MSE Parents Club Part 9

keelykat

Becles wrote: »

There's loads on your list! I only took a small holdall for both me and baby.

I didn't take any bottles of water, juice etc. The hospital had water coolers and I just drank from there in labour or had OH fetch it for me.

When I was in labour, even though it was long and I had a book and a magazine with me, I never bothered looking at anything! Mind was concentrating too much on getting the baby out.

I came home in the same maternity clothes that I went in. You're a normal person, so you're not going to have a baby and pop straight back to pre-pregnancy overnight

Remember that OH and family will be popping in regular so they can bring in clean clothes as you need them and take the dirty ones away. They can also bring in other supplies. eg: I just took shower gel, but if I'd been kept in any longer I would have asked hubby to bring shampoo and conditioner in so I could wash my hair.

I agree that maternity pads are better than Always type pads especially for the first few days. It's going to be very sore down there and you'll appreciate the extra padding on a maternity towel.

Hope all goes well and if you're worrying about anything else, pop back and we'll put your mind at rest.

Fab reply

I didn't need a lot in the end, labour was shorter then i'd imagined though.
One thing i did need loads of was the pads-i bled loads!

Keely.

ManOnTheMoon

got-it-spend-it wrote: »

We went out for lunch today like proper grown ups ! It was so nice, even if it was just Pizza Express (free with Clubcard vouchers :money:). Henry slept the whole time :T.

Also popped into Tesco on the way home and got some more 3-6 mth vests as Henry has so nearly grown out of his 0-3 ones ...... at 7 and a half weeks old. He must have a long body as the legs on everything are fine, but vests are too tight around the crotch, IYKWIM. They were a rather bargainous £1.75 for three and they had long sleeve, short sleeve and sleeveless. I hope I don't upset anyone by saying this, but I hate the sleeveless ones. The look like 'wife beater' tops, why would you want to put a baby in one of those?! I will probably eat my words if we have a heartwave this summer though .

MOTM- I have to say that I think Lucy quitting and looking for other jobs is much less scary than just quitting and working from home. The nursery one sounds very hopeful so fingers crossed.

Sounds like you had a productive and MSE day. :T

She wants to do something, but it has to be right. I understand that. No point staying in a job that makes you miserable, because it will start affecting all of us eventually. So, with my backing, she is quitting tomorrow and will look for something part time that she may enjoy. Finances are of no concern, so no pressure to just take anything.

We'll have a chat once girls have gone to bed and she says she'll talk to me about the playgroup/pre-school thingy. I'm not going to get her hopes up, even though I think she is fantastic, I think we have to look at it realistically and she may not get it.

Pink_Princess_1

DD1 had excema on her cheeks and E45 cleared it up really quickly, she did grow out of it and dosnt suffer at all now.

I was told by the HV that even the low sugar rusks contained alot of sugar which is why they dont recommend them.
CSH - looking at your FB pics - you have the same (massive ) age gap as me between your two - how you finding it?

Buttonmoons

I used to get some sleeveless vests for Keira when she was small just to wear with her dresses though, for some reason loads of baby girl dresses are sleeveless, and look stoooopid with sleeves off a vest poking through

We had a fun day, went Ice Skating, Keira looked so funny in her REAL ice skates! The guy said to us if it's her first time might aswell learn her on the real things. I was very slow and was hanging onto the edge but managed to work up a (tiny!) bit of speed by the end, but my feet were killing me because we were going so slow, and holding keiras hand, so you had to be constantly tense in case she hauled you over!

She liked it but didn't like it when we went too fast, she never tried to skate on her own though but it would be quite difficult because I was skiting all over the place. Think we'll take her every 2 weeks or so, she can learn balance etc first and see how it goes.

Went to Asda, bought one of those pedal bins, loads of cat chow and some other shizzle. Spent a fortune today, not including the £15 on taxis.....OOPS

csh_2

Pink_Princess_1 wrote: »

DD1 had excema on her cheeks and E45 cleared it up really quickly, she did grow out of it and dosnt suffer at all now.

I was told by the HV that even the low sugar rusks contained alot of sugar which is why they dont recommend them.
CSH - looking at your FB pics - you have the same (massive ) age gap as me between your two - how you finding it?

Really great now actually! I have far more patience now for babies. In fact the only thing that bothers me now is how much better I am with the baby than I was with DD was she was little. Still, not much I can do about that and she's turned out ok so I couldn't have been that bad!

DD did not take it well when I was first pregnant, but now she really does dote on her wee bro.

I haven't found it too weird going back to having a totally dependant child and I don't really feel like this is second time round IYKWIM, I can hardly remember the times when DD was a baby so it all feels new.

Thats possibly a bit more long winded than you were expecting lol
How are you finding things?

feelinggood_2

Evening all. I've read back but didn't really take any of it in. OH is back to work tomorrow after three weeks at home, so it'll be a change to have some 'alone time'. Toby is easier when it is just the two of us, he is happy to amuse himself. When Dad is here, it is always 'fun' time, so he gets a bit upcited. Sorry to not offer much comments on things. If I've missed something you think I could help with, or should mention, please let me know!

Rusks/jars/chaviness - I probably fall into the judgemental category, I'm ashamed to admit. Purely because I don't understand a lot of methods of weaning. I won't say any more for fear of offending!

emlou2009

Havent caught up, have only read this page. Hope all is well, and everyone is ok! But boo for any bad news there may have been

Did Sami have a good holiday? Have I missed anything?

I must be a chav, cos I love rusks and Greggs sausage rolls :rotfl: Seth has never had a sausage roll from there, but he has had plenty of rusks in his time. I prefer to give him a rich teat biscuit now though, much more MSE, and they dont turn to gloop! Rusk gloop is bad. But I have been partial to a rusk dipped in my tea :eek:

I've got a roast duck in the oven :drool:

Glamazon

MOTM - Not commented on your situation cos not been around to know enough about it. However, if Lucy enjoys her job and its just the practice manager then could she look to move practices?

I am a practice manager and a very nice one at that when I was working my way up I worked for a lovely practice manager with lovely partners HOWEVER I have also worked in some awful practices so it might be worth looking at another practice if she enjoys the job. Is she reception or admin?

Becles

tiamai_d wrote: »

while I'm lugging bottles of water and trying to do the dishes in the skiddly little bit of hot water Icould boil cos he still hasn't fixed the !!!!!!!g tap!

Can you fix it yourself?

We had a dripping mixer tap in the kitchen for ages that hubby was supposed to look at for ages but never did :rolleyes: On New Years Eve, I was making lunch and went to turn the tap back off, only it wouldn't turn back off! He took the tap to bits and fiddled around and claimed it was broken. He then went out. I had a look on the internet, worked out it was the tap gland that had broken, went and bought a new one and fixed it myself. He was quite shocked when he came back and the tap was working

Ditto a similar story with a broken inlet valve on the toilet.

This site is fantastic:
http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk


Excema - Josh had it as a baby but has grown out of it. As well as what's been suggested, take care with washing powder and fabric conditioner. I used to have to stick with the same brands when he was little as a new one would bring him out in a rash. The excema hasn't been as bad since he got older, but I got some Surf to try a few months back and the excema came back.

keelykat

Think i spoke too soon about Elliot being ok today, he's just done a horrible runny mucky nappy And we think he's cutting another tooth as he's been screaming and chewing on his dummy like mad. Why does he get ill at the same time as cutting a tooth?!

yuk yuk yuk!!