WEST LONDON MEET-UP THREAD - NOVEMBER 2006 - EALING, ACTON, CHISWICK, KEW, RICHMOND, ISLEWORTH, KINGSTON ETC

[MrsBonfire]

It's the 4th and I had forgotten to start the November thread. Shame on me!

Well here it is because the October one is getting way too long anyhow

baby balloon

cbeebies xmas

10 November evening meet at Brula

West London xmas do

SJ's babyshower

Mellow - I saw that programme about a year ago - was it on again? That eight year old shocked me a bit when she said "I know I can't get the milk out anymore, but I just like to suck on the nipple" ...call me old fashioned, but....

Seriously, I wish more people could do extended BFing. Its kind of frowned upon for some wierd reason in strange and prudish little minds of the English.

I only stopped BFding DD at 18 months 'cos she made me!

yeh i saw that prog a few months back and i did question the motives of the mothers to be honest.

don't get me wrong, i totally support extended bf and intend to feed dd for as long as we can managed - but not till she's 8 years old LOL!

i felt incredibly sad about the adoption baby and really felt the adoptive mother was focussing more on her own needs than that of the child. at 18 months the adoption process must be bewildering (at any age actually but ykwim) and for the poor child to then be confronted by this breast and breast shaped bottle and expected to just "pick it up".

anyways, i am climbing down from my soap box!

I am a toddler feeding weirdo in some circles and proud of it!

Mellow, don't feel guilty. If your LO really was hungry and needed you then the dummy would've been spat quicksmart LOL. My dd sometimes wakes up bleary from a good night too - and in fact I end up feeling crap from too much sleep LOL.

can't win ay.

I agree with extended bf - in fact any excuse to get the knockers out.
Am worried now that kids are too old - may get arrested

some of the tofu eating weird beards do get a bit competitive about it though. I remember getting told off for not bfing ds even though I ws clearly heavily pregnant. It's a personal choice - what works for one etc, still I did LOVE it.

LO's also waking every night now, and both in our bed. It's like a bad episode of the Waltons at the mo. knackering!!

there were 4 in the bed and the little one said ...etc

i never watch those programmes i just get too upset. it all always seems design to make people think that bf is weird, same as the attachment parenting one, completely off to the weirdo fringe.

i still bf dd at nearly 18m and i don't really consider it 'extended' until it goes past 2yrs
but i want another child and i don't think i am built for tandem bf,babies are demanding enough.

sorry about the teeth and sleeping problems.
dd goes through phases and she is not on a great one now but it is not too bad.

i am stuck here waiting for a delivery oh thanks!

I'm here. I'm here. Alive and well. Thanks for dins, paddlechick. I managed to get them home and into bed for 8:45, which is about an hour later than usual. So hopefully I didn't upset the sleep routine too much.

And speaking of food, must go procure lunch.

Hoxo - ROFL

BTW, the really need to purchase a wider bed!

Hey, foxy, check out the thread on the Sumaritan shoe boxes.

can't get that link to work. Where is the thread located?

Is this the one you were talking about, uwila?

\lin{http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=9&threadid=239531&stamp=061114134105#4827100\This one} actually, but it's the same topic.

This one actually, but it's the same topic.

We're quite a toddler-bfing group, really, aren't we? [wonders what that says about the W London demographic...]

Have people seen soapbox's thread ?

Not me. I breast fed DD for a couple of weeks and gave up. DS for 3 months and can't say I was sorry to see it go. I had supply issues and and a bunch of moronic midwives who said there was no such thing.

But, I'm happy for the rest of you.

Lemon - probably 'cos we all live in middle class west London. BF is common amongst the MC and rare amongst working class.

Talking of which, just discovered that Catherine Tate lives in Richmond LOL!

Uwila, you naughty thing! You're trying to get me involved in another fight aren't you?

...am I bovvered?

hey I can even undercut Uwila's record of bf... dd 3 days, ds 4 weeks does that make me working class?

Hello, tried to leave a message earlier but computer went dead and I had to go to playgroup with dd2.

MrsB, just read the first post of this thread, too lazy to read the rest, sorry. And my oh my you are so organised. Went to cbeebies live last year which dd1 loved so will look out for this event. Is it at Hammersmith again? Hopefully it has not already sold out!

Anyway, a big how are you to those I met in Ealing way back and to those I have met before under my old name. To all those who have no idea who I am hello!

Now that I am finally starting to escape from the whole 'OMG I have two kiddies now' bubble, will hopefully make my way to another meet up. Thanks Mrsb for keeping me informed!

Welcome back trying2bgood
it's funny how 2 kids isn't just twice as much work isn't it

Hi and welcome back tryingtobegood (whovever you are! )

MrsB - errrr not sure about that ...ummm by that logic I'd be very posh wouldn't I with my 18 months? LOL

I think the only true measure of class is how clean your car is..i.e. if its spotless, you're probably lower middle class and polish it every Sunday. If its filthy, you're either very working class or very upper class

well my car is utterly and truely filthy LOL

trying2bgood used to be yingers a long long time ago

btw had an 'aaaaaawww' moment this morning with dd...

dropped of ds at nursery with dd in tow. dd was full of beans and I remarked to one of the other mothers there 'I wish I had 1/2 her energy'...
then it was time to take dd to school and she wanted me to carry her. So I said 'I'm tired' to which she scooped her hands over herself and then over me with the words 'have some of my energy'

Uwila that thread has just kicked off.

Foxie slinks away with a furtive guilty look about her......

oooh that's so sweet

yes dd can be sweet if it suits her just wish I could drain some of her energy for real!

I've posted on both threads and killed them both. So not kicking off any more.