MSE Parents Club Part 9

got-it-spend-it

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Right - which of you b00gers swapped my lovely sleeping baby from last night with this whingey, whiney, grumpy, non-sleepy little monster :mad:

Half eight before he went to sleep! And hubby has just been up to him again. His cheeks are the colour of a fire engine!!

Same person who swapped mine, I think. It took me two hours to get him down tonight- it took 10 minutes last night!


On the mince debate, 1 packet of Quorn mince, 300g, does three meals for OH and I, and sometimes one portion for the freezer (so 6-9 portions). I pad it out with onion, grated carrot and either lentils or beans depending on what I'm making. I've had no complaints so far, and I made Quorn shepherds pie for the fussy in-laws the other day!

My_Fathers_Daughter

Oh - and does 'No' count as a first word? I picked Benjamin up from the CM and he sat on my knee trying to eat my necklace (big chunky wooden thing) and I said 'No, no Benjamin' and he looked at me, laughed and said 'No, no' :rotfl:

BeenieCat

3-6 onions to 500g of mince :eek: Wowzers, it's interesting to learn of other people's cooking though

angelfairy

Sami_Bee wrote: »

whats wrong with a 'normal' travel cot hun? seems a lot of money for something that won't last half as long

it's more about room really. i just wanted something that wouldn't take up space during the day and would fold away easily.

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

LOL - I knew I had forgotten something! I clicked on this and then hid it because I am working hard :cool:


I have visions of a curly haired baby girl rolling/crawling around the room in this like a hamster ball :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

It certainly wouldn't last 2 minutes with Benjamin - but he is a nutter
At CMs he went in the travel cot which has a zip opening at one end. CM was in kitchen and Benjamin comes crawling through to her laughing...his little girlfriend had opened the zip because Benjamin had 'told' her that he wanted to come out

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Sarah_Joanne

SusanC wrote: »

Yes although I'd call it 15 as it's more like 6 x 2.5 because Alice has a smaller portion. I just put in more of all the other stuff so I would include in a bolognaise for example say 3-6 onions, 3 or four tins of tomatoes, half a pound of grated carrot, half a pound of lentils and rice. With a chilli I would also use a cup of beans which once cooked I think is the equivalent of about three tins? (Obviously I soak/cook them before adding to the chilli.)

That's really good going! I'm going to try bulking mine out a bit with lentils for my bolognaise next time I think.

ladybirdintheuk

got-it-spend-it wrote: »

Same person who swapped mine, I think. It took me two hours to get him down tonight- it took 10 minutes last night!


On the mince debate, 1 packet of Quorn mince, 300g, does three meals for OH and I, and sometimes one portion for the freezer (so 6-9 portions). I pad it out with onion, grated carrot and either lentils or beans depending on what I'm making. I've had no complaints so far, and I made Quorn shepherds pie for the fussy in-laws the other day!

It never occured to me to pad out quorn mince with lentils too. We don't have it often, but I will store that one away in my brain for another time

And sorry guys, that may have been me - we have had a very easy couple of nights .

BeenieCat

Sami_Bee wrote: »

it's about 27g mince per portion (assuming all portions are the same size)

I just google but couldn't quickly find what a recomended serving size is for meat but saw something about quorn mince being 87g...

I read that 3oz is about the recommended serving for meat - which i make at about 85g

BrunoM

Hi all, just about skimmed my way through today's posts... one 500g pack of mince for one meal for OH and I and typically a light lunch for the next day. One large onion or 1.5 medium ones... etc.

Whee, my SIL has just gone into labour with her first no problems up til now, bubs is a week late but she is currently happily in the birthing pool I hear!

angelfairy

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Oh - and does 'No' count as a first word? I picked Benjamin up from the CM and he sat on my knee trying to eat my necklace (big chunky wooden thing) and I said 'No, no Benjamin' and he looked at me, laughed and said 'No, no' :rotfl:

yes i would say it does, and what a first word

at least you dont get 'bye bye' with a wave before you even leave the house to go to work

scruffy96uk

MFD Yay for first words

Happy birthday to PP DD1 and Izzy x x