The Brexit Cupboard Part 2

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Following on from the fantastic thread of the weekend, I thought we'd continue discussing our brexit cupboards and boxes here. Here's to all the preppers and their cupboards, no matter what they contain. (Keep quiet about your stash in real life).

Sainsbury's basics weetbisc are dated Jan 2020.

Ritz are Dec 2019. Got some for Christmas.

Thank you! I'm having my torn tendon reattached to the humerus and some bone shaved from the joint. Hopefully I'll be like new after the recovery period!

DH has bought more reduced sausages and minced lamb today, to add to the stash! Our freezers are so full.

I've got a Waitrose voucher (£12 off £60) to use by 10 March, so need to go there soon for more bits and bobs to store.

I'll get more squash from Aldi over the next few weeks. I've already bought a load of Capri Sun for DD (DS chooses to only drink water!).

I am almost there now, but it's the fresh fruit I've no idea what to do about. What are tinned apples like? We get through 30-40 apples a week. Or do they store well?

Joining late but have been reading and observing! DH suddenly got on board with the whole thing last week so we have had delivered enough pasta, rice, sauces, etc to see us through the zombie apocalypse, plus lots of other bits so we should be ok. Have 3 months worth of cat food, need to get a bit more dog food in. Toiletries is my next line of attack, also going to make sure the car always has at least half a tank, and that we cash in the house - preferably in smaller denomination notes.

Nice one.

We had local water supply issue last night. From our perspective it was, meh, here's a couple of 2 litre bottles of water (few more in the garage if we need it); let's carry on with our evening.

I'm not saying that Brexit =water supply problems. What I am saying is that it felt good to have one less thing to worry about.

noword you could make apple compote and put in kilner jars. My breadmaker has a fruit compote programme but I've had good results in microwave as well. You can then use this to stir thought yogurt, porridge or as a pudding with custard. I bring back jars and jars of fruit compote when we go to France but can't seem to get it here - although I have seen it at Waitrose (but we don't have on of those within 60 miles)

The kids will only eat actual apples, sadly, not squashed versions of apples!😂 It's an idea for us though.

I have a preserving pan (and enough jam to see us through a good while!) so will look to see how to do compote.

apples should store if you wrap them individually in newspaper and store somewhere cool. Check them first to ensure no bruises. The problem is that lots of the apples in the supermarkets at this time of year have already been in storage for a while so less likely to last.

That's great, thank you.

You also need to check the apples regularly as one going off contaminates the rest.

The rate we get through apples that wouldn't be a problem.

I've read most of this thread and desperate for some advice. Some people on here seem really sensible and hopefully can offer some advice. It's long so please bare with me and thanks to anyone who makes it through.
After looking on here I started forward purchasing I'm getting a decent stock however my 15 month old DS is poorly and has been in and out of hospital since October every couple of weeks we live no where near family and this is having a massive affect on DHs work as he works shifts he's having to take a lot of time off as we have no one to have our older DCs, while I'm in the hospital with DS, he's used all his holidays all his compassionate leave and some of next years holidays his bosses are amazing and trying to get him extra compassionate leave and give next years holidays back they are also recommending him for a compassionate transfer to an hour away from family (the closest we can get) I'm really unsure about uprooting the family anyway as my DCs have only ever known life here but brexit makes it even scarier!! Do I try and move before it happens or or do I wait as it would be easier on my eldest and middle DCs to finish out the school year especially my middle who adores her preschool and will be going to big girl school anyway.
Do I try and move my brexit stash back or use it and replace, I'm not sure I could afford to do another as big with all the moving costs.
My son is now on regular medication to keep his airways open but I don't have time to start stocking up this is all very new to me I have no idea where his medication comes from.
Sorry its not completely stockpile related but and it's a bit of an essay I'm just home from the hospital from our second stay this month and I'm a bit frazzled with it all any advice would be so helpful.

I suppose the key question is, if you move nearer family will they definitely help you out with childcare. Because if they won’t the rest is moot. Have you discussed it with them?

Sorry yes they would at the moment they are traveling 250 miles each way every time he falls ill to take over from DH either my mum or DHs are taking turns we're a very close family despite the distance.

Move now.

Preschool DC will make new friends quickly. It will be better for them for you to have support.

Check whether you food costs more to replace or to move

If your ds weren't poorly would you still be looking to move eventually? And a difficult question, is it a long term condition that he has?
I'm sorry that you are going through this.

If you can do it, in the long run might be better to make so you have the support there. I'm sure your other children will adjust well. Kids are very good at understanding more than we realise ;)

I would move nearer a support network. I totally get why that is daunting and demands a lot of personal courage and endurance. I would speak to the family you are thinking of moving near first and make sure you are all clear about what might be involved if one of your little ones is getting a lot of focus for health reasons. I'm so sorry you have this stressful situation to deal with at any time.

Thank you all I think we will move as soon as DH can. I needed some impartial advice. Family are all very keen for us to return we've spoken many times about returning and they're very keen on helping especially MIL who is unemployed could be around alot to help. My mum is a bank nurse so also available alot on short notice. We had not intended to move back before DS took ill. The problem is we have no idea what is wrong with him it reoccurrent chest infections he's just come back negative for cystic fibrosis but the same day we got the all clear we were back in the hospital with another one. The drs say he's just unlucky and should outgrow it but it's been every 2 weeks pretty much since the begining of October we' re spending up to 5 days in the hospital he ended up on a ventilator breathing for him in October and spent his 1st birthday in the PICU. But we could move and uproot the kids and he never gets it again so we're really torn I kind of want to wait and see what happens with brexit it doesn't help that we're heavily in debt as DH has been hiding massive debt that I found out about shortly after Ds's first stay in hospital. So we're totally in the shit and bloody brexit is going to be the straw (plank) that breaks the camels back I think. I'm terrified about DS not being able to get the medicine he needs in hospital come March.

Weekly shop time. It is going to be bonkers. Arggg. Will try Aldi but may have to abandon it for somewhere with better parking.

Onescaredmuma I'm so sorry you're having to go through all of this.

I do think you might perhaps find more knowledgeable support for what is a terrible situation, on a recent thread started by MNHQ

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/eu_referendum_2016_/3507320-MNHQ-here-your-thoughts-around-Brexit-and-medicines-and-what-Leave-voters-think-now?msgid=84927704

So far it's only three pages, but there are posters with similar stories to yours and you might find helpful contacts and support.

Thinking of you

Thank you I'll have a look there later. I haven't seen that one im relatively new to mumsnet struggling a little at finding things I'm absolutely terrible with technology not good really in this day and age!

You're doing well Onescared, after all you found us :) Will moving help sort out the debt? It sounds like you'd like to be closer to family anyway. But if that's not the case and it's others pressuring you, then I'd think carefully. October probably seems like a really long time for your ds to have been ill, especially when he is so little, but it is possible that it is just one bad winter.

Maybe you need to draw out the pros and cons on a sheet of paper and create a timeline of what happens if.... it might help you see things clearer. It must be very hard to think at the moment.

I think hospitals will be stocking up on strong antibiotics and steroids and stuff like that and hopefully with spring will come better health for your lad.

We did our usual food shop today. I've finished my spreadsheet list now, so I feel a bit more settled. There's a few nice little bits and pieces I might add each week (reece's chocolate spread!) but now it's about stock rotation. Everything has dates marked on in sharpie and short dates are on the spreadsheet.

I did notice that sainsbury's have more giant packets of pasta on the shelves now and that they were practically out of plain flour. I had to get on my hands and knees and crawl in. It is a supermarket that isn't great with stock control anyway, so it may well be that a delivery was late.

Moving could really help the debt as we're in the south and could get a house back home twice the size for 1/2 the price so it's very tempting from that point of view.
I've been stocking up a while now after reading this thread I'm noticing Tesco near me keep running out of paracetamol and ibuprofen which I'm trying to get a stock of as DH has a serious back issue but due to his work can't take anything stronger.
I'm also noticing more and more shortages in the long life milk section I pick up 4 litres every week to stock up I shop mainly at aldi but need full fat long life milk for DS and Aldi don't stock it. A couple of weeks ago I saw people just putting cases of the stuff in their trollies although that could have been the snow people are terrible here for panic buying no one can make it to work but the whole town can make it to Tesco

I think people are definitely stocking up more. The last couple of times I have been to Tesco, the long life milk, pasta, tinned tomatoes, value paracetamol etc. have all had way less stock left on the shelves than usual.