MSE Parents Club Part 15

SusanC_2

aless02 wrote: »

This is a stupid question (and prolly a bit late now that I'm going back to work next week), but is too weird to just turn up to soft play on your own? I always thought it was a place you go to meet with other people.

I went on my own once. The idea of it being strange never occurred to me. I take her to other places (parks, swimming baths, museums) on my own so I wouldn't really thing of it any differently.

ethelsmum

aless02 wrote: »

This is a stupid question (and prolly a bit late now that I'm going back to work next week), but is too weird to just turn up to soft play on your own? I always thought it was a place you go to meet with other people.

I've always taken my eldest two either on my own or with my other half - I was the first of my friends to have kids so didn't know any other mums. Now they are a bit older I still take them alone after school sometimes - they go off to play and I have a coffee and read a trashy mag!

Had a little lay in this morning, Evie didn't wake until 5.30am (from going down at 10.30pm), she came in to bed with us for a cuddle and fell back to sleep until the big 2 woke her at 8 ish. OH has taken ds footy training so us girls are having a lazy morning. I do need to try and sneak in the shower if E will let me.
Not sure what to do this afternoon - boys are off to the footy match so just us girls again.

esio_trot

Somnium wrote: »

... the girls at work say the Britax BeDual is good/popular atm, but I dont have a clue about it!
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I could understand why. I have the BSmart and I love it Needed a lambskin liner for my wee one, seat seemed really big, but he's now snuggled up quite nicely in it!

bexta

GISI, it's nice H self-weaned, rather than it having it kind of done to him (although I know some people's circumstances force them to make that decision, so it's not a judgement)

Ethels, you should totally get a Sophie. MFD recommends them to everyone on the thread, and she is right. she does vaguely resemble a doggy toy, but bubbas love them. Hmmm, if ever there's a mass meet up of PTs maybe we should put our Sophie's on a hat or something to recognise each other.

Aless, going to something like that by yourself probably means you get to act goofier than if you went with friends, which is a good thing in my opinion

Sleep, there is no apparent pattern with madam. She can go from waking once, to waking 3-4 times.

sir_monster

Morning all

Well done to gis1 for doing a year bfing.

Re sleeping we had a nightmare t would not settle in his cot last night until 1 would happily sleep on me mind u and tried transfering 5 times until he settled. Did 3 more feeds Dh did one and was up b4 8, DH who is still in bed - ok for some!

SugarSpun

I like going to Starbucks on my own too, although I'd prefer to go without the baby and take a book or the laptop. I am also happy to go to the cinema on my own - when my ex and I went to the cinema together, we would often watch different films, and even if we saw the same film would normally not sit together. I like to sit in the middle middle and he was more interested in the back on one side. Eating dinner alone bothers me a bit, if there's no alternative I tend to get fast food or takeaway to my hotel. When Husband was sick on our honeymoon I went to dinner by myself and the waiter gave me a crap table behind the fish tank and took about a decade to bring my food

SusanC_2

I went to see the second LOTR film by myself because everyone I knew had been to see it already and I suddenyl realised that because our cinema was closing it would be a lot of effort if I didn't go to see it that night. In general though I'm not that into films to want to go by myself. (And I like to discuss them which you can't do if you're on your own.)

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always29

aless - def not wierd going to stuff on your own. I do it all the time - really missed out on groups and staying in touch until very recently while I was sorting all my dad's stuff out. The only place I didn't like was the local NCT group, never been anywhere so cliquey and up it's derriere in my time.

thanks for all your info about buggies! Been looking on ebay and def will be getting a 2nd hand one tho whatever I decide on unless we get some mega ex-display end of range bargain!

gisi - well done on the bf, T weaned himself off a a few weeks ago, very easily just doing it gradually. Nice to have my body back - well, so I thought

som - fancy popping round with your washing for gossips? We've got a drier too! you're more than welcome! Monday or Tues better as OH on nights later in week.

aless02

Okay, I think we will go to soft play on Monday as a mini-celebration of my last day of freedom. Very MSE, as is free for babies!

Felt like I meant to respond to something/someone else, but now I've forgotten what...

elle_gee

Morning all..

Hope everyone is well

Just taking ten minutes out with a cuppa. Rhys and I have been up since 8am. Not had a day at home just the two of us for weeks - almost forgotten what to do! We've had brekkie and been doing jobs (house is a state - every room needs a blitz!), now he's napping and I'm here

Never been to softplay on our own but do keep meaning too. In fact, first free weekday in ages is Tues so we might go then, especially as OH is going to see his mate (the one I don't like, so hurrah for me not having to go too!) straight after work so it's just me and Rhys from getting up to going to bed (:eek:). Also very MSE when the person taking the money thinks your LO is younger than they actually are