MSE Parents Club Part 10

Nicki

jillie1974 wrote: »

anyone done anything they said they never would with LO's??

for me its using a soother. always said i never would but after wasting b/milk to help him sleep i gave in. (i refuse to call it anything else but a soother as well)

It's the soother for me too. First two never had one and I didn't expect Edward to have one either, but he cried so much that they suggested we try him with one when he was in hospital. Now that he's home, I almost never use it with him, but his dad and big brother do, and I still can't get used to seeing him with one in. As its usually me looking after him though, I can't see him getting so attached to it that he'll still be using it when he starts school (:eek: at the idea!)

Other than that, mixed feeding, and early weaning. Even though both of the first two were given bottles of formula in hospital after they were born, and were also weaned at 4 months as was the advice then.

Still none of it seems to have done the young man any harm.

tiamai_d

Jenny try a seat pad for starters, Even just a few blankets can lift the child up a bit enough for the straps to fit. If that doesn't work does it have D rings to use your own harness?

pigpen

tiamai_d wrote: »

and am I the only one who thinks viruses are just so cool? Biologically speaking.

no, they are amazing.. somewhere between living creature and not, yet adapt to their environment, ability to attack one type of cells.. amazing!!

jillie1974 wrote: »

when i had chicken pox....i went to school. only had a few spots. didnt want to stay at home (such a geek)

Mine went to school too.. by the time I noticed they had it half the class were already brewing it. Though I did make sure none were immuno compromised.. I'd have felt terrible otherwise.

stuff we would never do

I said I'd never breastfeed then bf for 12 years (not one child I might add!)
I said I'd never use cloth nappies then LOVED them
I said no dummies but 3/8 had them.. from 3 weeks, 8 months and 6 weeks respectively.. DD5 had hers until she was almost 5 as well..they then started splitting on her teeth so she ran out. Though I have found 4 in the last month lol

weezl74

I think this is me not quite understanding the question properly, but I never thought I'd:

• experience this much love
• be able to be concerned about the welfare of another human so intricately
• enjoy practical tasks done over and over each day because it's for him
• never thought I'd have a fergus
• never thought I'd respect DH as a parent so much
• never thought I'd have the capacity for 2 so soon, or even at all!
• never thought I'd inhabit a house full of brightly coloured plastic !!!! and not mind
• lose my memory but not be frightened
• have an intricate design of red crayon looking lines on my belly and not mind
• Feel close somehow to women from all walks of life, all jobs and all cultures and want to be a friend to them, just because they've done this too.

Weezl xxx (who also uses a dummy )

tiamai_d

Dh says it's my own fault I have a sore throat; I don't swallow... cheeky sod.

And he is in a mood because dinner is tattie soup.

jillie1974

that was lovely weezl

pigpen

we're having meatsy balls... with pasta of some shape!!

SugarSpun

Will he be jealous of us Tia?

We're going out for steak nomnomnom

I didn't really think of things I'd never do as a parent because I tend to overthink things and wonder what would happen if I'd backed myself into an I'll-never.... corner and not feel able to change my mind if I needed. But I never thought I'd have a c-section and kept saying so, I don't know if that counts?

I like Weezl's list

Sami_Bee

Jenny - if the maclaren has D rings (most prams do) then you can get the boots own harness and reins (or any other harness) and attach it

Hi everyone! can't catch up because sis is obsessed with saving electricity and switched the wireless off at night when I planned to read while feeding Ed

Weezl - my fairies have a large parcel to bring to you, it its too big for RM so when I send it it willshould arrive 2days later, are there any days that chez Weezl isn't available to receive deliveries?

jillie1974

my buggy has those D rings. i wondered what they were for.
Thanks Tia!!!