MSE Parents Club Part 11

Buttonmoons

I heard that dummy is better than thumb because if they suck a thumb it's harder to get them to stop as it's attached to them and they can do it forever (i still suck my thumb - 10 years of braces )

Took Keira out for lunch with my friend, she said she wanted pasta. Did she eat it? NO! because there was herbs on it.......what a waste!

newbie_maz

Boo to bad OH's.

My OH used to get up in night when he was off work but i just let him sleep now. her cries/moans don't wake him and i just think there's no point us both being awake when i can deal with it and i need to be up to feed her anyway. it means he's fine getting up for work, and he does appreciate that i don't wake him when i easily could. and that gives me the leverage to use if necessary to get him to take her out to give me a break or just downstairs while i nap. :T

So it makes me look like a lovely girlfriend when i really have an ulterior motive :rotfl: :rotfl:

Think i'd feel guilty asking for him to give me extra sleep or breaks while he looked after LO if he was going out to work and getting up in the night too.

Glamazon

I remember Sami saying something about thumb sucking. Is it something to do with the thumb pushing up against the roof of the mouth?

redmel1621

My cousin has awful sticky out teeth due to thumb sucking...she is 21 now and is still caught with her thumb in her mouth sometimes, she doesn't even realise she is doing it...Give me a dummy anyday, you can't exactly chop their thumbs off when you get sick of em sucking.

I 'try' and limit K's dummy to sleeping or whinging times, if he is happy just playing etc then I keep it up on the fireplace...of course sometimes I forget and he is crawling/walking round with it for half the day:)

newbie_maz

cazscoob wrote: »

maz have you wrapped her up nice and tight when she goes down? will she sleep on you??? remember its ok to let her cry sometimes even though its hard at the time! i know the feeling of being fed up and stuck in, yet again my darling children have moaned until i have let them out when i was planning on nipping to the town?
can i ask for the recipe for your soup please

She hates being wrapped up. She'll even do anything to fight her way out of her towel after bath, even if it means she gets cold!

she will sleep on me for half an hour or so if she falls asleep after eating, but her day sleep is getting lighter so any movements i make can disturb her so then i'm stuck!

i did leave her in her cosy and let her scream for a bit earlier while i put my cake in the oven & tidied up cos i'd been trying to battle with her to get her to sleep for ages and she was having none of it.

for the soup i just fry some onions and garlic til soft then add veg (broccoli, cauliflower & carrots this time) and mix in lots of curry powder, then add some veg stock and boil til veg goes soft, adding more water every so often. then mixed in a tin of tomatoes and blended it cos i like smooth soups.
i put a bit too much curry powder in when i tasted it tho so mixed in some milk too. i'm kind of an experimental cook, especially when it comes to soup!

not tried it with tomatoes before and it's nice but i think i may prefer it without. just cauliflower is nice (same but without broccoli, carrot or tomato, and with milk) but my favourite is curried parsnip soup cos thats really creamy anyway and is gorgeous with cream in. only problem is OH doesn't like parsnip & i always think i might as well make something we'll both like

MadDogWoman_2

Katie has a dummy just for sleep, we're planning on sending it to the fairies when she's 4.

I don't think I could have continuted bf without a dummy as she was a very sucky baby and got frustrated when she kept getting milk when she didn't want it.

I think she's feeling a bit better as she's eaten a grape, a tomato, some chicken and some cheesy puffs. She still just wants to sit and cuddle though.

newbie_maz

my mouth's watering now, i'm gonna have to be selfish and buy some parsnips tomorrow...

MadDogWoman_2

It's an easy tea for us tonight, I've not got anything out to defrost either. So we're on spaghetti and green pesto followed by Sticky Toffee Pudding and custard.

newbie_maz

My sis, bro-in-law & 3 nieces came to stay Fri/Sat so that was really good. Think Evie was a bit overwhelmed tho cos she slept loads more than usual in day. Plus me & OH took her to market yesterday for an hour and she cried the whole time. then she looked so relieved when we got in and was all smiles. it was like 'please don't take me out when i've been so looking forward to having mummy & daddy back to myself and staying at home!'

My youngest niece who's 3 started crying at train station cos she didn't want to leave her 'baby cousin and bestest friend Evie' but then she set everyone else of cos it was so sad to watch!

Then we've got my parents & my 2 other nieces coming to stay Weds-Fri. Would normally be cleaning & tidying house but i might just let them do some housework while they're here in return for putting them up & feeding them! :rotfl:

newbie_maz

MadDogWoman wrote: »

It's an easy tea for us tonight, I've not got anything out to defrost either. So we're on spaghetti and green pesto followed by Sticky Toffee Pudding and custard.

Think for us its gonna be veg soup to start, then pigeon breast (from market yesterday) + pots + veg, then choc fudge cake. hope OH is hungry!!

just read that back and realised how that sounds - it's normally more like chicken chargrills & curly fries, honestly!

been inspired by Masterchef :T