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MSE Parents Club Part 13

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  • MadDogWoman_2
    MadDogWoman_2 Posts: 2,376 Forumite
    Afternoon,

    Had a good day with IL's yesterday, was shocked to see what Katies cousin ate though - yorkshire pudding, chips, rice and poppadom, no protein no veg - she ate hardly any of it. When I went in the living room 20 minutes later they were both scoffing a bag of crisps!

    What my ILs eat drive me to distraction so I took some chopped up mango for after.

    The late night meant Katie slept until 9am :)

    Glam - We're in Kidwelly that weekend :)

    Sami - Katie keeps kissing your avatar

    Kindof - Katie has the Britax as we needed the alternative routing in our old car, but can use the standard routing in this car. We also had the Graco pram and car seat.
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    3 years 9 months and proud of it
    dreams do come true (eventually!)

  • kindofagilr
    kindofagilr Posts: 6,825 Forumite
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    Thanks for all your help with car seats everyone, it looks like we are going to go with maxi cosi probs the opal, cos on the britax fit finder it says it might not fit the car, whereas all the maxi cosi seats that maxi cosi do (although opal isnt on the fit finder yet) fit our car
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  • elle_gee
    elle_gee Posts: 8,584 Forumite
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    Oh joy of joys, another milestone reached... I can't even go for a wee in peace now! :o I went to get dressed, came back to hear an unfamiliar banging sound... turns out it was Rhys, stood up at the loo, banging the seat lid! _pale_ Promptly removed him, then went to the loo myself, only for him to crawl straight in (left the door ajar so I could hear what mischief he was getting up to next). I love crawling, I really do :p
  • MadDogWoman_2
    MadDogWoman_2 Posts: 2,376 Forumite
    Elle - Wait until he starts asking what you are doing, then it moves onto are you doing a wee or a poo mummy?
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    DD Katie born April 2007!
    3 years 9 months and proud of it
    dreams do come true (eventually!)

  • hammyhunter
    hammyhunter Posts: 694 Forumite
    Elle - Wait until he starts asking what you are doing, then it moves onto are you doing a wee or a poo mummy?


    :rotfl:

    Glam, have you found J's taste in food changing since teething? D has started refusing any king of pureed food or porridge now and only wants finger food....:o
    The one thing children wear out faster than shoes is parents ;):o:D
  • Evansangel
    Evansangel Posts: 6,791 Forumite
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    CAFCGirl wrote: »
    I got fed up with people asking me "do you know what you're having" so I used to say "Well I'm told it's a baby, but the husband is holding out for a ps3!"

    I hated "Why did you find out the sex? A suprise is nice"

    To which i said "Well its either going to be a girl or a boy, not much of a suprise if im honest. If its a kitten, then i'll be suprised"

    We have our dishwasher back on! :j FIL got a double pipe thingy and connected it for us. Glad i didn't wash up last night now, its all in the dishwasher... for testing it of course :p

    Im going to be making a roast in a bit :D
  • MadDogWoman_2
    MadDogWoman_2 Posts: 2,376 Forumite
    EA - what are you roasting, we've having roast lamb, followed by rice pudding done in the slow cooker.
    Proud to be dealing with my debts
    DD Katie born April 2007!
    3 years 9 months and proud of it
    dreams do come true (eventually!)

  • Evansangel
    Evansangel Posts: 6,791 Forumite
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    Im being lazy and we have sausages :p

    Aunt Bessie is aiding us in this roast dinner too.. :o

    I have so many ideas for our garden, but due to lack of money and the fact we dont own the house, i cant follow through on any of them.

    The LL is being lovely and letting us re plaster the living room. The top half is all artexed and i hate it.
  • Doh! We are out with mil. She was reading my santorini book when she sat for us last night so I mentioned that she would be welcome to join us if she wished....she said she couldn't really afford it and then literally 2 minutes later she got an email on her phone with a request to book her villa in Florida for 3 weeks so she could afford it after all! Me and my big mouth!
    r.mac wrote: »
    please listen to MFD - she is a wise woman :D
    Proud Mummy to the gorgeous Benjamin John born 14 March 2009, 8lbs 14oz
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  • MadDogWoman_2
    MadDogWoman_2 Posts: 2,376 Forumite
    Good for your LL.

    Aunt Bessie is good like that.

    I need to persuade DH to sort the kitchen out first - that's the deal I cook he cleans it :)

    I'll let him have a cup of tea first he's just finished an 8 hour overtime shift.

    He nearly made me crash the car on the way back from the IL's last night - he confessed to buying a stand for his motorbike, he saved up his petrol money that he didn't use and it was reduced by 50%, at least the moneysaving is rubbing off on him.
    Proud to be dealing with my debts
    DD Katie born April 2007!
    3 years 9 months and proud of it
    dreams do come true (eventually!)

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