MSE Parents Club Part 4

My_Fathers_Daughter

weezl74 wrote: »

good morning

babies having nightmares...

anyone know what the general good advice is? Our hunch is not to wake him, but do speak gently to him and very softly pat his tummy. (my hope is that like when an adult will include a real life noise into a dream - like a dog barking, a baby will do it too, so mummy will turn up and make the bad things go away!)

What do you all do?

Still feel really far from weanable here... Have tried putting some food objects in his hand, but he doesn't bring them to his mouth. Obviously not ready yet! No worries, he's not been waking due to hunger or anything yet... So I'll wait a bit. It sounds like quite a messy stage, so I'll enjoy my clean kitchen floor a while longer

Ooo - we haven't had anything like that. I like your suggestion though - I will go fight the monsters in DS dreams anytime

Sounds like Fergie is happy with his milk at the moment. I can't see the point of pushing it if he is not interested. Mel was right though - be careful about putting food in their hand to start with...nothing small or chokable!! Veg in big chip shapes is best!
Benjamin spent ages sucking on a whole raw carrot before we gave him anything that he could actually eat

ManOnTheMoon wrote: »

Maybe being on here isn't such a great idea after all, as it makes me spill out all my fears

:eek: OMG please don't say that - if word gets out that MFD ran you out of town there will be a virtual lynch-mob sent my way :eek:

Please stay :A

Sami_Bee

Curious_George wrote: »

Tescos own brand are as good as the top makes, we are on a bit of a pampers kick at the moment because we have had some vouchers and there have been some good offers but when we need own brand ones we use the active baby ones (cant remember if they are the green or the purple)
never had any problems with them

theyre purple (and cause the worst nappy rash on chris )

elle_gee

More threads for you SM

1. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1680791&highlight=own+brand+nappies
2. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1678509&highlight=own+brand+nappies
3. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1836367&highlight=own+brand+nappies
4. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1363321&highlight=own+brand+nappies

weezl74

costco is great for reductions on branded nappies, do you know anyone with a card locally SM?

They come in bulk buy amounts so it's handy if you can work out how many you need of each size. I worked it out for my boots ones using the centile chart in the red book. Happy to explain more if anyone would find this useful for nappy buying in large quantities

Becles

ManOnTheMoon wrote: »

Well, we support Exeter. 3 games, 1 league defeat and draw and a cup defeat. Saying that, i'm amazed we have hit League One. Two seasons ago, we were Conference. Plus we have played 3 tough teams and in the league, played well. Will likely go down, but who knows!

Don't know much about Exeter, but best of luck for the season

Sunderland could have a decent season. My only worry would be Steve Bruce jumping ship, as he often does.

I'm a little worried about that too, although he's got the finances and backroom support there looking after him.

Thanks for the offer of the board, but I only have time for this board and that is sometimes limited. Like I say, thanks for the offer.

They'll probably all grow up and support Torquay or something :rolleyes::rotfl::o

I really can't stand bairns who jump on the bandwaggon and support Man U, Chelsea, Liverpool etc., even though they don't come from that area and never attend any of the games. It's your duty to get them addicted to Exeter

My youngest is only two and she can name some players already

searching_me wrote: »

does anyone know if sainsburys or tesco ... or any own brand nappies are any good? x

Tesco Essentials (green packet) are great. We use them most of the time and never had any problems with them, and they're cheaper than Tesco Active (purple packet).

My Mam keeps nappies at her house as Charlotte goes there when I'm working, and she wasn't keen on Sainsburys. I'm not sure what the packet was like, but the nappies were white with a green top and a green leaf print on them. They often leaked on her, so she buys Huggies now.

searching_me

thank you guys ... nah no costco near me i live on a hill outside of the city centre and i dont drive makes things abit difficult... alot of people giving tescos ones a thumbs up may have to give them a try .....

on a bright note all my shopping came not one thing replaced or left thats never happened before :rotfl: £123 for the month and my cupboards, fridge and freezers are fit to burst i dont know how people spend double that in a week x

Sami_Bee

oh dear Sami will have to do some budgeting next year!
Just checked the bank and the new WTC and CTC figures are in, WTC down 250ish but CTC up 260ish (but obviously you get double for a baby so will be alot less next year!) and I'm guessing we'll get less of the basic them if hubby's wages go up (which I know they will unless something goes very wrong) so we'll get even less
I'm not complaining just coming to a realisation that I can't keep spending like I do!

searching_me wrote: »

thank you guys ... nah no costco near me i live on a hill outside of the city centre and i dont drive makes things abit difficult... alot of people giving tescos ones a thumbs up may have to give them a try .....

on a bright note all my shopping came not one thing replaced or left thats never happened before :rotfl: £123 for the month and my cupboards, fridge and freezers are fit to burst i dont know how people spend double that in a week x

We buy lots of crap we don't really need and end up throwing stuff away
Right I'm off to sainsbury's to hopefully get some tops that don't flash my boobs everytime I lean forward!

searching_me

its ok if you use it sami but i cant stand waste ... when i go to people's house and see what they throw away it drives me mental ... like my aunt she feeds my cousins big meals (and i do mean big) bear in mind she lets them eat crap all day so they dont even finish half of it then they eat more crap at 9pm when i was still full from dinner and then you see them throw away half a roast dinner ... i nearly shouted i had toleave the room and call philip to calm down ...

sorry rant over just really gets to me x

tiamai_d

SugarSpun wrote: »

I'm here (a 12 day graduate!) but not posting much. The Mollyfrog's far more work than the Bellyfrog, and noisier too.

I'm seething with envy at Tia, who got an unfeasible amount of uninterrupted sleep. We gave in last night and gave the monster a pacifier. It'll only be for night time, but we really wanted to do without. Trouble is she has a set of visible front teeth already and is drooly and drizzly. It saves me wandering about having her clamped to my nipples all day.

Have seen a high chair just like the Stokke Tripp Trapp I've been lusting after in the Jojo Maman Bebe catalogue, for £70 so technically free with my vouchers. The only problem is that we can't use the gift vouchers online

TMI Edit: I took my pooping problem to the doctor, who told me to drink more water (it had been a week since I last went and I was in agony). And then she gave me a pack of iron tablets in case I was anaemic. I don't think so, crazy lady! I solved the problem in the traditional German way and will never speak of it again.

Trust me, I'm not happy about it, I was in a panic this morning when I realised!

About pooping, I had terrible diadiddly after DS2 and not so bad diadiddly this time too. :rolleyes: But weeing hurts due to the sheer volume of wee! I'm drinking a lot but all my swelling is going down too.

Some *emergency cash wind-fall vibes* for searching (and anyone else with empty pockets)

ManOTMoon, yes, nighclasses have a lot of homework, think of it, they have a whole course to learn in 2-3 hours a week. Most of it is done at home, self-study.

DH is driving me mad, he has been in a bad mood since he came to pick us up at the hospital, that was made worse by the 6 hour wait. Now when isn't sitting on his !!!! he is marching about !!!!!ing at me about things being in his way. Well it was you who left the 2 tubs of dog food sitting in the kitchen! I asked him to clean the loo on Friday night after DS1 was sick (was all round the rim) he said he'd do it. On Saturday morning I asked if he had done it, he said he couldn't see anything ?? really? so when I cleaned it I was imagining the various bodily fluids that were splattered everywhere? And he is sitting up till god knows when at night and not getting out his bed till midday. So much for a helping hand! :mad::mad::mad: And he's just constantly barking at me. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10.....

searching_me

right im off to tidy up as my house looks like a bomb has hit it the a bulldoze ran over the remains :rotfl: catch you guys later x