MSE Parents Club Part 11

pigpen

searching_me wrote: »

oh one question i'll catch the answers later ... how old is enough to walk to school on there own .. i know shes to young now but shes bugging me for an age x

Mine were 12.. and halfway through year 7. from number 3 they have gone with older siblings though.

School is about 5-10 minutes walk (though it is taking me about 25 at the moment lol) and they cross 9 roads

elle_gee

Morning all..

Really drab wet day here. Where did the sunshine go?! No walk to the shops for us today then :cool: Consultant's app is at 4.10pm and visiting ends at 4pm so us getting in the car park when everyone else is getting out will be joyous! :cool: OH is coming with us since the app is much later in the day than usual so he can see the doc for a change, he's not seen her since we left hospital.

Lots of crazy jumping going on in the Jumperoo this morning. When do you move it up a level? If I did it now he'd be on tiptoes again but it would stop that banging when he bounces more than the springs allow on level 1 (or is it 3? the lowest one anyway).

Hope everyone had a good night and has a nice day

SugarSpun

Morning everyone!

Happy birthday Chris!

Jam, if you're going to an MSE meet, it might be an idea to bring your camera and take a bunch of photos (and some of your family/friends' kids) and then edit them for a portfolio. When you see how good your work is you might feel a bit more comfortable charging for photos. If you can undercut other people and get some good word of mouth and a nice website set up you might find your business takes off

My conference is officially cancelled, which means I have to completely reorganise my week. Still, I'm starting with a mummies' pedicure at 1pm, we're meeting at the place, all getting a pedicure, and the mummies who aren't being seen are looking after the babies. Should probably go wash my feet...

I'm a bit worried because Molly is a bit bigger and a lot more boisterous than the other kids and these mummies might get a bit shell shocked :rotfl:

MM sorry about work, hopefully you'll be able to get squeezed onto something sooner.

Bruno, we have an expensive scooter here that the upstairs neighbours left in the hallway with a "Zum Mitnehmen" sign on it (to take away, free to first person who wants it). It has a guard on the wheel that separates it from the cheaper ones, but the guard on this one is broken so we had to remove it to make it work. Best to get a cheap, less complicated one I think.

There was other stuff I meant to comment on but I've forgotten it so hugs all round and I'll be off. Back later with pretty toesies...

csh_2

BeenieCat wrote: »

Tried to reply last night but my gay phone decided not to actually post it lol.

Fitz yeah i was looking at bath things ages ago but i never got anything and now i'm thinking most of those lie back supports won't get much use.

Gave Amber a full carton of formula last night, and she settled lovely and was in bed by 9pm, and i had to wake her up this morning at 8! Not really having problems settling her on a night, but she was soooo whiney all day yesterday. DS said she was tired and i should put her in the cot. So i did and she had a nap and was a bit better. Seems pretty stupid that my 6 year old knows what to do more than me - and it's simple really lol, but i've never put her upstairs for a day nap. She doesn't usually have day naps unless it's a 10 min nap on me after a feed.
She never usually goes to bed that early though, was quite nice to have a bit of time to myself.

K was always whiney and slightly annoying like that when he was teething. He was on his 3rd 'bout' of teething before any teeth at 5.5mths.

Think DS way of thinking was more 'put her away somewhere' than based on any magical parenting skills lol

SusanC_2

tiamai_d wrote: »

Randomly, Alice was one of the names we chose for Amber, the one I was wanting to go with before I told DH he better hurry up and name the baby or he could go !!!! himself, it was down to Alice and Lydia at that point.

You obviously have good taste. I really love Lydia but OH isn't so keen so we compromised with it as Alice's middle name.

SugarSpun wrote: »

On a MSE note, it's worth keeping a close eye on conditions even if people aren't planning on travelling because imported fruit and veg are going to get expensive and scarce if things continue. Maybe buying a few tins of Value veg would be a good idea for people on a budget

Or plant a vegetable patch. (For those with a garden.)

Alice still thinks your avatar is her.

Becles wrote: »

Charlotte just asked me if I've ever pumped in a watering can?! I haven't just in case you were wondering.

:rotfl:

searching_me wrote: »

oh one question i'll catch the answers later ... how old is enough to walk to school on there own .. i know shes to young now but shes bugging me for an age x

Depends on the child and the school route - I did in Reception but there were no roads, it was 5 minutes walk and my mum could watch the school gate from an upstairs window to make sure I'd got there.

csh_2

:bdaycake: HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS! :bdaycake:

SugarSpun

SusanC wrote: »

You obviously have good taste. I really love Lydia but OH isn't so keen so we compromised with it as Alice's middle name.


Or plant a vegetable patch. (For those with a garden.)

Alice still thinks your avatar is her.

I think Lydia is a lovely name, but you know the way names get associations? Someone I worked with had a child of that name who was such a monster that it always makes me think of her
It goes very well with Alice too.

Vegetable patches are excellent ideas for everyone but not an instant fix to what might be an instant problem. I know the UK only imports 1% of stuff, but the 1% comprises all the nonseasonal veg. We're already noticing a price hike here - bell peppers are now €3 for a bag of three as opposed to 80c.

Actually, if people have gardens it might not be such a bad idea to plant stuff or build a little glasshouse. OH had a spell of insomnia during the night and came in stressing because apparently the small volcano normally triggers the bigger one next door and if that's so we're looking at six months' disruption at least. Apparently the eruption of the two volcanoes was a precipitating cause of the French Revolution because it caused the French crop harvest to fail.

Alice is welcome to be my avatar

pigpen

such as Lydia dustbin?

I love the name too.. it makes me think of frogs as well for some reason..

Alice is a lovely name.. but I already have an 'A'.. actually we have 2 as OH is 'A' as well.. I usually have a name or 3 in mind by now but I am really struggling with this one.. and I asked the children for ideas.. so we have Zelda, Starjiggy, Scoobydoo, Vlad, Droobleface and Link to choose from... I think they weren't very helpful!!!

elastigirl

I was going to get one of those bath seats for H when he is old enough my friends has one and she says it's good but what put me off is one little boy got stuck in his i think he tried to put both legs though one gap and he couldn't get free. In the end the fire brigade had to cut him out. I can't remember where i saw it. I think it was on the news. The woman complained to the company for poor design but i don't think she got very far with them.

Walking to school: I lived across the road from my primary school but mum prob still took me over. I was allowed to walk once at high school over a mile away so i was 11-12 yrs

There is a boy a few doors away from us that goes on his own and he is 9, again it is about a mile away, seems to take me forever sometimes. There are 2 main roads but have several crossings. Still i don't think i would let my boys go at 9 too many alleys and such.

I am off to my first parent and baby group today. It starts at 10 but i don't want to be the first there so i will go in a bit. I am a bit nervous. Wish i could have gone sooner as ds2 is 4 months now but he just hasn't been well enough. There is something about mondays that he likes to go into hospital. I make some new friends.

Mazcabs

BeenieCat wrote: »

Gave Amber a full carton of formula last night, and she settled lovely and was in bed by 9pm, and i had to wake her up this morning at 8! Not really having problems settling her on a night, but she was soooo whiney all day yesterday. DS said she was tired and i should put her in the cot. So i did and she had a nap and was a bit better. Seems pretty stupid that my 6 year old knows what to do more than me - and it's simple really lol, but i've never put her upstairs for a day nap. She doesn't usually have day naps unless it's a 10 min nap on me after a feed.
She never usually goes to bed that early though, was quite nice to have a bit of time to myself.

Lucky you Beenie, William is being a pain at night at the moment. He had a bottle at 8ish, so I dream fed him at 12 and then he woke at 5.30 which is a real pain... really want to start feeding a bit better for when I go back to work in a couple of weeks... think the dream feed is not a good idea at the moment with him waking around that time... any ideas?