MSE Parents Club Part 12

tiamai_d

Beenie, complain. What a horrible thing to say!

I forgot to say, Christopher has now had his official acceptance for his new school woohoo! He has a welcome morning next month, then a bump-up day in June where we drop them off for an hour and go and have coffee in the staff room. It's all starting to sink in now, my special wee guy is growing up *sniff*

weezl74

beenie, use her words against them: 'your colleague said that a restraining order against my former partner was necessary, and so I'm sure you will agree that in the interrim that it will take for the courts to have this arranged (circa 13 months) I'm sure it will be your intention to rehouse me, as I know my children's safety is a high priority to you.'

You've got them there, because by their own admission they have said restraint is necessary and therefore they will have failed in their duty of care if they don't take action.

3onitsway

Awww Tia Your baby boy is getting all growed up! Will he have teeny-tiny school uniform when he starts?

Glam :wave: Fritha popped on yesterday with the date for the next meet. Friday 7th May, usual place. Will you still be off work then?
How is the sleeping going - or should I not ask?

Beenie What a bloody idiot! Complain. :mad:

tiamai_d

3, I think it's just asda trousers (size 5-6) and the school polo shirts and jumpers (blue as far as I remember).

He is in for a shock at school though.

workinmummy

Somnium wrote: »

Well Tahlie must have been listening to me last night she slept 11 till 7 without waking

It is so not fair . But :T for Tahlies big sleep.

weezl74 wrote: »

ah those advantages of BF again!

LOL at uterine holocaust!

This one is fierce but I suspect these are the afterpains I've been hearing about! Last night it felt like early labour... eeeeeeeep!:D

I have the "Uterine holocaust" thing, period pain is horrendous, wasn't like this after Joe. And i'm on the pill. It ss quite unbearable for a few days, but seems to stop when the bleeding starts. Should really bite the bullet and go discuss other forms of contraception, but really don't want to be changing to anything that will cause weight gain or long term bleeding. And apparently at "my age" i should be looking at alternatives to the pill, so said the nurse practitioner. Since when did 36 become so :eek: old.

Oh and congrats to V for walking.

weezl74

workinmummy wrote: »

And apparently at "my age" i should be looking at alternatives to the pill, so said the nurse practitioner. Since when did 36 become so :eek: old.

Oh and congrats to V for walking.

meh! 36 is the new 21 dontcha know;) I am finding baby number 2 to be quite enough of a contraceptive WM

also agre re congrats to V. Dear V please come to Cardiff and teach fergie while me and your mummy have a nice chat

workinmummy

On the MSE front, I have an email from MAM, 25% discount until end April.
Can I post the code? Not sure, pm if you want it.
Oh and says all soothers are now BPA free.
Discount not available on the bibetta bibs.

workinmummy

weezl74 wrote: »

meh! 36 is the new 21 dontcha know;) I am finding baby number 2 to be quite enough of a contraceptive WM

Quite agree Weezl, have no idea where some of you get your libidos from. My Mojo has well and truely packed its bags and gone on holiday.

Also OH's crappy, unthoughtful and selfish behaviour acts as a fab contraception too.

3onitsway

weezl74 wrote: »

also agre re congrats to V. Dear V please come to Cardiff and teach fergie while me and your mummy have a nice chat

Aw, that would be lovely. Can we have cake too? Why does Cardiff have to be so far away?

How is the gorgeous Fergie? Is he the perfect big brother?



WM My mojo is here, as is OH's, they're just on different time zones!
Our Dr told me that after 35 you should be looking at other forms of contraception. So now we make sure one of us always has one foot on the floor! :rotfl:

weezl74

susan, I've been sat here mulling about you whilst doing a feed

Some thoughts about pregnancy number 2.

perhaps try living/imagining 'as if' it's already here and you are already PG and needing 15 hrs sleep per day. (obviously I hope it won't be like that, but maybe planning for the worst means everything else is a bonus )

I'll put an example of what we did in brackets to make it make more sense!

What extra resources do you need? (naps, extra food, babysitting so you can nap, a cleaner once a week while you are heavily PG?)
What do you need Alice to be aware of/do/cope with? (encouraging fergie to use sippy cup would have been a good one here!) edit: Alice sounds like a very thoughtful understanding little girl, I wonder what she'd say if you asked her what things she could do while mummy lies down (ie not asleep but just quietly on the sofa)
What tasks that you do now can you let go of/compromise on/delegate? (we let go of the idea of using reusable nappies while I was exhausted, also when fergie was little we bought bread rather than made it, can you maybe get flour milled already from somewhere?)
What approximate timeline will the PG have and what does that mean about DH's working patterns etc...? (ie if he is still going to be doing his extra christmas work, what will that mean your day will look like then, assuming you'll be 7 months PG then...)
what extra people resources do you have? (I know you probably don't want your mum's involvement, but is there anyone from church you trust who could maybe have Alice for a couple of afternoons a week? If you don't like to ask a favour, could it be a skills swap? DH sorts her garden out this summer, so that next spring she has Alice while you sleep?)
what things can you do now to give yourself maximum help later? ( I filled both freezers with meals, stockpiled dried goods and decluttered every conceivable cupboard I could think of, also automated as many financial tasks I could think of.)

Not sure if any of the above is useful, but I offer it all with love