MSE Parents Club Part 5

Sami_Bee

Becles wrote: »

Put her to bed tonight and she reminded me not to stick berries up my nose because it's dangerous :rotfl:

well she has a point :rotfl:

Millie's_Mum wrote: »

She keeps going to the loo and taking ages, when I go up there to see whats happened and she'll be sat on the loo, jeans around ankles praying (for nice weather so she can go out on her bike or that she gets to go to the sweet shop)

OH's gran died the other week (its ok she was 98) and when there were black clouds in the sky coming towards us yesterday Millie said 'ooh look Grandma Betty will be getting wet now, it'll mess her hair up!'

Bless!

Interesting facts about pregnancy HERE
My fave has to be the choice of names involved in this one

8) In March 2004, a Texas woman gave birth to two sets of identical twin boys. The boys were named Jacob and Jacoby, Jason and Justin, and weighed between 2lbs 5 oz and 3 lbs 4oz.

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My_Fathers_Daughter

SugarSpun wrote: »

I'm going to start hanging up the phone. I'm already worried about it because I can't see how much she eats and when I express I only get 3oz or so. But the monster is putting on weight and is happy so !!!!!!?!?!?!?

Sugar - I would simply say that unless she stops saying things like that you do not want to speak to her and she will not be seeing her obviously thriving grand-daughter.

I have had similar, although not from my mum or MIL. When we were kids it was best to FF. It is difficult for our mums generation to get their heads around us not doing it that way.

You know what is best for your baby and TBH, !!!! everybody else.

What you express is nothing to do with what baby gets - she is a much more effective pump than man can ever make



My other tactic is to tell my mum something that MIL has done to pee me off in the hope that she will get the message that she can't go there...and vice versa with MIL. I make stuff up too anything for an easy life


Edit - remember that mums have feelings too...if they FF you and you say you don't want to FF because it is not what is best for baby then you are kind-of saying that they didn't do what is best for you IYSWIM. Better just to stick to this being how you want to do things.


PS - this in no way represents my opinions and I am not trying to open the BF/FF debate!!!!

ladybirdintheuk

Becles wrote: »

Put her to bed tonight and she reminded me not to stick berries up my nose because it's dangerous :rotfl:

:rotfl: She doesn't trust you does she?

Millie's_Mum wrote: »

She keeps going to the loo and taking ages, when I go up there to see whats happened and she'll be sat on the loo, jeans around ankles praying (for nice weather so she can go out on her bike or that she gets to go to the sweet shop)

That is everso cute. My brother was really into dinosaurs when he was little. We used to go to a Christian youth club thing until the lady who ran it asked my Mum not to send him any more because he argued with her about the creation theory in front of everyone. :rotfl: Not sure how we will tackle religion when we get that far. DH converted to judaism when he was a teenager, but has lapsed now (various people dying made him loose his faith a bit I think) and I'm an athiest. Not that I'd stop her going to church or anything, but at the same time, I'm not going to encourage it too much either. I don't think it's a bad thing to know the stories and whatnot though - so long as she also knows aesops fables and whatnot too Nothing wrong with morals!

Sami_Bee

SugarSpun wrote: »

GRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

My mother has become obsessed with the idea that the monster is not getting enough nourishment from breast milk. She was here during the midwife's first post-birth visit, 6 days after Molly was born and 2 after we came home from the hospital. Molly was born at 3.27kg and dropped 250g in the first few days. By the time we were at home she was back around her birth weight, but the midwife happened to comment that she'd not gained over her birth weight.

Since then my mother has been asking constantly about [STRIKE]whether[/STRIKE] when I'm going to give up and start supplementing with formula or just switch altogether.

I'm going to start hanging up the phone. I'm already worried about it because I can't see how much she eats and when I express I only get 3oz or so. But the monster is putting on weight and is happy so !!!!!!?!?!?!?

Tell her that she is now gaining weight like a trooper and your MW/HV says you're doing fantastically well and she thought you deserve a pat on the back for sticking with BFing (Its all basically true anyway) if she doesn't get the picture then just tell her to keep her beak out

Ps 3oz is loads to express out :T

scruffy96uk

MFD it's on Dave ja vu at the mo

honeypop

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Hey honey - are you somewhere much warmer than me??? Benjamin goes to bed in a vest, sleepsuit and 1.5 tog sleeping bag most nights and I still worry that he gets a little cold (his hands are feezing, although his core is usually okay).

I wish I was somewhere actually warm! It just seems that our rooms are very warm, i've used various nursery thermometers to check it and the temp in our room (where he currently sleeps in basket) and the nursery (where cot is) always is 24+ and the guidelines I've seen for sleeping bags say this is too hot even for just a vest. I have at least one window open in the rooms for ventilation but don't want to open more to get the temp down just so he can sleep in the bag as it will get draughty.

The night before last I did put him in it as it was cooler, and he was ok. It was very long for him so I just folded the exess at the bottom underneath him. But then he got very snuffly-nosed all night and I wondered if he was still too hot in it.

searching_me

yummm yummm i have sangria .... :D:D ... SS mummy gold top is best wish i could of stuck at it x

My_Fathers_Daughter

ladybirdintheuk wrote: »

That is everso cute. My brother was really into dinosaurs when he was little. We used to go to a Christian youth club thing until the lady who ran it asked my Mum not to send him any more because he argued with her about the creation theory in front of everyone. :rotfl: Not sure how we will tackle religion when we get that far. DH converted to judaism when he was a teenager, but has lapsed now (various people dying made him loose his faith a bit I think) and I'm an athiest. Not that I'd stop her going to church or anything, but at the same time, I'm not going to encourage it too much either. I don't think it's a bad thing to know the stories and whatnot though - so long as she also knows aesops fables and whatnot too Nothing wrong with morals!

I used to get in trouble for arguing with teachers all the time I was ever-so-worried that the teachers were teaching all the other kids the wrong things :rotfl:This was when I was 5 or 6 BTW!!!

I think my mum and dad approached religion well, being of no fixed religion themselves (CofE anyone!!!) they never went to church. But they gave me the opportunity to go to Sunday School with a multitude of friends and when, at about 14, I decided I really wanted to consider religion, they drove me to different churches to attend services so I could try them all out.

...in the end I am exactly like my mum - I like singing hymns but I am really not bothered about the rest of the palava

I do try to be a good person though :A

ladybirdintheuk

Sami - mine is home, did he win?!

SugarSpun

Thanks everyone - I know I shouldn't let her get to me, but it's not easy when she uses every opportunity to imply I'm doing it wrong. I told her I was having a glass of wine and that turned into her telling me how pleased she was that I'd given up BF and was able to have a glass. I had to explain Pump and Dump and she went into a flutter about how I'm starving the baby.

The monster has wrinkles and dimples at every joint. She can hold her head up, support herself on her arms, flip over (accidentally), (possibly) smile, focus on people, make vocal responses when people speak to her, track noises, grab things and put her pacifier back in her mouth when she accidentally knocks it out. She's doing incredibly well and my mother is a PITA.