Learning to walk before I run

Suffolk_lass

In contrast, our boy wolfed down baby rice mixed with formula milk from 7 weeks old as he had gone into a feeding frenzy and the Health Visitor reassured me it was for the best. He went from Damian the Omen devil child who screamed all night, into the most placid sleeps-all-night child you could dram of. Turns out I was starving him. He was like a baby bird with the spoon, wolfing down whatever was close enough to scoff.

I realise now what a terrible mother I was at that point. 

QueenJess

I’m sure you were not a terrible mother @Suffolk_lass . Motherhood is such a shock and the whole feeding thing is a total nightmare that no one prepares you for and the NHS tries to guilt trip you into thinking there is only one way otherwise you are a failure.

No baby has read the “rules” and they really are all different. My two definitely have done their own thing, not followed the guidance and wherever possible torn up and burnt the rules (in completely different ways of course) 😂

edinburgher

DD2 hasn't gone beyond giving any solid food a good sook. Today she deigned to put scrambled eggs in her mouth (horrified) and two tiny flakes of pastry from a sausage roll (tasty but didn't realise she had to chew or swallow, so dribbled back out)

We went to an out of town shopping place as a family today, not particularly inspiring but I did manage to pick up some stocking fillers from the eye wateringly expensive shop that is Lu5h for Mrs E.

This didn't feel like the most productive weekend ever but that's ok. I need to remember that there's no reason to feel guilty should I get the chance to relax (managed two half games of rugby on the TV yesterday) and that all my chores will be waiting for me Since Friday I have been a dad, gone to my exercise, class roasted a ham, made 6 portions of beef stew, processed 4-5 loads of laundry, repaired and re-painted the window surround for the blind that didn't fit, put up the roman blind that did fit (it's lovely, a sort of abstract blue tweed), added corner protectors to all of our fire door openers so that we don't ding the walls when opening the doors and started filling the gap around the living room light switch where the electrician changed the old switch for a dimmer. All that on next to no sleep. My not productive is other people's quite productive, I realise this

No finance news, just a wee bit of virement.

Karmacat

Too right that's productive, well done you ⭐⭐⭐

Merlin's_Beard

That's more than a busy weekend for me!

savingholmes

Have fun. Hope the food doesn't end up on the walls as well as floors etc! My kids were little monsters for throwing things at that stage

Cornish_mum

Hi Ed, we also had a quiet weekend, and it sounds like you got tons done. Our DD was very hard to wean she didn’t swallow anything until she was 9-months and hated being fed. DS was a total contrast he would eat buckets of anything you put near his mouth. CM

edinburgher

DD2 seems to quite enjoy cream cheese and is considering whether or not to accept a bottle (1/2 of 1 bottle accepted so far, 4 bottles offered)

I have done nearly 16,000 steps already today and my Friday morning weights class (well 60% of it). I'm absolutely zonked and ready for the weekend. Not too much housework awaiting, but I really should finish off some minor bits of DIY and start my job application.

Not too much to report in finance land. I have continued making PAD towards the larger of the 2 CCs and have got the total balance down to c. £5,700. I opened a new BT CC with 0% BT fee, 21 months @ 0% and 1% monthly repayments. I figured this would help our cashflow over the difficult year to come, although I'm still motivated to pay it off sooner. It's nice to have choices, eh? I'm just trying to be patient New CC credit limit is £5,500, so I'll only be able to transfer £5,225. The plan is to pay off (at least) the £500 this leaves behind before Christmas and to let the new CC tick over with minimum payments for a month or two until I can come up with some money making wheeze. I may be successful with my insurance claim against Evri, which would be £200 or so. I'm also due backdated pay mid-December and am starting a wee bit of overtime soon, which should be very beneficial as it's £30+ an hour.

savingholmes

Sounds like things are stabilising £ wise.

Well done on the steps.

edinburgher

DD2 just went for an unheard of 2+ hour nap

£30.22 paid off CC2 (Only owe V1rg1n 75p this month after the usual overbill/underbill nonsense that happens when you renew your contract, £2 cashback from TCB, 63p cashback from Ch@5e and a few £ from my personal spends account). Feeling skint, glad I get paid on Tuesday.

Think Mrs E and the kids are off to a wee fair thing at our local highstreet for the Christmas lights switch on, I am planning on staying behind to fit smoke detectors.