MSE Parents Club Part 11

always29

jennynoo wrote: »

london meet It would be nice if Lou66 could join us as well as she is near me. She hasn't posted on here since Jan but I have her number so will text her tomorrow. 28th or 5th is fine for me. I can shout you a meal Aless, payback for those lovely biscuits you bought me If you can get to mine I'll probably drive down.

I am now planning my ikea shopping list

hi jenny! either is good for me. The more the merrier as they say.

aless - up to you as you are waiting for payday /have a lovely offer!

lovely here this morning - Tom slept brilliantly the last 2 nights, his mummy feels like a human being for the first time in yonks. Good job the sun is shining too as I need rapid drying nappies this morning, the last dry one is about to go on and the washing machine hasn't finished yet!

Has anyone tried these http://www.babybots.co.uk/coolababy.htm? They look quite like the bumgenius we use but are a lot cheaper and a couple more nappies wouldn't hurt.

BeenieCat

I've already rang the council, 9:01am... lol. She wasn't there though so i left a message for her asking if she can go and have a word with them soon as i can't take anymore.

She better flippin go today :mad::mad: I rarely lose my temper but i fear if it goes on like this any longer i'll end up losing it. If only i was a big rugby player man, i sorely doubt they'd screw with me then!

aless02

always29 wrote: »

Has anyone tried these http://www.babybots.co.uk/coolababy.htm? They look quite like the bumgenius we use but are a lot cheaper and a couple more nappies wouldn't hurt.

No, but they're very cute!! If you need a cheap nappy site (and don't mind used), http://www.thenappysite.co.uk is brill for its classifieds listings. I got a massive pack of nappies/wraps/liners for like £20 and they are supposed to last until potty-trained! :cool:

Let's just say next week Weds the 28th at 12 noon then? I forgot we should get our tax credits payments by then so I can eat lunch on gov't money, lol...unless lou needs a different date, of course, we'll see what she says.

ticklepenny_2

Hi quick question,

Izzy has started banging her head on the floor when she is crying, and its anything from I'm bored to I am hungry that shes doing it for. She gets herself so worked up that she is inconsolable (so much that she cant eat sometimes), it started happening about 2 weeks ago and only happens once or twice a day but she can carry on for upto an hour. Any one got any ideas? I have tried distracting her, taking her out, cuddles, raspberries on tummy, restraining her, nothing seems to work! Is this just a phase? She is 11 months.

Hope everyone is well

PS I was given a 10m swimming certificate by my primary school when I had already swum 1 mile the year before in private lessons. :cool:

BeenieCat

You're not gonna believe this. But the other side are doing the thunder noise now. Like !!!!!!???

In their case it's nowhere near as loud but after 9 months of constant noise from both sides of my house i'm sensitive to it. It's driving me potty It's a lovely sunny day and they're watching movies at 9:30am??? They need to get a flipping life :mad:

I need to go out and get away from it but i feel sick and my throat hurts and my head hurts and i just wanna feel sorry for myself waaaahh :(:(:(:(

BrunoM

ticklepenny wrote: »

Hi quick question,

Izzy has started banging her head on the floor when she is crying, and its anything from I'm bored to I am hungry that shes doing it for. She gets herself so worked up that she is inconsolable (so much that she cant eat sometimes), it started happening about 2 weeks ago and only happens once or twice a day but she can carry on for upto an hour. Any one got any ideas? I have tried distracting her, taking her out, cuddles, raspberries on tummy, restraining her, nothing seems to work! Is this just a phase? She is 11 months.

Hope everyone is well

PS I was given a 10m swimming certificate by my primary school when I had already swum 1 mile the year before in private lessons. :cool:

Hi Tickle - my Elijah (who is 20 months) and Keely's Elliot (who is about a month younger) have been doing this/did this for some months, although Izzy has started earlier I think!

Apparently it is quite common in toddlers (one site I read said "1 in 4" !) and it's definitely just a phase but can last quite a while. Elijah seems to be past the peak and is now doing it only in extremis, but there was a period of more than a month when his forehead was constantly visibly bruised
Supposedly one should try to continue acting completely normally with them, don't get angry but also don't give a big response that might encourage them to do it more - roll your eyes, sigh, and give them cuddles a few seconds afterwards when they're crying but ideally with a little gap. Easier said than done!

Good luck - it was really frustrating for a while.

Krystaltips

I can second the nappy site, I got all of Caitlyn's size 2 tots bots rainbows from there, very easy to do!

tiamai_d

DS1 used to bang his head off the floor, till one day he did it in the garden onto concrete slabs. Funnily enough, he never did it again.

I used to just let him get on with it, evil mummy that I am.

aless02

sorry forgot to add onto my last post: any of you in Sussex or that can get a train to East Croydon station easily are more than welcome to come to IKEA with us! The more the merrier! Maz, I'm not sure if you drive or how far it is for you .

Sami_Bee

Becles wrote: »

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.

possibly the answer is ....cbeebies They have a phonics show that Chris randomly spouts facts from so could be the same for Charlotte?
Alpha Blocks

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)

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.

yey for sensible GPs! I 'm loving High 5! so sweet.

I read last night but brain is mush so can't comment on most of it!
I just wanted to say I think you should read up about fluoride before blindly doing as you're told on using adult toothpaste, it's not something I want my boys swallowing from such a young age so we still use milk teeth tp.

tickle the head banging is a common phase of tantrum throwing, I would fling a cushion under if I could but otherwise ignored him until he came to me rubbing his sore head and I'd say something like "well it will hurt if you bang it on the floor" then give him the cuddles, I'd always wait for him to come to me, I wouldn't go to him tho.

Grrr Joe Cole has given his daughter MY baby name as her middle name, tut!