MSE Parents Club Part 12

BrunoM

SusanC wrote: »

London slingy people: do you know of any sling meets in the next month or where I could find out about them?

Afraid I don't Susan, but London?? :eek:

BrunoM

Ah although I can point at http://www.slingmeet.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=3

3onitsway

redmel1621 wrote: »

Does anyone else think that boys clothes get awfully expensive as they get older...when they are little it is easier to get away with cheaper clothes but once they get to a certain size the really cheap stuff looks awful on them, maybe because you see so much of it iygwim.... If anyone has seen any codes about fo online stores I would love if you could point me in the right direction;)

It gets worse Mel. Very few places do over 10/11 yo for boys. Asda, Tesco and Primark have a very small number of items in age 13 which are now too small for my J, but small mens are too big for him.

Unless you go to sports shops for trackies etc which [STRIKE]we[/STRIKE] I don't like.

And shoes :mad: He's in a 6 now, bigger than me! :eek: Boys shoes go up to a 4 (sometimes a 5), and mens shoes start at a 7 or 8. **confused smiley**.

I got him some trainers a couple of weeks ago, £20 more for a size 6 than the same ones in a size 5. :mad:

Somnium

Well have been reading but not much has sucken in!

Love the pics of littlies, all v cute

EA - wow at the hair!

SS - woohoo at bed finally getting to you.

Boo - love the red and White tutu idea

elasti - yeay for H that's fab news.

Those 50 stylie dresses are awesome!

Went to postnatel group earlier was about safety (common sense!) and playing and toys, some great ideas of things to play with and all tres mse . Bagged a swim seat on eBay but lost out on a lovely green Amber teething necklace oh well will have to look at another.

Sarah_Joanne

SB how long ago were you on holiday?

My_Fathers_Daughter

angelfairy wrote: »

my LO has been sick again, she seems to get a cough that catches and then that's it. she will be sick. runny nose as well. she also has white spots on her cheek. i am wondering about hayfever but typically am not sure

I'd take her to the doctor and get her checked out. No point in her suffering if something could be done.



Mel - I missed your post earlier but I was raging about the lack of boys clothes in the supermarkets ATM. Literally aisles of girls stuff and then half an aisle for the boys stuff :mad:

My babba still needs a waterproof jacket.

elastigirl

Sorry bit of a rant here. It may get confusing but I am confused. Please feel free to skip.

Harry's christening is a bit like the white elephant in the room. We keep trying to talk about it but are getting no where and keep going around in circles.
First off we can't find a date all the family can do and there really aren’t much of us in the way of family but each month so far has been rules out.
The church only does them every 3rd Sunday of the month so it's tricky. We really wanted it this month but mil and fil are away the whole month. Church can't do July, Aug it's my bros wedding weekend and they will be going on hoonymoon on the sun so it's looking like sept at the earliest.

The next problem is godparent. At the time ds1 was christened we believed we had picked the best god parents (both my brothers and their wives) however some years down the line and one set have split up and we have no contact with one godmother and to be honest we don’t have much to do with the other set, although they have there own children they are not really bothered about their own nephew and god child. They lean towards my sister in laws family and have a lot to do with their nieces and nephews on that side.

I would like my older brother and his wife to be or wife if christened after Aug but I would be tempted not to ask my other brother. But I would feel awful as it is like picking my older brother over him and we do get one really well. If I had both brothers I would have to have both wives I couldn’t leave one out it would look odd/ bad and may cause ill feelings. As she is ds1 god mother but wouldn't be ds2.
Sister in law would have the hump for sure. I don’t know what to do. I haven’t discussed this with mum but I know what her views would be she would want both as godparents. There was hell to pay when bro2 didn’t ask bro1 to be best man and she def put pressure on for him to ask him when his best man moved away an didn’t come to the wedding.

Hubby has said we should ask his bro and wife this time and really is keen for some reason. I think so it’s not just my family that does stuff but I am not sure if mil has been whispering in his ear about it because I really can’t believe he would even think about asking them.
We don’t get on at all, hubby never has got on with his bro since they were kids but they hide it from their mother well. They live 250 miles away and the last time we saw them was the week before Xmas over 6 months ago. We don’t agree with the way they bring up their 3 children.
All are strict vegetarians. Nothing wrong with that but I don’t believe they should force the children when they are crying saying they want to be normal and have chicken nuggets like there friends.
Also they believe that children should be seen but not heard. Their children are almost like robots with no personalities and they just don’t know how to handle our ds1 who is a real boy who is lively and loud! And sister in law just calls him naughty and tells him off which I can’t stand!. None of their children are christened and they didn’t get married in a church so they don’t believe in church either.

I tell you i should just ask my best friend as i see her every day and is so involved with both our boys but i know that would cause problems also

Argh! We will end up fighting about it soon if we can’t work out a solution. It has has already been getting heated.

aless02

susan, i only know ones in south/south east london - there's one every 2 wks generally and always near a train station. What part of london and maybe i can get u more info?

redmel1621

3onitsway wrote: »

It gets worse Mel. Very few places do over 10/11 yo for boys. Asda, Tesco and Primark have a very small number of items in age 13 which are now too small for my J, but small mens are too big for him.

Unless you go to sports shops for trackies etc which [STRIKE]we[/STRIKE] I don't like.

And shoes :mad: He's in a 6 now, bigger than me! :eek: Boys shoes go up to a 4 (sometimes a 5), and mens shoes start at a 7 or 8. **confused smiley**.

I got him some trainers a couple of weeks ago, £20 more for a size 6 than the same ones in a size 5. :mad:

How bizzarre about the shoe sizing and costs!! I suppose I will be finding that out very soon... I don't like 'trackies' either, I do sometimes get sports named jackets but they have to be like jogging top sorts, not the horrible chavy type;)

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Mel - I missed your post earlier but I was raging about the lack of boys clothes in the supermarkets ATM. Literally aisles of girls stuff and then half an aisle for the boys stuff :mad:

My babba still needs a waterproof jacket.

It is so frustrating isn't it...Next did use to do some really lovely boys clothes but I haven't even found much in their lately.....it is always worse in summer finding boys clothes because girls clothes are so much prettier and eye catching, therefore they fill the place with it.

In fact I had cross words with my mum not so long ago because she remarked that she hopes baby does come out a girl so she can buy pretty dresses, that's why she doesn't treat the boys because in her words 'the boys clothes are boring' I was fuming I told her that i'm sure the boys didn't think that their clothes were boring, and if she thinks that this baby is getting spoilt she can think again...all my kids will be treated equally, and if mountains of 'pretty girly' clothes keep turning up they will be eBayed as fast as they arrived:o

SeptemberBaby_2

Sarah_Joanne wrote: »

SB how long ago were you on holiday?

Only in May. I'm guessing it must be the new one (or maybe not if they had it a while!).

xx