MSE Parents Club Part 12

SugarSpun

Sami I'd say nothing about it in the FB but hammer them in the "speed of dispatch" box I'd also leave feedback like "Received, thanks".

gill_81uk

redstararnie76 wrote: »

Sami - I agree. In those circumstances, I would probably keep the doors locked until I was sure it was genuine, but I like to think that I would ask if they need an ambulance called.

I had a similar experience (to the original stories, not what i've actually quoted lol) a year or so ago on my way to work. I saw a bike lying on a path with a person lying on the floor next to it. I was on the other side of a busyish road (steady flow of traffic) and saw that noone had stopped. I turned round at the roundabout and a man had stopped by then. Turned out it was a young 11 year old girl on her way to school. She was ok but very shocked and upset with badly cut knees. She lived relatively near by so I took her in my car and the man took her bike. He said he was so relieved i stopped too coz he couldnt have comfortably took a young girl in his car. No idea how long she'd been there before we stopped but someone must have seen her fall and hundreds of cars must have driven past :mad:

I missed one day and it's taken me ages to catch up!

Hiya redstar. good to see you on here :beer: How's your DD getting on with Freddie? Is he letting his poor mummy get a bit more sleep?

MFD - what a bloody pillock that bloke is! I dread the thought of going back to work and would be devastated if someone implied i wasnt a proper mum when i do!

had a lovely day in northampton with my sis yesterday. She loved playing with her nephew and pushing him round in his pram. We didnt get home until 11.40 tho :eek: we usually get back for 9.30 which i thought was bad enough and couldnt believe it when we didnt leave till 9. dont know where the time went!
Hoped we could transfer a sleeping T from carseat to basket...no chance! He woke up crying so ended up changing and feeding him, then indulged him by letting him suck my little finger till he fell asleep lol. he let me lie in until 9.30 today tho (with a feed at 6am) :beer:

my mil is lovely but a bit mad at times and says some really silly things. T is the spit of his dad, looking at DH's baby pics u'd think it was same child! I love that he looks like DH but it drives me mad when she says "can you see anything from you in him Gill?"!! Then when i point out what he has got from me (same shape feet, big feet lol, long arms and legs) she tries to say their from her! urm excuse me but she's average height with normal arms and legs where i'm 5ft 7 and really struggle buying jackets etc coz arms are always too short.

She really peed me off last fri tho coz T had a bit of wind and she was belting his back. then he was a bit sniffly and she was asking where he could possibly have caught a cold from (several times!) I'm not housebound and had a cold myself earlier in wk!

DH's bro then asked could it be hayfever coz his was bad that day. i said it was a possibility and she asked could he have caught it (hayfever!!!) through my breast milk!!! I politely explained that it could be herediteryb as DH and i both have it but u cant possibly get it from breast milk grrrrrrr

i'm going to breast feeding group now so back later

Krystaltips

Sami_Bee wrote: »

I think its just general fads Angela, Chris used to eat fish pie or just mash until I thought it might start coming out if his ears but now he won't touch it.
I had a phase of about 5years where I refused to eat any fish bar fish fingers - kids ay!

Krystal do you think it was her going to school that helped with eating? I'm hoping peer pressure with work on Chris when he starts nursery, he used to eat alsorts for the CM because everyone else was *rolleyes*

I don't think so... When she was in reception she really wanted school dinners so I let her have them for a time... She was coming out of school starving and miserable and when I asked her what she'd had for lunch it would be things like "there was potato and chicken things but I didn't like the chicken so I just ate the potato..." and 1 day she had pasta, decided she didn't like it so all she had all day was an apple... I paid £1.80 for her to eat an apple...

I put her back on packed lunches after that... Although now she's better, she has had school dinners for the last couple of weeks because she wants to be like her friend... She seems to eat them now...

I think it's an age thing... I also think perseverence helps... I have *always* given Aimee the same food as I am having, and I've never let her leave it without trying at least 1 bite... When she was smaller, if she'd left her tea I would let her have a piece of fruit before bed rather than go down hungry, but now she's bigger that's it... She doesn't eat her tea, she doesn't get anything else... Her friend that often comes to play is hideously picky, but her Mum has taken the path of "there's no point giving it to her because she won't eat it..." I think that's a slippy slope to yellow food...

My_Fathers_Daughter

gill_81uk wrote: »

my mil is lovely but a bit mad at times and says some really silly things. T is the spit of his dad, looking at DH's baby pics u'd think it was same child! I love that he looks like DH but it drives me mad when she says "can you see anything from you in him Gill?"!! Then when i point out what he has got from me (same shape feet, big feet lol, long arms and legs) she tries to say their from her! urm excuse me but she's average height with normal arms and legs where i'm 5ft 7 and really struggle buying jackets etc coz arms are always too short.

This would make my blood boil :mad:

I have all sorts of angry retorts about carrying him and giving birth to him rolling round in my head but my fingers are too angry to type them.

SugarSpun

Gill I would poke her with a stick.

MFD, play your turn, I have to go out again soon

Oh, and I meant to tell you all a funny story. Molly has taken to blowing raspberries whenever anyone does one at her. This morning, we were all in the bed together. I was vaguely awake, Molly was just stirring and Husband was asleep. He farted and Molly bounced up to sitting upright and went *raspberry* :rotfl::rotfl:

Glamazon

Afternoon!

Out at a practice but the systems down *rollseyes*

Sami - When I had my appendix out we didn't dispatch in our usual 3 days so just messaged everyone to explain why and that we would send 1st Class instead of 2nd. If you paid for 2nd Class and they posted it 1st Class then I guess they think it's OK.

Krystal - will C go back off if you bring her in bed with you? Last 2 mornings J's been wide awake after his 4am bottle but fell straight back to sleep when in with us. He does get a rather sweaty head though when he's in our bed!

Sami_Bee

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Benjamin loves those little scotch pancakes that you buy in the supermarket but he doesn't get them for breakfast - we use them as a dessert or a sweet snack that isn't messy!!

DSS gets nutella on toast at home because the advert says it is good for kids *rolleyes*

OMG seriously?! I hate that advert and have fleetingly thought about complaining about it, has she not read the ingredients?!

Krystaltips wrote: »

I don't think so... When she was in reception she really wanted school dinners so I let her have them for a time... She was coming out of school starving and miserable and when I asked her what she'd had for lunch it would be things like "there was potato and chicken things but I didn't like the chicken so I just ate the potato..." and 1 day she had pasta, decided she didn't like it so all she had all day was an apple... I paid £1.80 for her to eat an apple...

I put her back on packed lunches after that... Although now she's better, she has had school dinners for the last couple of weeks because she wants to be like her friend... She seems to eat them now...

I think it's an age thing... I also think perseverence helps... I have *always* given Aimee the same food as I am having, and I've never let her leave it without trying at least 1 bite... When she was smaller, if she'd left her tea I would let her have a piece of fruit before bed rather than go down hungry, but now she's bigger that's it... She doesn't eat her tea, she doesn't get anything else... Her friend that often comes to play is hideously picky, but her Mum has taken the path of "there's no point giving it to her because she won't eat it..." I think that's a slippy slope to yellow food...

Well I do always make him at least lick what is there :rotfl:he's such a stubborn thing and its the most I can do whilst still avoiding force feeding him :eek: I always give him what we're having and encourage him to try and eat it and when he eats lots he gets lots of praise

SusanC_2

Sami_Bee wrote: »

hmm, how do I word feedback for a seller that stated on the invoice "Once we have recieved clear payment your item will be dispatched within 3 working days and delivered within a further 4-5 working days"
I paid within mins of BIN on 16th and it arrived today its got 1st class postage so they have taken 5 or 6 working days to post it assuming the don't work saturdays

Don't know what time of day you paid but if it was after hours that would count as paying on 17th. With the weekend, three working days would take you till 22nd (Tuesday). Unless it has a postmark or something to indicate what date it was posted, I don't think you can assume they sent it later than that date as three days for something to arrive first class isn't totally out of the ordinary.

If they have definitely sent it later than they said, I would first of all send them a message about it and see how they respond before deciding what to put. I'd probably fit in something along the lines of "poor communication about delay in posting" as part of it regardless of response.

Glamazon

Gill - MIL spent the first few months telling us how much Jack was 'just like BIL' :eek:

Barrel Chest like BIL
Sleeps like BIL
Smilies like BIL

Didn't acknowledge he is blond like OH was when he was born, has my nose and hair line (:cool:), has OH's toes (poor sod, ingrowing toenails ) oh and looks like both of us.

In the end I told her that OH was getting upset that she was doing it and he was thinking me and BIL had had an affair. That soon shut her up

Krystaltips

I tried her this morning Glam, she kept lolling on me or hubby but would then sit up and start to poke at us, or pull my hair whilst chatting very loudly, and then she started trying to shuffle off the end of the bed to go and play...