The Mighty Frugaleers Meticulously March into March

[WreckTangled]

New thread. Sorry for lame title

Wondering if Seacow is okay? You okay Seacow? You weren't well in the week. x

Been We've had stuff like that but I just take it as an indicator that it's time to push that one aspect more, and then usually ds is caught right up before the referral goes through and we get immediately discharged by whoever it is. If you just do oodles of talking she's be zooming ahead in no time.

The one big thing that helps my ds's talking is banning screen time. As soon as the mesmerizing screen goes, he is all talk talk talk.

Not much to report here. I'm having a day off.

all dp says the gt is a good bike. He says you'd need a 15" frame or thereabouts (each brand has different geometry apparently ), but from the pic that looks nice and small. If you feel comfy on it, then that's great. I'd also recommend you get a pair of shorts with a pad in, if you'll be pedalling over about 5 miles at a go. They don't have to be uber expensive, but make a massive difference. You can always put joggies over the top!

Am contemplating going for a pedal today, the wind has dropped and I've not got a good excuse!

Meh. My HV was worried about Ds' speech. I wasn't. He was second child and didn't need to talk! He's fine now.

So glad I get my NHS wifi in the hospital. I have a headache from lack of caffeine. Ds is at my friend's house so that's nice.

Dd2 didn't string any of her massive 20 words together at 3. She barely spoke at all. Her comprehension was totally normal though. I got her referred (dd1 was an early talker), but we only gad the one appointment. The speech therapist basically said she's fine. She decided to talk a week after she started nursery, so 3 and 3 months. Just went from nothing to fluent.

She still uses selective mutism at home to control us me

It was like she needed to be away ftom dd1's incessant blather to talk for herself!

Good luck wreck hope its straightforward and over quickly. Do you have a costa in your hospital for a treat afterwards?

No Costa and can't eat for an hour after! Hopefully I can have coffee though? My friend will have one for me I'm sure!

Aaargh new unopened pack of ham left out in living room overnight. No heating so the room is pretty cold. Keep or chuck?

Speech is so interesting in children isn't it? Ds's speech was flagged in year 1 and that was how I worked out that he'd gone deaf in both ears because of glue ear. We managed to resolve it naturally with a bit of help from the ladies of Mumsnet.

cag personally I'd keep it. But I'm a bit of a rebel. I'd probably get rid of the top piece of ham though. #safety.

I'm off riding in a bit. Yay! It's a bit grey here today but it'll do me good to get out the house.

Tomorrow I'm up stupid early as have to take the car for a service. That's going to be expensive.

I'm here Need thanks for asking! I have been crook but getting better. (Wifi also intermittent, I haven't yet wasted 2 hours of my life on the phone to Sky). I am on antibiotics for a sinus infection, hope they kick in soon. It's DH's birthday this weekend and we have a babysitter so are thinking of dinner and CINEMA (first time since having DS!). I hope I'll have perked up for that. Even though I won't get to choose the film .

Not good frugal action here really. I gave away a small chest of drawers or should that be Chester draws? yesterday on FB. Could have asked for a tenner but I've been tripping over it and want it gone. I have also scanned a fair few books for webuybooks.com but only a tiny number are coming up for over £1. So am going to drop most of them off at oxfam today. I have to be strict with myself about getting stuff out of the house more than selling - progress on liberating DH's study for the baby is still too slow! We had 45 cardboard boxes delivered yesterday to stash his precious music magazine back issues in the loft. I can't nag this weekend as it's his birthday but next weekend I will be on it! I also gave some money to the DEC appeal. The footage on the news last night was very sobering. People just should not starve to death in this world.

And still spending - am off to Dunelm shortly to buy curtains for baby's room (I want a plain soft teal colour and they have some cheap blackout ones that I think will fit the bill). Am going to go for that colour with yellow accents - no pink here! Possibly also to Homebase for paint samples and a new loo seat with integrated child seat. Then back here for a housework frenzy as the house has been badly neglected over the last 10 days. I feel tired just thinking about it but it's my day without DS and I need to make the most of it.

We went to have a meeting at DS's first choice school on Monday. No guarantee we will get in but I hope we do, if not through normal admissions then via his EHCP. I felt all churned up by the experience - reassured by meeting the SENCO and more hopeful that he will be okay and will enjoy school. But still very anxious about the support he will need, and about his social needs. He is such a gentle but anxious boy, and his speech is still quite limited so it's hard to see how he can make friends . And I'm going to miss him terribly! We are going to put him in the preschool for a couple of afternoons a week just to help the transition, so it doesn't all feel so new in September. I think he will like the preschool there. They have lots of numbers strung from the ceiling

Loved the dog pics a couple of pages back - I was brought up with dogs and love 'em. Wish DS wasn't so petrified of them, we'll see how that goes. That autism assistance dog from crufts was gorgeous and so patient, it was very moving the impact he had had.

em your MIL is a horror but on the very big plus side she is a long way away! Whenever you feel pissed off just think - at least she's not down the road!

Hope your endoscopy goes well Wreck.

creme and meadow defo worth giving the driving some thought, especially with an automatic. I really like driving but admit I feel very anxious about parking these days since we got a bigger car. I don't find it a problem to drive but really hate reversing in it because I just find the visibility poor (zig has parking sensors but they just beep and fluster me!) . I do think back fondly to the Honda Jazz era.

Better get a wriggle on!

Physio this morning, and still no response from the boyfriend. I told him he's taking the piss this morning, it's been a month of this now, more or less.

Will read through later.

I hope I don't have to take my top off to wear just my vest, I've got hairy armpits 😁 waiting for them to be waxed.

Was all normal. They said how brave I was ooo a bike

Well done Wreck.

For those who are plucking up the courage to drive, I've always been a highly strung type but I always look at my car as one of my helps rather than hindrances. It takes me places safely, and is like a second home when I get there. I've always loved having a car. One of my great joys is having a picnic in the car with ds, even when the car is parked in our drive.

I just heard that ofsted is inspecting our local area for provision for special needs kids. The national association for deaf children wrote to say about it. That sounds useful doesn't it? I wish we could get to talk to them when they visit.

Glad it went well wreck.

Polka I'm sure the physio has seen much worse things than hairy armpits so I wouldn't worry about it . Sorry to hear about things with your boyfriend .

Seacow glad you are recovering. I am ill too, more ill today than yesterday, the only reason I even got out of bed is because I have an exam later . I hope i'm feeling a bit better tomorrow as I have a really long day tomorrow of uni & work, eek. Our diary shows that I was ill the exact same time last year, also when I had some exams, so I'm thinking it might be stress playing a bit part in weakening my immune system. But last year I had awful tonsilitis and was basically in bed for days and missed an exam so thankfully I'm not that sick this time.

Today should be NSD as will be having lunch at home then going to uni for short exam then one hour of work with my manager as we need to reconvene to agree who we're going to invite to interview to be my replacement. Then home and warm drinks and laying on sofa watching netflix probs, I feel so grim.

About talking, I think it's quite common for second children to talk later than firsts. I know that I learnt to talk very early and very well and would chat none stop but my brother didn't start talking until much later, probably because of being drowned out by me, and apparently when people asked him questions I would answer for him and things so he probably just didn't feel the need to talk for awhile.

£10.27 macdonalds

I love driving and changing gear but I had an automatic courtesy car once and it was so easy to drive. I wouldn't swap yet but will when I'm older I def think it's worth giving it a go.

It's 19 degrees here and gorgeous sun

Well done wreck

Just back from the stables. We went on a hack then I had an impromptu private lesson. Instructor let me jump - cantererkng over jumps. Eek!! Exhausted now.

Having some leftover pizza and salad for lunch.

ive just seen an advert for a dirty Louisiana burger from KFC. It looks awesome. Totally want.

55p on mushroom soup
£4.50 bus ticket
£57 Asda food shop

Physio just talked to me today, and then offered me a follow up appointment... her next available slot is the end of April. What am I supposed to do?!

Parent teacher thing this afternoon for dd1, dd2 was yesterday and she is doing wonderfully.

My ds2 didn't speak until he was five, and I mean not a single word. We used makaton. He's now doing incredibly well at school, goodness knows what happened there really.

Just had a good catch up on the thread.
Pleased it went well today, Wreck.
Em please be careful riding! I stopped when pregnant with DD1 and now I can't afford it but I'd love to get back to it, especially on day like today, perfect weather for hacking.
Should be NSD today. DH and DD are tidying up the garden, we're hoping that DD can get out there to play more now that spring has sprung! We need to buy some fresh sand for her sand tray and we're going to get some seeds for her to plant and tend to. Thinking about one of those wild flower bombs, does anyone know if they are any good?
I'm sitting with my feet up and the babies are asleep. DM is coming round in a bit and says she has cooked us something we can reheat for dinner. I feel a bit lazy! I might try and sort out a bag for the charity shop in a minute.

snuggly don't worry. Am being as careful as I can. My instructor won't let me carry on past 6 months, more placid pony and initially no jumping except for today when it was one on one.

I had wanted to move up to the more advanced group (before I knew I was pg) but will hold off on that. Happy "plodding" along in the same group until after baby.

Pretty walk today

Lovely, Wreck. Glad your procedure went well too.

£9.70 travel to work and 54 pence on 2 cheese straws from the bakery as a snack.

Exam was harder than I expected but I still think I did ok. Then agonising with my manager over who to invite to interview to be my replacement, quality of candidates was poor overall so it was hard . Feel so grim with this illness but just took some more paracetamol and having a .

Broke my NSD as there were a load of gorgeous posh cards being sold off in the uni shop for 50p each so spent £4 stocking up. I still need mothers' day card for my mam and DH's mam though, and an easter card for our family friends abroad.