MSE Parents Club Part 16

delain

The older kids things in there do come up small in width, I've found that.

My older lot are skinny so it hasn't been so much of a problem so far. It's a good idea if you can to take something with you that fits the child in question to hold up against it. ASDA clothes are good for chunky kids, M&co buy at least one size up, they're tiny, Tesco have huge variation and the age in the label means nothing, and Sainsburys clothes tend to suit skinny kids.

Funny thing is though the baby clothes are much the same size everywhere (M&CO and boots excepted lol)

Always buy bigger though, much better than buying something that won't fit

If your neice likes Hello Kitty H&M have a huge range!

wendz86

I think we got the same dressing gown CL

rach

Typical, my sainsbury's didn't have any dressing gowns I checked today

Jennynoo - I feel a bit sad stopping I wanted to at least do a year. I think he started to drop a lot of feeds on holiday as with being out and about I didn't offer as much and there was always stuff distracting him, then when we got back he didn't seem as bothered. He's rarely ever really asked for milk, I've always had to offer. I think there are some gentle ways to wean though - have you tried don't offer don't refuse?

we had a nice time at the bbq and L enjoyed crawling around their garden. we were back in time to get him to bed (early again, 6.15pm!). DH is off work tomorrow too and I have the dentist in the morning.

I'm just finishing a montly meal planner and shopping list. I keep going over our budget so need to get organised!

delain

That's always the way Rach

I want to find some nice ones for my older 3 because DD1's is 8-9 and too small, twins are 5-6 and definitely too small!

jennynoo

We just got DD some pajamas in the sainsburys sale and got 1-1and1/2 but they are huge even though DD is nearly 2. She is a bit small for her age though.

I don't offer DD any dab dabs (our word for BF!). But if we are at home she will still ask several times a day and I have to try and distract her. Even then we still do morning, night, and naps when we are home and we are just trying to drop the 6pm feed by giving her milk in a cup. If we're out or I'm working we can get away with just morning and night. I enjoy it but I'm looking for an easy natural way to stop as it can be a bit of a bind.

Decided to count how many words DD can say now and got to 70. She was a bit late starting to talk, I think because she could just rely on the sign language but now she is really picking up things fast, it so lovely hearing each new word

pigpen

I found distracting DD3 worked.. Shed ask and id say just let me do this job.. or just help me do this .. or we need to do this first and usually we would finish the whatever it was and she will have moved on to playing or being entertained by something else or I would make her up a drink in a cup and give her that without offering boob or reminding her she asked.. I think it took about 3 months before she stopped asking at all.. by which time she was nearly 3.

Squeaks favourite word... No!

She stole OHs old mobile out of a box the other day and he asked her can I have it back and held out his hand so she said no and crawled off with it cackling! She just likes to tease him I think lol

Squeak has learned to blow.. so she was putting bits of tissue she had torn up on his laptop and blowing them so they moved.. she loved it but OH was less amused.. then he blew one which she thought was hilarious .. not quite the effect he had in mind I think lol

rach

*moan alert*

I am sooo fed up . DH is so horrid to me sometimes, last night just as we started to go to bed L started to chat to himself, somehow that was my fault, then he was going on and on that we couldn't go for a walk today as I'd booked the dentist (i had forgotten he had the day off). I was exhausted and just wanted to sleep so I said to him, more joking than anything, 'oh stop moaning and f off into the spare room if you're going to keep going on'. He can't seem to take any kind of criticism and so then calls me a fat slag and goes on and on in a really nasty way He's always doing it if I dare to criticise him.

And of couse who is up with L again this morning? I feel so exhausted for some reason and am just sitting here crying. I've shouted at L about 4 times as he's just into everything, especially the things he knows he's not meant to have/climb on! He was up quite a lot in the night chatting to himself, not crying at all but of course I heard him so I had quite a disturbed night.

On top of all this I just feel like I'm last priority for everyone - my mum won't have seen L for 3 months, possibly 4 when we see her. She doesn't seem to be able to make time to come and visit (it's a few hours away), but she can take a day's leave to look after my sister's 2 boys and have them every other sunday.

Sorry for the moan, just don't know who else to tell at this time in the morning!

delain

Rach massive hugs to you xx That is an absolutely awful thing for him to say to you

No one has the right to make you feel like that, I'd be making sure that nothing gets done (no cooking for him, just you and L, none of his washing etc) and if he says anything just say you didn't think he'd want a fat slag to do it so he can do it himself.

I have issues with my mum too... She's being OK ish just now but can be a total pain, sometimes feels the need to call up and be nasty for no real reason then later claim that she's 'worried about me'! Nothing to do with being p***ed and bitter then, eh? But that's families, sadly you don't get to choose them.

It's freezing in here this morning but I had to leave the window open for the cat to get in as it wasn't coming when I called last night. Tonight that window gets closed, cat or no cat lol my feet feel icy!

Squeak didn't have a fantastic night so I'm quite tired now.

PP Squeak will say 'ta' when she wants something, and she'll hold her hand out to give you what she's got when you hold your hand out and say 'ta' but then she'll whip her hand away and laugh at you as well! I'm sure I read somewhere it's a phase they have to do with learning to understand faces.

wendz86

Rach - that was horrible of him , none of that was your fault and there is absolutely no need to say that to you. Hugs . Also sorry to hear about the problems with your mum, she should want to come and visit you.

Delain - sorry to hear you had a bad night.We had another bad one here too. Really worried she is getting in bad habits as i keep falling asleep with her in bed with me as she just won't settle in cot arghh. I am worried she is getting cold as she kicks her blanket off.

Off to stay with my Mum for a couple of days as OH is on nights so not seeing much of him this week.

CL

That's terrible Rach. He needs to pull his weight! You should arrange a night out with your friends and stay over so you get a good night's sleep. Get all glammed up and leave OH with L and let him stew while you have a great night. Cocktails with the girls make you feel lots better.