MSE Parents Club Part 15

SugarSpun

aless02 wrote: »

Hope you feel better SS - do you think it was just food or something more sinister?

Flu

Hope your hampers go well, maybe a hefty dose of Christmas music will do it for you!

weezl74 wrote: »

It went pretty well thanks to your help

I also used the CC cashback for thorntons and amazon, and only my Dad's digital frame took us above 'cash neutral'. So I'm quite pleased really since I didn't think I'd be able to have the time to be as frugal this year.

Hope you feel less grim soon

Fantastic, I was thinking about it and wondering And thank you *sniffles a bit*

Becles wrote: »

Hope you feel better soon SS xx

Meant to ask, does any one know the etiquette on sending Christmas cards to adult children who no longer live at their parents address?

Thank you, and you're right - the rules say a person at their own address should get their own card delivered to it, just like they're supposed to get their own invitations delivered to their own address. I hate that, my family often sends me invitations to weddings etc in with my parents' - I always just tell my parents to RSVP no on my behalf.

BrunoM

Morning all

Does anyone have a link saved to (MFDs?) post "list of questions to ask a CM"?

MERFE

Becles do they know you're address, if so really it should come to you I think. I send my cousins cards and invites C/O my aunts address because I don't know theirs. I don't think they are bothered because they posted all my families christmas cards through my letterbox this year for me to distribute because I live not too far from where one of them works.

delain

MERFE wrote: »

I am thanks, so much better. Need to see the nurse today to check my dressing and hopefully that'll be the last appointment I need. Where it was all coming out at the top the stitches were in quite deep and were really painful when the nurse took them out but I feel much better now they are gone and its not oozing as much now either so fingers crossed its healing.

I put the baby in his moses basket upstairs whilst I sorted out the laundry this morning and now he has fallen asleep up there, I daren't move him, just need to really listen out for when he wakes.

The HV came yesterday and he now weighs 10lb12 and is gaining nicely. He has started to sleep 5-6 hours at night too, 3 nights in a row now which is such a nice change from 3 hourly feeds. I struggle to get back to sleep after a good 5 hours sleep now grr.

I have another aim - sell all my maternity clothes, they did really well on ebay after I had DS so fingers crossed that will be a nice amount. I got a few bits for really cheap from a Next clearance store and they are really nice tops, jeans etc so should do ok.

Have a good New Years Eve everyone who is staying up for it, I'm hoping for an early night how sad lol

Next maternity does do pretty well on ebay.

glad you're feeling better too

Unless Squeaks last bottle is late she wakes between 6 and 6.30. If the older children have by happy chance gone to stay with relatives I chuck another bottle in at 10-11 and then she'll sleep till 9

Twins have trashed their bedroom again we were going to go to the play centre but they've been told that unless it gets cleaned up and the crashing, banging and screaming at each other up there that I can hear from downstairs stops we won't be going anywhere!

Am not letting them go to their paternal grandma this sunday after the fiasco at Christmas, but I'm hoping to take them swimming on sunday anyway.

Bring on the return to school, all this holiday malarkey has worn me out!

Squeak is quite happily laying on her blanket on the floor, she does seem really attatched to that Tigger, she has been chewing his ear so she will have one happy uncle :rotfl:

weezl74

BrunoM wrote: »

Morning all

Does anyone have a link saved to (MFDs?) post "list of questions to ask a CM"?

I don't I'm sorry, but I'm sure Sami will have it. (edit: ps. lovely Sami, what do you think about that being a useful linkie for the OP of the parent threads? )

I wanted to say though, if it's for E, to give OH some time with C, then I was wondering about you checking out with the CM what types of activity she usually does (and the gender of the other children she has at the same time) this is because I think of E as an active little boy, needing to expend physical energy to sleep well (which I think you both need) I might be wrong, but I thought that after you said that about the swimming.

Our CM only has older girls and Fergie, which is absolutely fine, since he is not very active :rotfl:and a day of sitting doing glitter crafts and watching Peppa pig is sufficiently tiring for him .

But whilst you have the choice it might be worth picking the CM who will do frisbee in the park and running abouty things?

I really hope that makes sense and sounds how I meant it!

aless02

Bruno - https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/30238105#Comment_30238105

eta: most were very useful for us, but I did find a lot come up in the course of natural conversation, so you don't have to feel too tick list-y about it. And don't feel like you need to visit 10 CMs to make the right choice...when you know, you know - trust your instincts. We only visited 1 because the 1st one was perfect!!

kitkat5566

Morning all

I enjoyed reading everyones new years revolutions

Mine are;

To exercise several times a week and tone up

Try to save each month towards holiday/ Christmas/ etc

Try to make more things myself, e.g. Christmas cards, lots more baking, hampers for family, etc

Would love to learn to knit but I'm not sure I will master it!


I am setting myself money saving/ weight loosing goals as despite being a !!!!!! recently OH proposed on Christmas day I don't think we'll get married until 2012/13 but it's something to work towards. We still haven't told family yet as we haven't seen them in person!

pinkpig08

Bruno - my C~M said she always appreciated it when people asked to see her certificates

MadDogWoman_2

Congratulations KitKat.

I learnt to knit as a child, i still have the jumper I started at 11 unfinished in a bag upstairs!!! I much prefer cross stitch much faster to see a result.

delain

I seem to be in a major sort -out mood today, got a massive fish tank under the stairs taking up half the cupboard, my neigbour did say she wanted it and then been dithering for months, but it's comin out of the cupboard tomorrow whilst the kids are away and if she doesn't want it then it's going to the tip. I'm going to empty all the junk from there if it kills me!

Had some nice new sturdy plastic boxes just for this job since before Chrstmas, OH wants the ratty old ones for the garage.

Have bagged up all the odd books that were hanging around that I know won't get read again to go to a charity shop.

Been sortin all the craft stuff we got given for Christmas and some board games a friend gave me into a rainy-day box lol. The Christmas tree is coming down tomorrow. The printer is going up on top of the freezer, as is the modem (they currently sit right in the way on the dining table) then as OH wants to get a new TV at the end of the month (last chance we will have in a while to do something like this) we can tidy all the wires up as everything will come off the wall then, and we can paint at the same time and my living room will actually be how I imagined it when I bought the paint (in june :eek:) although I hadn't imagined a new TV, this one wasn't playing up back then :rotfl:

I want to have everything sorted so the big jobs can just be done tomorrow, then going through the twin's room if I get time. Plus move DD1's furniture to put in the dreaded TV.

Squeak is asleep in her pram, she'd got all over tired and worked up but as soon as everyone left her alone she just calmed down and drifted off to sleep. Didn't think when I completely stripped her bed and mattress protector that she'd be wanting a sleep soon

Ha ha this has turned into a flylady style post :rotfl:

Ah well. Onward with the washing I go, clearing the basket and hopefully getting the beds all done.

Good luck finding a CM Bruno, and

Congratulations KitKat!!