MSE Parents Club Part 11

3onitsway

kindofagilr wrote: »

Anyone got any tips on how to shop in asda while pushing a pram, what on earth will I do with the basket?

What's your pram handle like? I take the SX, which has one bar handle, and the asda baskets sit perfectly in the handle.
Although I have noticed in our Asda, a bit of a pram park outside the toilets where i'm assuming people have walked to Asda, parked up the pram and put baby into the trolley to shop? I'm not sure i'd leave my precious pram there though.

scruffy96uk wrote: »

that is sooooo funny my nephew has just stayed with us for a week and we nicknamed him Willie Wonker for that exact reason :rotfl:

Boys are just vile aren't they! And they don't get any better. OH is always telling J to get his hands out of his pants, then five minutes later, OH is sat there doing the same.

tiamai_d

csh wrote: »

Don't take this the wrong way but personally I'd try warming the milk he is on before trying him with other milks.

I agree, try warming it just above room temp for a few days to see if it makes any difference. You can still make the bottles of water up as you are doing, but 1oz less. Then at bottle time boil the kettle and add 1oz of boiling water to heat it (I do this in the morning, it's the only one she likes to be warm and if she wants a bottle at night).

Obviously test it top make sure it's not too warm.

kindofagilr

cazscoob wrote: »

i would put it all in the basket under the pram then! i do this in most shops and get funny looks but just smile back

LOL I probs will do that and just smile sweetly at anyone who looks at me lol

3onitsway - Its a graco, a big long handle so I dont think the basket will go over it, no I deffo wouldnt want to leave my pram lol it would get nikced lol

tia - thats a good idea, then the milk will be just warm enough, just need to get him not to scream before while we wait for kettle lol

Does anyone know anything about bank holiday entitlements? OH had a sick note for last week and the week before, then this week he is taking a week paternity.

So he rang his boss to say as it was bank holiday monday then he will be back on tuesday next week as he has 5 days paternity to have and technically only took 4, his boss said that was fine. But I was just thinking this morning that obv good friday was a bank holiday is he entitled to that day off as he was on a sick note, or is it lost?

kindofagilr

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR MY OH has been waiting for a package from america and its been stuck in customs for ages, and it cleared customes yesterday and I just checked on the status and it now says

Attempted Delivery Abroad, April 09, 2010, 6:49 am, GREAT BRITAIN

Did they !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and if they did there is no card to say so, I am well annoyed

I would have been well !!!!ed mind if they had come that time of the morning!

My_Fathers_Daughter

I always use the buggy shopping bag in Lidl and then just plonk the bag on the checkout so they know I am putting everything through. You could do the same with a cloth shopping bag.


Off to site - got a site with 'cultural issues' that they want me to investigate (ie - find out who is not getting on and bang their heads together) and then a performance review meeting (ie a b!tching session) - what a Friday afternoon!!

Have fun.

MFD xxx

tiamai_d

Kindof, maybe it's 6.49am USA time?

I'm off for a snooze or more :coffee: I'm more tired with a full nights sleep than with broken sleep! Although, Amber woke up for a cuddle last night and I sneaked her in bed with me for 10mins, she curled up and went to sleep and I miss her sleeping in with me. She's so cute all curled up on her side, with her wee mouth hanging open!

Somnium

Kindof - just an idea cos I know my local tesco and morrisons have them, does asda have trolley lockers outside the cafe(assuming there's a cafe!) you could pop the pushchair in there and then grab a trolley and swap back when your finnished. Otherwise as some one else said it might be worth taking E in the sling (am sure you mentioned you got one the other week!)

EA - I would love to be by the coast so could go for a walk, yours yesterday sounded really nice specially as inlaws went too

yeay for all the LO's reaching milestones x

Well had a way better night, don't know if it's because I decided to try Tahlie in a sleeping bag but once she was in it, was only a few minutes later she was asleep in her cot and not a murmer. That was 10.30 and she didn't stir till 4am! Even then it was a quick bum change and she only fed for 15 min before being sparko again so got another 2 hours she did however have her longest feed ever ( 67 minutes ) when she woke but that was ok cos I put on the tv and watched gmtv. She's been really happy most of the morning too been sming and I swear trying to giggle when I was waving her toys at her earlier.

jillie1974

kindof- i keep Kian's bottles unmade in the fridge and then warm them in the microwave and add the formula. our micro is 850w so i do 7oz for 40secs. i'd do 4oz for about 20secs. then as you have to shake the bottle to mix the formula it will get rid of any hotspots that maybe there. 5 months later and we've had no problems.

i think its trial and error with babies and wind. we never changed his milk but gave him either dentinox or summat else (cant remember) and he would burp no problem. the hipp milk made it really hard for him to poo so i went to Heinz but as heinz is meant to be stopping i've gone to c&g and we've had no problems.

your best bet is to try a full box not just the cartons and see how you get on, but it may be worth trying the colic/wind stuff first with your normal milk. it was said on here to allow 5 full days for anything to take affect but we noticed after about a day that the anti-colic/wind stuff was working.

when we go shopping i put the groceries under the buggy as the basket sticks out too far and i dont want to bang into anyone

jillie1974

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Sami_Bee

Jenny - I think you should try to get OH to see the GP just for a check, suddenly getting clumsy and his feinting the other day could be a sign that somethings wrong. Probably nothing but best to be safe IMO

kindofagilr wrote: »

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No he doesnt get it from the fridge, we boil the kettle, then wait half an hour for it to cool (like the box said) and put the required water in the bottle, then the bottles sit on the bench (with their teats and lids on) then when he wants a bottle we add the powder to the cooled water, but its room temp cool not fridge cool?

Do you still think I should try heating them? if so how long to they need heating for? if I did it in the microwave (I know you arent supposed to do that)...

you know you can just pour the boiling water straight into the bottle it's just plain water so makes no difference

I agree that you should give warm milk first, it just seems 'right' to me to give warm milk - dunno why tho lol.

I found a rough guide is 10 sec per oz minus 10 sec (when it's from the fridge) so say for 6oz I'd try it for 50secs then test.

When you make the bottles up are you measuring the water in oz or ml? if it's oz try using mls I found that really helped Chris. Its because 3oz is actually less than 90ml so over the day when using oz's baby is actually taking a lot less water compared to if you use mls (stupid that they still put oz on the box but you know ..:p)

I balance shopping on the pram hood when it's forward facing if getting just a few bits, it all depends on what your buying and the design of the pram really