MSE Parents Club Part 8

redmel1621

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

I was going to ask the ones with older kids about PSP's but I think Mel might have shown earlier that hubby and I are well out of touch on this one.

DSS has asked for a PSP for Christmas. He is prepared to put money towards it if he needs to. Our initial thoughts is that the PSP is too old for him, most of the games are older games which we would not allow him to play. He is 10 in January, we MAY let him play a 12 on a console IF we were watching/playing with him. We would definitely not let him play any older games on a hand-held.
He has never mentioned it before and we are unsure if a) it is just a reaction to us asking him what he would like for christmas and b) whether it is actually a suitable gift for a 9 (nearly 10) year old boy.

Any thoughts?

Ooooops what did I say earlier?

Psp - my two have them and there are quite a few 12 and under games, my looooooove LocoRoco even though it is has age rating of 3 on it... They spend ages on it.. Some other good games are
Daxter age 7, burnout age 3, sonic rivals 1&2 age 7, echochrome age 3, ratchet and clank age 7, worms age 7, patapon 1&2 age 7....theses are some of the ones we have ( I haven't mentioned any older ones!)

my two love their PSPs we chose them over ds's cos there seemed to be sooooo many girly games on the ds and more boy oriented games on PSP like the racing and (maybe not your taste) shooting games.

Mel x

Sami_Bee

Feelie at Toby's age its the chewing that is the most important bit as he's still getting most nutrition from milk, if he's swallowing some things then I wouldn't worry he obviously can do it

Hubby just had a tanturm because he 'forgot' to brush Chris's teeth (I have to remind him EVERY time :mad:) and Chris realised and wouldn't go to bed until he'd had them brushed so I tolh him to go brush them :rolleyes: Chris was upset saying he didn't want brown teeth (I'm a bad mummy and scare him into letting me brush them)

on the brightside I just managed to get Ed to have some teething powders :j I let him chew my finger then dipped wet finger in powder rince repeat

Sami_Bee

Feelie if I'm on the ball 2mo I'll bring you some bibs

searching_me

feelinggood wrote: »

Searching, that brought back a lot of memories. I used to drink a lot of Tia Lusso, and a lot of Baileys. How many calories in a litre bottle!

its a special treat only i used to have on my birthday or xmas but it got discontinued ... gutted! but the one place sells it its just too much

chopsticks wrote: »

You have done so much planning you will be fine honey. Are you making the chocolate slabs?

yep yep got the silicone shapes from £1 land .. a butterfly and teddy bear (girls get butterfly boys get teddy bear) and then hobbycraft have xmas cellophane for 99p a roll and i needed some for my hampers .. just need ribbon x

Sami_Bee

OMG the x factor peeps are miming!

searching_me

Sami_Bee wrote: »

OMG the x factor peeps are miming!

i wasnt paying attention dont like that song x

tiamai_d

MFD, we have got DS1 (8) a PSP, can't remember what games, lemmings, Ben 10 I think and futarama dvd thing. There are kiddy games and DVDs out there, just not too many. Which is good really, means they can't ask for loads.

Feelie, Toby sounds fine to me. At his age he is getting most fo his nutrition from your wonderful boobu juice, food is just fun. Sounds like he is just having a lot of fun learning about food. Please try and not think of it as 'mess', but as a wonderful learning experience for Toby who will grow up with a healthy attitude to food. I know loads of people who have fed their babies in the bath so that they can really get into it, but it can all be cleaned up easily!

Touch wood, everyone seems to be on the mend here. Just a tummy bug all round, but it is very very very stressful looking after 3 children and a husband all with the squits.

I'd go for a nice relaxing bath, but with one bathroom in the house, I don't fancy trying to relax amongst the stench of viral tummy problems....

emlou2009

elle_gee wrote: »

Dunno why I specified it had to be a CLEAN muslin.. sorry!

:rotfl:
i am not THAT much of a slummy mummy... honest :rotfl:
i just put a bit of extra water in and added the pasta straight in the food, it was fine! and a lot easier lol.

Sami_Bee wrote: »

Can I ask why you don't let him have toppings? I'm thinking if he's having the pizza a bit of sweetcorn,mushroom etc won't hurt?

I think SM meant he was having takeaway pizza at 9mths??

If anyone hears of a crazy woman trying to give her baby away on the news tonight its me I seem to have misplaced my patience

the bit in bold made me laugh!
i'd let seth eat pizza he has had mcdonalds chips too and burger king chips too, a whole once of each!! IMO it really doesnt matter, a whole 5-6 chips in 8 months really isnt an issue for me. he's had two whole crisps as well! feel free to shoot me now!! his ultimate favourites are caramel snack a jacks

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

I was going to ask the ones with older kids about PSP's but I think Mel might have shown earlier that hubby and I are well out of touch on this one.

DSS has asked for a PSP for Christmas. He is prepared to put money towards it if he needs to. Our initial thoughts is that the PSP is too old for him, most of the games are older games which we would not allow him to play. He is 10 in January, we MAY let him play a 12 on a console IF we were watching/playing with him. We would definitely not let him play any older games on a hand-held.
He has never mentioned it before and we are unsure if a) it is just a reaction to us asking him what he would like for christmas and b) whether it is actually a suitable gift for a 9 (nearly 10) year old boy.

Any thoughts?

personally, i think the PSP is much more worth it than the DS, cos the PSP will grow with him to a degree IYSWIM. some of the games are 12 rated yes, but he is 10 now, and the console will still have games coming out in two years. even if they werent, he would still be able to buy the games for it for years to come. i do think saying you would only let him play a 12 rated game if you were watching him is a little OTT, but thats just my opinion he almost definitely sees much worse than he would see in a 12 game on tv, if not at yours then at his mums/friends/grandparents/playground...

emlou2009

hahaha jedward are through again, how funny!

Sami_Bee

SM - If you try this recipe but use vodka not whisky and maybe leave out vanilla (not sure if that would be in lusso??
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=12478381&postcount=16