MSE Parents Club Part 11

elle_gee

pinkpig08 wrote: »

elle - can I ask how you became a breastfeeding support worker? What course did you do/where did you do it?

It was a six week course run by our midwife responsible for BFing support. I think it was the seventh course she'd run in the area and they've all been at the various Children's Centres across town. The local target is to have BFing peer supporters in all the CCs who will go to their Breast Buddies groups as often as possible and be trained to assist with queries and know where to go for further information and help. It's all about giving support and encouragement, answering the simple bits and knowing when and where to pass a query on further.

They're also struggling for peer supporters to visit the hospital as a lot of supporters don't have cars (Grimsby isn't a very well off town) or don't have the childcare to be able to leave their babies - or frankly, babies are too young to be left as they need to be with their BFing mum (and visiting non-sibling babies aren't allowed on the maternity/neonatal unit). This is what I/they want me to do - visit the neonatal unit as I have the experience of being there

My friend who is also a BFPS suggested I do it and passed on my details to the midwife and she let me know when and where the next course was. If you're interested, your local breast buddies type group is probably a good starting point

got-it-spend-it

Jakesmummy wrote: »

Hi everyone not caught up yet but gisi i have a loola, i personally love it, it is heavy though but £30 is a bargain! even if you bought it to sell on ebay you'd make a profit, what colour is it?

reins, i used them on jake and will use them on jasmine too, dont think you can really compare it to a dog lead to b honest,

had a good day today until walking home from school and these men that were sat in traffic in a van basically started shouting abuse at me for no appararant reason, calling me a fat cow ect ect, i mean what the hell, yes im a little overweight but im a size 14,but even if i was huge i was minding my own business walking down the road with my kids!! jake asked what they were shouting but he thought they were shouting him cos he had a costume on (book day so dressed up for school), really upset me that someone would do that to someone esp with their kids,!!

ggrr anyway feel better now ive got that off my chest, will catch up now!! xx

That is really horrid, JM. I hate stupid people who shout at strangers.

ladybirdintheuk

I like the backpacks with reins attached .- anyone tried them?

SugarSpun

What horrible men JM

I think some people are so insecure that they have to do that sort of thing in groups to reinforce that they're part of the group IYSWIM. Boogers.

Fitzio

GISI (long post alert!)

I have a Loola Up. It’s an improved version of the Loola and has a bar instead of 2 handles. The basket is easier to access, but it’s still pretty poor. It is easy to handle and with the Loola Up, it’s easy to steer with 1 hand. The seat unit is reversible (parent or outward facing) and the Loola Up also has a reversible covering (a warmer material for winter and a lighter one for summer) – not sure if the Loola has one. If you were planning on doing lots of walking over uneven terrain, you would better with something with pneumatic tyres, but it’s fine on better surfaces. It is great for folding as it is an umbrella fold and dead easy, and you can do this with the seat unit attached if outward facing. I thought this was a good idea and one of the selling points for me, but to be honest, it’s so easy to take apart that I probably won’t ever bother. Everything fits together and folds really easily which is the best thing.

Som on the pregnancy thread works for Mothercare and says it’s highly recommended I think.

Basically I think £30 is a bargain if it’s in decent condition. There are things about it that I don’t like, but it’s very practical and reasonably compact and overall I am happy with it.

SusanC_2

feelinggood wrote: »

I don't know if I'd be comfortable walking somewhere with LO where he could easily leap into traffic. I think I'd rather stick to safer footpaths, then venture onto narrow paths when he has a bit more sense of danger.

How will you go anywhere though? (I hope that doesn't sound confrontational - it's not meant to be, I just can't understand how you would be able to go out anywhere on foot without coming across streets with traffic.)

Buttonmoons wrote: »

Why would a child being on reins mean that they don't learn road safety? Unless you don't teach them it obviously.

It's all well and good saying you just hold their hand, but what if you need to go to the supermarket and you are struggling to carry bags, or go to a fair where it's jam packed and busy.

Plus toddlers are proffesionals at slipping hands, and lurching around when having a paddy.

Keira hasn't been in her reins since she was about 2 1/2 and I used them more for my own paranoid concern than her actually needing them. Half the time she was in them, I had the rein through my hand and was holding her hand too. It's just precaution and if people think I'm walking my child like a dog, then so what. Rather she was walked like a dog than ran into the road.

If you don't need them then great but using reins has NOTHING to do with a child learning road safety quicker or earlier than any other child.

I totally agree - especially the bit in bold (although Alice stopped having reins at a different age). I don't think I ever actually did use the reins to stop her going in front of a car but I felt better having the backup. She is actually infuriatingly pedantic about walking on the pavement to the extent that she insists on walking on the "pavement" of pedestrianised streets and walking on the six inch pavements in the little terraced back streets.

feelinggood wrote: »

Hehe, is reins the new hot topic we are all going to fall out over?

I hope not.

Jakesmummy wrote: »

had a good day today until walking home from school and these men that were sat in traffic in a van basically started shouting abuse at me for no appararant reason

:grouphug: Do you want us to send SS to set fire to them?

searching_me

((hugs)) jm thats awful .. some men need shooting :mad: x

Mazcabs

Jakesmummy wrote: »

but he thought they were shouting him cos he had a costume on (book day so dressed up for school), really upset me that someone would do that to someone esp with their kids,!!

xx

My sister dressed her two up as 'Cat in a Hat' and Noddy for their school book day (thanks Caz for the tip re crocs) and they both won first prize at their school today :j They are both dead chuffed....

First day TT - apparently Henry had 2 accidents (one of which was sooo bad they threw the pants away!!) and he is a bit late in telling them he wants the toilet but overall they are really pleased with him - I just need to put it into practice now.....
Sami and TT experts - we are meant to be going out for half day on Saturday so would I be sensible to use nappies for this seeing as he has only just started TT?

cazscoob

got-it-spend-it wrote: »

Anyone got an opinion on the Bebe Confort Loola? There's one on local netmums for £30 which seems a bargain!

i need to know too! i have found a Red Loola Up with car seat, changing bag and carry cot and all the raincovers. they have said its in excellent cond and im going to view it tom! its only £60 so i think i may make a profit!

csh_2

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Piccies!!! Piccies!!! Piccies!!!


I was thinking about a meeting vs a letter (I would definitely not be fobbed off with a phonecall) and thought that I would rather have the opportunity to mull it over before I responded so a letter might be better (it means they actually have to write it down in black and white too). Maybe a minuted meeting?

Agree I would defo want something in writing incase you wanted to take it further. Would not be happy with a telephone call!

ladybirdintheuk wrote: »

I like the backpacks with reins attached .- anyone tried them?

Are you going to get the little ladybird one?:cool:

I like reigns, very useful. I walk a lot with littles so is piece of mind. And very cute