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MSE Parents Club Part 12

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  • BeenieCat
    BeenieCat Posts: 6,567 Forumite
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    Lol! Yeah he did fool me, still does now i always go soft on him but he's consistent i'll give him that.

    Night three x

    Fitz aww no freebies :( On the phone she said something about a "pack" so i got all excited lol!! I've already been and bought everything to start weaning, and was gonna give her some baby rice the other day because she'd been unsettled and showing the signs for a good few days, but then decided i'm too lazy and will leave it longer. She's ok now though so i'm assuming growth spurt.
    She's 4m+1w now, Cameron was well on his way by now, think we started at 3 and a half months. But the advice was to start at 4m then.
  • jennynoo
    jennynoo Posts: 1,516 Forumite
    Weaning freebies in the bounty bags, I got two ;)

    Just been catching up, our electric was off most of today so haven't been able to keep up. Just to let the Ikea meet people know I will be there tomorrow and so will Lou66 with her parents.

    Off to bed now. Night all
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  • Fitzio
    Fitzio Posts: 2,199 Forumite
    Hi Jenny. I have a voucher for Sainsburys for Bounty pack, so assuming that's the same one. Not sure as Csh had a different one I think. Will collect it this week anyway.

    You might get different things down south Beenie. I would put of weaning as long as possible! It was soooo much easier when H just took milk! I think she quite happily would still just do that to be honest!

    I'm going to put the light out now too. I am sleeping in the spare room tonight to try and get a better nights sleep as I can ignore the monitor for a bit longer if I hear H babbling rather than jumping up in case she wakes DH up. But here I am chatting to you! That wasn't the plan. Night. x

    P.S. What about the O Baby Atlas. MDW loves hers. They have a couple of different pink designs and they are pretty inexpensive as far as new pushcairs go. Not tried it myself mind you. I want the Cath Kidson McLaren, but don't think I can justify the extra money just for a fancy pattern! Night. x
  • kindofagilr
    kindofagilr Posts: 6,825 Forumite
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    Morning all,

    I am shattered, E ad me up at 4.40 for a feed then he decided he was awake :( so I brought him downstairs and he fell asleep after half an hour and is back in bed, well I felt too awake to go back to bed but now I am shattered, but OH will be getting up in a hour so I think whats the point going back to bed, I will prob regret that decision later

    I hope E lets me get a nap later lol

    We are both at drs at 10.40 and I hope he behaves for her lol
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  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    I hope E lets me get a nap later lol

    We are both at drs at 10.40 and I hope he behaves for her lol
    I hope so too!

    Is this your 6 week appointment then?

    K still hasn't reached E's birthweight yet! And I look at how big he is now and think about how Elliot is bigger and it makes my eyes water thinking of your labour :rotfl:

    PS why no birth story from you missy? x

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  • Becles
    Becles Posts: 13,184 Forumite
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    BeenieCat wrote: »
    I meant to ask, does everyone get a HV visit to discuss weaning at 4 months? I'm hoping i'll get some freebies :D I take it they do it now in case i'm planning on starting now, and to tell me not to? lol

    We were invited to a weaning party at the Sure Start centre when Charlotte was about 4-5 months. There were other babies of a similar age there. Everyone put their babies on a mat with toys in the middle and they rolled around together, while the HV discussed how to wean, she showed us how to make baby food rather than buy jars and generally talked about nutrition and stuff.

    Then we got a bag with leaflets, coupons, a sippy cup and some spoons. I can remember the cups as they were all blue and the HV was really apolgetic as Charlotte was the only girl and she didn't have any pink cups left :D

    It was with the HV who has four children of her own, and I really enjoyed listening to her, as she talks from experience rather than reciting what "they" say we should do. She says things like "well guidelines say....... but of course that doesn't always happen so with our XXX I did ..............." :D
    Here I go again on my own....
  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    Fitzio wrote: »
    P.S. What about the O Baby Atlas. MDW loves hers. They have a couple of different pink designs and they are pretty inexpensive as far as new pushcairs go. Not tried it myself mind you. I want the Cath Kidson McLaren, but don't think I can justify the extra money just for a fancy pattern! Night. x
    my RL friend has an obaby atlas but her little boy can't nap in it because of those bars next to the head rest are uncomfortable when they loll their head sideways IYSWIM? So I think it's a great buggy, but maybe not as an early buggy, just going from her feedback.

    OH! Cath Kidston on a pram! jealous! It would be mean for me to have one with 2 boys right? xxx:)

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  • aless02
    aless02 Posts: 5,119 Forumite
    Beenie, if you join the HiPP Organic baby club thingee via their website, they send you some good freebies. Aptamil also send a sachet of baby rice & both send vouchers :).

    Will see some of you later in IKEA! :D
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  • SusanC_2
    SusanC_2 Posts: 5,344 Forumite
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    She can wash up but not if you want everything in the same number of parts you started with. Oh, and it won't necessarily be clean when she's done. Oh, and she might flood your kitchen.
    :rotfl:

    I sometimes think OH and Alice are competing to see who can break the most things.
    3onitsway wrote: »
    I found it does make you a lot more tired second time around - probably because you can't just nap when you want to when you have another to look after!
    :eek: I was hoping it might be better next time - I was sleeping 15 hours per day and sitting at home all day doing nothing and was still absolutely exhausted.
    BeenieCat wrote: »
    I meant to ask, does everyone get a HV visit to discuss weaning at 4 months? I'm hoping i'll get some freebies :D I take it they do it now in case i'm planning on starting now, and to tell me not to? lol
    Mine came at eleven weeks but didn't give any samples.
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  • Somnium wrote: »
    3 - yeay for V going solo :)

    dk - am not far from you, weybridge.

    Well all ready for our lil gathering in ikea tomorrow just hope T let's me get some sleep tonight!

    Hi Som!

    Weybridge - nice! We're actually in less nice Byfleet, about 2 min walk from M and S. Do you work in the Mothercare at Brooklands then? Maybe we could meet up for a coffee or something?

    Hope you all enjoy your meatballs today,my baby loves their garlic bread!
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