MSE Parent Club

Lu_T

Hi MS

Join all the baby clubs you can - Boots, Tesco etc. They send you lots of vouchers for discounts as well as freebies.

Ask around your friends and family too. You'd be surprised how many people have stuff they are willing to lend or give you - we got 2 prams, a moses basket, change bag, baby bouncer etc etc

I'm sure some of the others will know about websites. HTH

Agutka - we had a mobile above the change mat which Imogen would happily watch. Now she's bigger and more wriggly I change her on my lap if she's playing up. I think they feel less safe so don't struggle as much. You could give it a try.

cha97michelle

I must have been extremely mean with ds1. When he started wriggling around and the poop going everywhere, i said no, and tapped his leg. He did it only a couple of times before learning to lie still. I know not to everyone's cup of tea smacking them, but at that age it wasn't a hard smack, more hurt feelings, and really worked. I know a friend asked me how i'd done it and was really shocked i had done it, so i don't want to offend anyone by saying it.

We do the singing while changing, and the book or toy to hold and he is generally good. Ds2 is far more wriggly at the moment. He is getting his feet and using them to push himself along the mat away from you. Only 10 weeks old and already a monkey. :rolleyes:

Maz - glad it wasn't the chicken pox.

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Maz glad it wasn't chicken pox too. Last year my neice had it and she was 5 years old. I took Jack round to visit her (he would have been about 6 months old) and we spent the day with her. I had been told if babies get it its easier and less severe for them.

A week later he didn't develop anything and I started to forget all about it. Then I started aching like mad and feeling really ill and tearful. Massages didn't help and I just felt awful for about 2 days, friday through till Sunday night. Then on Monday morning I woke up to SPOTS!! I had assumed by 32 I would have had it, Mum didn't say otherwise. I would say in an adult it was awful!! I used piriton to control the itching which really helped and the spots took a few weeks to go. Needless to say, Jack never did get it and you can't get more than being in extremely close proximity for the entire time. So I guess ideally now, i'd like it to be in approx a year's time, so they can have it together and it not affect schooling too much.

Another vote for Morhulin here, I use it on both.

Molly rolled onto her side again today, but has yet to do her back to front trick again. She wants to sit up but still learning to support herself for longer than a few seconds. Weaning seems to stop at baby rice, bronchitis got in the way for about a week, but anything other than rice, she gets upset and won't eat. Any ideas please??

Jack is in a big boys duvet (cot one) and is sleeping through but not with duvet on him. At the moment its ok, I check on him at some point in the night when I go for a wee and recover him, but come the colder weather I am concerned there will be problems. How can I get him to stop rotating from one end of the cot to the other and keep him duvet on him. My neighbour said once they realise the pillow is more comfy they stay at that end..........No, he's still all over the cot like normal. What have other parents done? I'd be reluctant to go back to a grobag when the move to duvet was painless and accepted straight off. I've put him back in long sleeve/trouser pj's to keep him warm instead of shorties, but I know come autumn that won't be enough.

Thanks all.

Snaggles

Just thought I would post my very 'bad mother' tip for nappy changes - I give Natasha a sticker, and she is so intrigued and engrossed by the annoying thing stuck to her hand (and her attempts to try and remove it), that her legs stay quite still, and nappy changes are no problem at all.

*runs and hides*

purplepatch

Deleted_User wrote: »

Needless to say, Jack never did get it and you can't get more than being in extremely close proximity for the entire time. So I guess ideally now, i'd like it to be in approx a year's time, so they can have it together and it not affect schooling too much.

Olivia caught cpox from her preschool when she was 2. I'd never had it, my mum used to write down the illnesses I had as a very young child and I certainly have no memory of having it. So I obviously waited with baited breath for the full 3 weeks possible incubation, but nothing happened. The doctor said that some people have a natural immunity and he told me that I could never have avoided it being in such close proximity, caring for a child with it, so I must have this immunity. I would think that it is likely Jack is in the same boat.

Dormouse

Snaggles wrote: »

Just thought I would post my very 'bad mother' tip for nappy changes - I give Natasha a sticker, and she is so intrigued and engrossed by the annoying thing stuck to her hand (and her attempts to try and remove it), that her legs stay quite still, and nappy changes are no problem at all.

*runs and hides*

Hmm, I like your thinking. :T

*runs away to Snaggles' hiding place too* :rotfl:

Oh come on, it's not that bad. It's just a sticker - not like you're putting industrial strength duct tape over her hands

Snaggles

Dormouse wrote: »

Hmm, I like your thinking. :T

*runs away to Snaggles' hiding place too* :rotfl:

Oh come on, it's not that bad. It's just a sticker - not like you're putting industrial strength duct tape over her hands

She actually loves it - she giggles as soon as she sees the sheet of stickers come out! But it does sound a bit dodgy, saying that you stick things to your baby to keep them still! :rotfl:

Claire_Jones_3

izoomzoom i've found the info you wanted, you can get the EYFS from teachernet.gov.uk/publications or everychildmatters.gov.uk with the www infront or you can ring 0845 6022260 and request a copy and best of all its free

SeptemberBaby_2

scruffy96uk wrote: »

Ah that is soooo cute, doesn't it make you sooo proud of them?

Thanks Scruffy. My heart near bursts with pride! . I love being a mum :happyhear

Snaggles wrote: »

Just thought I would post my very 'bad mother' tip for nappy changes - I give Natasha a sticker, and she is so intrigued and engrossed by the annoying thing stuck to her hand (and her attempts to try and remove it), that her legs stay quite still, and nappy changes are no problem at all.

*runs and hides*

Don't hide! Come back with more hints and tips! :rotfl:

scruffy96uk

SNAGGLES

Why don't people just say what they mean instead of being sarcastic or pretending all the time? People think I'm strange because I've got Asperger's Syndrome, but really I'm the only one that makes any sense.


By Ryan Snaggles, age 7

I do love your signature (or your sons I think), so very very true.