MSE Parents Club Part 7

money_maker_3

I'm back for a little while. Got the cheaper brand equivalent of calpol 6+ and also bought a digital ear thermometer !! Its cool

jillie1974

feelinggood wrote: »

Just back from NCT meet. Everyone was there, 7 couples, 8 babies. Absolutely exhausted and feel awful. I just don't fit - I'm not a career woman, I don't CIO, I breastfeed, I co-sleep, I do babyled weaning. I just feel really inadequate, judged and miserable. I'm not a size 10, I don't do yoga. I have a husband who refuses to go to social things (apart from the pub with his friends). I just felt like crying the whole time, and I'm so glad to be home, although walking in the front door to the state of the house isn't good. I feel so fat and dirty amd awful

Random question - anyone else obsess over/worry about baby dying? I feel as though I'm just waiting for something terrible to happen. I read lots of stories about infant death, SIDS, stillbirths etc and feel like it is just a matter of time before I lose Toby

sounds awful for you feelie ((((hugs)))) i'm worried that when/if i go to a mums/babies group i wont fit in. think we need our own mse group!!

i try not to worry bout something happening to Kian. the dread i had whilst pg has largely disappeared. i try not to read or watch anything on tv as that just makes me think bad thoughts of something happening.

elle_gee

money_maker wrote: »

I'm back for a little while. Got the cheaper brand equivalent of calpol 6+ and also bought a digital ear thermometer !! Its cool

:rotfl: You shoving it in anyone's ear who'll stay still long enough?

Mazcabs

newmoneysaver wrote: »

If you look at the quidco page it should tell you how much you get for each policy.

ie: if you click into Budget it pays:
£25for Car Insurance
£45for Commercial Van Insurance
£25for Home Insurance

Oh so you get exactly what it says on the Quidco site back

a) how do you get cashback through both cashback site and insurer?

Looking at the 96p record Martin was saying about the woman got £50 through cashback site and then £70 through the insurer.

MadDogWoman_2

Feelie - ((((((((Hugs)))))))))))))))

When DD was little I just found a bf group as they were more likely to consider my idea of parenting normal - I just agreed to disagree with anyone with different opinions - I was the odd bod for feeding past 6 months and not using cloth nappies

Nightmare just found out I'm leading the pre-school sunday school tomorrow!!

I wasn't intending on going with Katie being a spot monster whose spots haven't all scabbed over! I'll just have to leave her at home with DH.

I'll just have to get there early to read through the magazine for the week.

I've cooking most of today - slow roasted shoulder of pork, a tomato sauce for tea. I've still need to make a chocolate cake and a treacle tart!

Took DD out to feed the ducks this afternoon as she was starting to climb the walls being stuck in all week she had a whale of a time.

elle_gee

Mazcabs wrote: »

.. a) how do you get cashback through both cashback site and insurer?

Looking at the 96p record Martin was saying about the woman got £50 through cashback site and then £70 through the insurer.

Some insurers have their own cashback offers. When you go through the Quidco link, it takes you to the insurers normal website so if they've got an offer on, you get that too. We did it with OH's insurance last year - £50 from Quidco (paid as usual) and £40 from Swinton (we were sent a cheque direct)

Sometimes the insurers own offers are mentioned on Quidco, sometimes you get a nice surprise when you go through to their homepage.

Are you using comparison sites for the cheapest quotes then checking if the cheapest is on Quidco? We found the Swinton offer on one of the comparison sites

ETA:
I just did similar with moving my current account (away from Halifax cos they're going to start charging me more for my OD or a monthly fee). Have moved to A&L for an interest free OD, free travel insurance, £100 for switching and £45 Quidco cashback http://www.quidco.com/alliance-leicester-current-accounts - £100 will be put into the account direct after a few months of me paying £500 or more in.. so I'm going to have to make my SMP up by £6 some months! :rolleyes:

money_maker_3

elle_gee wrote: »

:rotfl: You shoving it in anyone's ear who'll stay still long enough?

Yes I even tested myself !! Need to stop it now, it only comes with 30 covers and they are £5 a pack to replace !!!

Mazcabs wrote: »

Oh so you get exactly what it says on the Quidco site back

a) how do you get cashback through both cashback site and insurer?

Looking at the 96p record Martin was saying about the woman got £50 through cashback site and then £70 through the insurer.

cashback from the insurer is paid by the insurer, cashback site is paid by the cashback site, so they are separate. For instance, Halifax home insurance pays £50 cashback for a new policy, so once it is set up, they send you the £50. The cashback will track after the policy has been set up and quidco pay you the cashback sum
As meerkat would say 'simples':rolleyes:

Mazcabs

elle_gee wrote: »

Are you using comparison sites for the cheapest quotes then checking if the cheapest is on Quidco? We found the Swinton offer on one of the comparison sites

OH has done comparison site, found the cheapest and then we looked on Quidco... One insurer says we can earn £75 so assume thats what we would get back...

elle_gee

Mazcabs wrote: »

OH has done comparison site, found the cheapest and then we looked on Quidco... One insurer says we can earn £75 so assume thats what we would get back...

Some say "up to £100" (like morethan) so you just have to check how much they'll pay for the category of insurance you're buying - the breakdown is on the page Providing it tracks right, that's what you'll get.

Give it a few days to track and read up on what to do if it doesn't - sometime there's a small time limit on when to raise an enquiry

Mazcabs

Thanks all, that makes more sense... my next one I have to look though is changing gas and electricity as obviously get money back through say Uswitch anyway and then they appear on Quidco as well!! Really must read up more...