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Jan/Feb locals chat

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SJ99 · 22/01/2008 18:10

How exciting to be starting thread

Yay, thanks Sfx, am already looking forward to banana bread, mmmm!

In Sweden they had Noise Police (everything is so formally governed over there) but what a great idea, they used to go and put a stop the noise polluters, no messing.

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Kewcumber · 26/02/2008 13:33

I'm bored - have stacks of work and if I don;t get off MN soon then I'll have to fire myself. There's not even anything interesting going on online. No-one interesting has sent me an email... moan moan moan.

rosmerta · 26/02/2008 13:36

I was thinking of starting an AIBU thread on something I saw last night but am worried it could kick off in some way like a lot of threads seem to have do lately (am a big lurker!)

Kewcumber · 26/02/2008 13:45

ooh ooh ooh - post it here, we could have a baby AIBU sub-thread going.

rosmerta · 26/02/2008 13:55

Ok, I was coming home late last night and was at the bus stop at about 11pm. A mum with her son (probably about 7) and a friend was there and the friend was smoking. Not only that, the friend kept offering the child her cigarette. All the mother did was push her son away and say 'no' and then 'don't do that' to her friend but the boy kept running back to try it. I was just so & that someone would do that!

I'm not BU am I?

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SJ99 · 26/02/2008 13:56

Hello all

Curious about baby AIBU... Good luck with docs Ros, hope it goes well.

Cov - cake does look lovely

DS drew on his face with purple felt tip today He'd been drawing/playing really well for about 1hr so I decided to nip to the loo, of course he chose this moment to experiment his new tatoo design

Estate agent sent through more properties today. The problem I see is that the primary schools there are really excellent but the secondary school not so good unless you go private which I wasn't planing on doing

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Kewcumber · 26/02/2008 13:57

not many good secondary schools round here though think you have to worry about that later.

ComeOVeneer · 26/02/2008 13:59

These are the kind of cakes I am planning on making if/when I get up and running here and here.

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SJ99 · 26/02/2008 14:00

That's what I figured, I guess all the 'good' pupils go to private school leaving the stats in not such good shape for secondary school

Ros, definitely not BU, it's quite sickening behaviour from the adult & parent who should know better that to offer a child a ciggy

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slng · 26/02/2008 14:07

Have just bought tickets to go to Malaysia. Very poor now ...

I like Gina Ford ...

slng · 26/02/2008 14:11

Ros - shocking behaviour offering cigarettes to 7-yr-old!

Paddlechick666 · 26/02/2008 14:14

ah schools! schools schools schools!

my CM suggested that I get dd into the same school as her dc. i really like the idea except it's hounslow so might be tricky but apparently can be done if you can prove a continuity of care such as not having to remove dd from CM.

but, my local Primary has an excellent ofsted and is Richmond. I have my sights set on Teddington or Orleans for a secondary so I think it's best to keep dd in a Richmond Primary.

My biggest fear would be Whitton as the schoolies on my bus are feral!

Hoping to have moved (altho prob not too far) by time dd is in secondary anyway.

Ros, that is shocking behaviour. I'd have reported to bus driver if only for the smoking on the bus situation.

Okay, back to work I go. Blardy mental here!

Paddlechick666 · 26/02/2008 14:16

ps: foxie my big sis is 1st child and is lovely so clearly missed the instruction that 1st children must be overbearing and competitive!

thing my big bro (middle child) might have taken that one on board instead.

Kewcumber · 26/02/2008 14:17

I've never read any Gina Ford as I was told that her approach is very bad for adopted chidlren which makes sense as you are tryiong to nuture a sense of reliance on you rather than reduce it. I'm told her potty training appriach is good though.

Kewcumber · 26/02/2008 14:17

I think on the whole youngest chidlren tend to be most intelligent and well-balanced.

rosmerta · 26/02/2008 14:21

I agree with you Kew about youngest children

I did read GF but didn't follow her routines, found it too much hassle!

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SJ99 · 26/02/2008 14:25

Everyone knows it's the 1st child who's the most intelligent

I'm quite close to my bro who's 18mths younger, we speak every week, although we did fight like cat and dog when we were kids

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SJ99 · 26/02/2008 14:27

Never read GF either, not my scene. I heard that her potty training book is good but requires a lot of prep beforehand

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ComeOVeneer · 26/02/2008 14:28

Never had much time for GF (however if her potty training approach is good I may have to give it a try - still struggling with ds here). I also think youngest are smartest . Mind you seeing as my (older) sister is a mechanical and aeronautical engineer currently designing landing gear for jets she may argue with me there .

Kewcumber · 26/02/2008 14:30

Cov my Dad did a not dissimilar job on Concorde (errr, some time ago) and I must say that he was certainly less intelligent (his admission) than my mum... who worked for croydon council

slng · 26/02/2008 14:36

We got the Gina Ford book on account of being completely thick about what to do with a baby. We went slow (we were always a couple of steps behind) and more often used her plan B rather than actual schedule and it seemed to have worked for us. I must say even her breastfeeding advice worked despite being told by everyone that it wouldn't. We used her potty-training guide - it sort-of works. The pre-potty-training bit seems sensible.

Ros - despite being a fan I agree Gina Ford schedule is a hassle! But once they settle in a routine you can abuse the routine any how
and they seem to bounce back ... so far anyway!

stepfordwife · 26/02/2008 14:45

ros...that is unfeckingbelievable. i fear i would have got into a fight over that one at the bus-stop...(and not because i wanted a drag too )
hope ds's appointment goes OK.

sing, i can't even bring myself to mention her name again... but you should be ashamed of yourself
when are you off to malaysia?

paddle, how come it's gone so mad at work? are you still off frriday afternoons?

sfx..LOL @ dd thinking you're moving bedrooms with her! have started telling dd when she's 3..a BIG girl..she's going to sleep in her own bed all night.
she nods vigorously, saying 'yes, mama."
i fear she's humoring me..

Paddlechick666 · 26/02/2008 14:49

lol @ sleep stories. dd loves her bed and only occasionally deigns to join me in mine whcih is fine by me having had her in it for 15 months!

she woke up about 9pm last night having burrowed down under her duvet adn got far too hot. took her out and sat with her a bit till she cooled down and then she took me by the hand and led me back over to her cot and said "in, in". back to sleep in minutes!

awwwww.

steppie, 2 iconic projects going ballistic! yep still off on Friday arvos.

okay must go back to work!

Kewcumber · 26/02/2008 14:50

the mistake you are making steppie ias that her understanding of "her own bed" is not her understanding of which bad that is

slng · 26/02/2008 14:53

Steppie - Wait till you hear what my other parenting book is! On second thought I'll keep that one to myself. On safer ground (hopefully) - my favourite fictional parent is Atticus Finch ...

Paddlechick666 · 26/02/2008 14:54

lol @ kew, also see earlier statement regarding hopelessley over-estimating toddler understanding levels and major damage to expensive Mummy toys!