MSE Parents Club Part 9

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Weezl - I think it is a good idea if it's financially viable for you. But only if you are happy with it yourself. It would be a good chance for Fergie to meet other children and for you to have some time with Kester in the same way you had one to one time with Fergie at that age. However, you need to be happy with it.
My friend has 2 kids and they are quite a handful. Her mum takes them 2 days per week as she sometimes does work from home so this gives her space to do so. The older one was at nursery 2 afternoons, and her husband recently encouraged her to make it full days. She now feels that for someone who is home 5 days per week, she rarely sees her son.

SM - You don't know that no-one would deliver unless you ask. I dropped a sofa off to someone once who could not get to us. The woman was very well off and hardly said thank you so I wished I hadn't bothered, but never mind! I had thought I was helping someone who needed it.
And if you need your washing machine then you are going to have to do something about it, so cheapest thing might be to hire a van or something.

Rmac - Hello, nice to hear from you. Well done to Annabel for walking and talking! Bet you can't wait for her to say mummy properly. I had a look at your website and it looks lovely and homely. I think you could do with some more yummy pictures of cakes to demonstrate your variety.

feelinggood_2

Washing Machines, my handle broke and they sent me a replacement door, it cost £80 but other companies might do it cheaper? Or look on ebay/freecycle for a new door. Can you take the door apart and look at the latch? I was missing a whole plastic bit that wasn't easy to fix, but if it had been something else I think some glue could have worked.

We have a few mamamama's but mainly Mum. If he is with OH he'll shout Mum until I come and see him! and when he charges at me when it is time for a fuss he yells Mum. OH and my Mum think it is a real 'Mum' but my Dad says not

searching_me

it was second hand when i bought it as it was cheapest around ... the warranty doesnt cover wear and tear as its classed and i just called my insurance and they said the same thing .. i was tempted to lie alittle but im not risking being found out ..

just gonna wah by hand til ive saved the money i really dont wanna buy on credit as id really paid off on very dont wanna go back to that not like i havent washed by hand before i did just do 5 loads yesterday so the only thing needing to be washed at the mo is zoes uniform x

BrunoM

r.mac wrote: »

She has also learned to talk - her first words being yogurt (!) and daddy. Mumumum is getting there slowly.......but it usually just means she wants something rather than wanting me I can't believe her first birthday isn't far away now. I'm busy planning a hungry caterpillar themed birthday cake/party/food. another thing to add to my growing list!

I do hope you are all well - how big has rhys got? How is it back at work for some? and at home for others (esp 3)? How is little Andrew? and Charlotte and Alice and Keira (the older ones as I like to call them!)? Was your holiday good Sami? and how is Bruno and family? And how are the little bumps coming along? Have I missed anything?

If you have a moment and are bored you could have a wee peek at my work in progress - my website. www.pattacake.co.uk we are updating all the time and all comments and suggestions are welcomed - just PM me.

Happy New year!

Hi Rmac sounds like you've been having good times! Walking and learning to talk is a fun period :T we went through first shoes, and banana, and dadden, a few months back he also started saying "More", and then "MoreMoreMore", before he started saying "Mama" but he did get the two confused sometimes for a bit
Thanks for asking and Bruno and family are mostly-ok but OH remaining very stressed with the world, her own anger management and patience etc. She even ordered an amazon book yesterday about not being angry with toddlers.

She had a little vent after his bedtime about how much she hates early evenings at the moment, first dealing with him as he becomes a little stroppy tyrant as bedtime approaches (he is always less good-natured and more demanding in the early evenings!), and then after he goes to bed we have to tiptoe around for quite a while or he wakes and wails a lot. I like our flat but unfortunately the "only sensible room to be the nursery" is in the centre of the house, beside our lounge and on the corridor to and from the kitchen and bathroom...

Nice website start are you aiming primarily at "kid's cakes", birthdays and parties and such? I only ask because I think right now the site style is very child-friendly and might subtly put off people looking for wedding cakes or other more formal 'grown-up' affairs as they will assume you are child-specialised... iyswim. But feel free to ignore me, not my area of expertise by any means!

Sami_Bee

weezl - only you know if it's financially viable but I do think it's good to have one on one time, I get my 1 on 1s using family to have the 'other' child but I know that not everyone is a lucky as me to have a mummy qualified in education who loves getting messy with paint etc

ladybirdintheuk wrote: »

...Will pop to the clinic this week, seeing as we will be having lunch there anyway - it will be her 1st birthday, so techinically I no longer need to weigh her with nothing on ...

NICE say they need to be nude until 2yrs now :rolleyes::p

SM 1st thing to do is call the manufacturer and ask how much a new part would be, if you need to replace the whole door then you can fit it yourself coz it just screws on IIRC if not you'll have to ring round coz I'm sure the usual call out for the man to come look at it out of warunty is about £60:eek:

My_Fathers_Daughter

weezl74 wrote: »

Still catching up...

But wanted to ask a more selfish question: when Fergie was about 6 weeks old we went to look at DH's work's nursery. At the time we asked to be put on their waiting list cos we didn't think Kester would be along so soon .

Anyhoo, they rang yesterday and offered us thur and Fri PMs from March. I won't be working, but I just wondered if people thought it was a good idea and a justifiable expense cos of the closeness in age of Fergie and Kester, to have 2 afternoons a week to just focus on meeting Kester's needs?

Any thoughts welcomed

I think take it for Fergies benefit, rather than for Kesters. Whilst having time with the new baby will be nice, he will never know any different and will have a developmental advantage from having an older brother. Fergie will come on leaps and bounds in the company of children of his own age for a couple of afternoons a week and he is more likely to 'know' that your time is now split IYSWIM. It will do him lots of good to have something to do that is purely his.

r.mac wrote: »

I can't believe her first birthday isn't far away now. I'm busy planning a hungry caterpillar themed birthday cake/party/food. another thing to add to my growing list!

Hey MacSmiler! I missed you xxx

Do you know that waitrose do VHC plates, napkins, tablecloths etc?


Edit: Some of your images are a little dark. It would be worth investing in a lamp to light the cakes with when you are taking photos. You could probably buy a white half-cube set-type-thing to put the cakes in to take photos of them (or get a kind relative who is good with their hands to knock one up).
The images are where the orders are IMHO - you need good quality images to sell your cakes.
I would also put indicative price ranges on there, you can always put subject to detail. Would I be more likely to call if I knew that an average birthday cake was going to cost somewhere between £x and £y??? Probably in my case I would.

angelfairy

Millie's_Mum wrote: »

Yes Yes and YES!

Angelfairy
I don't know if you remember but I had a HV who insisted on visiting me at home about Eloise's weight, despite the fact that I was happy there was nothing wrong with Ello and despite the fact that I have done this before and in theory should know what I am doing I felt EXACTLY the same way as you.

I think its natural to feel the way you do, but honestly try and have an open mind, the HV's visit was actually really positive for me in the end, even though I was dreading it in the same way as you are.

I think you know you need to have a good stab and trying to sort out babygirls sleep problems and it strikes me that its going to be easier to do it now than when she can get out of bed herself and/or shout No Mummy!, I guess she can probably say Mama now but when they can string 'No Mama' together and come downstairs after you it gets a whole lot harder!

Hi MM,

Thanks for your post.

Now that you metion it, I do remember you saying about the HV coming to see you.

You are right, it does need sorting now and that is why i am letting her come around, rather than trying to get out of it.

LO can say Mama now and it's bad enough when she does that, let alone if she said the word 'no' too.

Morning all

xxx

My_Fathers_Daughter

Bruno - Savvy used to recommend a toddler book...does anybody know what it was or where Savvy can be found these days?




Edit - and AF, before she insisted on coming to see you, this HV was a 'nice HV who specialises in the kind sleep programme'

ladybirdintheuk

Sami_Bee wrote: »

NICE say they need to be nude until 2yrs now :rolleyes::p

Oh, another year of naked baby running away while I try and weigh her/get her dressed after then!

Sami_Bee

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Edit: Some of your images are a little dark. It would be worth investing in a lamp to light the cakes with when you are taking photos. You could probably buy a white half-cube set-type-thing to put the cakes in to take photos of them (or get a kind relative who is good with their hands to knock one up).
The images are where the orders are IMHO - you need good quality images to sell your cakes.
I would also put indicative price ranges on there, you can always put subject to detail. Would I be more likely to call if I knew that an average birthday cake was going to cost somewhere between £x and £y??? Probably in my case I would.

Agreed! esp on prices, I'd probably think "if you need to ask, yu can't afford"
Id also put more photos on the first page to draw people in

ladybirdintheuk wrote: »

Oh, another year of naked baby running away while I try and weigh her/get her dressed after then!

lol another year chasing a cute squidy botty, one of my favouite sights as a mummy