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Lu_T

Congrats to Heather, what a big girl! Can't wait til Imogen's crawling, let alone walking!! :eek:

Welcome lbl. Glad everything's going well for you. It doesn't matter how they arrive, but when they are here, it's a blessing. :smileyhea

Have just been looking at one of those potable booster seat things. Thanks for the Boots sale tip. We'll be off there tomorrow to save our 20%.

Oh, and Mini Mode - Boots' clothes range - also has a good sale on. They have their own website which you can link to from the Boots one. LOL

SusanCarter

Dormouse wrote: »

Can I have a bit of a moan? I'm SO fed up with the MW visiting every day. She hasn't been today or yesterday, but is coming again tomorrow morning (MORNING :eek: - not a good time to be visiting a household with a newborn! :mad: ).

When I had DS1, I quite looked forward to the MW coming, but TBH this time I just don't see the point. I'm not saying I know everything and am a perfect parent, but I'm not having any problems so her turning up every day and asking the same stupid questions is a bit pointless ("So how are you today? Tired?" What do you bloomin' think? :rolleyes:). Then she goes off talking about cabbage leaves - yes I know, I've done this before, my nipples are fine thank you very much. Can't wait till the 10 days are up. :rolleyes:

Have you tried telling her you don't want her to come every day. I would have thought they would have plenty of other work to do without making unecessary and unwanted visits. My midwife came everyday for the first 5 days and then it was generally just every two or three days but she would always ask whether we wanted her the next day or not. I don't think you are actually obliged to have the visits so if you don't want them and there are no problems with the baby then you should be able to stop them.

Dormouse

Woohoo, the MW is not coming tomorrow :j - I think she's finally twigged we're going to be fine for a day. She did have to come in today though as Alex had his heel blood test thingie - he was so good, didn't even make a noise! :A (DS1 screamed his head off when he had his, and I blubbed my eyes out, the emotional wreck of a first-time mum that I was ).

It's funny actually, with DS1 the MW only came every couple of days or so, and that's when I did need her. We've moved since then, so I guess things are a bit different here.

Got myself a breastfeeding top today, from Mothercare of all places (I was looking online but they all seem so expensive). Anyway, the top I got was £14, which I thought was quite reasonable. Now I have no excuse not to go out. :cool:

Curious_George_2

Js_Other_Half wrote: »

We are planning to give DS a half birthday - on June 21st - or we will when he's older, just so he can have a day that's his, and not mixed up with Christmas.

I have a half birthday on 21st July (and i still get a card and chocs from my parents... and im 30 now! lol)
because my real birthday is the rubbish date of January 6th

Lu_T

Hey Curious George, I'm so glad someone else has a half-day (as we're calling it) and it's been successful.

Imogen's birthday is Boxing Day, so we don't want her to miss out on having a special day. (Plus she was meant to be a summer baby, but we got carried away with getting started on the 'trying' )

I'm looking forward to having parties in the garden in the summer. We'll be giving her a present for Xmas and then a card and an IOU for her birthday, with the actual present on 26 June. Feel much better this isn't a weird idea now, thanks George & J's Other Half!:beer:

Oh, got some bargains in Boots today. Spent £20 on Mini-Mode, saved £20!! Also, got triple points :money:

Ophie

Sorry to jump in on this conversation...

My soon to be daughters birthday is 24th December. When I have officially adopted her I will give her a naming ceremony and that will be a seperate celebration with pressies kinda like a half birthday as well. I have made a big thing to friends and family that I don't want them to give her 'one big' pressie at Christmas, I want her to have one small one wrapped in birthday paper and one small one in xmas paper....

I wonder if I am being too harsh.

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Just changing topic slightly I currently have builders in taking out some concrete in the front to put some drainage in, so we hopefully won't get flooded again. There is a lot of noise, drilling, banging going on outside our front door. The phone has rung several times and I can barely hear people speaking to have a conversation. Yet I put Jack down for his nap fully expecting him to not sleep as his room is at the front and what do you know??? He's gone.......lying on his tummy with his bum in the air!! Good boy! Why is it that can happen yet other days the slightest noise can wake them. I am not even sure if I am going to be aware when he wakes as I doubt I'll be able to hear him over the monitor its that loud here. Still it will be worth it wwhen its done.

Becles

Ophie wrote: »

I have made a big thing to friends and family that I don't want them to give her 'one big' pressie at Christmas, I want her to have one small one wrapped in birthday paper and one small one in xmas paper....

No - that's a brilliant idea.

My Mam's birthday is on the 19th December. As a child, often she got no birthday presents and had to make do with a joint birthday and Christmas present. She never had a birthday party as it was too close to Christmas. When you're a child, you don't understand the joint thing, and it just feels like nobody celebrates your birthday.

Now we always make an effort to see her on her birthday, with presents wrapped in birthday paper, and have a non-Christmassy meal to celebrate. I know she really appreciates this.

SusanCarter

Shops don't help with birthdays near Christmas either as they often get rid of all the birthday stuff to make space for Christmas stuff. One year when my mum went to buy birthday cakes for my brothers (twins) at the supermarket she couldn't find them so she asked a member of staff and was told that they didn't have them because of the Christmas cakes. Their birthday is in September.

Curious_George_2

Becles wrote: »

No - that's a brilliant idea.

My Mam's birthday is on the 19th December. As a child, often she got no birthday presents and had to make do with a joint birthday and Christmas present. She never had a birthday party as it was too close to Christmas. When you're a child, you don't understand the joint thing, and it just feels like nobody celebrates your birthday.

Now we always make an effort to see her on her birthday, with presents wrapped in birthday paper, and have a non-Christmassy meal to celebrate. I know she really appreciates this.

thats pretty much what happened on my birthday, until i got really spoilt about it and rejected any birthday present wrapped in christmas paper (well you wouldnt get away with it any other time of year!)
and unless it was a 'big' expensive pressie, i wouldnt be happy with joint gifts either... nobody gave my brother joint presents and his birthday is mere weeks after mine

its not just when your a kid either, it still feels like my birthday is a non event which just passes by unnoticed year after year,
none of my family thought to make any kind of fuss this year and that was my 30th

luckily i have an OH who completely understands... his birthday being the 3rd Jan (3 days before mine) so we made a pact to celebrate every birthday no matter what