MSE Parents Club Part 9

tiamai_d

Well it was £20 in HMV, no idea if it was a good deal or not, was impulse buy. will tell ya soon enough cos I'm bored of heroes.

BrunoM

aless02 wrote: »

jenny - I did find some baby swimming classes in London Bridge but they're full up on all the ones posted on the website (www.littledippers.co.uk). That was just a brief Google, I haven't gone back to look for more. But £114 for 6 weeks! :eek: Also, hope to see you on Thursday's sling meet!

We've done less swimming than I meant to Aless, but I just used the local swimming centre parent-and-baby sessions. No "teaching" going on, but one of the pools warmer than normal and barred to everyone but parent and young child groups. Very nice
My local was Tooting Leisure Centre but there were others around which did the same.

Is there a London slingmeet on Thursday?

weezl74

aless02 wrote: »

weezl, do you still do stuff like that or was it times of insanity for you? :rotfl: I'm always curious, as I actually read your threads on OS well before 'seeing' you on the Preg thread. You're famous!

I still harvest nettles and I would definately roast a pig's head again, the meat was nomnomnom. Apart from snout. I wasn't keen on snout.

LOL at famous! One lovely lady came all the way from Lincolnshire to meet me (well as part of her holiday in Wales!) so I sometimes feel a bit embarrassed about being the 50p lady :D

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Aw I would so love to come!! Do you think I could come and then pop onto a site in Manchester for a meeting in the afternoon (leaving Benjamin in the car with the window open a crack like a poor puppy in the summer!!)

This reminds me of something that happened to a woman I met at my HV led group. It was 30 degrees and her 7 week old was in the car, and she locked herself out of it and him inside at tescos. Him, and her mobile, cash, cards...She was so traumatised. She was alone, so didn't know if she should leave the car to get help or whether someone might break in and steal him, but she knew she had to get him out PDQ!

We all listened with our mouths wide open aghast! What a horrid situation! :eek:

SugarSpun wrote: »

Nomnomnom mixed veg, cucumber salad and a GIANT SLAB OF PORK for dinner. Molly's getting apple, banana and peach mush and is comically shuddering at the bitter edge the peach is giving it.

Hello Weezlie, how was your day?

nice dinner

Day-wise, meh, not so good. My current work situation is making me question a lot. I think I am skilled at being a counsellor, but the jobs are hard to come by and mine has a bitter aftertaste now, just like Molly's peaches!

I hadn't realised how much of my self-confidence and identity is tied up in my work, so that's been a good realisation. I can start to make it be about other things.

I've been sat here pondering what I'd like my confidence to be built on instead and I think being a warm, loving parent, wife and friend is what I'd like to invest in more.

Oooops, bit deep there.

On a lighter note. DH has cut fergie's baby mullet and little over the ear hair flaplets!

Ye gads he suddenly looks so grown up! (and it is not very neat at the back, kinda jaggedy. I am not going to say this tho because DH was doing his best, and is lovely. And also maybe doesn't have the same sentimentality about a baby stopping looking like a baby as me :D)

Hope everyone's well. There have been highs and lows for lots of my lovely parent club friends these past few days, but I can't write all that I want to say.

Please picture me as elle rightly said once, in the corner smiling

money_maker_3

OK ,
firstly THANK YOU to everyone for your birthday wishes

and secondly, no one is ever allowed to complain about having a crap birthday ever again !! Mine beats them all :rolleyes:

This morning, I had to do everything in the house cuz Chris was sick, I then had to get me and everyone else ready as Chris went back to bed. I left the kids at mums house and as I was leaving to go for my massage, I CRASHED THE CAR !!!!! Thankfully no one was hurt, I dented her car door and my bumper

I have been driving for 12 years and have never had any kind of accident ever and of all days for it to happen !! So £200 excess and a nice rise in my premiums from next month as my renewal is up :mad:

I had my massage, and as lovely as it was, it was only less than an hour after the accident so I couldnt really relax much.

SO Chris is still asleep and not feeling well, so no roast duck and no cheescake, felt sorry for myself so took Jas and me to McDs for dinner !!

Anyone wanna cheer me up ???

searching_me

awww mm glad you're ok though .. if this birthday goes wrong for me this will be my 6th !!!!!! birthday take joy in the fact this is only your first and only x

elle_gee

*huge hugs* for you MM You win the award for rubbish birthdays! Glad you're okay xx

ETA: Did you treat yourself to a milkshake from Maccys?

feelinggood_2

weezl74 wrote: »

I think I am skilled at being a counsellor.

I think being a warm, loving parent, wife and friend is what I'd like to invest in more.

Just wanted to say that you've always given me a very kind ear, with exactly the right sort of questions. I also think you are a very loving and warm parent.

Elle - I wanted to mention earlier too that you are super-duper fabtabulous.

MM - Sorry for your rubbish birthday, hope you get to have a nice day and fabulous dinner in the future.

money_maker_3

aww weezl ((hugs)) hun. You are perfect no matter what you do Love you xx

elle, I dont like milkshake !! I had a hot fudge sundae though

Becles

jillie1974 wrote: »

you guys are scaring me with these stories of climbing, loo flushing, need eyes everywhere babies lol!!

Try it with a toddler running in one direction and a puppy heading for mischief in the other direction. It's a challenge

r.mac wrote: »

She doesn't even laugh at 'NO'. It just doesn't seem to register at all. It's so tiring all day long. Even though she's cute, I think I've given birth to a hooligan :eek:

It's not about just saying no. Think about your facial expression, voice tone and body language. If you just say no in your normal voice with a normal face they don't take a blind bit of notice. You need to practise saying no in a firm, sharp tone and have a cross Mammy face.

Eventually you perfect the cross Mammy face and when you're out and they start misbehaving, you just need to fire a look and they know you're annoyed

elle_gee wrote: »

She nearly fell over when I said I was still expressing :rotfl: Then hugged me when I said I was doing BFing supporter training I told her I was stopping at a year "because I've done my bit then" and she said she thought I'd done more than my bit Apparently her daughter didn't take to BFing so she expressed for 8wks and that was enough for her

She said he's an amazing little boy who is doing remarkably well considering the start he had. Said she'd never been so stressed over a baby before and she'd still be talking about him when she's walking round with her zimmer frame

That's brilliant news - well done :j

BrunoM wrote:

Becles, please don't feel anxious and stop posting! I love to hear about your three, and I can tell other people feel the same cuz they ask after you when you go awol

Thanks. I just have a bad gut feeling about something and it makes me feel uncomfortable at times.

Took the dogs and Charlotte out earlier and she was babbling on and said "Cheryl Cole is really fit". I asked her who's been saying that, and she said James told her :rotfl:

She's fascinated by the sun and keeps asking me questions about it. We were talking about the sun giving light and heat today and were looking at where the ice has melted on the bits of path in the sun, but the path shaded by trees still has ice on.

Edit: sorry to hear your birthday was rubbish MM. I've still got a tub of posh ice cream in the freezer left of Christmas. If you lived closer I'd pop it round with it so you could indulge

Sami_Bee

searching_me wrote: »

lexmarks all in one x1270 x

i'll dig 'em out n let you know when these kids sleep