MSE Parents Club Part 12

Mazcabs

Oh forgot to say well done BM on your news :j

searching_me

Glamazon wrote: »

I think that as soon as he gets in the bath he knows it's bedtime, I just wish he'd stay still in the bath! He's always trying to climb out or reach up to the windowsill - I'm constantly standing over him. He refuses to stay in the bath seat (which I have to try and use now he's mobile) and I know that if he was in one of the ones with a bar at the front he'd just arch his back and throw himself backwards

i dont bath jayden every night as hes only just started liking water again *rolleyes* ... but i think you little does not like to be restrained x

redmel1621

Christening Finally!!

Well after much prodding and poking, we have finally discussed the christening in a sensible fashion:cool: Dh has specified that he doesn't want a big do! Basically we never see any of our extended families, so he doesn't see the point in inviting them. When we had the older two done my dad was still alive so I did still have 'minimal' contact with all my cousins etc from that side, but since he passed away I have bumped into one cousin twice and another once.....in over 3yrs, so I do agree. Also dh hates his side of the family, they are all complete nutjobs and half of them need locking up!

So we are going with..... Christening in the same church the older two were done in, which happens to be were dh and his brother were christened too:) Then back to our house, as there will only be about 20 peole and that doesn't include the fact that 4 of them most likely won't attend. The only kids will be our 4 and my best friends 2, so we will just have the patio doors open and they can play out with the toys/garden equipment.....it should still be nice weather as we are aiming for the very beginning of Sept:D

I think as there aren't very many of us, I will order food and put a selection of beers, wines and spirits on myself....

I think it will be nice to have it small and informa,l as we had the big party last time.

Sarah_Joanne

That sounds nice Mel

Evansangel

Sounds lovely Mel

Im so bored, me and DH had a tiny arguement earlier. He's been saying he's hungry all night, and i have offered to cook him dinner like 5 times. Each time he has said no.

So at 8:30pm i said we should to go the co-op and he started saying "you always do this. Leave it all night for dinner and then try and make it so it will be ready at 10pm!"

So i basically started shouting at him saying i've been offering all night, and its not my problem if he keeps saying no. And that he has his own legs and can cook his own dinner. So he should basically grow up and stop being such a !!!! :rotfl:

I then ignored him for ages and now he loves me again :D

redmel1621

Sarah_Joanne wrote: »

That sounds nice Mel

I will check the church is free after baby is born, 2/2.5mths notice should be fine, shouldn't it?

My_Fathers_Daughter

Glamazon wrote: »

I think that as soon as he gets in the bath he knows it's bedtime, I just wish he'd stay still in the bath! He's always trying to climb out or reach up to the windowsill - I'm constantly standing over him. He refuses to stay in the bath seat (which I have to try and use now he's mobile) and I know that if he was in one of the ones with a bar at the front he'd just arch his back and throw himself backwards

This is why I go in the bath with Benjamin every night. It just isn't worth the hassle of me trying to wrestle him from the side (we have a corner bath too so it can be a bit of a stretch). It is now just part of our special time together as we wind down to bedtime.

fattybooboo wrote: »

Does anyone here use baby armbands? I currently hold T the whole time we are in the pool, have tried a swimseat and quite like that too. But just saw armbands for babies from 3-24 months on boots.com here
Just wondered if they are worth getting?

We used them when we had swimming lessons and Benjamin really liked them. They gave him a little bit of freedom (although I still had to keep hold of him). He hated the seats because he was too far away from the water in them.

jillie1974

redmel1621 wrote: »

I will check the church is free after baby is born, 2/2.5mths notice should be fine, shouldn't it?

depends on the church. i booked Kian's back in Feb. The Sunday i picked is now 'full' and has been for 6 weeks.

We have max of 3 christenings each Sunday

ETA: should have said his christening is 1st Aug

SusanC_2

Buttonmoons wrote: »

She may eat a plain pita bread, but probably not anywith with cheese/ham/tuna, though she will eat "scrambled egg" sandwiches (hard boiled egg to me and you ) But she can't sit and eat a whole sandwich.

I think she is very much aware of what she likes, and she is sticking to that, she can't eat much at a time. So I'll maybe put half an egg sandwich in her lunch box, a banana and a yoghurt.

Will she eat the things separate? Alice isn't very keen on sandwiches but will happily eat the same things separately. Yesterday I had an almond butter and banana sandwich for lunch and she had bread and butter and whole almonds (under strict instructions to chew carefully) followed by banana for pudding. If I have cream cheese sandwiches, she'll have bread and butter and then a little bowl of cream cheese with veg sticks to dip in it. She will eat the stuff as sandwiches if she has no other option but she definitely prefers the things seperately.

fattybooboo wrote: »

Does anyone here use baby armbands? I currently hold T the whole time we are in the pool, have tried a swimseat and quite like that too. But just saw armbands for babies from 3-24 months on boots.com here
Just wondered if they are worth getting?

We used them roughly until Alice was tall enough to stand up and walk around in the baby pool. (We didn't find the swim seat that good but I think it would be more useful with a subsequent baby where you may be in the big pool and have older children with you.)

Buttonmoons wrote: »

Beccles - From my mooching around websites about this sort of thing, Durham PCT are actually quite good about funding for this sort of thing. If you show it has a detrimental effect on your mental well being, and it's not just about asthetics (but to be fair, its about that to some degree, no-one wants to stuff their belly in their pants!)

My cousin had his at Durham - I don't know how much weight he'd lost but he'd gone from a 54" waist to 34".

Glamazon wrote: »

How do you manage to get Alice into her car seat when it is rear facing?
I planned to keep J rear facing for as long as possible BUT I am really struggling to fit him through the gap between the roof of the car and the top of the car seat. I keep catching his head when I put him in. I guess it could just be that my car is narrow but I don't think I'll manage it for much longer.

I'll try to find the pictures I posted ebfore as they'll help me to explain it but not got time now.

3onitsway

That sounds perfect Mel except i'd tell everyone to bring a bottle. (Am I just tight?)

Nicki wrote: »

Does anyone have any tried and tested ways of dealing with nails please.

Singing 'this little piggy' with each nail works for us.

Jakesmummy wrote: »

Well you know this morning jakes school offered to have him all day and give him dinner, well after the other month when i tried him on dinners i was really worried he wouldnt eat anything and get upset again, they had steak pie and carrots today, something he has never ate for me so i wasnt hopeful, ...well he ate it all!!! so proud of him! the teacher was chuffed she took some pics, one of him eating and another of him holding the empty plate:A I now feel so much better about him having school dinners with everyone else when he goes to reception and is quite a weight off my mind!

x

Aww, how cute! I bet he's so proud of himself too with the teacher making such a fuss.
I'm sure most children are completely different at home/school. Most days, L comes home from school and tells me what she's had for dinner, and it's usually something that is 'disgusting' at home!

Would that work for you Buttons? When she's on her school trip might she eat her lunch because her friends are?


Someone has taken my baby and left me with a screamy whingey one! I've been upstairs for two hours trying to get her off to sleep!