MSE Parents Club Part 13

SugarSpun

EA now you're married your debt is his problem as well as yours - why not put half of it into the debt, buy him his ugly jeans and save the rest for Christmas?

My Christmas gifts altogether were about £200, with eleven people to buy for :money:

Evansangel

SugarSpun wrote: »

EA now you're married your debt is his problem as well as yours - why not put half of it into the debt, buy him his ugly jeans and save the rest for Christmas?

My Christmas gifts altogether were about £200, with eleven people to buy for :money:

Good idea I'll put it forward to him, its money coming from his Dad and even though im his wife and technically still family i dont want to tell him what to do with it.

How did you do that? We have 8 siblings, a niece and Lily to buy for this year.
Lily is getting about £100 (ish) but thats only on a trike and a push along walker.
The adults get a box of chocolates and i think we're both buying each other Kinect for the xbox.

I just told him some of your suggestions and said i would pay my £500 into debt and he can have his and he offered to pay his £500 into my debt
I suggested £500 into debt and £250 each.
I will try and move the rest across to a no interest cc.

My_Fathers_Daughter

Evansangel wrote: »

I gave her some calpol earlier and she gave me a massive cuddle. I fel so bad for her but i dont know what to do, i just dont want her to starve

LOL - every human being on the planet managed to get their teeth through at some without starving

I know it is awful at the time but it won't harm her to have a little less food and milk for a couple of days. I used to give Benjamin rice pudding when he wouldn't take anything...at least I knew he was getting something substantial inside him.


All said with the benefit of hindsight - I worried terribly when Benjamin was getting his top 2 through

SugarSpun

A combination of the Debenhams sale (with some good codes), halfcost.co.uk (10% off code and I only buy when they have free delivery offers) and dealextreme.com. Try Approved Foods for chocolates, and look at Tesco and Argos for 3 for 2 on toys - or try Freecycle or ebay, Lily's not going to know any different.

Evansangel

I've been looking for second hand trikes, i feel £70 is alot of money for something that i have to push her in

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

LOL - every human being on the planet managed to get their teeth through at some without starving

I know it is awful at the time but it won't harm her to have a little less food and milk for a couple of days. I used to give Benjamin rice pudding when he wouldn't take anything...at least I knew he was getting something substantial inside him.


All said with the benefit of hindsight - I worried terribly when Benjamin was getting his top 2 through

I managed to get her to eat some fruity porridge mixed with a fruit pouch i found.

Which reminds me, my tesco has reduced a load of baby foods and cereals. Mainly cow & gate and the Plum Baby pouch things. So im not to sure if its just mine or nationwide.

SusanC_2

I can't remember who it was but thanks to whoever posted about the breastmilk storage bags at Home Bargains. I just bought eleven boxes which saved me £32 compared to the cost at Boots.

kindofagilr

Elliot really went off his milk when his teeth were coming in EA he is back on his milk now though, back ton having 6 bottles at 9ozs so I am sure Lily willntoo

SusanC_2

SugarSpun wrote: »

A combination of the Debenhams sale (with some good codes), halfcost.co.uk (10% off code and I only buy when they have free delivery offers) and dealextreme.com. Try Approved Foods for chocolates, and look at Tesco and Argos for 3 for 2 on toys - or try Freecycle or ebay, Lily's not going to know any different.

I totally agree about eBay - it's very good for getting large children's toys as they tend to be collection only and therefore have a smaller pool of potential buyers. In the last year, we've got a £40 slide which had been kept indoors for £10, a £40 swing which had never been used and just had the frame set up outside for a year for £7.99 and Rose Petal Cottage with three accessory sets for £30 in almsot breand new condition as the child it was bought for hadn't really used it. (I was :eek: when I realised how expensive it is new.) I have a search saved on my eBay for items available for collection in my local area and it e-mails me every day.

SugarSpun

EA, these are super festive, look very expensive and are £2.49 each :money:

Evansangel

Thanks, i did see them when browsing the site. Im looking for random items now :rotfl:

I had something to ask, but i've forgotten it now.

Xmaslolly has posted a pic of baby Alexandra on fb