B'stoke roll call?

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noticed v few posts, wondered who from stoke is active on th site. I'm Kirsten, mum to Isla 7 weeks on wed. totallly knackered.

Shall we grab a coffee in town? Have to drop my son at pre-school at 9am Is 9.45am to early?

No I can drag myself in for then, any preferred coffee house? Costa upstairs is usually quiet

Changed your name or am i being propositioned by a weirdo? Costas fine with me or would you prefer "buds bar"

Sorry yes name changed! I think my buds bar days are well and truely over (thank god)I'll try and send you a pic, if it doesn't work I'll be the one with the baby with the mad hair!

Thats two of us with mad hair then, we could look a good combination. See you then.

hello you lot! my little one, also called Isla (i told you that was our fav name!) is doing brilliantly, feeding and putting on weight, she was 4 weeks early and weighed 5lb5oz, she is now 6lb2oz. NHH were ace. I'm feeling a bit at the mo as my mum has had her second stroke and is in hospital in yorkshire, she won't be able to come down to see her now. anyway better go, my DS is home because of the strike and he's driving me mad!!!
love to you all
JBR xxx

JBR - Well done you! Glad dd is doing so well. Sorry to hear about your mum, hope she recovers soon.

thank you!
my mum is out of hospital now, will have to go up and see her, she has only seen Isla on the webcam so far...
gorgeous day today, went for a huge walk and feel pretty unfit now. will have to go for a walk every day to get active again!

Thats great news JBR So pleased for you.

jbr Glad your mum is getting better. It's not the best weather for walking is it? We want to go to Birdworld at the weekend but it looks like rain on saturday, I just hope it perks up at some point.

I am very pleased we have Primark now. Yesterday I got 2 new bra's for my ever expanding pregnant boobs for £4 each!

Does anyone know what shops sell maternity swinwear, preferably tankinis? I think Mothercare will do them but they will probably be frumpy and expensive so I'm trying to avoid them if possible. H&M haven't got any in yet.

I gave up looking when I was preg, tankinis were impossible to get and the swimsuits looked like something my gran would wear, I ended up going to primark in Reading and getting a normal tankini in the next size up for £4. A friend of mine got hers in debenhams last yr, I was surprised at how nice it actually was. Not at all frumpy.
I'm actually bikini shopping this pm so if i see any maternity ones i'll let you know. I'm off to the sunshine next wk, can't wait, not that it will be that relaxing with a 3 yr old.
But hey thats what Dads are for

good idea kys I will head for Primark for a bigger size tankini. I don't swim that often so don't want to spend ££££ on a fancy one if I can help it.

thats what i did - i got the size up tankini in tescos, or asda. v cheap and cheerful but perfect!
oooo kys, where you going? i hope its gorgeous for you!
had a big chat with mum on phone yesterday, the stroke hasn't stopped her speech like b4, so that's good news!
isla is going about 4 hours between feeds, she is an angel!!!
xxx

Hi all, glad its going so well JBR, and sounds like your mum is on the mend which must be a relief, one of my mums friends had a stroke last week, only in her 40s scary stuff
I swam loads when I was very pg, only time I was comfortable I was so massive! Well today I dusted off my swimsuit and went with Isla to the sports centre, she looked so sweet in her armbands! She is now completely shattered and has been sleeping in her pushchair for nearly 2 hours! Her daytime naps are normaly 30mins tops, so dispite hating my post pg body I am def. going to keep going, wonder if she'll sleep tonight??

Congratulations JB!!! Soooo pleased for you Hope all continues to go well!! Let me know when you're up to meeting up and we'll try and arrange it again - no rush though as I remember the first 6-8 weeks being my 'dressing gown' weeks lol! ((hugs))

Hello, Sorry to butt in on this thread.... I'm moving to Basingstoke (Oakley) next week and I'm trying to find some parent and toddler groups. Does anyone know of any?
My daughter turns three in June - very nervous about leaving my mummy friends behind and keen to meet nice friendly people!

NCT do a coffee and chat on fri mornings in brookvale which is friendly,

JBR Glad your mums on the mend, must be such a relief.
I'm off to sunny portugal for a couple of wks. Has anyone been? Whats it like?
Hi newtoOakley welcome to sunny basingstoke, my ds is also 3yrs, hard work but so lovable.

I think it's baby rhymetime at the library in town tommorrow morning - first friday of the month. I am sure it starts at 10:45.

I can't go as I am at work . I used to love it.

I'm going when do you go on mat leave meg?

Not until the end of July. I hope we get a nice summer .

If I don't catch up with you soon-ish we can meet up then.

I'll be on summer hols by then, not started back at work yet and already looking forward to summer hols!

just had a thought and checked when the Kite Festival is, 7th & 8th June apparently. see link www.basingstokekitefestival.org.uk/

Think the balloon festival is first weekend in august. hopefully they will be able to take off this summer, foot and mouth messed it up last year.

bit more info from the council web site on Basingstoke events....

www.basingstoke.gov.uk/leisure/events/

Thanks for those links meg, never made it to kite festival and lived here ages and ages..