MSE Parents Club Part 9

ManOnTheMoon

angela6834 wrote: »

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MOTM, do you think Lucy will want to expand your family?I was going to say, want children of her own, but that didnt sound nice. I think its difficult when you already think your family is complete but then also take into consideration someone else's feelings. Especially when babies and strong emotions are involved. I didnt think i would even consider having anymore as OH is not the biological father of my first two. But then i also had to consider he didnt have any. If he had i think it would have been different.

Well, as much as she adores my girls, she will want 'children of her own'. I'm sure of it. I think she's enjoying the added responsibility at the moment and i'm not sure either of us would be ready, although unforseen events happen.

I have to be aware of her needs. I understand she will likely want children, more than likely as she's mentioned it 'one day' and remaining positive, I hope it's with me. I don't overly want anymore, but i'm not against the idea. I'm only 36, she's 28 and my girls are growing up. Financially we are in a very good position, but the timing is all wrong.

ManOnTheMoon

3onitsway wrote: »

With his learning disability he's not your average almost 13 year old yet - as long as he has a bed and an empty drawer for his favorite elastic band to spend the night in , he's quite happy.

It does make some sense when I think about it. At weekend nights Liv will often go up to watch whatever rubbish is on at the moment (x-factor?, Britains got talent etc) and DS would be happy with that. But with V in her room, she wouldn't be able to as V would be in bed from 6.30-7ish.

But not in the long term when Joe does turn into a proper smelly teenager - but we're hoping to have moved in a couple of years.




I suppose we could leave things as they are for another year - it's not a problem having V in with us - she sleeps well , and doesn't take up a lot of space. I think i'm just thinking I need to do something because the big two were in their own rooms as soon as they slept through, so well before 1.

Well, as long as he is happy and it's all good all round, then :T

Rubbish TV :rotfl:Isn't that just about everything :cool:

Moving to a bigger place? Or completely new area?

feelinggood_2

Mel, if you are still around, is there anything I need to know about gymbabes? We've got our induction shortly.

redmel1621

ManOnTheMoon wrote: »

She's dropped hints and said 'one day'. How near or far 'one day' is, I don't know. I've done the whole 'have kids, don't get married' thing before - twice! So a bit dubious about doing it again. I'm not a great believer in marriage unless i'm as sure as sure can be, especially as the last two are so the opposite of Lucy.

At their age, it's not a great issue. When they get to 8 or 9, it then could become an issue, although same sex, not such a big one.

Hmm, I would love a big family and would be happy to have more kids but dh isn't too keen on any more. I can understand that she would want a baby as I know for me personally it was never an option not to have kids. Even if I had met a man with 20kids I would want 'my own' and experience pregnancy/birth/babies etc...

Has she just hinted on babies or on marriage too? Would you be happy to have more kids?
God i'm a nosey parker aren't I:o

My older two are fine sharing they get on well (mostly) and enjoy similar things (gaming) so it has never been an issue for them. They are 9&7 now and I can't see it becoming an issue for a while.....maybe when they start high school as I know how much kids attitudes and personalities can change from juniors to seniors!!

I see my answer motm^^^thanks:D

Mazcabs

Random Question - Am using Henry's old bottles but with new teats as I bought a box of 3 TT bottles when they were on offer in Mr.Ts... thats ok isnt it or should I be using the new shiney ones?

Sophie the giraffe - Thanks will have to look out for these - mind you Henry didnt use anything for teething, ie gel, toy etc

Right off for cheese on toast with marmite while I feed William

weezl74

Mazcabs wrote: »

Random Question - Am using Henry's old bottles but with new teats as I bought a box of 3 TT bottles when they were on offer in Mr.Ts... thats ok isnt it or should I be using the new shiney ones?

the only possible downside I can think of Maz is that the new ones are mostly BPA free. But I think that's only an issue if you do certain kinds of heating bottles, like microwaving. And even if you do, the evidence is a bit mixed still about BPAs.

JAM1376

Morning

Not quite caught up as I've been trying to sort this pic thing. Told Mum I was looking for legwarmers in TKMaxx and look what appeared the next day when I saw her - clever Mummy!! Hope the pic works!



Will catch up later xxx

redmel1621

feelinggood wrote: »

Mel, if you are still around, is there anything I need to know about gymbabes? We've got our induction shortly.

Hiya yay for gymbabes:D

Not really...ours goes like this.

Meet in the 'cloakroom' area then babies get stickers with their names put on their backs. We then get ushered into the main room and sit in a sort of semi circle on mats...babies have shoes and socks taken off, some mums take their shoes off too ( I don't) Once on the mats we do about 10 mins of sort of loosely massaging/rubbing/warming up babies, with songs included:D then it's free play time just basically explore the equipment that is out and talk to other mums of you want to....then a finish of back in the semi circle to d a final song or two and hand out stickers for babies to say well done:)

I think they mostly follow a similar format in them all, but may vary slightly
HTH

ManOnTheMoon

jillie1974 wrote: »

Bad mummy....i got impatient so kinda woke him up just after i posted this
MOTM- glad you have managed to sort things and DD is back at school. What you do from here is totally upto you.

That reminds me, when mine were little, i'd poke them to make sure they were okay, invariably waking them up :cool: I got in trouble all the time.

Yes, we need to think what to do now, but it will be what's best for 12yo.

redmel1621 wrote: »

Hmm, I would love a big family and would be happy to have more kids but dh isn't too keen on any more. I can understand that she would want a baby as I know for me personally it was never an option not to have kids. Even if I had met a man with 20kids I would want 'my own' and experience pregnancy/birth/babies etc...

Has she just hinted on babies or on marriage too? Would you be happy to have more kids?
God i'm a nosey parker aren't I:o

My older two are fine sharing they get on well (mostly) and enjoy similar things (gaming) so it has never been an issue for them. They are 9&7 now and I can't see it becoming an issue for a while.....maybe when they start high school as I know how much kids attitudes and personalities can change from juniors to seniors!!

I see my answer motm^^^thanks:D

I'm sure you could twist his arm

She's hinted she wants babies and marriage, but not actually come out and said she wants it now and that would be way too soon. She's still loving her promise ring and helping with my girls at the moment. I'm open to more kids, just not yet preferably, but if something happened and she was to be impregnanted, then i'll deal with it and accept that another baby is on the way. Yeah nosey

I'm sure it will change for your boys, when they start noticing girls I was never into games or cars - girls and football, but not together

Becles

Buttons - I've used condensed soup as pasta sauce before. Chop the bacon and chicken and fry it with anything else you have - onion, pepper, mushrooms, sweetcorn etc. Tip the tin of soup over the top. Add a little water if it's a bit thick. Simmer for a few minutes and mix with the pasta. Easy peasy dinner

We've got a 4 bed house. It was originally a 3 bed house with two double bedrooms and a single room, with a garage on the side. The previous owners built another room behind the garage, and then put a huge bedroom and en-suite on top. We've got that

Joshua has the biggest room, but he has a high sleeper bed with a futon underneath, TV, DVD player and the PS2 in there and both boys use the room as a sitting room. James has the smaller double room and Charlotte has the single room.

If we had more, James and Charlotte would have to swap rooms and the baby would share with Charlotte. Craig isn't keen on more, but I'd really like another one.