MSE Parents Club Part 12

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.

Sami_Bee

ooh can we call 23rd a date then? Boo are you a deffo too? I'd love an opportunity to try an SJ cup cake! :drool:

Fitzio

Krystal - the mushrooms will be fine! You can eat them raw anyway, can't you?

I was going to go to Baby Clinic to get Holly weighed, but I can't be bothered moving. We had a nice day indoors yesterday, and I feel like being lazy today too. Have made a pot of bolognese and done loads of things on my "to do" list though so not totally lazy. Really need to find a childminder though - that is my next major task! I have e-mailed 3, but only 1 has replied.

Has GISI been on since her wedding?

And Aless - how is the diet going? I have lost 6lbs in 3 weeks. Not fantastic, but then I have had lots of ice cream Mars Bars and dessert a few times, plus cocktails and burger at TGIs!! Just shows what I could do if I cut those out and did some exercise!

redmel1621

Ooooh the 23rd...I have no appts:j

SugarSpun

Our bed is on its way up :j

You may have noticed a strange blue streak across Germany on the weather forecast :rotfl: Casualties so far, my virgin ears and one light fitting (bashed with a bedpiece).

Krystaltips

There was a knock at my door... I open it... There's a box of Thorntons on my (new) doormat... I stand there slightly bemused and wondering if it's part of a crafty p!key ploy... And my husband appears from around the corner... He took the afternoon off to ease the pressure of the baby....

I ate the chocolates... They were good!

As you were...

aless02

Fitzio - not too bad. I'm down about 6 lbs as well, but I've been even naughtier and have had 2 restaurant meals (1 including some very caloric cocktails!), ice cream, 2 Chinese takeaways and various other sins. However, it has motivated me to get out and do a lot more walking and now I really need to behave because I've prolly pushed my luck to the limit .

tiamai_d

Christophers bump up afternoon went well. Forget who asked, a bump up day is when they go into their new classrooms for the day as a practice for after the summer holidays. The P7's are all away to secondary school this week (in my area) and the primary kids have moved up for the week so they can meet their new teachers.

We now have a book with lots of pictures, all his school friends, teachers, helpers, gym hall, computer areas, school uniform and loads of other people and places.

I feel a bit weird though. Kind of sad because I always thought he would go to main steam, a bit... don't know, I'm sure it will pass.