MSE Parents Club Part 12

3onitsway

Newmaz Great news all round for you! :T

Commute - my work was only around 9 miles away, no motorway. If I left at 8am, i'd get there in 10 minutes, but if I left at 9am it'd take me over half an hour.

Mum has worked in the same school for 30 years, less than two miles away from her home. The school is relocating over the summer to a new site about 5 miles away from her home and she's getting really stressy/upset about having to travel so far! :rotfl:

We've been up to A&E. We've never been before, we're a healthy bunch her you know! It was very nice. It has a seperate childrens A&E section and there were only two other children there. She had an xray, and it all looks ok, just some soft tissue/tendon damage. She's happy she's got a sling!, and has to keep taking paracetamol for a few days. Oh, and she's not so happy about no gymnastics for a week or two.

SusanC_2

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Can I ask the ones with older babies - at what point would you start buying baby their own meal when you go out to eat?

At the moment if we go out for lunch I take Benjamin a sandwich which he eats whilst we wait and then he eats some of ours when it comes. There is no reason why he couldn't eat a kids meal...just that he wouldn't eat much of it. We are going out for dinner at CP's (at 6pm LOL) and I wondered if I would be expected to buy him a meal.

We generally get a side dish or a starter to come with the main meal and then swap the food around to make it into a sensible meal. We used to just ask for an extra plate until she started eating enough that we felt short changed by her eating part of our food.

My_Fathers_Daughter

SugarSpun wrote: »

MFD why not buy a side dish for him if they have mixed veg or something similar?

I am happy to buy him a meal if that is 'appropriate' - I am just a little unsure of when it becomes 'appropriate'!!

And I wonder what DSS will think when baby brother is eating the same meal as him?


Edit - glad L is 'okay' 3 x

boogellyboo

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

What we used to do with Benjamin was to sit him at the table with us when we were eating and give him a whole peeled carrot to suck on. No danger of him eating any (and mostly he just had a suck and then waved it at us) but it gave him a taste for something other than milk and, more importantly, got him involved in mealtimes and sitting at the table.

This is what we did, started off sitting Isla in the highchair at meal times so she can watch us eat and gave her carrot sticks or later on sliced peppers which she loves. Then when it came to her having food on the tray that she can actually eat she's done really well.

SugarSpun wrote: »

!!!!!!?!

Someone just messaged me about a dress I'm selling "is it a big 8 or a smlle 8?"

It's a 6. It says so in the TITLE.

These are the idiots that make me hate ebay! It doesn't help that I have a house full of junk I need to sell before we can think about moving!

Hello by the way!

Well done Evie :T Clever girly and I agree, a lovely name which was on our shortlist too. Maz there may be some useful info on folksy about craft fairs/selling etc.

Wee James has started his milk feeds today :j 1/2 ml an hour so all good progress

And in my own exciting news which I know only you lot will understand, Isla's last two feeds have been without nipple shields! :rotfl: It's taken me 6 months to get here and she still refuses from my left side without it but fingers crossed the right side's doing ok! I know it's a really daft thing to be excited about but I've come to detest my mexican nipple hats and it's lovely to feel her close when she's feeding. Do you see why it's not exactly something I can post on my fb?!

Hope everyone's well and babies are behaving x x

cazscoob

good news 3! at least its not a break as she wouldnt be able to go to gymnastics for a lot longer lol!

Hammy how is the new milk??? hope you have found something that works for you!

Erin is away with the CM its very strange without her, it was only meant for an hour but she is keeping her for 2 so she can get to know her and then i can take Abi for her preschool jags (eeekkk!!!)

SugarSpun

More wonderful news Boo

I'm glad Isla is feeding direct from you, and :j:j:j for baby James!

What do nipple shields actually do? I think we were very lucky in that we just mashed Molly's face into the boob and she latched on right away, I don't know much about the stuff that can go wrong.

tiamai_d

MFD, some places do mini-kids meals for Benjamin's age. Or I just ask for a side plate. Think it was closer to 2-3 before they got their own meal to be honest. Till then they didn't eat enough.

got-it-spend-it

:TYay Boo, I would be excited about that too!

Glad Liv is okay, 3. Better to get it checked out than worry about it for days.

Where are you eating at CP, MFD? I think if I was going to Strada or somewhere I would probably just get an side of garlic bread or something and share some of my mains, but if it was somewhere more pubby I would probably get him a children's meal ( but I am gutsy and would love to finish off a kids meal as well as my own food).


In news here, H had his first ever taste of formula last night. I wanted to see if he would take it, so while I was at SW I got OH to feed him and put him to bed. He drank 8oz and slept through 7-5:30 which he hasn't done for absolutely ages. Not sure if it was the formula or the fact that it was cooler and he was back in his sleeping bag :cool:.

My_Fathers_Daughter

boogellyboo wrote: »

And in my own exciting news which I know only you lot will understand, Isla's last two feeds have been without nipple shields! :rotfl: It's taken me 6 months to get here and she still refuses from my left side without it but fingers crossed the right side's doing ok! I know it's a really daft thing to be excited about but I've come to detest my mexican nipple hats and it's lovely to feel her close when she's feeding. Do you see why it's not exactly something I can post on my fb?!

That is fantastic news Boo :T:T:T

Well done Isla

tiamai_d

Good news that there is no break, 3. What happened, I missed it, sorry.

Great news about wee James Boo and the freeing of your nipples! lol!