MSE Parents Club Part 10

feelinggood_2

Susan, I was meaning to ask you about EC. Toby is with me all day, every day, and I'm interested in EC so I've tried since birth to look out for signs, but I've never spotted them. What sort of signs do they usually give?

weezl74

workinmummy wrote: »

I have been browsing through some photos on snapfish and as it is a little slow today due to many being Missing in action at the Trafford Centre. I thought i'd indulge myself and post some baby pictures of DS1 Joe. Now a big boy of 6.







ALex is the spitting image of Joe, except Joe has loads of red hair and Alex is a baldy with a red tufty at the back

they are so alike, I was flicking my eyes between your avvy and Joe, both gorgeous, how uncanny!

Buttonmoons

Keira's pic is cute, but her fringe is awful in it, right in her eyes as her teacher "fixed" her fringe, it's not supposed to be a straight fringe grrr.

Still like it though, she has a right chubby face, bless her

Becles

jillie1974 wrote: »

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/120154

this made me think of Beccle's charlotte lol!

That is the type of thing she would say :rotfl:

However, I do like them to know where their food came from so she'll be taught the truth.

My Mam normally brings her home on her way to work when I'm working, and they pass a field of cows that Charlotte waves too and shouts "hello cows" at. One day they were not there and my Mam said "I wonder where the cows have gone today" and Charlotte piped up "maybe they've gone to make beefburgers." My Mam was horrified but I'd rather she knew where meat came from.

Also was on a school trip with James class to a farm. We were looking at a cage with a turkey in it and the teacher asked if anyone knew what it was. Various hands shot and James was picked to answer. He said "Christmas dinner Miss" and the teacher couldn't keep a straight face :rotfl:

SugarSpun wrote: »

*Speaking of which, what's the perspective of you lovely people on early ear piercing? A friend of mine is wild to pierce her baby's ears and says she'll get it done around 4-6 months. I was a bit :eek: but wondered if I was wrong to be so judgemental?

It's something I feel really strongly against.

I had mine pierced when I was about 10, and we got a new puppy called Jess when I was 11. I had dangly earrings in and I was on my hands and knees play fighting with Jess. The puppy jumped at my head and grabbed the earring in her teeth and yanked it straight out. My ear lobe split, and the blood spurted out all over the place. Can remember sitting on the stool in the bathroom while my Mam was trying to stop the bleeding and my top was soaked in blood. The pain was awful too.

Never had pierced ears since, and won't let Charlotte have hers done until she's a teenager and past the rough and tumble play stage.

SusanC wrote: »

I was meaning to ask where people think would be a good place to meet up? This time of year it needs to be indoors really so I wondered about the Metrocentre but wasn't sure if that might be a bit far from Darlington?

There's a soft play area called The Giants Den on the Team Valley trading estate which is a few junctions further south than the Metrocentre. I haven't been for years, but the boys used to like it when they were smaller. It's got a huge play frame and a smaller toddler/baby play frame. There's a cafe and seating so you can get food and drink there.

Plumber been and he was a lovely man. Very friendly and gave me some good ideas, even though the rest of the job is a DIY job. New radiator pipework is installed and he showed me how to connect the radiator up once I get the floor tiled. The new bath and taps arrived this morning too.

workinmummy

weezl74 wrote: »

they are so alike, I was flicking my eyes between your avvy and Joe, both gorgeous, how uncanny!

Thank you weezl. I do find myself calling Alex, Joe. And i'm sure its not always due to baby brain. They just look so alike, i can't help it.

wi3adora

emlou2009 wrote: »

Is that any good? I'm always seeing the adverts and wondering but never actually watched it.

I like it, does take a bit to get going and they've cancelled it now, bit
good all the same.

I'm back from the meet, I had a REALLY good time and all the "Daves" were lovely as were there respective babies

hammyhunter

aless02 wrote: »

Thank you, Hammy for the fairy post!!

You are welcome x

cazscoob

im fed up of ebaying now but am nearly done! how can 1 little girl have outgrown so many clothes?
dinner is in the overn and my stomach is rumbling at the smell (beef stew and dumplings nomnom!) am even thinking of making a batch of twinks

Megan had her ears done at 7 as i thought she was grown up enough to look after them and understood about the pain, Abi wants her done but has been told not until she is 7.

SusanC_2

weezl74 wrote: »

Do you mind saying why Alice didn't?

Oh hang on! I think I remember, it's about the way it's tested isn't it? Using foetal material...

Sorry bit forgetful.

Almost.

The rubella strain used everywhere except Japan (where they swabbed the mouth of a child with rubella) was obtained from an aborted baby aborted during a rubella epidemic (some time in the sixties IIRC).

Also, viral vaccines have to be grown using cells. Polio uses cells dervived from Monkey kidneys, but Measles is sometimes grown using cell lines which were originally dervived from aborted babies. I can't remember offhand what is generally used for Rubella and Mumps. It's fairly easy to find single vaccines of Measles and Mumps which haven't used "human diploid cell lines" (as they call them) but rubella is out as the appropriate agency won't licence the one from Japan to be used in this country.

feelinggood wrote: »

Susan, I was meaning to ask you about EC. Toby is with me all day, every day, and I'm interested in EC so I've tried since birth to look out for signs, but I've never spotted them. What sort of signs do they usually give?

Alice wasn't really that clear at giving signs so we went mostly on timing. (Although I did have a couple of phantom wees.) I think the first time we had a really clear sign from her was about 13 months when she started to flap her dress up and down. Before that it was more educated guess work (e.g. if she was grumpy and it had been a while). Actually I've just remembered she did always used to stop feeding when she need the toilet so that was always a reliable sign. I know some fairies that could lend you a couple of books if you wanted?

hammyhunter

Feelie, did you see me thank you yesterday for your fairies?