MSE Parents Club Part 11

redmel1621

Morning.

I really need to get some blackout blinds on the boys room, they are getting up earlier and earlier. Today they were up and downstairs at 6.30!! They are in the front bedroom (so is the babies room) and the house must be *something* facing.....wherever it is the sun rises.

They are being a nightmare lately too, I'm wondering if it's due to them getting up so early everyday?

Plan for today...Give car litle clean as the guy is supposed to be coming to collect it today (he finally got back from Poland!) Tots group for an hour, mum dropping by with her car to borrow it to us for tomorrow:) ds1 got footy practice this eve, plus nag dh to tidy kitchen and I will do bathroom and toilet!!

Mel x

Krystaltips

Our house faces the other way Mel, but Aimee's room is on the back so she gets all the light too... I don't think it matters to her though, we went through a phase of fetching her back to bed because she was getting up at 5am :eek: and that was in winter lol...

I'm tired today... Couldn't drag hubby off the eggbox last night so didn't get the early night he was on about all day yesterday, and the baby woke me 3 times in the night and was a wotsit to settle... Ended up leaving her whinging and turning my back on her which seems to work to some extent... I'm going to try and feed her more today, she fed at 4:30 but wouldn't settle at all until she'd had both sides which is rare for her...

Becles

*positive vibes* for your nephew Krystal.

Beenie - I would keep shed loads of diaries and play on the fact they are making you unhappy and down. Would the doctor be of any help if it's affecting your health? The more of a case you can make, the more likely you can be moved.

Susan - Charlotte loves the pic of Alice, and when I was scrolling through the thread she was saying "there's Alice" and "oh there's Alice again"

Charlotte amazes me with stuff she comes out with. She randomly shouted "curly c for cupboard" last night and I said "do you know anything else that starts with curly c?" and she rattled off cheese, chocolate and chicken. No idea where that has come from.

SusanC_2

redmel1621 wrote: »

Susan, afaik swimming is no longer considered compulsory, it is now up to the individual school to provide it as a lesson(if they choose to), although they won't recieve funding, hence asking the parents to pay!!

The new curriculum isn't mandatory until 2011 which should mean that the old one still applies. (Unless there was another update which I don't know about.) But if your child isn't a competent swimmer, it is worth paying for lessons but if they are it may not be (ours were a complete waste of time - my brother came home with a 200m certificate one day when he had already swum five thousand).

(And I think £3/lesson is a good price - I'm fairly sure my mum charges more than that.)

BeenieCat wrote: »

SS my HV wrote a 2nd letter about the DV issues, i didn't get a copy of that one though so can't be certain it actually happened.

You can ask her for a copy - she should be obliged to give you one if you request it under the data protection act.

redmel1621 wrote: »

I really need to get some blackout blinds on the boys room, they are getting up earlier and earlier. Today they were up and downstairs at 6.30!! They are in the front bedroom (so is the babies room) and the house must be *something* facing.....wherever it is the sun rises.

They are being a nightmare lately too, I'm wondering if it's due to them getting up so early everyday?

They sound like Alice but she has a blackout blind and a north facing room. (Sun rises in the east and sets in the west.) I think maybe she can sense a difference when it is light.

Becles wrote: »

Susan - Charlotte loves the pic of Alice, and when I was scrolling through the thread she was saying "there's Alice" and "oh there's Alice again"

Ah she's so sweet. Alice sometimes looks att he avatars too and then demands I go back to whichever one she's taken a liking to.

keelykat

redmel1621 wrote: »

Ah, I guess it is the long winded report it to the council, then record it on a notepad every time they do it, what time it started how long it went on etc...the council then send you out some high tech recording device which you use for a set length of time, THEN they will act!! Can you tell i've been there before....

I wish it was that simple for us, 10 months of hell from our neighbours.

I think we've made things 100 times worse by keeping the diary and recording all the noise, shes now been contacted again and she went mental at teatime last night. I've now got to go to my moms in the day till this blows over as shes made threats about getting her own back kind of thing. Shes already ran after me asking for a fight and knocked on my door shouting etc in the past, so i don't feel safe here at all now.

We've got another estate agents coming over tonight, its going to look bad if shes going mad again Our flat is supposed to be going on the market, but at this rate it wont be worth bothering as i know she wont let anyone buy it as she hates me so much.

The council is rubbish-so are the police. They think there isnt a problem! We've had to use our cam corder to record things, as the noise abatement wouldnt send us any equipment. I'm sick of it all. I'm made out to be a liar, and look really stupid. But i hope they're going to take us seriously after all the video's we've sent to them (and landlady and environmental health). I'll have a nervous breakdown at this rate.

Sorry for the long rant, but this is seriously stressing me out.

keely.

Millie's_Mum

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

How is ello's weight these days? X

Still catching up but had to reply to this and say I took her to the docs the other week and GP was asking is she developing OK? weight OK? Hv's Happy? So I said No HV's not happy because weight is below 2nd centile, GP says Oh well, someones got to be there! (why couldn't I see him months ago when they were on my case)

Anyway she's fine, I've no idea how much she weighs cos I've stopped taking her (but last time she had shot up towards 25th centile) she is still in 6-9M clothes so v mse!

I can't believe how many words Benjamin has and his walking! El pretty much only says mummy daddy and 'high 5' and she will not let go and walk.

Oh Keely that sounds bad, poor you! I hope you can get away, could you buy something new so you can get a part exchange? That way it won't matter about her cos they buy the house anyway

kindofagilr

redmel1621 wrote: »

It takes a while to get used to it...I am always a nervous wreck the first few nights:o It was really scary with K as he stopped 1 night feed at only 1 week old and by 2 weeks old he had dropped both and was sleeping right through, I used to wake up numerous times in the night and just lay watching the swinging thing on his movement sensor:o

Aww bless you, I found myself doing that when he first went in there lol, he had his feed at 8pm then we put him in his room, he fell asleep about 9ish (he had fallen asleep in my arms downstairs but when I transferred him to his cot he woke argh lol) then he woke at 12ish and 4.30ish (didnt eat much then) then again at 6.30 but he is back in his cot asleep now

:mad::mad::mad:There is a dog barking in the lane and I can hear it through his monitor!!!!! he's made some groaning sounds I hope he doesnt wake up, he's been a nightmare the last couple of days cos he's been tired but works himself up so much crying not been able to sleep so I wanted to give him a decent sleep.

My friend is coming over today with her baby Zak she had him two weeks after me, I cant wait to see him, and see Elliot and Zak together lol

Beenie - Can you record it from your house??? just to prove (even to them how loud it is) I cant believe someone listens to music that much I mean do they have nothing better to do lol, I havent stuck a CD on in ages lol ETA just seen that youve tried recording it and that its not music its films and games, so basically my post is now pointless lol

Grrr Tara thats so annoying about the swimming!

Susan - Ah right, well I am sure we will figure something out with a meet, I MAY be getting driving lessons so if I pass my test then it wouldnt matter where the meet was lol

We had swimming lessons at school I think they were free but my mam sais they were crap cos there wsa so many kids tehre or something? my mam ended up paying for our lessons privatly with the lesiure centre cos we werent learning anything, I got a lot of badges

Beenie dont worry about your FB findings, its totally normal to look up people you know on there and if their profile is public well then thats their problem

Jenny - Ah I had to get out of bed anyway cos he is bottle fed, so I have to run downstairs to get his bottle etc lol

Redmel I am going to have the same problem E has been waking up earlier every day cos of the blooming light lol, we have vertical blinds and curtains in there, we had some material left over form the curtains so my mam is going to make a roller blind so we will have vertical blinds, then roller blind, then curtains lol so hopefully that will help

elle_gee

Morning all..

Rhys was awake at 8am on the dot. Whoever throught he'd be a creature of habit? :cool:

We're off to Boogies Babies this afternoon. It's FINALLY back on after being closed for three weeks over the Easter hols. Mum's coming with us to meet everyone so she can take him on her own next week

Hope everyone has a good day

On an MSE note, Asda have got free delivery on their baby clothes when you spend over £25, valid until Sunday. There's a code to use but it's on the site (here)

SusanC_2

Millie's_Mum wrote: »

Still catching up but had to reply to this and say I took her to the docs the other week and GP was asking is she developing OK? weight OK? Hv's Happy? So I said No HV's not happy because weight is below 2nd centile, GP says Oh well, someones got to be there! (why couldn't I see him months ago when they were on my case)

:T for the sensible GP.

searching_me

morning .. had a lovely night as i log off the computer early and me and philip just cuddled on the sofa all night ...

((hugs)) to beenie and keely ... believe me i feel your pain for noisy neighbours ..

tara thats a p!ss take but i remember never going on any school trip you had to paid for ... partly coz my mother didnt believe in it but also ..well there was no money to pay for any trip .. but over £300 for a trip is abit OTT .. and swimming lesson i thought were always free at my primary school if you didnt learn in school they gave you a card with 10 free lessons on ..

elle i saw that but ive just spent £25 on ebay buying clothes got him 2 large ish bundles and a monkey suit ...

this morning is a dada day from jayden .. dada .. no say mummy .. DADA! .. .. he only gets close to saying my name if hes whingy ..

just getting ready for work .. need a second cuppa before i leave the house ... hope everyone is well x