MSE Parents Club Part 12

Sarah_Joanne

SeptemberBaby wrote: »

SJ, sorry for not replying last night. DH and I started watching the first 2 episodes Father & Son and it was really good! Thanks for posting the SJ pics but I can't remember which one it was. Why do they always have to meddle when its not necessary?!?

xx

That's ok. I know it's very annoying isn't it?! M&S used to do the BEST bacon crisp things, not quite crisps, not quite like frazzles, but oh so good, then they swapped them for a not very nice alternative. This was about 10 years ago and I'm still upset about it!

workinmummy wrote: »

What like a nice night in a boutique hotel, all by myself. Where i have complete control of the remote control and the bed covers, plus a full nights sleep. Oh what heaven that would be.

SB - on Las Vegas but a big Yay for New York. Would love to go there.

You forgot the spa!

Sami_Bee

3 - things sound nicely positive, any idea why his behaviour has changed? hormones?

I need to decide what outfits to put the boys in for their photo, its too hard to make them not match but not clash

tarajayne

I've just renewed over the phone, got a small amount this year but anything helps, I always renew just in case.

Sami, how about different shades of the same colour?

Krystaltips

Afternoon folks...

Excuse my still pyjama'd appearance... My little madame was up for hours in the night... So far she's cut 9 teeth with barley a murmer but her poor little gums are currently bulging with another 3 and they must be so sore she was dosed up on ibuprofen and ambesol before bed last night and I gave in trying to calm her at 4am, gave her some calpol and left her to it... It was still past 5am before she settled again and she was up by 7:30 as normal it's nights like these that worry me about her going into Aimee's room... I know she's got to go in there eventually, but the thought of having both of them up all night scares me... Aimee's bad enough with her sleeping....

And today my little madame has been nothing but trouble... I've had to move Aimee's poang and the high chair because of her climbing on them, everytime I fetch her down she throws herself on the floor in tantrum, when she's not tantruming she's hanging onto me and crying... She's emptied 2 cupboards in the kitchen and just soaked herself with the cats water... I haven't had time to get dressed but I have managed to get a batch of spaghetti sauce on the go... (I forgot about the mushrooms at the frying stage but chucked them in on top of the completed sauce, someone tell me they'll be fine by the time it's simmered a while... Please!) and I should be getting ready to go to the breastfeeding group right about now but I'm not sure I can be bothered...

3onitsway

Sami_Bee wrote: »

3 - things sound nicely positive, any idea why his behaviour has changed? hormones?

Don't know really - i think the obvious is teenage hormones? But he's been bad at school for most of this year (i think they only tell me half of it!), and its spread to home now.

Hopefully it's one of J's things, which normally only last a few months, then disappear to make way for a different bizarre behaviour!


Have you got similar colour but different style outfits for the boys?

Sami_Bee

well I hope J improves/moves on soon 3

I wasn't really after help, was just whinging lol Its all the stupid weather's fault! if it was nice I'd put Ed in his lovely roo dungas and Chris in shorts n tee but it's crappy windy rainy, might put them in the outfits they wore for the christening but they need ironing

Sarah_Joanne

Krystal the mushrooms will be fine!

Sami how about jeans and one with a red top one with a blue top? I can also do sling meet on 23rd if you and Boo can make it? I am also happy to bring cupcakes if I don't have to sing!!

pigpen

3onitsway wrote: »

Can you lovely expert shopping ladies help me.
I've got a cream/white dress I want to wear for OH's passing out day in July. It's nice material, not see through, but shows any lumps and bumps. I'm looking for a nude coloured, plain, smooth all-in-one for under it - but can only find particularly unattractive ones with long shorts style bottoms. Ideally i'd like it with bra style top half and normal cut knickers bottom half. Help!

The ones with shorts legs are so much better.. stops the bulge at the top of the thighs..

3onitsway wrote: »

While on on undies - has anyone got spanx? Are they as good as they're meant to be? I've got some not-real-spanx, but they roll down making you look even lumpier!

oH's sis swears by them

3onitsway wrote: »

Don't know really - i think the obvious is teenage hormones? But he's been bad at school for most of this year (i think they only tell me half of it!), and its spread to home now.

Hopefully it's one of J's things, which normally only last a few months, then disappear to make way for a different bizarre behaviour!

Have you got similar colour but different style outfits for the boys?

late year 8 going on Year 9 by any chance???

Year 9 are notorious for being gits... they get better once they hit year 10.

I find withdrawal of recreational benefits helps.. consoles, phones, social activities...

A friend of mine was told to 'ground' hers for 5 minutes.. they have to sit on a chair in the kitchen with no tv/phone anything.. noone is allowed to speak to them or acknowledge them.. and they have to sit there in silence for 5 whole minutes.. if they screech and talk and fidget about the 5 minutes starts again.. Hers ended up sitting there almost an hour the first time before getting the hint and shutting up..

SugarSpun

That's a brilliant teenager training trick pigpen *files away* Also agreed on the suck-you-in pants with legs, although my thighs are a bit bigger than I'd like so I have to get the super long ones or have a mid-thigh bulge.

Elasti, that's a lovely dress - maybe try the Special K diet and drink water in between times?

Well done Becles and :j WM!

Have we heard about the health of the various OHs?

3onitsway

Sami_Bee wrote: »

might put them in the outfits they wore for the christening but they need ironing

Well get the iron out you lazy mare!

Sarah_Joanne wrote: »

I can also do sling meet on 23rd if you and Boo can make it? I am also happy to bring cupcakes if I don't have to sing!!

I can do 23rd too I think, especially if there is cake.

pigpen wrote: »

The ones with shorts legs are so much better.. stops the bulge at the top of the thighs..

I haven't got bulgey thighs thank you very much! (just bulgey everything else). :rotfl:

Year 9 are notorious for being gits... they get better once they hit year 10.

I find withdrawal of recreational benefits helps.. consoles, phones, social activities...

A friend of mine was told to 'ground' hers for 5 minutes.. they have to sit on a chair in the kitchen with no tv/phone anything.. noone is allowed to speak to them or acknowledge them.. and they have to sit there in silence for 5 whole minutes.. if they screech and talk and fidget about the 5 minutes starts again.. Hers ended up sitting there almost an hour the first time before getting the hint and shutting up..

Yes, he's year 9, almost year 10. And has probably been going down hill since starting year 9, getting worse the day after his 13th birthday in May!

He doesn't do consoles/phones, anything electrical is destroyed in a matter of minutes. His favorite things at the moment are his elastic bands. I could confiscate his favorite one, but he has them stashed all over the house so he can easily replace it.

The worst thing he's doing at the moment is kicking and banging things. He smashed two door windows in mums last week - I think the noise of breaking glass excited him after the first one, so he went and did another.

His morning obsessive behaviour at the moment is lightly banging the microwave 9 times then walloping it once, kicking the dishwasher, kicking the front door, banging the wheely bins, kicking the gate ........ after all that he's happy to get on the school bus calmly!

I need a way to get him out of this ritual, and find him a new, quieter, gentler ritual.