MSE Parents Club Part 9

money_maker_3

elle, my mum and MIL have Jas a day each a week and although there is nothing written down, I have told them a few things that I expect to be done.
Main thing is that when she is at their houses, if she mis behaves she is to be told that she is not allowed to do it, the reason why and make her sit on the sofa with nothing to do foor 5 mins and then get an appology.
She is to be limited to 1 treat per day at their houses, so no bar of chocolate and an ice cream and a biscuit after lunch .. fruit is there for a reason !!
She is not to sit in front of the TV all day, whether she colours in or they play a board game or something, but she needs to have her intelect used a bit !!
When she was younger I also had what time her naps were and what to do if she woke up and stuff, but really, other than that, well with my mum anyway, I trusted her to do the right thing

money_maker_3

Right I am off to bed as I have a day of decorating tomorrow and I have to squeeze taking Jas to gymnastics as well !!

night all xx

elle_gee

money_maker wrote: »

Right I am off to bed as I have a day of decorating tomorrow and I have to squeeze taking Jas to gymnastics as well !!

night all xx

You haven't mentioned it lately.. I take it your bum is alright now? Just remembered you suffering driving to gymnastics last week!

Nighty night.. I'm off too xx

money_maker_3

No its still sore Have got a cushion on the car seat and I have to sit an an angle on the sofa, cant sit flat on my bum a all !!
Chris still finds it highly amusing though !:p

MadDogWoman_2

Elle - Mum has looked after DD since I went back to work when she was 9 months old, but she does go to a proper childminder once a week now in preparation for playgroup later this year (so she's used to asking a non-relative for things). Mum and I have a similar style eg not behaving 3 warnings then on the stairs

As mum looks after her at my house I just don't have the treats in the house I just make sure there are other kinds of treat she likes (olives, dried fruit, fruit etc) available. Mum covers the cost of the toddler groups I just provide lunch. All treats are advised of in advance.

TV she prefers programmes like Boogie Beebies (aerobics for toddlers), Waybaloo (Yoga) and her sing along videos so she can dance!

When I first went back to work I did write down her daily routine so mum had a good idea of when she would be tired etc.

There's nothing written down for the childminder but then she knows her from toddler group anyway and seen how mum deals with her. The only extra thing I had to sign for the CM was an authorisation for her to give Katie medicine should she need to (Calpol etc).

Communication is the key, if something isn't working discuss it.

MDW

elle_gee

Thankyou very much both

Just another thought.. perhaps silly but, what if LO does something big for the first time (walking, new words, etc etc)? Do you want to know they did it without you there, or would you rather Grandma kept stum and let LO do it for you "first"? Knowing my mum, she'd phone me straight up at work :rolleyes:

I will have to write all this down for Mum.. she's forgetful, and will fret that she's forgotten something. Plus definitely have to have the medication all written down anyway

Buttonmoons

I'm going to the gym in the morning tomorrow *SCREEEEAAAAMMMMSS*

Would rather of waited until after payday but I won't ever do it without a push. Anyways going with my friend Tanya, then we are going into town so I can look for a new dress or top, to wear out at night with her, we are going out for drinks in town Feel kinda bad cause I'll barely see Keira all day but OH has plans to take her out to the park etc, and on Sunday think we are going up to OH's mums to spend the day there.

WHY DO I ALWAYS FEEL BAD? I think it's because she is like OH DONT LEAVE ME!

MadDogWoman_2

Elle - my mum was fearful of this as well as she knew that they'd extra special with her being our little miracle.

But her first steps were in front of DH and I.

My theory is that a child will do new things when they feel most secure (with parents).

But I had asked mum to keep schtum about walking if she did for her first.

Right I'm off DH is getting up for work in a minute and I've got swimming in about 7.5 hours!

weezl74

money_maker wrote: »

Quick question, have any of you ever had a full body massage ? And if so, what does it include ??

things always included: neck, back, shoulders, backs and sometimes fronts of legs, usually head (so no point washing your hair!) arms hands, feet. V occasionally decollete but only down as far as a low cut top might go in the summer. Never: tummy, thighs above 6-8 inches from your bum, breasts.

HTH

SusanC wrote: »

It's very variable - sometimes something is cheaper than the supermarket and then another time it isn't. Last time I ordered some sultanas because it was cheaper than the supermarket and I needed them but now they're on offer in Asda (as they were this time last year too), it's cheaper to get them there. (The SUMA ones were noticably nicer but not nicer enough to justify getting when the Asda ones are cheaper.) Bicarbonate of soda is cheaper than the supermarket at the moment although it never has been previously. Dates are cheaper than the supermarket as are apricots. There's organic wholemeal pasta on offer which works out at 15.75p/100g. Normally it's too expensive to be worth the extra cost so I usually just make a random choice between organic and wholemeal when I go to the supermarket. Manuka Honey is cheaper but regular honey isn't. Herbs and spices are mostly cheaper than the supermarket but I get mine from a man in the market so it's only worthwhile for the cinammon as I don't get through the others quickly enough for the quantities you have to buy. Almonds (for making almond butter) were cheaper too. A lot of things it depends on what quantity you buy so sometimes you can get it cheaper than the supermarket but only by buying a silly quantity. Also a lot of my comparison was deciding what size packets to buy of things e.g. is it worth buying a larger pack to get a better price per 100g? Sometimes I decide to go for something from SUMA because I can get the organic version with a smaller price jump. Some things are just obscure things which you would only get in health food shops and are therefore always cheaper from SUMA (such as coconut oil and date syrup). (I apologise for the poor structure of this paragraph - I just wrote things in random order as I thought.)

Thank you susan that's really helpful.

I don't think you've ever said about needing to do any top ups with formula for Alice, but if you did, or did with baby number 2 do you think you would buy organic formula?

Just interested really!

Has anyone else used Hipp organic cos of the organicness IYSWIM?

We get it when it's cheapest, but it gums up the teat a bit and fergie gets frustrated

DH hopefully finishing the drylining today, so I need to do more jobs than I usually do at weekends whilst pregnant! Fergie tends to become a bit of a daddy's job at the weekends atm

Have a RL friend over this afternoon though, which is great, cos hopefully she'll carry him up for afternoon nap. (this is the worst bit for my back and bump, so always really lovely when someone's there )

Pleased I've done my tax returns even though my liability is £100 over what I'd budgetted

Hope everyone's well this morning

weezl74

ps mm feel free to ignore this question: if Halifax mortgages have made an error and sent a scary letter on the basis of it implying I would receive charges, is there any point writing to complain, or is it better to just stick with ringing call centres and asking for things to be corrected and to keep trying to be sweet and nice about it?

Roll on March where I can have someone efficient to deal with me