MSE Parents Club Part 14

redmel1621

Hi Aless....I think you were on holidays when I posted up piccies of Alton towers, I didn't get many though cos I always spend too much time enjoying myself and forget to get the phone/camera out!! Fun was had by all, and both boys wrote about it when they went back to school and did the 'what did you do in the holidays' question:D

r.mac_2

cazscoob wrote: »

Weezl i have been put on new AD and they make me feel awful and i have had side effects with this one i Do rate the CPN and the counselling i am attending, i think that it has made a huge difference to me whereas the drugs alone wouldnt have helped. My last session went so fast that we didnt have time to go over that weeks work, i went over my worries, fears and anxiety and afterwards i felt as though a weight had been lifted. I feel very comfortable with the woman i see and i have put a lot into the sessions and recieved much more back, she will go into detail and listen to me explaining my thinking errors and teaching me how to change.
Do you get any 'me' time? i have a thursday to myself and its fantastic, the one day of the week i can focus on getting too especially if its been a hard week. Please PM if you want any other info or a chat (sorry for the ramble x)

hugs - though I'm very jealous of your 'me' time I think i've managed to plan in a bit more for myself starting this weekend. DH giving me the day to myself for haircut/shopping then going out with friends. Holiday the week after (without LO) and then I'm going to be doing a japanese cookery course every tuesday evening. DH is relly trying to help think he's getting the message!

SusanC wrote: »

weezl - is there such a thing as telephone counselling? Because obviously then you would only have the actual time spent in counselling rather than all the travel etc. so could be more feasible timewise.

hmm - i'd be interested in hearing about a sevice like this.

I was given ADs and found they didn't help me, just made me fuzzy - but realised that it wasn't PND just problems in my marriage caused by the arrival of a baby and our first real relationship 'test'. All worked out, but useful info to have to hand.

SusanC wrote: »

I think I'm more interested in Numberjacks than Alice is - she's informed me that the bookcase was in a mess and she is sorting it out.

Susan - I am so pleased to hear that you and ALice watch TV. I know that sounds daft - but I think your a great mum and like your advice etc but you've never made a TV ref before and I did wonder :rotfl: *BTW that wasn't meant to be cheeky*

r.mac_2

congratulations Aless. Hard decision isn't it?! focus on the positives and you'll be brilliant/it'll go swimmingly

tarajayne

Mazcabs wrote: »

Bigs hugs needed in a few places I think :grouphug:

Need to get a helmet for Henry as he's started riding a bike (only in mums garden at mo) and I havent the foggiest where to start - any ideas?

We've always gone to Halfords.

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Hi DIT!!

I cross posted with you last night and didn't welcome you in!

Welcome!

MFD xx

Looked twice at this, thought you were taking the p but then realised you'd just shortened a new name. :rotfl:

Hi Dit! X

weezl74 wrote: »

Hi please can I ask a question of the mummies, do any of you have experience of taking St John's Wort as a PND treatment?

Hope you're ok. XXXXXX :A

Krystaltips

SugarSpun wrote: »

Thanks Krystal, but how do I massage it without breaking her latch?

How far up the boob is the lump? Try and support her with the hand furthest away from the lump and use the closest hand to just smooth it down... Nothing to vigourous, just firm... You don't want to be jiggling the boob around or you'll give yourself nipple trauma while she's latched on...

aless02

redmel1621 wrote: »

Hi Aless....I think you were on holidays when I posted up piccies of Alton towers, I didn't get many though cos I always spend too much time enjoying myself and forget to get the phone/camera out!! Fun was had by all, and both boys wrote about it when they went back to school and did the 'what did you do in the holidays' question:D

:T :T I will have to go find the piccies! Glad you & the boys had fun - we certainly wouldn't have been able to do much with Finn in tow so I wanted someone who would really get the full use from them!! :cool: pssst, are they Facebook? I'm not sure if we're friends! I can't find you!

Thanks for the congrats, all. I do know it's A Good Thing (minus the £5k pay cut ), I just never wanted this day to come! And I'm trying to focus on the positive aspect of it being a contract and that meaning we can have more bebbies.

ladybirdintheuk

SusanC wrote: »

Alice got cards for playing pairs for the Christmas before she was two and she seemed to catch on reasonably quickly to how it worked. I think I started off just using three pairs until she got the idea and initially I had to deliberately not get pairs to give her a chance.
<snippy snip snip>

toy xylophone (this is one of those pull along Fisher Price ones from the early 80's and Alice actually uses it to give her toys rides rather than as a musical instrument)

:rotfl:

Ta Susan. (and Beccles and Rmac too ) I think flashcards and pairs will definitely be on my list. We got a happyland pirate ship today, and if you buy that you get a pirate island one for free, so we can give her the ship for Christmas (with some stocking fillers too) and the island thingy for birthday with some other bits.

I do an online christmas/birthday list for us all on my blog and pass the links on to family/friends, and have discovered it is a good way to make sure I don't get given smellies I'm allergic to

cazscoob wrote: »

The pre school community team are involved with helping to get things in place and i have expressed my worries that its not the right place but they think they can make it work. I know he will run rings around them??? this is the nursery what do you think?
http://www.secretgardenoutdoor-nursery.co.uk/

Caz that looks fab. I don't know about being suitable for him though - definitely worth visiting and talking to them directly to see what they say. You will be able to ask all your questions directly, and see how it all works.

tarajayne

Pressies for a 2yr old, I love the ELC or Ikea painting easel, but it messy. Also, anyone looking at ELC toys at the mo, consider if it's cheaper to get it at Boots in the 3 for 2.

SusanC_2

r.mac wrote: »

Susan - I am so pleased to hear that you and ALice watch TV. I know that sounds daft - but I think your a great mum and like your advice etc but you've never made a TV ref before and I did wonder :rotfl: *BTW that wasn't meant to be cheeky*

:rotfl: She mostly watches old stuff on videos (e.g. Postman Pat, Thomas the Tank Engine, Bagpuss, Trumpton, Camberwick Green, Mr Benn etc.) but we also watch Charlie and Lola, Alphablocks and Numberjacks on iPlayer. I'm not that keen on a lot of modern children's TV but I wanted to make sure she watched some contemporary children's TV because I know that people who haven't done that as a child (e.g. those who didn't have a TV or lived in another country) often feel left out by children's TV reminiscing. She also has some Winnie the Pooh videos and occasionally we watch Little House on the Prairie together.

Actually I'm sure I mentioned to you before that when OH was at Royal Mail working a late shift when she was 20 months, I used to put her to watch an episode of Charlie and Lola after her bath just to give me a small break.

ETA: Because I had to go back and check, here it is.

r.mac_2

SusanC wrote: »

:rotfl: She mostly watches old stuff on videos (e.g. Postman Pat, Thomas the Tank Engine, Bagpuss, Trumpton, Camberwick Green, Mr Benn etc.) but we also watch Charlie and Lola, Alphablocks and Numberjacks on iPlayer. I'm not that keen on a lot of modern children's TV but I wanted to make sure she watched some contemporary children's TV because I know that people who haven't done that as a child (e.g. those who didn't have a TV or lived in another country) often feel left out by children's TV reminiscing. She also has some Winnie the Pooh videos and occasionally we watch Little House on the Prairie together.

Actually I'm sure I mentioned to you before that when OH was at Royal Mail working a late shift when she was 20 months, I used to put her to watch an episode of Charlie and Lola after her bath just to give me a small break.

I like that approach. We like something special - the repetition is helping her learn new words. I also quite like the new playschool - show me, show me.

ETA - just seen the post you were replying to. How funny - I said pretty much exactly the same thing as I did this time :rotfl: