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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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To happily loan my ds to nearly anyone..

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strawberrycake · 08/08/2010 18:51

...if anyone wanted a 9 week old to play with. My bones themselves are tired. He's a pest. A beautiful pest.

anyone?

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MaeMobley · 08/08/2010 20:54

please please may I borrow him? PLEASE. PLEASE

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strawberrycake · 08/08/2010 20:56

Postal address Mae?

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strawberrycake · 08/08/2010 20:57

just picked him up, bloody smiler, he knows it works with those big eyes!

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MaeMobley · 08/08/2010 20:58

Wimbledon!!!

stepmumtoone · 08/08/2010 21:03

haha, well the offers there no piss taking involved! i love em at that age :)! and i need a break from MILs house

LucyLouLou · 08/08/2010 22:36

Would you people please stop making me laugh?! I'm pregnant and more susceptible to accidents than usual!

pinksmarties · 09/08/2010 00:19

I'm not far either...I love babies and would be very happy to look after him for a few hours while you have a sleep. My DC are teens and I miss the lovely baby stage.

MichaelaS · 09/08/2010 01:48

me me me! i'm in east london too. My son is 15 months old now, crawls faster than light speed and pulls everything off the table to throw it on the floor. I fancy snuggling with an immobile one.

Bring yours round and you can have a sleep whilst i play with mine and cuddle yours for a bit?

tortoiseonthehalfshell · 09/08/2010 01:59

Awww, strawberry, if you can bring yourself to do so, please do take some of these lovely offers up. I'm the other side of the world from you, but believe me, when your child is a bit older, getting to spend time with a newborn isn't doing a favour, it's a privilege and it's so fun. I know when mine was tiny I felt like it was doing me a huge favour if someone held her for a bit - now she's older, I am pathetically grateful when someone lends me theirs.

If your husband is away abroad and you have no family, it must be incredibly hard for you. And when there's women like us out there, who'd really enjoy some newborn snuggling, it would be madness to waste the offer.

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strawberrycake · 09/08/2010 09:23

I think my husband would throttle me if I left him with someone I met on an online forum! He's back next week.

On a serious note, if you're really that close and fancy a coffee...I'm more North East London on Essex border...If you know the area you'll know roughly where I mean.

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ballstoit · 09/08/2010 09:35

Strawberry,fellow witching hour hater will be thinking of you later. Go for that coffee, get some phone numbers, and riing them when you're considering selling DS on ebay.

It does get better, DC3 is 14 mnths now and I feel less like selling her every day. And dont feel the need to sing

What shall we do with the naughty baby?
What shall we do with the naughty baby?
What shall we do with the naughty baby?
Early in the evening.
Put her in the garden and lock the door/
Give her a huge gobstopper/
Give her to grandma until she's five.

DSS1 (aged 9 at the time) started this and made up most of the suggestions, we only sing it a couple of times a week now .

MichaelaS · 09/08/2010 17:08

I'd love to meet up for a coffee - we could be internet safe and meet in a public cafe or a sure start centre. I'm in E14 on the isle of dogs - very easy to get onto the A12 or A13 from here so pretty close to all of Essex. :)

MichaelaS · 09/08/2010 17:09

actually maybe at lakeside? shopping and coffee - excellent!

SecurusScriptor · 09/08/2010 19:01

Aww! How lovely. I hope you do meet up.

Maybe this is what Mumsnet should be doing as Tortoise said, it really is a privilege.

I bet Mumsnet could also do a nice line in 'rent a grandparent' trade too. I mean for mums not babes. Always miss my grandparents (none of whom are with us anymore) there are things that you just can't get by talking to any other generation. Just like the joy holding a newborn brings can't be exactly gotten by holding any other generation.

How are you today Strawberry? Did you sleep well? How's your little smiler today?

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strawberrycake · 09/08/2010 20:34

He's so well, I'm SO happy. Gone from 2oz feeds to 7-8oz, and you can imagine how much happier that makes him. HE redeemed himself by sleeping 11 hours and smiling all day. I think the crying today for all day wouldn't hit 5 min. HE was been rewarded with a lot of cuddles, singing and general daft games much to his amusement. It's not his fault he's been unwell, and hi lovely nature is showing through again.

Michaela- is there a way of sending a private message on here, we could meet in the middle or nearby. Lakeside a bit hard as I don't drive though. I'm E4.

I'd love to befriend old people as grandparents. I always talk to them at bus stops, they should do local groups like playgroups but for elderly AND mums with babes.

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SecurusScriptor · 09/08/2010 22:05

Fantastic!
Glad he's on the mend (and charming the pants off his mummy!).

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strawberrycake · 09/08/2010 22:08

Thanks.

I think it was all a ploy to gain maximum love and attention along with the 7.30 pm to bed without a peep. Little charmer.

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MichaelaS · 10/08/2010 17:37

so pleased he's been better today and is a bit easier to look after too.

Not sure how to pm on here but you could send me a mail to my old hotmail account and i'll look out for it - its michaela underscore j underscore brown at hotmail dot com. i don't use it any more (and its not even my real name!) so it wouldn't really be a problem if spammers get hold of it. :)

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