MSE Parents Club Part 10

weezl74

SusanC wrote: »

Just so you know, it's possible to hand express (as in without a pump) without touching your nipples. It's a very slow process though.


We've always had Alice's birthdays with just me, OH and Alice by choice. If she decides when she's older she'd rather have friends, have a party or whatever than fine but at the moment we just pick something we know she'll enjoy and do it as a family. First year we went to a farm, last year was Beamish and this year we're planning to go to Seven Stories in Newcastle. As long as he knows he is loved by the people who are there (i.e. you, Phillip, Zoe), it doesn't matter whether there are extra people or not.

Thank you, I shall look that up

Party-wise, our neighbour, mum of 3 has a really good 'rule' she has one friend per year of the child's life. 3 friends at your third birthday, 6 at your 6th etc... She found that other children she watched seemed to get too overwhelmed at numbers higher than that.

DH and I are thinking of adopting this idea

My mum and Dad will both come to tea on Fergie's birthday and my mum plans a cake, but we don't have much more of a plan

Susan thanks for the iron tips the other day, sami too

Must PM SJ re: birth pool....

My_Fathers_Daughter

3onitsway wrote: »

TC meet, i'm easy, as you may have heard!


And I asked a question this morning and forgot to bold it;

The communal MSE musical birthday bib is available for the fairies to take to whoever wants it next. It is modelled in my avvy, and was brought to us by some Scruffy Fairies.

Is it very girly? And did somebody already bag it? Who is 1 next? Is it Fergie?

weezl74 wrote: »

Party-wise, our neighbour, mum of 3 has a really good 'rule' she has one friend per year of the child's life. 3 friends at your third birthday, 6 at your 6th etc... She found that other children she watched seemed to get too overwhelmed at numbers higher than that.

What a good idea. We might have to do this. Although I was thinking of visiting the monkey forest so may just go there with DSS.

Although - having just paid an obscene amount for a 10th birthday party for DSS Go-Karting with 9 of them I would suggest that you put a stop to it at some point (when they want to do expensive stuff!).

Although having said that, DSS has always been told that you only get a party when your birthday is in single figues and then at 'big' birthdays (13, 16, 18, 21) so this year he chose to have a party rather than a gift from his parents.
He asked for money for his birthday from friend and relatives and bought his own gift (a PSP) from that.

Mazcabs

kindofagilr wrote: »

Hey, just stepping in again

Did anyone here use a TENS machine when in labour, did you find it really effective???

I am considering on whether to get one?

Loved mine first time round, kept it on low setting all way through....just didnt have time with William though

Think William may have conjunctivitus...eyes were a bit sticky this morning... Would drs give you anything for a 2 month old?

searching_me

SusanC wrote: »

We've always had Alice's birthdays with just me, OH and Alice by choice. If she decides when she's older she'd rather have friends, have a party or whatever than fine but at the moment we just pick something we know she'll enjoy and do it as a family. First year we went to a farm, last year was Beamish and this year we're planning to go to Seven Stories in Newcastle. As long as he knows he is loved by the people who are there (i.e. you, Phillip, Zoe), it doesn't matter whether there are extra people or not.

i know i just get alittle pang of upset and alittle jealousy when i hear people having big family dos and knowing its something i'll never have til i have my own grandkids one day ..

right just stopping by as i need to get ready to meet my work mate i promised her chocolate cake so greggs it maybe :rotfl: .. so ((hugs)) and :coffee:'s all round ..

caz hope erin had a great birthday yesterday ..
glam glad jack seems to be sleep settling ...
mfd and mm to poopie work ..
weezl hope you fergie and kester are all ok ..
elle hope goes all ok for rhysy for his hospital appointment ..
beenie barclaycard are !!!!!! i have one and i cant wait to clear it ...
bm im glad you got your shop in the end and you deserve freebies with how pants they've been ..

and :hello: to aless, ss, XL and everyone else .. really must go now .. bye chucks hope you have a great day xxxxxx

sparkle03

Mazcabs wrote: »

Loved mine first time round, kept it on low setting all way through....just didnt have time with William though

Think William may have conjunctivitus...eyes were a bit sticky this morning... Would drs give you anything for a 2 month old?

I dont know if anything has changed since J is 7 next month but when he was 2 weeks old he got drops for conjunctivitus, poor baby Hope he feels better soon.

SugarSpun

SusanC wrote: »

But I'm totally jealous of house prices over there - a friend was considering a huge five bedroom farmhouse with loads of land in Nebraska which cost the same as our little two bedroom ex-council semi.


Is the extremism as bad in the north as it is in the south?

It can be - we'd be moving into a heavily conservative area in PA, which is a conservative outpost among the liberal north.

I remember doing a comparison - I took a million euro and looked at what I could buy with it. With the equivalent in dollars, I was looking at an 8-bed mansion with 3 acres of landscaped garden in Birmingham, Alabama, a 4-bed townhouse in Baltimore, a brownstone in Brooklyn ... and an ex-council house, two up two down, in a dodgy area of Dublin. In fact, here it is.

csh_2

got-it-spend-it wrote: »

Quick Q- Henry still feeds pretty much every two hours through the day, although he generally sleeps ten hours at night. Is this excessive for a three month old BF baby?I just assumed he fed a lot in the day to make up for not feeding at night, but a mummy friend thought it was a lot.

K has never went more than 3 hrs for a bottle during the day. I'm sure he only has a 6oz stomach! I did try him on hungry baby milk but it just gave him terrible trapped wind then I decided I didn't want him to have that and if he wanted a bottle its because he needed it and I didn't want to force him into a 4 hr pattern


Hi Beenie! Nice to 'see' you

csh_2

Mazcabs wrote: »

Loved mine first time round, kept it on low setting all way through....just didnt have time with William though

Think William may have conjunctivitus...eyes were a bit sticky this morning... Would drs give you anything for a 2 month old?

When K had sticky eyes, I was cleaning them with cooled boiled water from the kettle and the HV said if that didn't clear it in 2-3 days then to go to docs
HTH

cazscoob

Erin had a good birthday but has a temp and been up all night, she is still asleep now and im like a zombie! we bought her clothes, shoes and a fisher price pram and doll. although she spent most of the day playing with cat toys??? everyone has been asked to buy her clothes as she has all the toys from christmas and has hardly looked at them!
I usually say to kids they can have a party or a present for their birthdays and i find that this works out best!
Have a busy day today picking up things from all over. am hoping that i can get the house done this morning first and possibly an asda or morrisons trip as my cupboards are bare!
hope your all well x

sparkle03

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Is it very girly? And did somebody already bag it? Who is 1 next? Is it Fergie?



What a good idea. We might have to do this. Although I was thinking of visiting the monkey forest so may just go there with DSS.

Although - having just paid an obscene amount for a 10th birthday party for DSS Go-Karting with 9 of them I would suggest that you put a stop to it at some point (when they want to do expensive stuff!).

Although having said that, DSS has always been told that you only get a party when your birthday is in single figues and then at 'big' birthdays (13, 16, 18, 21) so this year he chose to have a party rather than a gift from his parents.
He asked for money for his birthday from friend and relatives and bought his own gift (a PSP) from that.

The monkey forest looks good, we were hoping to visit the South Lakes Wild Animal Park once the weather improves a little.

Seconded about stopping them at some point, J has always had a party at one of those soft play places the last one cost us just over £200 :eek:
So its his birthday in a couple of weeks and we have settled on taking a couple of his friends bowling and to Pizza Hut Will save us some pennies.

Havnt a clue what to get him for his birthday though he has everything!

I think Im getting this for Lexi http://www.mothercare.com/richContent/B001O9XGLG