MSE Parents Club Part 5

elle_gee

SugarSpun wrote: »

.. Also, I wish to announce that I am wearing a pair of prematernity pants. I have a muffin top like you wouldn't believe, but they're fastened and staying fastened so I don't care.

Can you sit down in them?

money_maker_3

elle we have Tesco ones wich as far as I can remember were 2 bags for £6 and we also have ELC ones which were 2 bags for £10.
Now MSE :money: the tesco ones are just fine they do exactly whats said on the tin and if it was a present then I would probably go for them, BUT on durability the tesco ones are a lot thinner plastic than the ELC ones so can get bent out of shape a bit
However the ELC ones do hurt when your husband decides it would be funny to use your bum cheeks and lags as target practise:mad::rotfl:

SugarSpun

elle_gee wrote: »

Can you sit down in them?

Yes, yes I can

I'm going to have a button imprint in my belly when I stand up, but I'm sitting down in fastened prematernity pants. And my muffin top is a temporary addition that I firmly believe is mostly made of spare skin.

Still can't get my wedding ring back on though

searching_me

SugarSpun wrote: »

Also, I wish to announce that I am wearing a pair of prematernity pants. I have a muffin top like you wouldn't believe, but they're fastened and staying fastened so I don't care.

dont worry SS you're in my club now ive shifted a stone and a half near enough since having jayden 10 weeks ago im sure you'll get those pounds moving x

money_maker_3

SugarSpun wrote: »

Husband, in a fit of lunacy, bought a rake of these from Tesco while I was still pregnant. About 400 of them. And a ball pond. I kept telling him we were planning on having a newborn but he wasn't listening.


Also, I wish to announce that I am wearing a pair of prematernity pants. I have a muffin top like you wouldn't believe, but they're fastened and staying fastened so I don't care.

yeah for the pants :j some of mine fasten but I have to minimise my breathing to wear them :rotfl:

My_Fathers_Daughter

MOTM - Glad to hear 16yo apologised. I don't think you are a wimp at all - I am just Victorian mom

r.mac wrote: »

Teething - happened agian here and that's 2 nights of crying in her sleep, ending up in our bed and tossing and turning all night so we don't get any sleep :rolleyes: Not much seems to help and HV is out of ideas. I have everything under the sun to try and help, and just keeping trying them in rotation until one helps:rotfl:She's having a nap now (thankfully).

Did you buy the liquid Anbesol? It really is worth a try. I find that the gels just end up in a ball rolling about their mouth. The Anbesol goes where I want it to go IYSWIM

r.mac wrote: »

elle - bathtime is daddy time in our house. He gets home about 6.45pm most of the time and does 1/2 hr play then bathtime followed by bed. He also does mornings on a saturday the trick is to find a routine that suits you as a family. So what if it isn't the norm or convention but that's just my opinion. It's so nice to see how LO's face lights up when he walks through the door - i sometimes wish she'd look at me like that sometimes!!!

I know that feeling - Benjamin generally ignores me if I have been out for a while...he literally won't look at me the cheeky little monster :rolleyes: Daddy gets big smiles and chuckling!


Elle - if we could choose we would put Benjamin's bedtime at about 8pm so we can have some couple time each evening. Benjamin had other ideas though and decided he wanted to be in bed by 7pm every night :rolleyes:

We wake up at 5am most mornings here too (used to be 4.30am) but I class that as nighttime still so we have a feed and I put him back down in his cot.



Can I ask the BLWers what they gave baby for breakfast? I am fine with other meals and Benjamin does like toast but it's not quite the same as porridge and yoghurt or mashed banana

keelykat

feelinggood wrote: »

((Hugs))

I'm sorry you feel like that Kellykat. We are always here and we always want to hear from you! Would it help to talk about how you feel? Have you spoken to your HV or your Doctor? Are you getting out to Baby & Toddler groups? How long have you been feeling like this?

As you can see, although we do talk about some very important things, we also talk a right load of rubbish. I'm sure you can come up with some rubbish to talk about! I know how you feel though, some days I'll type a dozen messages, just to delete them, feeling like I have nothing to say.

There haven't been any groups on over the holidays-i usually go to one on a thursday and once its term time ive found a story time at the library on wednesdays.

I've felt like this on and off since Elliot was born, i have good weeks then bad weeks. I don't want to talk to my gp about it, i'm worried she'll think i'm not coping with him and i don't want him taken away from me.

ladybirdintheuk wrote: »

Oh Keely - you fit here I'm sure you fit other places as well, but maybe you have to go out and find them? Can you leave Daddy in charge once a week/month/whatever, and go do something for yourself?

My hubby has been great, I don't have much time out by myself though because i've got no one to see most the time, only have 3 close friends and it's not possible to see them all the time. Don't fancy going out alone, feel even more alone then. He has Elliot whenever I ask though, so not his fault.

elle_gee wrote: »

Hiya keely, lovely to hear from you again! Please stick around and join in with us.. have some dodgy welcome back hugs :grouphug: xx

Thanks elle gee xx

There's been a lot going on that's draining me mentally, my neighbours have gotten worse-had to go to the police and all sorts. So i can't even get some peace at home right now. I'm so unhappy it's unbelievable.

Elliot's not why i'm unhappy, he's a happy little boy who although can be cheeky and keep me on my toes, is everything i live for.

I can't even begin to explain what's going on in my head....there's too much going on and I can't relax properly, a lot of the time i struggle to get to sleep even though i'm exhausted

Thanks for the welcome back, it is appreciated. xx

MrsTinks

LOL SS... I have some non maternity shorts on... dunno about prematernity clothes - I hate the look of my muffin top Will hate to try and make it to the gym this week!
The child sleeps - she's been grinchy and moaning - wonder if the milk I got isn't quite enough to fill her up? I might need to get some stage 2 I guess...

ladybirdintheuk

r.mac wrote: »

ladybird - we are looking for a travel highchair. Can I ask what you thought of yours and what brand it was??? Did Izzy like it? thanks x

It is a koo di seat harness (one of those ones you kind of tie the baby to the back of the chair with). It's not as good as a real high chair, in that it doesn't have a tray, and doesn't raise baby up to table height either, but for an "emergency" one I can live with that. She is very comfy in it, and it folds down small (it has a bag as part of it, so you just fold it back into the bag and it has a clippy bit so you can clip it onto the changing bag/buggy). And you can put it through the washing machine, but the die runs, so now Izzy has lots of pink vests. :cool:

I'm not sure how secure it would be with a bigger baby though - Izzy isn't much of a houdini baby yet, so I'm not really on the right wave length to see what she would be able to climb out of, but I did get the feeling that might be a worry when she is bigger - will have to wait and see really!

r.mac wrote: »

elle - bathtime is daddy time in our house. He gets home about 6.45pm most of the time and does 1/2 hr play then bathtime followed by bed. He also does mornings on a saturday the trick is to find a routine that suits you as a family. So what if it isn't the norm or convention but that's just my opinion. It's so nice to see how LO's face lights up when he walks through the door - i sometimes wish she'd look at me like that sometimes!!!

I keep trying to get DH to do bathtime, but he had one bad bathtime where she cried lots at him (she doesn't like being got dressed afterwards) and now he won't do it . Even though she does it to me every time too.

feelinggood_2

keelykat wrote: »

There haven't been any groups on over the holidays-i usually go to one on a thursday and once its term time ive found a story time at the library on wednesdays.

I've felt like this on and off since Elliot was born, i have good weeks then bad weeks. I don't want to talk to my gp about it, i'm worried she'll think i'm not coping with him and i don't want him taken away from me.

Aww, I wish I had some magical words that would make things better.

I don't think you need to worry about losing Elliot, although I can understand why you feel that way. No-one has mentioned me having to give LO up, and I've had very severe mental health problems in the past.

Can you think of anything that would help you? Would medication help do you think? What about having someone to talk to? Or is it more a case of having purpose - would you feel better if you had more time with other people? What about working part-time?

Are you in the NCT? We have absolutely loads of NCT things going on around here, for babies and older kids, and they all run year round.