MSE Parents Club Part 14

Krystaltips

Sami_Bee wrote: »

Gill - we have this http://www.elc.co.uk/Brilliant-Start-Buggy-Driver---White/124226,default,pd.html if you don't like the colours look on ebay for an older one, ours is orange and green much nicer than the new colours IMO

We have this one, (in pink) I think it's a nuisance lol... I used to have a tiny love play arch on the pram that you just clipped on and off easily, this is just cumbersome in comparison and you have to screw the stoopid thing on... It gets used for about a week every 3 months lol In fact, I'm not entirely sure where it is now...

gill_81uk wrote: »

Has everyone seen the fisherprice recall?

ETA this is the UK one

Oh that's typical, the thing I bought my brother when my nephew was born is included... As if he needs anything to be sarcastic about!

Official fisherprice page with links through on what to do here: http://service.mattel.com/uk/recall/recall_info.asp

There's a nice groupon for afternoon tea in Birmingham... Hubby's often mentions when we went for afternoon tea in York so I've signed up, would be a nice surprise treat for his birthday in December...

Somnium

Anyhoo hope your all well and huggles to those and their LO's who aren't. Hopefully off to playgroup again if we can get ready in time, it start in an hour but T is currently enjoying crumpets while watching Lilo and Stitch

Gill - we have that driver that sami linked to and T loves it

Sami - I think it was you who posted the pic of the lovely yellow trike from costco, how much was it? I love it.

Kindof - hope E picks up soon x

Susan - good vibes for you and fingers crossed

Oh and I officially have the mst useless boss, didnt get to sort my shift on Tuesdya cos she was too busy, so went in yesterday and we managed to sort out when Im returning to work and nothing else cos even tho I told her a week ago what shifts I would be able to do she hasn't looked at it. Everything has changed since I left too so not looking forward to going back. 2 staff who were junior to me are now supervisors so above me, one is lovely and the other is about as much use as a chocolate teapot! we have a new assistant manager and afore mentioned manager is moving store for 6 months for health reasons (read as can't cope cos she is such a flapper!). Not to mention all the systems have changed too. Anyhoo my paid mat leave finishes end of November and if I add hols to that I'm due to start back 23rd of Dec.... In a shop hell no! so am taking 2 weeks unpaid and starting back 3rd Jan ish. But god knows what I'll be working as apparently am gonna have to take a pay cut as I'll be pt not ft so thats about 40p an hour drop so am a little

bexta

Morning

fingers crossed still for Susan

Krystal, that sounds like a lovely birthday treat for your hubby.

Does anyone with a roughly 3-4 month old find their baby is obsessed with munching on their hands? Sophie is always eating her hands, I've tried offering other things for her to gum, but she only wants her hands.

ladybirdintheuk

Morning all. Just a flying post, but Susan I hope you feeling grotty is a good sign, hugs to GISI (and anyone else who wants them) and Som, it might be worth posting over in the jobs & employment board, but I thought if you did a request to adjust your hours due to now being a mum they weren't allowed to change your ts & cs (so of course they are going to pay you for less hours because you are working less hours, but not less per hour as well). I could be wrong, but I would definitely look into it if I were you!

tiamai_d

Hopes Susan doesn't have a bug

GISI hope you feel better soon.

Sarah, I'd cut some of the feed, give it to him after breakfast and introduce milk with snacks during the day.

Bexta, ALL of them are obsessed with their hands! LOL. Then they discover their feet. Then toys.

gill_81uk

SJ - no advice on the being sick but just wondering what the HV had been doing to upset you?

We got T weighed yesterday and he's dropped to nearer 25th centile than 50th but I'm not worried as he's superactive and rolls all over the floor now. She thinks he's ready to wean and wants me to go back in 2 weeks and if he's not jumped up we'll start then. I said ok but have no intention of doing so unless I feel he's ready, only 2 weeks after that till he's 6 months anyway. I love the way you lot have given me the conviction to do what I want rather than blindly following the hv

eta som - i dont think they can cut your hourly pay either

workinmummy

SJ - Could the being sick thing, have something to do with Alfie being Snotty? He could have a build up of snot and grot in the morning and it's causing him throw the milk back up first thing?

Also hope Susan is sick for a very good reason.

bexta

Gill, it seems like a lot of HV don't pay much attention to the 'official' guidelines does it? A lot of kids lose weight once they start being more active and wriggly like T. Glad you feel confident enough to use your mummy judgement!

I'm not 100% sure about waiting until 6 months yet, we'll see how she is, but I'm not going to rush into it.

Tia, she adores staring at her feet already, though hasn't yet worked out how to get them in her mouth - probably won't be much longer though! Yikes, can't believe how quickly the little ratfink's growing - 13 weeks today

Sarah_Joanne

gill_81uk wrote: »

SJ - no advice on the being sick but just wondering what the HV had been doing to upset you?

We got T weighed yesterday and he's dropped to nearer 25th centile than 50th but I'm not worried as he's superactive and rolls all over the floor now. She thinks he's ready to wean and wants me to go back in 2 weeks and if he's not jumped up we'll start then. I said ok but have no intention of doing so unless I feel he's ready, only 2 weeks after that till he's 6 months anyway. I love the way you lot have given me the conviction to do what I want rather than blindly following the hv

eta som - i dont think they can cut your hourly pay either

Sounds like the HVs round here. DO you remember the last time I went they pi55ed me off saying Alfie was too small, dropped 2 centiles, blah blah, I should wean early or force an extra mik feed into him?

Well thjis time he stayed on the same line (2nd centile) and she starts off by telling me I don't need to worry now, I of course reply (whilst struggling to get tired, hungry Alfie back into his clothes after we'd been waiting there almost an hour) that I wasn't ever worried about him, so she asks me if he's "better now". Better? I ask, there was never anything wrong with him!

She then asks whether he was weaning during the "dropping" but of the chart to which I reply, no I waited until he was 6 months. She then said that sometimes when they are ready to wean (which I read as "you should have weaned him then as he was ready") they can go off their milklied with, he wasn't off his milk though, and he never lost any weigh, he's just small.

She asked how weaning was going and I said great, he's eating steak and yorkshire puddings, to which she laughed! I then spoke, to Alfie, saying yorkshire pudding's your favourite isn't it?! She then asked if he was having some finger foods then, so I said only finger foods. She then said oh BLW, and is that going ok then? Err, YES!


I really ought to have mentioned that he loves his milk, and is still bf, but I was too annoyed so I just left.

Before she came to me she was telling the woman before me that her baby had put on quite a lot of weight since last time and she had to come back in 2-3 weeks to make sure baby was not puttng on too much weight.

She never asked how he was generally, never asked if he was chatting and babbling (he does, all the time), never asked if he can crawl (he can), never asked if he was pulling himself up and cruising (he can), never asked if he sleeps ok (he does). It just seems all they are interested in is the bloody weight charts!

Alfie's not even skinny, if they ever measured his height they'd see he's small on there too, just small in proportion.

What worries me is that other mums who may not be so confident in knowing when their baby is ok will take everything the HV says to heart. What if the woman before me limits the milk she gave her daughter becasue she was so worried about the HV saying the baby was putting on too much weight?! I think it's just a really irresponsible way to go about things.

Sorry, I bet you wished you'd never asked!!!! Thsi is whay I didn't mention it on here when it happened as I knew I'd just rant

Sarah_Joanne

workinmummy wrote: »

SJ - Could the being sick thing, have something to do with Alfie being Snotty? He could have a build up of snot and grot in the morning and it's causing him throw the milk back up first thing?

Also hope Susan is sick for a very good reason.

Don't think so, it's been going on quite a bit longer than the snottyness