MSE Parents Club Part 5

feelinggood_2

BrunoM wrote: »

Feely, I don't know the answer, but given almost the whole point of the therapy is to help mums feel better, if they don't have some sort of creche or child-minding facility they are absolutely idiotic.
Ask them directly what they can do to help with that issue, I would say give them a call today to raise the question so that it's one resolved thing you don't have to worry about, if possible. They should try to find a way to help, I can't believe they'll say "Sorry, but if you are looking after a baby we can't help you".

Big hugs.

Up till now, they've been unable to refer me because of lack of childcare. I'll write them another letter and ask. They said to get OH to watch him, but I very much doubt he will.

Unfortunately, he doesn't nap long enough to sleep through an appointment. It is too distracting to have him there, they say. I had an assessment when he was about 7 weeks and I couldn't take him then.

A childminder wouldn't do one afternoon a week? Or one 'between school drop off and pick up' a week?

searching_me

scruffy96uk wrote: »

Please promise me you won't chat tooooo much my sis is coming round tonite so were opening 1 ok maybe 2 bottes of wine so I won't be on til later so please don't give me too much to catch up on!!!!

do you really think we can promise you this :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:x

weezl74

feely a mum friend and I have agreed a one and a half hour a week baby sit skill swap IYSWIM? So she can write her essays and I can have a nice long bath!!!;)

Would your mum pal you go for coffee with be interested in doing that, while you go to the sessions?

Counsellors are pretty rubbish at providing childcare, I know

Sami_Bee

elle_gee wrote: »

Well the bouncer is up.. looks lurvely Rhys in it now.. seems happy enough. Whoever it was who told me to get this type of frame (mel or caz?) was definitely right

Can't find the right screwdriver to get the battery compartment open so OH can sort that when he gets home. He txt me a while ago to say he would be late.. hope that doesn't mean anything bad

have you got giant batteries at the ready?

Triggles wrote: »

Elle - I suppose in her defense, I believe she stated she just started in February (although she's easily in her 30's so I don't believe it's her first HV position, just new in this area), so she may be just being cautious. But there's such a thing as badgering the poor mum to death - and she is definitely guilty of that!

as far as I'm aware in order to become a HV you have to have been a nurse or MW for x no. years first, which is annoying because I'd love to be a HV and really think I could do it BUT there is no way on this earth I could be a nurse or MW they are both gross to me

ladybirdintheuk wrote: »

Oh - MSE topic allert - you would have all laughed at me in tesco. I got my phone out to use the calculator funcction and work out which was the best deal on nappies. Turns out it was Mr T super fit 88 pack, 2 for £20 I think. huggies were on offer, 2 smaller packs for £16, but it worked out as about 5p more per nappy than the tesco ones because of the size of the pack. (Pampers were on offer too, but we're not a pampers family;) ). That'll keep us going for a little while anyway.

I write my list on my ipod and use the calc function on it at least 5 times each trip you are far from sad!

Right back from lunch/shops, feeling smug because my boys behaved beautifully while a woman who seriously needed to actually follow up on her threats chased her toddler all over the show got Chris some lovely books 4 for £5 in The Works plus a hungry catapillar jigsaw for £6.99 :eek::o
Then over to The Entertainer Chris loved it because they have mini trolleys so he pushed one round and they have steps up to the counter so he could pay :T we got a chunky alphabet puzzle which I'd been looking at on another site for £3 less than I'd seen and a bunch of Fireman Sam things 1/2 price :money: coz they were selling them off to make room for newer ones. just gotta pop them on my Chrimbo spreadsheet and see where we're up to know

money_maker_3

A few of the bits I had ordered for Christmas stockings arrived this morning, so thats what I am doing tonight too sami !!
One thing though, 2 of my nephews are now 10 so they say they are too old for toys, and I hate giving money and vouchers for presents, any ideas anyone??
1 is football mad, but has everything he needs and the other one is never off his 360, but is getting the new games he wants from his mum !!

searching_me

glad im not the only one with a crimbo spreadsheet sami x

ladybirdintheuk

Buttonmoons wrote: »

Woohoo Keira walked home very nicely from Nursery today. No tantrums at all

Also went in by the Tesco metro thingy, they have shoulder of lambs reduced from £5 a kg to £2.50, but the two I picked up had been reduced to £1.50. 2kg of lamb for £3, and 10 beefburgers for 90p down from £4. BRILL!

We don't eat burgers all that often, so those 10 burgers will last a while, makes a nice change to have a "junk" night, and there is always leftover chilli kicking around this house, so chilli burgers!

Keira still has that mouldy plaster on her finger from the jamming in door incident but last night she cut her finger on my diet coke can, so now has two plasters on one finger. She is walking around with her hand like a claw! OH also managed to smash a glass and insisted he had picked up all the bits, only for me to step foot in the kitchen and get a huge chunk of it impaled in my heel.

Booboos all around!

Well done Keira (you should tell her!) And boo hiss to the need for plasters. Our tesco is closing for a week from Sunday, so I'm planning to go about 3pm on Sunday afternoon and see what bargains I can find. I might leave DH in charge of izzy at home, as it is likely to be full of people panic buying :rotfl:.

feelinggood wrote: »

Up till now, they've been unable to refer me because of lack of childcare. I'll write them another letter and ask. They said to get OH to watch him, but I very much doubt he will.

Unfortunately, he doesn't nap long enough to sleep through an appointment. It is too distracting to have him there, they say. I had an assessment when he was about 7 weeks and I couldn't take him then.

A childminder wouldn't do one afternoon a week? Or one 'between school drop off and pick up' a week?

Will OH be at work then? Or is he just not much help at the mo? I'm sure a childminder would do one day a week for you. It doesn't hurt to have a ring round and ask anyway. If you can afford it, it might even help you to leave him for the whole day and have a bit of "you" time? Or a bit of "getting stuff done" time anyway? Let you concentrate on other things while he is with the CM so you don't have to do them when he is there?

feelinggood_2

I thought about my Mummy friend, but she has twins. Don't think 3 four month olds is manageable for her, or for me. All the other ladies are too far removed from my parenting style I think.

Sami_Bee

elle_gee wrote: »

His feet are just sticking out the end of his 7.5lb trousers today Phone battery is too dead to take pics or else there'd be another one of him up there already.. Really must find out when I'm next due an upgrade if I'm going to keep taking pics on my phone for FB! :cool:
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Feelie, big hugs chick xx

yes and make sure the new phone has a better camera than ur current fuzzy thing I'm being pestered to death by CPW at the mo because I'm out of contract even though I've told them I will get the Sony Ericson Saito when its out (provided they do it the cheapest for me!) its got a 12meg camera :cool:

money_maker wrote: »

A few of the bits I had ordered for Christmas stockings arrived this morning, so thats what I am doing tonight too sami !!
One thing though, 2 of my nephews are now 10 so they say they are too old for toys, and I hate giving money and vouchers for presents, any ideas anyone??
1 is football mad, but has everything he needs and the other one is never off his 360, but is getting the new games he wants from his mum !!

errm ask beccles or mel? their boys are close-ish to that age aren't they? oh and isn' Caz's Lewis 10?? all I can think of is subscription to related mag

yey for Christmas speadsheets!

searching_me

i got 3 spreadsheets sami ... my day to day money, my debts and xmas ... trying to save to pay for my driving lessons, car and insurance so the sooner i get things paid, reduced or finished paying for xmas i can x