MSE Parents Club Part 9

got-it-spend-it

Morning! My little star did 8:30 til 6:30 so I am a very happy mummy indeed! He's now happily kicking away while I express and have a cuppa. I love that he can now entertain himself and it is so cute to watch.

Harley- I know what you mean about expressing. It can be so frustrating. Have you got a pump? We've got the medela mini which is marvellous and I highly recommend it. I hope Kezia takes the bottle okay.

Becles

redmel1621 wrote: »

Awww, does anyone else suffer with sinusitus, only asking because dh does quite badly most of the time and ds2 seems to be the one who it has been passed on to...the other two seem ok?

I do! My Dad does and I keep blaming him for passing dodgy sinus genes onto me :rotfl:

I've just bought a steam inhaler from Boots. It's a bit like a flask shape, with piece that fits on the top that covers your nose and mouth. You fill it with boiling water and a can add a drop of olbas oil or similar, and sit and inhale the steam. It's more intense than the old fashioned tea towel on head over a bowl of boiling water method, as the steam comes up a little hole and straight up your nose.

It's really worth it as I manage to get loads of claggy snot out when I use it and feel so much better afterwards. Dad is using his too and loves it.

It only cost £5.99 and you will find them on the cold and flu remedies section in bigger Boots stores. Definitely worth the money, and much better than taking Sudafed type tablets or using nasal sprays.

cazscoob

mel i can completely understand what you have said in the above quote, a womans mind works in mysterious ways doesnt it! i think i had the same feeling not that i want more children just dont think i could live with the thought that it is so final and that i couldnt ever have any more? (do you know what i mean?)
my lot are great and we have our ups and downs but i couldnt imagine life without them.

Didnt sleep too badly last night so feeling a little better today, i was going to visit my dad today but have started to make excuses already like i dont want to leave the kitten? she woke at 5 and jumped into bed with me purring away, so im not sure if it was that that helped me to sleep lol! whats everyones plans for today?

cazscoob

becles charlie said 'ohhhhh nice' when he saw charlotte in your avvy! his talking isnt very good yet but he has started to know when to say the right things!

feelinggood_2

Is it okay to tell a freecycler I changed my mind? She sent four emails asking for baby items and seemed desperate, saying she'd collect as soon as convient for me (the ad stated daytime only). When I agreed, she said it'd have to be an evening so I said okay, Monday evening. Another email, no it'd have to be tuesday. I had dozens of requests, can I just tell her this is too much messing?

BrunoM

Quick opinions? Elijah is a bit snotty, seems pretty full of beans and not otherwise sick this morning though. Fri/Sat he was a bit more fragile, and snuffly, but definitely mostly fine today.
Is this a bad thing to expose a week-old baby to?

SugarSpun

feelinggood wrote: »

Is it okay to tell a freecycler I changed my mind? She sent four emails asking for baby items and seemed desperate, saying she'd collect as soon as convient for me (the ad stated daytime only). When I agreed, she said it'd have to be an evening so I said okay, Monday evening. Another email, no it'd have to be tuesday. I had dozens of requests, can I just tell her this is too much messing?

Email her and tell her that you want to get the stuff out asap and you've had a lot of requests, so can she pick up by (whatever time today) or you'll have to pass it on to the next person. If she's that desperate she'll collect them.

BrunoM wrote: »

Quick opinions? Elijah is a bit snotty, seems pretty full of beans and not otherwise sick this morning though. Fri/Sat he was a bit more fragile, and snuffly, but definitely mostly fine today.
Is this a bad thing to expose a week-old baby to?

Better ask the baby's parents

feelinggood_2

Bruno, I'd ask owners of baby, making sure to tell them you ate totally fine if they want to wait. Personally, I would prefer not to expose tiny baby to germs.

weezl74

tricky one bruno, guessing this is E's cousin? I'd ask the parents to make the decision because only they know whether they'd feel sadder that he didn't see family asap or sadder if newborn got a cold.

If they're really worried about germs could just you go and do proud uncle?

Mazcabs

MadDogWoman wrote: »

SM - Boil up some pasta, when pasta nearly done chuck in some peas, grill some bacon until crispy, when all done mix together with a good splosh of double cream.

Know its a bit late but we use sour cream in our pasta with courgettes and mushrooms ( adapted Jamie Olivers recipe)

redmel1621 wrote: »

SS - TRIPE!! I always think of it as dog food, cos it's what my mum and her friend used to feed the dogs when we/they were skint in the old days. Apparantly it was really cheap and you could get a big load off the butcher for pennies, we used to have to evacuate the house as it was cooking cos it is rank...:oOoops, enjoy your tripe:p

Our dog has tripe alot

searching_me wrote: »

yer as well as i have a undated 20p .. a gameboy advance sp limited ed nes and 2 games .. and one or two bits and bobs x

Didnt know there were any of those 20ps still about.