical people I'm talking to because I don't want the lecture (or "the look") from them about "breastmilk being much easier on his kidneys".

Stems from that stupid nurse who told me "formula is the worst thing you can do for him" at 4am one night and my guilt, I think..

SusanC_2

Sami_Bee wrote: »

I think that is actually quite a good idea (although depends on the individual child's ppersonality)
we think that a lot of my behaviour problems at school were cause by me just not being ready for school (I started school at 4yrs 2mths)
Mum had a boy start a year 'late' a few years ago, he hadn't been to pre-school or anything like that (his parent's were travellers, dad can't read or write but mum can) He was all caught up and even passed some children by the end of the first term

I agree. When I taught Reception on my final teaching practice the worst three children were the youngest three. My placement finished around mid-June and it was only about then that I felt they were starting to settle in and actually be ready for school. I believe many European countries don't start school until age 7 and yet they are still ahead of us within a few years. Although I am the weird child who loves school and used to try to stay at school full time when I was part-time. (My birthday is March so I was part time for the first term.)

Becles

feelinggood wrote: »

(Is it just me who gets jealous about people having babies? I mean, its so silly, even while I was pregnant, I got jealous of other people getting pregnant.)

No I do too

I was just thinking this morning when I was holding Charlotte's chunky legs while I was changing a nappy, how nice it would be to have tiny little legs to hold again

elle_gee

Speaking of guilt and general feeling crap, OH left me a msg on MSN last night and has been texting me this morning telling me, basically, I'm ace.. He's suggested having a nice tea and watching a DVD together tonight.. Grovelling, much?

astonsmummy

feelinggood wrote: »

Elle - your breastfeeding comment reminded me of how difficult I found it when anyone asked if I was breastfeeding. A woman stopped me outside Waitrose once and asked lots of questions, including how I fed him. First person to ask, and I said 'I don't know'. I must of seemed a bit dim!

AM - Toby is catching up to Ryan, he is 16lb 4oz. His weight gain has slowed back down to normal now, that last growth spurt was a big one.

Catchin up? he's ovetook Ryan!
by almost 1lb lol

Sami_Bee

aww bless susan the weird child
I may add I blame my mum she sent me to the local school before my actual school because the local one would take me from the start in aug but my actual school still did 2 intakes so I started there in the January (very bad mummy of mine )