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Blue shoes and nappy-mess [hopeful] (No1 Babies Detective Agency pt3)

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nomoremagnolia · 02/10/2007 14:57

new thread...

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toomuchtimeonline · 06/10/2007 17:35

Hi nomore - been lurking as visiting friends today but didn't want to leave you alone with a wardrobe dilema!!! I think it will look fab so go for it!! I have a similar dress which I either dress up with accessories or dress down with a top or cardie! Just make sure you feel comfy enough to take the jumper off if you get hot..

Have a good night!!

PiggyPenguin · 06/10/2007 18:09

OOOoooh gorgeous dress! You should definitely wear it. I would love to wear something like that but am sadly lacking in the (.)(.) department. I bf both my kids for over 12 months each and am left with only the memory of how a full chest in a great dress looks! Enjoy while you can...

nomoremagnolia · 06/10/2007 18:56

Thanks for the help girls, I'm on my way there now (MNing on the move again) and I decided to go for it. Don't know how posh dinner will be as DH accepted invite without asking dress code

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Ready · 07/10/2007 09:56

nomore - the dress is gorge!! I hope the dress code was suitable... actually scrap that, I never have a problem with being the chicest in the room!! And I'll bet you were!!

Went to Bluewater for the first time in years... I am now torn, does my heart still belong to the Trafford Centre
It was our first splurge for a while so it was fun. I am cursin only being such a shortie. I tried on some 7forallmankind jeans, and I have to say they were divine. Just toooooo long Easily the best fitting (except around the foot ) pair I have ever tried on... I wonder if they come in Short leg????

How is everyone this fine Sunday morning??

Ready · 07/10/2007 11:02

P.S. I am wondering if Kent is officially Bugaboo Country?? I was in my element. And it was great because DH could see a whole host of different prams and choose which he liked the look of best. Guess what came up trumps?? Of course you know it was the Bug. He even started saying, when asked to comment on alternatives, "It's no Bug is it?"

Scorpio - If you are lurking chick, I saw the limited edition Denim and stood gawking . The woman probably thought I was staring at the baby .

nomoremagnolia · 07/10/2007 21:24

DH loves the name 'bugaboo' and he likes the style/engineering of it - just not sure of the 'slogging across rugby fields' credentials of it.

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Ready · 07/10/2007 22:03

I love the name 'bugaboo' too I would have thought the big wheels would have made for perfect rugger pitch manoeuvrability (sp?)

PiggyPenguin · 08/10/2007 07:50

'Sybil - how reliable are the persona things? Is there a chance you ovulated but it just didn't pick it up?' Fom Toomuch last week, well, that BFP I just got this morning suggests not that reliable!!!!!!

I am so gobsmacked!! I really thought it wasn't going to happen this month and only peed on a stick because I had one and one of my boobs was sore.

Still, I have been this pregnant already this year and have no baby to show for it, so trying not to get too excited.

I hope it is ok to hang around as I feel very unready to move on to the due threads. I need a friend to come with...

gillydaffodil · 08/10/2007 10:53

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mistlethrush · 08/10/2007 11:03

Wow! Hurrah ()!

What good news for a Monday morning. How many tests have you done by now - come on, own up!

Ready - we run a dehumidifier in our bathroom - with this on and the bathroom door shut (we sometimes leave it ajar so that it helps to dry out all of the house) we were able to dry flat nappies overnight, and the shaped cotton ones were only slightly damp by the morning. The bamboo nappies do take longer than this though - which is why we had cotton for the daytime and bamboo (when you could do with the extra absorbtion (sometimes with added padding on top!) at night.

We used mixture - you will sometimes have to change a nappy when you know that you will want to change it again in a short time and there seems little point in using a shaped nappy which you might use later. DH was fine with washables, and was also capable of the very straight-forward fold we used for prefolds (which we found really easy to use in terms of flat nappies) - we just placed a rectangle of folded nappy into a wrap (you just need to get good wraps!)

Just remember, only you will know about what the nappy looks like on the inside, but the wrap might be much more in evidence - some of them are worth having in full view!

PiggyPenguin · 08/10/2007 11:06

hi Gilly, thanks for the congrats, I feel so excited, but also incredibly anxious. I am in frantic knicker checking mode today as I know it is early enough to easily be a chemical pregnancy postive on the test.

I guess as time goes on I will get more relaxed, but today I am in a right state, especially as Dh & I agreed last time that if this ever happened again we wouldn't tell anyone until 12 weeks - which means you guys are responsible for my sanity for the next eight weeks - sorry!

nomoremagnolia · 08/10/2007 12:08

Congrats sybil . Praying that it's a sticky one . I'm on cd28 and am also on knicker watch.

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PiggyPenguin · 08/10/2007 12:57

Nomore, keeping all fingers crossed for you (and everyone else ) I'm going to need a buddy or more to keep me company on those other threads!

nomoremagnolia · 08/10/2007 13:07

Ooh I hope so sybil though I did promise ready we'd graduate together

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toomuchtimeonline · 08/10/2007 13:29

Sybil - huge congrats!! So glad my optimism was well founded!! Stupid tests eh...

Oh that has really cheered me up! Feels like we haven't had a BFP in ages!!

Hi - everyone else! How is everyone today?

toomuchtimeonline · 08/10/2007 13:30

p.s. got everything crossed for you nomore!

p.p.s can I graduate with you if I manage soon too.. I'm CD 7 today..

mistlethrush · 08/10/2007 13:53

Absolutely exhausted. Had training weekend, and found out that the person I was sharing a room with snored. VERY LOUDLY!!!!!!! So very disturbed sleep and quite an intensive weekend. Came back to find dh in strop as he'd had to look after ds who had had 4 accidents on Sat and 3 (so far) on Sun. Needless to say, no more accidents after I turned up (Do you want a wee? No? well, mummy wants a wee any way, so come with mummy...)(and, of course, I'm probably more used to looking for the signs and interpreting them than dh - ds hadn't had any accidents (well, accidents like that anyway - had a fair few of being slightly misplaced on potty or getting up too quickly etc)

Got lots to think about from weekend - feeling very positive. Anyone want a job that can fit around family and give good pay as well? (one of people running course is a sahm with 3 children under 6 inc a 1yo)

Just need 2 or 3 extra days a week now to sort myself out (only need me of course, if ds was around, that wouldn't achieve anything!)

mistlethrush · 08/10/2007 14:02

That sounds as though I don't love him to bits, and don't want to spend time with him - not meant to, its just when I'm with him we're doing things together, so I don't get a chance to do much of all the other things that I really need to do done...

fifilou · 08/10/2007 14:09

hello ladies!

thanks for posting in my site chin wag room www.childcareisfun.co.uk

I'm just poppin in to sprinkle you all with magic baby making dust. Ive a good feeling this month for us xxx

mistlethrush · 08/10/2007 14:17

Fi - something to add to your site perhaps? Other cooking opportunities - ds has loved 'making' from an early age. I have lots of Pampered Chef things including the delux mini-muffin pan - he started with this at 14 months (sometimes with pastry, but more often with playdough (homemade)) - you put a small ball in the bottom of the 'cup' and squish it with a wooden tool. These are ideal for children - you can choose what to fill them with to suit your child and they are quite small and easy for children to eat. Great mincepies as they are adult one-bite size and even children manage them in a couple max so don't have collapsing pies allover the carpet.

I now regularly make pizza with him. He loves helping to squidge the dough out over the stone, spread the tomato topping out and put all the toppings over (sometimes needs a hand to get relatively even distribution) - any pizza made like this gets devoured.

Oh, and btw, there is a fantastic foodchopper - I wish I had had mine when ds weaning as it chops to the texture that you want very easily and quickly and is really easy to clean. This is also suitable for older children to use safely as the blades are enclosed

mistlethrush · 08/10/2007 14:18

Can you tell that my motivation isn't great at work today?

Ready · 08/10/2007 14:52

I have just arrived in the hotel, and got connected to the wifi

Sybil - Big congrats And to think you were panicking about ovulating or not - I think this answers that question

Nomore - You don't have to wait for me to graduate, gawd knows how long I am going to be here

MT - Sounds like you had a stressful weekend, I would hate to share a room with a snorer!!!

fifi - how are you feeling?

Everyone else

Ready · 08/10/2007 18:02

No one about... just my luck

nomoremagnolia · 08/10/2007 18:16

I'm here on mobile though so no links I'm afraid

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nomoremagnolia · 08/10/2007 18:17

I'm here on mobile though so no links I'm afraid

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