MSE Parents Club Part 10

MadDogWoman_2

C4 - 8 boys and wanting a girl - according to the blurb its about Gender Disappointment.

searching_me

but MDW i would see as your friend i would see how hard it was and understood that you could find it hard .. but i say thats a real problem but it all started again because of her ex adding philip to talk about art x

chopsticks

I haven't read all the posts today, so hope I haven't missed anything important out...

Weezl - I'll happily try out some of your recipes (as long as they don't involve a pig's head. I also don't like beetroot). We need to cut our food bill down again here, it's been creeping up. By the way, you still haven't sent me your address. I know it's because you don't want me to send you anything, but I want to, so please email it to me

Tara - congrats to you on becoming a grandma. :j. Sending lots of good wishes to DD and GDD.

GISI - I haven't read far back as the beginning of the swimming lessons discussion but I take Caitlin each week. We block book for each half term (6 weeks) and it costs £48, so £8 per week. It is expensive but I think it's worth it. Everything we do is fun, but it's based around teaching the babies what to do if they ever fall in water. For example, every time we take them to the side of the pool, we say "hold on" and encourage them to hold on. We do "humpty dumpty sat on the wall, humpty dumpty fell into the pool" and let them flop from the edge of the pool into the water (holding on to them for support). We also have floats, balls and toys in the pool at different times, and encourage the babies to kick them or reach out for them so if they ever fell in water, they would hopefully try and find something to hold on to. We also dunk them under the water (properly, not just dunk!) two or three times a session.
Caitlin loves it and, although it is expensive, it's the only regular activity we do together that we pay for (other things we do, or have done, such as Rhyme Time, baby massage have been free). The other thing to consider is that, I personally, would feel a bit of a dork if I took Caitlin to a public swimming pool to do all this stuff. I also wouldn't have all the floats, toys, balls, watering cans, etc available. This is a photo of Caitlin underwater in one of her lessons.

MFD - glad you've spoken to hubby and all is OK.

MrsMoc - you sound very happy and I'm really pleased for you. You deserve some happiness.

MadDogWoman_2

She did try, but I did find it a bit insenstive when she sent her pg announcement in a Christmas Card.

Sarah_Joanne

cazscoob wrote: »

sarah have you tried a puncture repair kit out on your birthing pool??

No because I'm not sure how to find the hole
I can't think of any other way to check and it's too big to get in a bucket of water like I would a bike tyre :rotfl:

searching_me

MadDogWoman wrote: »

She did try, but I did find it a bit insenstive when she sent her pg announcement in a Christmas Card.

no you dont do that (put it in a card i mean) if you're a friend you talk person to person i always felt if something was to be said and truly meant the only way to say is facetoface no matter how uncomfortable it is x

Buttonmoons

Just away to read back, away to order a takeaway in a mo, but not sure what to get. The kebab place near by is cheap but gives me sore guts, the chinese is utterly rank. Maybe look through the menus I have.

:eek: at the waterbabies price....surely lessons at 1/2 would be more beneficial than when they are an infant? Not that I'd know like, but I do know a baby couldn't swim, yah?

I really need to get Keira lessons, it's just that i wont go in the pool with my apron.

cazscoob

MadDogWoman wrote: »

Mrs Moc - go for it sounds like you deserve it.

Caz - yeah for selling the bits and getting some more space.

Anyone want a hyper 2 year old?

ill take her if you will take an escapee nearly one year old lol!
by next week i should actually have a garage and not a dumping ground! i advertised clothes on freecycle stating 1 bag and its now turned into 3 boxes! i hope the girl is happy when she comes tom lol!

money_maker_3

SM, maybe if you just try to get out of the house to groups and meet other mums to start with, dont go aiming to look for a friend as such, as you will just be dissapointed if you dont meet anyone you click with, but if you go just for a chat, even if all you talk about are the kids, then its a start, and a friendship can come of it.
Trust me I have been there, my best friend was one of my customers that I did an ann summers party for and then our kids started going to school together and we just chatted outside the gates waiting for the kids and are now at each others houses all the time and go out together etc ...

money_maker_3

Sarah_Joanne wrote: »

No because I'm not sure how to find the hole
I can't think of any other way to check and it's too big to get in a bucket of water like I would a bike tyre :rotfl:

Inflate it fully and cover hte top ring where the puncture is with bubble bath or soap etc.. and water and then try to deflate the pool by leaning on it and it should bubble where the hole is