MSE Parents Club Part 14

jillie1974

morning

had a lovely day yesterday. went to an Indian restaurant for Kian's birthday dinner. He ate a whole poppadom and then was very tired so had his bottle and was asleep before our main courses came. So we didnt use the little cake we had brought to the restaurant so he never had a birthday cake and candle yesterday, he will have one tomorrow at his party. luckily at this age it's not something he is aware of.

have all banners stil lup for tomorrow.

its weird here today as Kian has gone to nursery and we are in the house on our own.

gorgeous blue skies but quite cold too brrr!

off to Bury in a bit. might have Nandos if enough money

Jakesmummy

Kindof I think thats the steriliser we have and have used it as a cold water, just empty everything out, fill with cold water and put a couple of milton tablets/liquid and put the bottles in, then take out 20mins later.

Hope everyones ok, im gonna have to get the heating on tonight, i was freezing last night, i dont think i used it til oct last year, it is quite nice to walk outside in though, blue sky but not too warm so u dont get all sweaty:D

Jasmine is randomly having an early nap today, not sure what to do this afternoon yet,

Oh and I would like the survey link if 3 or MilliesMum would like to PM me? Thank you

Mazcabs

gill_81uk wrote: »

Maz - I have been reading T the kipper books but I think they'll last for years as they're nice stories and the sort they can learn to read with at 4/5 ads well.

Thanks, Henry's 'best friend' at nursery Jessica is nearly 3 so going to use a couple for her Xmas pressie I think.. (She talks about him constantly at home apparently - mind you Henry hardly mentions her at all :rotfl:)

got-it-spend-it wrote: »

We sterilise bottles because I thought that was to do with the growth of milk bacteria in the nooks and crannies of the bottle. We don't do anything else though and Henry permanently has toys and things in his mouth.

I love those Kipper books, Maz! I plan to use them for first birthday presents, but I think they would also be suitable for older children (3ish) who are starting to read words themselves.

I am supposed to be doing spreadsheets for work while H naps, but I have done none so far!

I'm actually at work but on my own at the moment so catching up on here !!:D

I think sterilising is personal perference... sometimes if its busy at night and I forget to do it then I dont panic, as you say William is crawling around picking up shoes etc and putting them in his mouth.

OH keeps banging on about him going onto cows milk and I have to keep saying he's a bit too young for that - cue " but Henry did" from OH - errrr no he didnt (well maybe 11½ months :cool:)

got-it-spend-it

I think that is the newer version of the one we have Kindof, but not sure it would work for sold water sterilising. I would just use an old ice cream tub then. I personally would sterilise on holiday because I guess you won't have particularly good washing up facilities to make sure they're washed really, really well, IYKWIM.

Off to do some inane bingo chatting now....

weezl74

hi all thanks for the thoughts yesterday on immediate bonding with babies and on sterilising

I have another question, DH has submitted an application for flexible working. Within 4 days of submission 3 of the senior management have asked to talk with him about his decision, in the main they are concerned about him jeopardising his career, which is obviously a kind motive.

My concern is that this (although well intentioned) is in some way sex discrimination, because I don't know of women in his position making similar requests who are asked to have similar chats.

All the conversations are scheduled during his research time and so it jeopardises his project which causes some stress.

I just wondered if any women had been similarly questioned, or if any men had made an application and how it was received?

Thanks

Weezl x

kindofagilr

Thanks jakesmummy Ill give it a shot, its confusing cos its a weird shape

Some shots of elliot this morning



Trying on his swimming costume

Millie's_Mum

Jakesmummy wrote: »

Oh and I would like the survey link if 3 or MilliesMum would like to PM me? Thank you

Its not a link its an email so you need to give one of us your email address so we can forward it on.

Sami_Bee

kindofagilr wrote: »

Question re feeds on hols we are going to the lakes in two weeks and i am all confused about what to do with elliots bottles, how will I sterilise them?? And how will i heat his milk up without a microwave?? Someone suggested making his bottles up like normal minus a oz of water then when he wants a bottle boil kettle and add the oz of water and it should make it warm for him??

The main issue is i don't know how to sterilise his bottles

I used the biggest size of freezer bags from tesco much cheaper than the fancy pants 'steriliser bags' you can get and they have the seal accross the top so no worries about spilling, the hotel we were in had twin sinks in the bathroom so we just left the bag in one of the sinks.
Are you taking powder or ready made formula (aka will your room have a fridge to keep pre-made up powder in) we took cartons of ready made and a plastic jug to warm the bottle, it takes a couple of mins to get warm (and IME the bottle warmers you can buy are no quicker so not worth the money)

Millie's_Mum wrote: »

Morning All,

I can refer people to the survey site that shall not be named (the one that pays £3 a survey) pm me your email address or send me it on fb and I'll forward you the email, 2nd moneysaving post in two days, go me!

Weezl, the sterilising thing is 12 months but I must admit once Millie was crawling around eating dirt I couldn't see the point so I gave up, that was long before 12 months so the end is in sight!

I can too

got-it-spend-it wrote: »

We sterilise bottles because I thought that was to do with the growth of milk bacteria in the nooks and crannies of the bottle. We don't do anything else though and Henry permanently has toys and things in his mouth.
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I've done the BF survey, Sami! It made me realise that I got a lot of my BF support on here :rotfl:.
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My HV told me I should sterilise bottles if I was making bottles up in advance for this very reason, makes perfect sense to me.

Me too! there was one Qu that really confused me, I asked a friend if she knew what it was asking and she didn't know either so i just went for the middle of the scale lol

I've got an approved foods order coming today between 13:52 and 14:52 what a random slot

I killed a pigeon this morning, I tried to avoid it but the stupid thing just stood there then I heard it under the car - grim! I thought I'd be upset about it but I'm not - am I dead inside? :eek:

kindofagilr

Poor E is trying to go to sleep but has the hiccups so cant quite drop off

Sami_Bee

MilliesMum you can just PM the link from the email no need to send the whole thing