MSE Parents Club Part 13

gill_81uk

If Beenie's about the fairies arrived today. It was a real bag of goodies so huuuuge thanks

How do I join the fairy exchange group? Does someone need to invite me?

I still have a very out of sorts baby I've given him teething gel and calpol and going to go for a walk in bit to see if that helps.

Evansangel

I think you request to join and pm the admin with your real name or mse name

gill_81uk

Evansangel wrote: »

I think you request to join and pm the admin with your real name or mse name

Just been searching and searching for the join link but it turns out I'm a member :rotfl:

How did that happen???

JAM1376

While C is asleep and I have a minute - how old were your LO's when they went onto one daytime nap? C seems to have stopped the morning and afternoon one and these last few days has a 1.5 hour or 2 hour nap right over dinnertime ie now. She always looks shattered though so it bothers me (along with the wakeful nights). Does it sound about the right age for just one nap?

xxx

JAM1376

And while I'm just waiting for her to wake....



Wish she had on a better outfit - and she needs a hair cut :rotfl:

Sorry its a bit big xxx

ETA Rambling to myself now cos everyone has naffed off bored of me lol Prob broke the thread........xxx

newmoneysaver_2

I'm here, although I shouldn't be.

Love the pic and what a fab swing. Liam loves his swing - he now stands at the french doors pointing at it. Oh, and we're lucky if Liam has a sleep- but 1 longish sleep seems about right.

Gill - I was going to say your already a member, but I see you have spotted that. Kindof has also offered some teats to Mel, so I'll pop mine in with your nappies

Glamazon

JAM1376 wrote: »

While C is asleep and I have a minute - how old were your LO's when they went onto one daytime nap? C seems to have stopped the morning and afternoon one and these last few days has a 1.5 hour or 2 hour nap right over dinnertime ie now. She always looks shattered though so it bothers me (along with the wakeful nights). Does it sound about the right age for just one nap?

xxx

Jack still has 2 naps, 9.30am for an hour and then 12.30pm for 1-2hrs. Has started to be 1hr more than 2hrs recently.

Super cute picture BTW!

MOTM - I don't do energy drinks so I'm OK. OH said last night that he would get up with Jack tonight and Saturday night so I could have a drink and get some sleep BUT he could have just been saying that so he could get his leg over
I MUST START GOING TO BED EARLIER - I blame Big Bro!!

This office sucks! I'm used to having a bit of a laugh while I'm in work but I'm in a huge office of about 100 people and there are cliquey groups of b1tchy women so I tend to just speak to the guys but worry that make me look bad. I just keep my head down and get on with my work but its so boring

Sami_Bee

kindofagilr wrote: »

When I am changing E's nappy, we use wipes and then pat him dry with a flannel and then put talc on his bum, its stopped him ever having nappy rash *shrugs*

Gill - No problem

So am I the only person admitting to using talc then? I see no problems with it (on a boy) if its put into the parents hand away from baby and then gently rubbed on his bum

Or I would like tips on changing his bum them? cos the wipes make his bum moist so it needs drying with soemthing

I'm off to make E some carrot puree

We use talc here, tonnes of the stuff I can't stand clammy or damp skin. I've been covering myself head to toe in the stuff all my life (mum is the same so covered us as kids)
as I understand it modern 'talc' isn't actually made from the same stuff as it used to be but I could have made that up.

on the subject of wipes leaving him wet are they very wet wipe? I've found the new huggies (in the beige packet not the older burgandy ones) are very wet so I squeeze out some of the liquid before I put them in my wipes box

Krystaltips wrote: »

When I was pregnant with C I know D really wanted a boy and he was convinced she was going to be a boy... To the point of constantly referring to her as "he" When she was born and they said it was a girl I asked him if he was disappointed and he said "Do you know, I thought I would be but I'm totally not!" And even though this time is supposed to be our last stab at getting a boy... He said he thinks it'll probably be a girl and he's cool with that...
...

not sure if anyone remembers but...We agreed to not find out the gender of my last pg. I thought I was having a girl and got to the point where I thought if I was wrong it would affect how I bonded with the baby so I had a private scan at 33ish weeks to find out. OH still didn't want to know so I had them write it down covertly (mum came to the scans too and I didn't want her knowing I knew ) when I opened the envelope and saw "congratulations its a boy" I actually felt excited I still discussed girls names etc with hubby so he didn't work it out. When Ed popped out and the MW said "its a boy" hubby looked shocked :rotfl: once we were alone he told me he thought it was a girl because I hadn't been upset after the scan I'll never forget his shocked face from the birth, it still makes me smile

JAM1376 wrote: »

WM - I got an Activity table from Oldham. The Manchester fort store had none so I called the Oldham branch and they had had 10 (wow lots!) delivered so she put one aside for me. Altrinham was my next try....bit gutted I missed out on the Boots ones though - people were getting three for £17.50 on a glitch :eek:

Huge vibes for Poppie and wee James

Well done MFD - waiting is the worst part :cool:

Erm - any tips for having a boy much appreciated :rotfl:OH now has 3 girls and says he wouldn't be disappointed as he knows where he is with girls but he'd love a boy to play footie and golf with (although I know girls can do both of those ). I'd like one of each too really but who knows. We are not TTC at the mo (cos AF has not reappeared here yet either though the doc said 1 in 100 get pg if not using contraception while BF) but we are not preventing IYKWIM.

First post since we got MOTM news so congrats to you both.:j

Sure there was something else but there ya go....

Quick question - I'm going to try and get C back in her own room in 2 weeks when OH back on lates (so I can have a lie in!). The main thing worying me is that she seems to feed lots at her first few wakes (prob before 12) so I am worried that she will be straving if I don't feed her. Do I just make her go cold turkey? I'm dreading it and I love her being in with us but I know she gotta go at some point and she is nearly one now :eek:

Sorry for the mega post - hugs to all and a special one for Mel xxx

do you want to borrow my copy of a how to choose the gender of your baby book? Tara gave it to me but I don't need it until June next year so plenty of time for you to read it and take notes :cool:

Am I being silly by asking why you can't feed her and but her back in her own bed?:o When I bother to put Ed in his bed, he'll be in there 9pm-ish and wake up once or twice between then and midnight/1pm, then he wakes sometime after 5am for a feed, depending on if OH has left for work or not I'll either put him back in his cot or just pop him on OH's side

I'm gutted that none of my local sainsbury's do click n collect, I would have got the my pal scout if they did as with delivery its only £2 ish less than tesco etc I'm not bothering (plus Chris has been naughty lately so he doesn't deserve a nice new toy! He has a trainset I put away months ago that he still hasn't be good enough for any amount of time to deserve it *sigh*

chopsticks

ManOnTheMoon wrote: »

Come out of lurking mode and tell us what you and yours are up too (when you aren't full of errands - or even take a break from them!)

And thanks:)

Some errands complete. Just stopping for lunch before we carry on again

Well, we haven't been up to a great deal to be honest. We had a week in Somerset a couple of weeks ago which was nice, but it's back to the daily grind since then

Caitlin has learned to say "uh oh" this week and so cute (well, I think so ). Still not had a proper "mummy" yet though from her. I'm trying to teach her "ta" but that's not being very successful so far!

JAM1376 wrote: »

While C is asleep and I have a minute - how old were your LO's when they went onto one daytime nap? C seems to have stopped the morning and afternoon one and these last few days has a 1.5 hour or 2 hour nap right over dinnertime ie now. She always looks shattered though so it bothers me (along with the wakeful nights). Does it sound about the right age for just one nap?

xxx

Caitlin has been on one sleep since 8.5 months old and it's only for around 40 minutes :eek:. Occasionally, she'll have an hour or so, but not usually.

I think "most" babies tend to have more sleeps than that - certainly in my group of mummy friends, their babies of a similar age all seem to have two, or sometimes, three sleeps a day, all of at least 30 minutes. Although, as we all know, each baby is a law unto itself

Caitlin's never been one for sleeping though

chopsticks

Jam - that is a gorgeous picture, and I love the swing.