MSE Parents Club Part 11

redmel1621

csh wrote: »

I need ideas at the moment K has a bouncy chair that hes about outgrown so almost redundant, and a sit me up cosy from the ELC that he likes to hang his head upside down til it touches the foor so looking like thats heading for the attic too.
He has a blanket that he plays on the floor on and a door bouncer, his walker and a baby gym thing he still likes but I'm looking for something he can sit in contained(!) with his toys thats not a travel cot. At the moment I can't even nip out of the room without him getting into bother!
I was thinking mabe a ball pit or something? What do other people have?

Why not a travel cot? I know loads of people who use them as playpens:) You could alternate between various toys, or you can even chuck some of the ball pit balls into it and make it a shallow ball pit...If you get a normal ball pit type thing he will be climbing out of it in no time, plus the balls get everywhere at least in a travel cot they are contained far better:D

Glamazon wrote: »

It means he'll b00ger off back to live with his parents :j

Yay

kindofagilr wrote: »

Have fun at the meet everyone
Can I ask you again for your recommendations on those night projectors with music played to get E to sleep I forgot to write them down (sorry) and my aunty wants to buy us one.

I never had the one that projects onto the ceiling, but I did have one that just went on the side of the cot, it was great with ds1 he would be asleep before the music/llights had finished....but he went through a phase where I had to go in every 5 mins to reset it because he would wake up every time it ended! It stopped working at some point when ds2 was a baby and I never bothered getting one with ds3.....Sorry I can't help much more than that......I guess some babies take to them really well but they can become reliant on them!

I was meant to reply to your infacol post last night too....PLEASE give Dentinox Colic drops a try, I never found infacol very good and gripe water was rubbish too, but the Dentinox drops were a godsend, they are only a few quid and come in a green and white box, I HIGHLY recommend them:)


Becles - Well done on the assignment, brilliant result:D

Hope all you meeting ladies have a nice day, i really wish I was joing you instead of going to the waste of time MW appt. I always find them so boring, I only don't want to miss this one as I usually find out I am anaemic after having these bloods checked:(

Evansangel

csh wrote: »

You can use the YTD figures from your March payslip.

They always set it on last yrs income, then, when you get your award through and are 'in the system' phone them up to adjust it. It is flexible as your income changes and not set for the year.
Simples!

They want from April 2008-April 2009. Not 09/10 though. I dont have my March 2009 payslip

But thanks, i didn't know you could phone them to adjust it *feels like a fool*

SusanC_2

Have I missed her or has Beenie not been around for a little bit? (It is the school holidays though.)

chopsticks wrote: »

Tax credits...when I claimed for CTC in July, I gave them mine and DH's salaries for 08/09. I need to let them know that DH's wages for 09/10 are lower than in 08/09 and mine are lower due to maternity leave. I guess perhaps they'll owe us money? Do they backdate claims or have we missed out? Is it best to send them a letter so they have everything in writing, rather than calling them?

They use the previous year's income as an estimate and then finalise the award once you have the actual income for that year. Unless your income increases by more than £30k they don't decrease your award but if your income is lower thent hey increase it. I would expect them to give it to you as a lump sum since it is what is owed from last year but I don't know whether they do.

Glamazon wrote: »

:rotfl:I think I still had ice-cream every night even after my diagnosis! Just cut down on the fruit as that had all the sugar in remember!

I'd already stopped eating ice cream before they told me to eat a "low" sugar diet because it made my chronic thirst so much worse.

Glamazon wrote: »

Right, WM finished so off to bed!

I was confused at first as to what workinmummy had to do with you going to bed.

csh wrote: »

I need ideas at the moment K has a bouncy chair that hes about outgrown so almost redundant, and a sit me up cosy from the ELC that he likes to hang his head upside down til it touches the foor so looking like thats heading for the attic too.
He has a blanket that he plays on the floor on and a door bouncer, his walker and a baby gym thing he still likes but I'm looking for something he can sit in contained(!) with his toys thats not a travel cot. At the moment I can't even nip out of the room without him getting into bother!
I was thinking mabe a ball pit or something? What do other people have?

We used to use the box the car seat base came in as a toy box and if Alice needed to be contained, I could fit her in it too.

Evansangel wrote: »

I dont understand TC's. When i called them they want our exact incomes for 08/09. I dont know them! I worked part time for half of it, the full time for the rest. And neither me or OH have a P60.
Also why are they using our 08/09 incomes for our entitlement, we are poor now in 2010! OH is now only working part time and im on ML.

It's just because it's an easy way of estimating the current year's income for the majority of people (i.e. unless you've had some kind of chnage in circumstances). If your income is due to be significantly lower though, you can just ring up and tell them and give an estimate though.

SusanC_2

Evansangel wrote: »

They want from April 2008-April 2009. Not 09/10 though. I dont have my March 2009 payslip

IIRC there is a box on the form you can tick to say you have put estimates rather than the exact figures. I think you're supposed to give them the exact figures later but if your income has dropped for the next year anyway then they may not be too bothered.

redmel1621

Yuk, k just did a poo now he is bouncing on his zebra_pale_

Glamazon

Evansangel wrote: »

They want from April 2008-April 2009. Not 09/10 though. I dont have my March 2009 payslip

But thanks, i didn't know you could phone them to adjust it *feels like a fool*

Before 1st April you wouldn't have known what u had earnt as you were still earning for that year so they use the year before as a guide. OH is on 6K less from November and I have been on mat leave since August but I don't expect to get much more.
Gonna wait til P60's are in then phone them and hope for a little something!

aless02

I need to sit down and sort out TCs again now that we've gotten our award through...and figure out how it works with my mat leave (which is enhanced but not forever) and see if DH's income went down last year (major PITA because he had 3 different jobs and not all gave him a P45!).

eerrr I feel like I had something useful to say but now have forgotten it.

csh_2

redmel1621 wrote: »

Why not a travel cot? I know loads of people who use them as playpens:) You could alternate between various toys, or you can even chuck some of the ball pit balls into it and make it a shallow ball pit...If you get a normal ball pit type thing he will be climbing out of it in no time, plus the balls get everywhere at least in a travel cot they are contained far better:D

because it is too 'high' for my living room and would get on my nerves standing there all untidy looking All my furniture is 'low' and I have no free standing shelves or anything IYKWIM? Although I may just have to give in to my OCD

I'm just really looking for something for him to chill out in for a bit. He loves lounging in his sit me up cosy but its too small now so he just stretches right out it.

Somnium

Kindof - sorry to hear you had a rubbish sleep x We have a fisher price projector that's fab as you have a choice of music, light show and the length of time it plays. Had a quick squiz in the tesco direct catalogue and there is something similar in there, i think ours is possibly an older model now as we got it when I was 8 weeks pg! Would post a link but don't know how or if it's poss on my iPod!

Glam - fingers crossed he does hand in his notice.

EA - am sure your not rubbish at settling Lily, maybe she is windy! I find T hard to settle too when she is.

Sj - my pump is the avent too, not impressed may try contacting them or take the pump to bf clinic with me.

Got a very hungry baby ATM been feeding her for ages now!

Elle - hope work passes by quickly and with out drama x

Evansangel

Thanks everyone

I couldn't really hear the girl on the phone so didn't understand much of what she was saying.

She said something about going to get my P60 from my local tax office? I dont even know where that would be.
Might have to ask the Jobcentre where it is. Unless its in the job centre.

Som, i tried winding her. She didn't burp much last night so i thought it would be. But she finds being winded relaxing and when i was winding her she promptly fell asleep on my shoulder.
She is asleep now but usually has her bottle about now. I dont want to wake her though lol