MSE Parents Club Part 10

SugarSpun

jillie1974 wrote: »

WAHD- work at home dad?

Like a WAG, only a bit manlier. If his 16 year old had a baby he could be a WAHG.... :cool:

emlou2009 wrote: »

I dont often listen to my aunties advice (she was the one that told me to wean Seth at 9 weeks :eek:) but she said crisps replace the salts lost when they're ill, dont know how true it is but it cant have hurt

Mostly what you lose with the runs etc is water, and salts are dehydrating. Better to have water and a banana for potassium if you can face it.

I smell of roses after my lovely bath, and my monster has been awake twice looking for food since being put to bed an hour ago. Perhaps someone replaced her with a hollow one. Lovely OH has been building my bookshelves all night but one of the pieces is broken :mad:

Is Tia about? I just sent her a FB chat window and don't know if her computer's too old and crap to let her see it.

aless02

tia - how's getting amber down? hope you get your shower! (eta: hurrah, I see you did)

MFD - your post tickled me

and now I've promptly forgotten all the other replies I meant to give! thought we might have a miracle early night after the marathon 4.5 hr nap this afternoon, but nooooo such luck (he's still awake)! *sigh* he was settling fairly well the past couple of weeks, but now it's a huge ordeal again! I smell like baby sick, time to change into pjs!

(oo-er, I like being 1st on the list; makes me feel important )

angela6834

tarajayne wrote: »

My lovely daughter has just reminded me on FB that I haven't had a break on my own in 22 years, oh dear!

Thats a long time!

Tigsteroonie

Glamazon wrote: »

He drinks less now!
Today we've had a good day and he has only had 28ozs (not that I'm counting ) - he had 6ozs, then 4ozs, then 6ozs, then 7ozs then 5ozs before bed. Before that he was having around 35ozs I think)

Thanks Rose

Awaiting MFD :cool:

Still more than Andrew :rotfl: (I had to go and convert 28oz into ml, sorry)

tarajayne

money_maker wrote: »

Is that the hotel bit or the travel lodge bit ?
They are both in the same building, but AFAIK different prices.

What was the other one like?

Premier was £58 for 2 nights. The Lodge don't say different prices, she emailed me £59 for the 2 nights sharing, so the website then says £20 a night single supplement! She left that bit out.

money_maker_3

what has he done tia? Or is not done the question?

ManOnTheMoon

SugarSpun wrote: »

Like a WAG, only a bit manlier. If his 16 year old had a baby he could be a WAHG.... :cool:

A bit?

WAHG? :eek: I hope not just yet :eek:

angelfairy

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Email me that photo that you were telling me about yesterday xxx

My CM did the bottle in bed thing with her youngest, which she then switched to water and she has recently got rid of (youngest is 2 1/2)

Whatever works for you I say!! I wouldn't do it at the moment but I might resort to it in the future!! Nobody would know by looking at CM's youngest that this is how she went to bed, she is a perfectly well adjusted little girl. And at least doing it that was the girl was able to understand what was happening when it was taken away. xxx

is the pic is said about the one of the three of us???

my way of thinking (and i retain the right to change at any time ) is that she likes her bottle to go to sleep (i know it's a comfort thing but if she still took a dummy i wouldn't be trying to take that away from her) and if it keeps her in the cot and she sleeps better then i am going to do it. as you say, she doesn't understand why i am trying to do things and i think it's in her genes. hubby and i were both bottle lovers (as babies - not adults, well him maybe )

Glamazon wrote: »

MFD - oooooo book a day off! It would be fab to see you (I'll bring the smarties )

AF - whatever works for you! Jack was faffing about so took 90mins to have his bottle and his tea, meaning he didn't finish til 7pm! He then promptly fell asleep! He's gone down now but I didn't give him a bath tonight as he was still quite sleepy even when he woke up.
I did say that today I would try and start waking him up at around 8am cos I'm finding it hard fitting his feeds in and getting him to bed at a reasonable time!

I know what I wanted to ask!

When you have established weaning and baby is eating 3 meals a day, when do you give them their milk?
At present we aren't established but I am giving J a bottle of milk then a meal. Obviously when he goes onto 3 meals I expect his milk consumption will go down even more but I'm not sure if he should be having bottle then breakfast, bottle then lunch, bottle then tea and then a bedtime bottle OR if the bottles should be in between meals? VERY CONFUSED.COM

thanks

i was 'told' it should be bottle on waking; then breakfast; lunch; then bottle around 2pm/3pm; dinner around 5pm; and then bottle before bed.

it may vary as to who is telling you, i.e. HV/Gina Ford (i have her book)/AK

tarajayne

Glam, Maddy has 6oz, 5oz, 5oz and 7oz. Breakfast, yogurt at lunchtime then 2 courses at 5pm.

Glamazon

WOW!! Thanks MFD - looks like babies feed all day! Seems like a good thing to follow, I'm hoping to start work at 8am so J will be going to Creche at around 7.45am - at least I'll get to do tea and night time bottle.
I am going to miss my baby so much!

Thanks to everyone else and I'm sure I'll get some more advice too - it's all welcome!

Aless - can't remember if you've posted but as Finn had a poo yet?

MOTM - You can slag 'em off to yer hearts content - !!!!!!s they are those blooming Practice Managers!!! :cool: :rotfl: