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purplepatch

SusanCarter wrote: »

Some of my friends used to think my birthday was May instead of March so I used to end up with an extended birthday.

Thanks Susan

Well, you can see why they might have got confused, what with both months starting with M :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:;):rotfl:

Lu_T

I've just seen a 'grown-up' Gro-bag in my Mother & Baby mag. It's not cheap but it's a duvet sewn to a bottom-sheet and pillow all in one. They are £44.95 for a cot-size and £49.95 for a bed-size from bumpto3.com HTH

And Purple - I agree, take those painkillers, all of them! I took one pill about every two hours so never really ran out of pain relief and always saved one to have before bed.
Here's another cake for you too!:bdaycake: We got married 2 weeks before my birthday and that year only my Mum and new hubby remembered, sniff! Enjoy your curry though

Dormouse

Oh yeah, don't get me started on people not remembering birthdays. I've been with my DH 11 years and only once did his parents remember my birthday (funnily enough it was this year ). Usually I get a card about a fortnight later. :rolleyes: Even worse, my MIL once forgot DH's birthday :eek: (that's why I don't take it personally :rotfl:).

They're actually okay really.

purplepatch

Dormouse wrote: »

Oh yeah, don't get me started on people not remembering birthdays. I've been with my DH 11 years and only once did his parents remember my birthday (funnily enough it was this year ). Usually I get a card about a fortnight later. :rolleyes: Even worse, my MIL once forgot DH's birthday :eek: (that's why I don't take it personally :rotfl:).

They're actually okay really.

I should say at this point that my MIL and my SIL both remembered... MIL's card even had a £20 note in it, so that was lovely of her.

Snaggles

Oooh, MadDogWoman, I made apple, pear and cinnamon for Natasha and she LOVED it, thanks! :T

Becles

purplepatch wrote: »

Saying that, I've found that Olivia even at 4 is still totally unable to stay under a duvet - has anyone else found that with their children that used grobags? If so, have they ever grown out of it?!?! Even if I tuck the duvet in, she still wriggles free!!

I don't think Grobags existed when my boys were babies so they both were under blankets. James used to wriggle free and he did the same when he went into a bed with a duvet.

He's 8 now and he goes to bed under a nice flat duvet, but by the time we go to bed, it's always scrunched into a ball on top of him and he looks like a giant snail :rotfl:

purplepatch

Olivia has got an evil spot on her face. It is on her cheek quite near her hairline. Started as just a red spot and now it has got a head on it. I've been applying tea tree oil antiseptic cream and I think today (day 3) it is possibly starting to subside slightly, but I'm a bit worried. She surely shouldn't be getting stuff like this at only 4. She's had chickenpox, so I know it's not that, different kind of spot. And I've looked at pictures of impetigo, shudder, and it doesn't look like that either. It just looks like a good old fashioned zit

My DH makes noises suggesting I ought to be taking her to the doctors but I just know that they'll say not to worry about it. She's always been prone to rashes and eczema and when I've gone before I always end up feeling like it wasn't worth bothering.

Anyone ever come across this before??

Dormouse

How's Olivia's spot, Purple? I don't have any advice really, DS1 has never had big spots like that.

Was in Boots yesterday and they were selling baby food with big reductions: Boots own organic jars (small) were 4p and Cow&Gate toddler bars 10p. I've stocked up, even though Alex is not even 12 weeks yet. :rotfl: The sell-by dates were late 2008/09 though, so lots of time to use them still.

Also, if any of you have had a Boots baby club mailing recently, there's a voucher in it for 1/2 price Boots Expert baby range. Well, the Boots Expert baby wipes are currently BOGOF at £2.55, but the voucher takes it down to £1.27 for two packs. Never used these wipes before, but will now, at that price! :money:

MadDogWoman_2

Snaggles - glad she liked it. It must get boring for them not having flavourings.

Katie has a gro-bag (from Tesco), when she's cold I just put a cellular blanket over her and tuck it in.

Katie also slept from 10.30pm to 6am this morning the first time in months - I'm not expecting it to last though as she's got conjunctivitis (again) and she sleeps more when she's poorly.

I'm more amazed that I got her seen by a doctor yesterday, normally it's a telephone consultation with the practice nurse but I told the receptionist that it was the 2nd time in 3 weeks that she'd had it. Got some different cream prescribed that has worked a treat.

I had Katie weighed in the week she was 20lb 4oz a gain of 1lb 4oz in 4 weeks. She disgraced herself though by weeing in the weighing scales and all over the changing mat as I was getting her dressed.

MDW

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"I had Katie weighed in the week she was 20lb 4oz a gain of 1lb 4oz in 4 weeks."

Goodness me, she is doing really well, I reckon she's about 7 months old? Jack is 1 yr next saturday and he was 20lb 2oz when he was weighed last week. He's so active though he burns it all off.

How is the spot doing purple?