MSE Parents Club Part 13

jillie1974

glad Alfie enjoyed the party

your cake was amazing

fattybooboo

Hello!!

SJ Loving the sound of the hungry caterpillar themed party bags. Think I have seen that stuff in waitrose, love it!!

GISI Yay for Henry crawling, that's ace!! Thank u also as the fairies came a knocking today, I will deffo make good use of the rice, some of my fruit purrees are so runny they need bulking up and I also hope the rice mixed in might fill T up and then make him sleep better

Well I have had a very MSE morning at a car boot, I got:

Their Nibs Aeroplane Zip Up Hoody, BNWT, £3
M&S Cloth book, well nice, 50p
Spot the dog board book 50p
Hungry Caterpillar book 50p
Wooden playpen and wooden snail rocker thing £9 for both
Gap cargo trousers, like new, 20p!! They are for my new nephew
Annabel Karmel Meal Planner 50p, also for new nephews mum
4 x clothes for T for £1

Can you tell I was loving it today!! :T

pigpen

glam.. don't get calamine!! it makes it itchier!!!

tiamai_d

Glam, add some bonjella teething gel to your list for any pox on his winky

Looking at teh Next sale, the maternity stuff is nicer. Think anyone would know if I got maternity leggings? I have a fat enough belly anyway! lol

jillie1974

tiamai_d wrote: »

Glam, add some bonjella teething gel to your list for any pox on his winky

Looking at teh Next sale, the maternity stuff is nicer. Think anyone would know if I got maternity leggings? I have a fat enough belly anyway! lol

i still wear my maternity leggings as they are soooo comfy

Glamazon

great just got calamine!
Pigpen - what do u suggest?

I have bonjela thanks Tia

So far just on his bum, under arms and tops of legs oh and one on his face & yes he did catch it in creche. No creche til theyve all scabbed over so no work for me & OH gonna take it in turns.

went to next and got 2 lovely work dresses @ £15 each. :money:

tiamai_d

Glam, baths. If you have porridge oats, put some in a bag of some sort and run it under the water. I found the best thing for the boys (few years ago) was piriton, baths (no bubbles or soap) and let them be. I had to use bonjella and then the pharmacist gave me gel. They both got them on their penises, DS2 had them around the nappy rub lines (you know where the nappy rubs the skin), DS1 couldn't pee without screaming at one point. Why I think it's better them getting it when young, they wont remember.

pigpen

Glamazon wrote: »

great just got calamine!
Pigpen - what do u suggest?

I have bonjela thanks Tia

So far just on his bum, under arms and tops of legs oh and one on his face & yes he did catch it in creche. No creche til theyve all scabbed over so no work for me & OH gonna take it in turns.

Piriton.. if he is over 6 months.. failing that medised instead of calpol.. it has antihistamine which calpol doesn't.

Cool baths.. run a bath of oats under the running tap to make the water oaty.. and a bit of bicarb helps too.. in the bath!

Calamine only works while it is wet.. once it dries it makes the spots super itchy.. you may as well dab on water/sponge down it works just as well!.. I let mine be nakedish just so the skin was cooler than usual.. they are itchier if they are warm.

Getting them young means they scar less and they are much less likely to be actually ill with them and secondary infections are much less common. Getting them as an adult is terrible.. my uncle was ill for about a month and ended up in hospital!!

ladybirdintheuk

phew - we've had a busy day, and I've been spring cleaning pretty much since I got in (well, except for a 5 min sit down, and a 10 min feed!)

There was a street party in town, so we went to that, and have also got new shoes for Izzy, and a few bits for me in the next sale (£28 on a pair of trousers, a top and some leggings... now to try it all on and check it all fits and I don't hate it!) One of the stalls at the street party was a "fishing ducks out of a paddling pool to win prizes" thing, and I won a free venture photo shoot, and enough free money to spend to get one and a half pictures. I'm sure they will try the hard sell and try to get us to upgrade/buy more than one, but we will have to go in with our stubborn heads on. Tbh I don't mind paying a little bit extra, but I don't really want to pay the extra £45 it will be to get an extra picture. DH thinks we might be able to put the extra towards a disk with all the pictures on, but i'm pretty sure venture don't let you do that? We will find out anyway.

Everyone else having a good saturday.

Ow to chickenpox on winkies!

Glamazon

tiamai_d wrote: »

Glam, baths. If you have porridge oats, put some in a bag of some sort and run it under the water. I found the best thing for the boys (few years ago) was piriton, baths (no bubbles or soap) and let them be. I had to use bonjella and then the pharmacist gave me gel. They both got them on their penises, DS2 had them around the nappy rub lines (you know where the nappy rubs the skin), DS1 couldn't pee without screaming at one point. Why I think it's better them getting it when young, they wont remember.

pigpen wrote: »

Piriton.. if he is over 6 months.. failing that medised instead of calpol.. it has antihistamine which calpol doesn't.

Cool baths.. run a bath of oats under the running tap to make the water oaty.. and a bit of bicarb helps too.. in the bath!

Calamine only works while it is wet.. once it dries it makes the spots super itchy.. you may as well dab on water/sponge down it works just as well!.. I let mine be nakedish just so the skin was cooler than usual.. they are itchier if they are warm.

Getting them young means they scar less and they are much less likely to be actually ill with them and secondary infections are much less common. Getting them as an adult is terrible.. my uncle was ill for about a month and ended up in hospital!!

The nurse I spoke to from out of hours said 'Oh he's too young for antihistamine' but the GP prescribed it for him the other week even though its not licensed for under 1's so I'll give him that.

He has them on the nappy rub line, thats where they are most prominent and are spreading up his bum now Hoping he doesn't get any on his winky. He's asleep now after some paracetamol, he is so whingey its awful.

I must cut his nails when he wakes up and cut mine as well so I don't catch him, I remembered the oaty bath thing from when Hammy posted about David. I hope he's feeling better.

Lady - I 'won' a Venture photography session but read a few threads on it and won't be taking them up on it :cool: