MSE Parents Club Part 10

jillie1974

aless- we both earn commsision so i look at the prev year commission and use that as a bench mark for this years commission.

Squishy

Hello all,

just a quick post for a fairy post offer:

Would anyone like a pack of 2 Tommee Tippee 'closer to nature' dummies? Age 3-6month+. They are pink!

First come first served! If noone wants them by wednesday I'll get rid of them...

*hugs* to all

*edit* taken!

newbie_maz

SusanC wrote: »

How about Saturday 13th then?
Beenie, newbie_maz and angela, how would that be for you?

Yeah i can do that. What time would be best for people? I can even get OH to give me a lift there that day! :rotfl: Then i can send him shopping or for coffee or something and get him to pick me up. I'll be nice to him for a couple of days, then tell him!

aless02

jillie1974 wrote: »

aless- we both earn commsision so i look at the prev year commission and use that as a bench mark for this years commission.

it sucks, doesn't it? It's hard for us because DH's income varies sooooo wildly (he's job-hopped a lot ) and it's v difficult to predict whether the job he's in this yr will be the same/less/more than last.

jillie1974

aless02 wrote: »

it sucks, doesn't it? It's hard for us because DH's income varies sooooo wildly (he's job-hopped a lot ) and it's v difficult to predict whether the job he's in this yr will be the same/less/more than last.

yep... what makes it worse for us is you can aim for an annual top seller bonus whuch can be £1000+ and that gets counted as well. so you feel like not trying for the bonus cos the next year you can really lose out.

newbie_maz

We both have separate bank accounts and credit cards. We generally agree on money issues and trust each other and have pretty good credit ratings, but neither of us would want to feel guilty if we wanted to spend money on ourselves.

OH has a bank loan & car loan, then he pays TV, Sky, phone, broadband, house & car insurance, anything to do with car (cos its his even tho i'm insured & drive it sometimes & he drives me around!), mobile phone & all the food shopping.

He also pays rent out of his account but i pay my half into his account every month.

I then pay gas, elec, water, council tax, mobile phone, & my half of rent. And i will buy diesel every so often. Plus i tend to buy most of presents.

Its not accurate and we do spend different amounts but it works for us. And we just help each other out if we need it some months. Like this month and next i'm not paying council tax or water so that saves a fair bit, so i paid for the sofa we ordered from SCS yesterday! :T The one we have now was free when we got it & serves its purpose but not that nice. We've been putting off getting a new one since we moved in here 9 months ago so can't wait! His parents are going to give me £200 towards it - yay!!!!!! :j

tiamai_d

Anillop highchair yeah, it's good. I bought a wooden one for the house and now have the antillop from the shop. Amber likes both. She does need propped up in the antillop, using blankets, the blow up thing you can buy is crap.

CSH is he facing the right due to the way he is lying? Can you try switching him to the other end of the cot or does he still face the right? You can pop a towel under the right side of the mattress to raise it up a bit. Also if he is doing the same in his bouncy chair, I used a blanket popped under her head too. Don't worry too much, he is still young but it's easier to stop it now before it gets worse.

I got a pillow from BB, lilia baby pillows (used to be goi-goi) it is just a plain pillow. SIDS don't recommend pillows for babies, but... the choice is up to you. Any small soft one will do, put it under the sheet if you do use one so he can't wriggle under it.

If you need any more advice, PM me.

3 how do you dry the trousers? I found that if I put them over the radiator they metal clasps snapped, but in the TD on the low setting they don't.

AF I think I am the only person who didn't switch to cow milk after 1year. DS1 was intolerant to cows milk so we kept him on follow on (was called growing up milk) till about 2yrs when he went off milk alltogether. He finally could take cows milk aged 4. Calorie wise there is not much difference. If she is getting an upset tummy, keep her on the follow on, if not just go to cows milk which is cheaper.

I have found that warm milk seems to fill them up more than cold milk (maybe because they drink more warm milk than cold?) so used to make up a jug of follow on and keep it in the fridge.

newbie_maz

Saying all that, I am really in charge of money stuff cos i'm much better with it (and he agrees!) so i do keep him in check & he lets me see his balance every so often so I know he's doing ok!

tiamai_d

I've got a chill on one side of my face and my eyes are really dry and itchy still! Might try my rudolph nose thing and see if that helps any.

Oh and rant about my car... took it in today for the repairs and re-test, but they hadn't actually booked it in and the part they need won't arrive till tomorrow and they warned us 'it might not be the right one anyway'. So still no MOT or TAX! I'm so going to get a fine!

newbie_maz

Squishy wrote: »

Hello all,

just a quick post for a fairy post offer:

Would anyone like a pack of 2 Tommee Tippee 'closer to nature' dummies? Age 3-6month+. They are pink!

First come first served! If noone wants them by wednesday I'll get rid of them...

*hugs* to all

just PM'd you. let me know if they're still available & i'll PM address for fairies! :A