MSE Parents Club Part 13

kindofagilr

gymfiend wrote: »

Wow Kindof, I can't believe E already has a tooth, bless him! Was he ok when it was coming through? Equally wow at him being in 6-9 clothes! Is he really tall? Guy is 99.6th centile for height and somewhere around 50th for weight, tall and thin, not like his mum

No he wasnt lol, he is a whingy when he has teeth comin in but cant blame him really lol I think the next bottom one is coming in now

He is on the 99.6th centile for length as well and between 75h and 91st for weight

Tigsteroonie

musogirl295 wrote: »

How old were your babies when they moved into 3-6 months clothes?

H is the only baby in my mum and baby group who's still in 0-3 and they're all the same age. We can still squeeze her into large newborn stuff too!

Andrew is progressing up to his 3-6m clothing for his first birthday next week (but he's hardly an average baby!)

got-it-spend-it

Loving the pictures on here today!

Som- I love the look of the Mura. Not seen one before.

Buttons- I am also on a food use up mission at the moment. It just takes a bit of effort though, something which I can't always be bothered with by teatime!

:rotfl: @ MFD's conversation with MFSIL!

We've mostly changed clothes sizes at the 'right' time. Newborn lasted about a fortnight, 0-3 till 3 months, 3-6 until around 5 or 6 months and we are still in mostly 6-9 months (at nearly 9 months) although we've moved on to 9-12 month sleepsuits. To be fair though I probably do tend to shop at the shops that I know are more generous with their sizes because I know that H is quite a tall baby.

Is £80 mega cheap for a second hand Phil and Ted's with toddler seat? There's one on my local net mums and I am so tempted.

Car is still in the garage which doesn't sound cheap. Hoping to get it back tomorrow morning as I hate not having a car :mad:

Somnium

Gym - she could have stayed in size 2 pampers for a while longer as they come up big than the nature care ones we normally as they were cutting into her thighs

Aless -yeay for Finns second tooth.

Kindof - can you see or feel Elliot's 2 nd tooth? Tahlie has a 3rd trying to come up top I think cos it feels hard but I can't get to it to see!

always29

got-it-spend-it wrote: »

Is £80 mega cheap for a second hand Phil and Ted's with toddler seat? There's one on my local net mums and I am so tempted.

I reckon so! My friend got one new and it was £500+ by the time she finished! It's bloomin' heavy though, even with one in it, dread to think what it'd be like with 2 in!

musogirl295

Thanks everyone! I've got quite a bit of 3-6 month stuff in storage. All her 0-3 stuff is pretty much summery and I'm loathed to buy warmer stuff in 0-3 if she's going to suddenly have a spurt!

Think she's possibly having a spurt at the mo as we've gone from sleeping through the night for 3 weeks straight (10.30ish to 6.30ish), to suddenly this week waking up starving at 5am. I wouldn't mind so much if she woke me up at say 1 or 2 cos there's still plenty of time left to sleep after but when she wakes up at 5 I then only have half an hour to go back to sleep after she's fed before DH gets up for work! Mind you, I know how lucky I am compared to some of you.

I got a 2nd hand Petite Star Zia that I bought on Ebay yesterday, instead of our Hauck travel system which has been a nightmare. I'm loving how easy it is to steer but the only trouble I've had is that when she's in it (reclined) I can't put anything in the shopping basket and the pushchair feels too light to hang bags on handles, so I had to carry heavy shopping and try to push in a straight line at the same time! Does anybody have any shopping carrying tips for me?

SusanC_2

aless02 wrote: »

Susan, this is a totally random question...I know plan on homeschooling Alice and I'm sure you try and fit in some educational activities right now - but at what age do you think you'll begin a sort of formal programme? The same as normal schools or maybe wait a bit to keep the approach more Montessori-esque? I'm just curious. I've always been very interested in home schooling, it's more popular in the States, even though we have a VERY long time to think about that sort of thing!

I haven't really planned it in that much detail yet - I'm planning to see how it goes. I do like some parts of the Montessori approach but it does seem to have a big emphasis on creating artificial situations to teach things rather than being based in real life. I'd probably be closer to Charlotte Mason's ideas overall than Maria Montessori's.

Krystaltips

Muso, I used to have a Hauk buggy, it was awful for pushing, ever so cumbersome considering it was supposed to be a lightweight buggy!

No idea about a petite star... You could probably hang the shopping on it if you spread it between a few bags and have it even on each side... Just don't let go of the buggy when it's loaded down... Or you could add weights to the front wheels to make it more stable... You can buy buggy weights but I think wrist/ankle ones would work...

I don't think Caitlyn likes pasta... She's been ditching the big pasta twists over the side of the high chair for a while so today I tried some mini pasta bows (very cute!) They just got ditched over in handfulls... Glad we had a plum kitchen pouch (reduced in Asda) as a back-up... But it kind of ruins one of our staple meals...

SugarSpun

The EFF?!?!!?

I've just handed Molly to Husband. His comment? Oh, AGAIN? I was just reading this; I've been playing with her for an HOUR.

Yes, and what the effing eff do you think I've been doing since you left at effing NINE AM?? I need a break too. I know you've just come in from work, but work is where you go to be a grown up and when you come home you get to be Daddy. Be Daddy.

Krystaltips

Hubby is like that when he comes in from work too Sugar... I get sick of hearing "I've been at work all day" like running round after toddlers is a walk in the park...