'All things fruit and vegetable all beetroots great and small' 10/10 Club - all welcome-

[Carotte]

For anyone who wants a boost to their general health. The suggested goals are:

EAT 10 PORTIONS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES EVERY DAY - if you don't usually eat much fruit and veg I would build up gradually or you could upset your digestion.

DO (AT LEAST) 10 MINUTES OF EXERCISE EVERY DAY - can be yoga, stretching or something more energetic. The plan is that the idea of doing 10 minutes is not too daunting, and having started you may well find you want to do more.

There are no restrictions on what you eat so long as you get your 10 fruit and veg as well. The focus is not on weight loss but on improving our energy levels and hopefully our general mood and well-being. Sign up below and post here to tell us how you're getting on and how you are feeling.

Basic guidance on what constitutes a portion of fruit and veg here and you can download more detailed information by following the link at the very bottom of the page

Hi, I am doing better with the fruit and veg, something about Autumn inspiring me in the kitchen again. I have had pears and bananas with my oats today, some salad with lunch, big glass of orange juice
Also done some power walking between my home and the library.
I am cooking for tonight, sweetcorn fritters, lentil and onion and cheese loaf, with mash, and curly kale sauted with garlic and rosemary.
Will try and stew some apple with cinnamon for dessert.

Can I ask your opinions before I explore this further??

I have had an idea to earn some extra cash. I want to do arty parties for children, with different activities depending on age/gender of children. Activities could also be themed eg pirates, monster mania, glitter babes, funky t-shirts etc. I would provide all materials etc.

What do you think? What could I charge?

Hello everyone

Overrun I had forgotten quite how fab your dinners always were. They manage to sound wholesome and delicious all at the same time. I think I would be the size of a house if I lived with you.

I am weary - huge long shopping trip. It's everyone's birthday this month and we had run out of food. Ds and I have made pizzas and they are in the oven. I am so hungry and they smell so good.

Had baked beans and chickpeas for lunch. Spinach and lettuce salad with orange pepper and cucumber with the pizzas. And plenty of veg in the sauce - kidney beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions and sweetcorn.

Superb idea F - I know 2 people locally who do this - what I would do if I was you is ring a few places that offer arty parties, say you might want to book one, and get their price lists.

I'll see if I have any more info myself as it was something I considered once upon a time

Hello!
I have had a long walk uphill, banana, tomatoes, pear, and I am about to have green beans and grapes. Gah- barely 5. Oh yes, and raisins. And juice. 7, then.
Breasts sound awful, Carotte, much sympathy, have you tried spreading fromage frais on them, I joke not, it worked for me.
Overrun, invite me to tea at once, yum.
Couldn't sleep a wink last night as I had a 2-hour chat with dd3's (5 and a half) kindergarten teacher, apparently she has been doing bo diddly, is developmentally miles behind her peers both mentally and physically
I asked her what was up and she said she asks her mind if it wants to do the jigsaws, weave the cloth, sweep the floor, etc, all the activities necessary to get a stamp on a chart, and her mind decides it's all boring and it won't today, thank you very much , what to do...
The upshot of which is that they reckon she should repeat the year as they couldn't possibly allow her to go to school next year. Doh.

Love the party idea, would definitely pay for a service like that. Oh yes. 4 times a year.

The one I looked at that appealed to me most, had a flat fee for coming, and then a list where you could choose the different activities by price per head.

eg paint a suncatcher £3 per head
paint a t-shirt £6 a head
pipe cleaner animals £1 a head

etc so you could have several different small activities if you wanted.

The other person I know charges a flat fee for the whole party and she does several different arty activities with them (a bit more like "installation" art, IFKWIM, rather than make a bee out of pipe cleaners thing) and then a big piece of art made by everyone which the birthday child keeps. It sounds scarily expensive but I suppose is fairly unique.

Don't forget to factor your insurance into the cost of the parties - it is quite steep. Would you think of maybe doing a weekly session in a hall instead? That is cheaper to insure, and you get a regular clientele so need less advertising IME. I think this is a very popular type of class. Some that run in London charge up to £9 an hour for this. Locally I know someone who does them for £5 an hour, but you've got all your materials to think of. HTH

Hi All,

Had to dash off as DS woke up . Both DC's have been v ill since yesterday to add to all the trauma, feverish and full of colds and irritable.

Boco, how is DD's croup? Hope that whatever you did worked, and that she has settled down now.

Mrs C, hope things get better soon, when I had mastitis I was just told to feed and feed, but I am sure that you know this, and is no help at all.

I did see my local LLL woman, hope you get some jpy from yours.

I was reassured by the fact that when we spoke on the phone she was very anti putting DS on solids, but after seeing us, she said don't feel guilty he needs calories fast, so give him solids/ebm/formual whatever it takes, despite being so pro BF. She did say that maybe I have a supply problem, as DS gets frustrated on the breast because my let down is not fast enough. She said I need to get oxytocin

I have been to doc for domperidone to inc BM supply, but they take up to a month to work, and I didn't ask about Oxytocin, am really panicing about supply, and have lost all confidence in my instincts with DS.

Sorry for wittering on here, I know I should start a thread in Bfing, but just feel a huge sense of inertia or rabbit in the headlights or something.

The one I've been looking at charges about £90 for two hours: a couple of games, face painting, dressing up etc for eight children.

hello

am being disorganised and crap but boiught ds a celt sticker book so am absolved.

yes in oxofrd yes - laser tag. Will google. I have read and love you all but am making supper.

carott and I never use those ghastly faces unless I really have to.

Carotte and Wombling oh god how awful for you both. I really want to say just keep asking and asking and asking for help until you get what you need. Have you thought about contacting a professional lactation counsellor Wombling? I think you need the very best advice available and I think it would be a investment if you possibly can find somebody.

MrsC did I miss the bit about not wanting ABs? Is it a health belief of yours? Sorry if being obtuse here. I do hope things are better since you last posted. It sounded so grim.

SK just read your bit about dd What do you think is going on there? I couldn't work out from your post whether she has developmental problems or is in fact very bright and bored. Either way worrying. I am sorry it doesn't sound much like the kindergarten have been very helpful?

and sorry as an aside but I am very jealous of her not being due to go to school till next year.

FK I reckon soup can be as many as you like. Were you thinking because it might be liquidised? I would still count it. Have you tried elderberry extract for colds? I am a bore about it but it is fab, and clinically proven.

100 I want, no, I need to go to the Apple shop in Bath and meet the men in black v necks. When shall I come?

I liked you having to have a school with rules because of your mad school btw. My dad went to a mad Quaker school. Probably not quite so odd as yours. Michael Winner also went there. Hmm. Might explain a lot.

Dior welcome again

Boco our laptop died suddenly - dp had no perception of how urgent it was that we got it fixed. It was a terrible time.

Cod stop flapping your gills

Looks like everybody needs a bowl of something Soupy.

wombling, how's your ds now?

SK were they clear about what they thought was the cause, or did they just leave you to figure it out for yourself?

oh carrot - I thought about you all through my noodle soup and four plums. I had it quite badly and had ABs but it went very quickly afterwards. I don't know what to say as I am sure if I started saying "havee you tried a hot bath" you will seethe and crawl out of computer screen like that woman in the ring and scream. I bet you have done everything. Right - do what franny says - ring and ring - infact I got really good bf advice over the phone so if you are having no luck in your area try out of area for phone advice.

100 - you are right there is a laser thing near me and I looked at that but you have to be 8 and my ds is having his 8th birthday so a lot of his friends will be too young.

Boco- your computer cannot die.

SK - what fran said - can;t work out how you feel

so plums - victoria plums - are they not nice at the minute? Mine seem to all taste a bit tomato-ey and watery and not good.

I keeep doing that domestic slut thing of letting the house run compleltey out of food hence the noodle soup meal. Think a vegetable box may help me because they actually bring that to your house.

Oh god, dp just went out to guitar and left me to do the end of bedtime bit

I said goodnight and went into the kitchen to make tea and clear up a bit

ds called for me, our kettle is so noisy and I didn't hear him until it had finished boiling - prob about 3 mins? He was terrified and doing that awful hysterical crying oh god I hate it

when he was a baby our monitor got switched off by accident and I was on the phone to a friend saying merrily "oh ha ha, that isn't ds you can hear screaming by the way, it's next door's baby" (they had a notorious screaming baby) until of course I finished the call and realise ds was upstairs shrieking

he is confident happy little person but has this fear of being left alone. It kills me when something like this happens as I know how scared he will have been on his own in the dark, thinking I was gone forever. It isn't rational but life isn't when you are 4. Oh hell, We had such a nice day as well. And do you know what? I really wanted to breastfeed him to calm him down and of course I couldn't [fraek]

franny - I was a bit like that with mine - I was crap at leaving them because I wanted them to know that if they cried help would come. But they get older and more knowing as time goes on.

oh and contrary to popular belief ds now 7 is happy, secure and delightful at bedtime. He settles and sleeps alone.

oh and contrary to popular belief ds now 7 is happy, secure and delightful at bedtime. He settles and sleeps alone.

oh and contrary to popular belief ds now 7 is happy, secure and delightful at bedtime. He settles and sleeps alone.

ooh - yes look I was so proud of that I said it three times.

100 - how is your sister in law - had long rambling thoughts about her and culture and britain and stuff. How is she?

who have you got avi?

The hysterical crying is hard. I've done the same, Franny, in fact, DP and I once went on a

search for a quiet kettle because of this. We were convinced the one we had was broken or

unsophisticated because of the noise. The new one was just the same.