Mums in Newcastle upon tyne

[podywody]

Hi I am a new mum of a beautiful 11 week old baby boy and am looking to meet up with other mums in the area with young babies does anyone know of any groups in the Gosforth area ?

Hello all

Another Newcastle mum here - also from High Heaton!
There is a nice group for babies under 18months at St Charles church hall just off Gosforth high street at 10am on Monday mornings. It's really relaxed and friendly - if you want to come let me know and I'll be there so you don't feel awkward. My little girl is the oldest there now - she was one on 2 Jan.

We've done sing and sign in High Heaton at adventurelands...a friend of mine runs the classes and it's great. We can't go anymore though because I'm back at work next week

I hope this helps...

Fiona

Those two groups sound good fibernie. I live really near to adventurelands but I've not been before.

Tinder, yes I did have long hair and a teeny baby, my hair has got shorter and dd has got bigger! I've just clicked on your profile and I see that you have your own business now, that sounds cool!

OOooh how exciting, more Newcastle people!e

Not sure what time to suggest. Katwith3 I'm guessing that early afternoon is easier for you because of getting back to pick up from school. Is 2pm too late? I guess if it's only you and me that are definites (unless I pop tonight!) and Ladidadi that is a maybe, it's best to sort out what's best for us. I'm not very up on cafes in town yet. How about the John Lewis cafe if you need to go there anyway Kat - is that the one that is on the balcony in Eldon Square? I've not been in so don't know if there is an obvious place to meet.
Podywody, hope you can make it too but if not we'll have to come up with another time and place soon.
Let me know and yes I'll be the one waddling like a duck and looking hopefully at anyone with a new pram

Duuh.... fell asleep again at 8pm putting DS1 to bed.

2pm will be fine, but I think the balcolny area in john lewis is a brasseries tytpe restauraunt (I may be wrong) they do have an expresso bar on the same floor, which is definitely more of a coffee and cake type place.

I will be there for 2pm, but dont worry smudgemum if you cant make it I always take a book with me to read so I dont look like billy-no-mates !!

Katwith3 - I'm still planning on coming this afternoon. Had a few twinges last night and started to get excited/petrified but hasn't come to anything. Going to do some cleaning and ironing in a bit (when I manage to stop reading MN!)

I'll see you in the expresso bar at 2pm then. Hope to see you too Ladidadi.

PS Happy Birthday Tinder's DH!! It's my DH birthday on Thursday and baby due on Friday!!!

Oooh how exciting Smudgemum! Sending you lots of labour vibes when it comes. I'm new here so I don't know anyone's history - is this no.1 for you? Which hospital are you going to?

My girl has gone to nursery today and I'm decorating our garage conversion into a playroom. So far have managed one orange wall with large amounts of paint on myself!

Have a nice meet-up. If your waters break in John Lewis, make sure they at least give you a voucher for tea and a scone! When my dd was about a month old, we got stuck in the pram lift in JL, and got a voucher out of them. The whole thing was very amusing, since at one point I thought I was going to have to climb over the door and four security guards were going to lift the pram over. DD never woke up!

Oops, wittered on a bit there... back to painting!

Fiona

Fibernie yes it is baby number 1 for us and we're booked in at QE (long story but we were over that side before and MW said that it's smaller so a bit more personal than RVI)

I've heard all kind of stories about getting vouchers if your waters break in various places but to be honest I think I'd be mortified and just scuttle away

Got a lovely image of you trapped in a lift with a brand new baby and a brand new pram and everyone flapping around whilst DD just slept.

Good luck with the painting. I suppose if you get too much on yourself you could always do a ragroller type effect on one of the other walls by rolling yourself along it. You said you'd wittered on...... I think I'm losing it!

I've heard nothing but good things about the QE for new arrivals. I had DD extremely quickly on a very busy day in the RVI and couldn't wait to get out of there!

Like the ragrolling idea. Can you imagine the look on the face of the man coming this pm to fix my washing machine if he arrived and saw me rubbing myself against the walls?!!!

Wishing you all the best for the scary but fantastic few weeks to come. Do lots of relaxing before the event, and as much as you can afterwards. Looking forward to hearing an announcement!

Fiona

My DD was born at the RVI but needles to say she was NOT quick. I was admitted Friday late afternoon and she arrived Sunday morning. But they were great. But then I did have a CS.
La

Morning. Thought I would just let you know that I'm still here and nothing happened yet. Thanks for the positive postings about hospitals. We've been impressed with QE so far.

I think our chat about freebies must have been on my mind last night Fibernie. I dreamt that I gave birth in the toilets in John Lewis!! They were running round to find things to help and were ever so kind.

It was good to meet you yesterday Katwith3. Your DS is gorgeous and seems really content (I'm sure that's not always the case) I hope you found your way back to the car ok. Ladidadi - had DP sorted out the computer or were there bits all over for DD to 'play with'?

I'm going to post a Birthday parcel to our nephew down in London. It's his 3rd birthday on Fri and he wanted us to go to his party but his mum said that we might be a bit busy that day!!

Morning!
Well, if you have to give birth in a public loo - I'd pick John Lewis every time! Although Fenwicks loos are quite posh too...

I barely made it to the RVI on time when I had DD. Four hours from start to finish and when I arrived I was 10cm dilated and had just walked up the stairs because the lift was out of order! They put me in a room with hubby, probably thinking - 'first timer, she'll be ages yet'... then thought differently when I started screaming blue murder for help and they wheeled me top speed to a delivery room! I was only 36 weeks at the time, but all was fine.

I have a feeling that next time around it's not unlikely that I'll give birth in John Lewis!

Well, have to do another layer of painting before I pick up a clingy DD from nursery - she had MMR and pneumococcal jabs yesterday and is a bit in need of extra TLC as a result.

Fiona

Hi Guys, and welcome to all our new joiners i have enjoyed reading the thread this morning, had a lovely time in Edinburgh but didn't get back till 9pm last night, a bit of a nightmare journey, there was a fire on a train so no trains from edinburgh had to get on a packed bus , ds not very happy how did your met-up go yesterday ? ds and I have got a bit of a cold, - runy nose, cough so i gave him some Calpol for the first time.. he is asleep now. Smudgemum -borrow a cot off my cousin but ds won't sleep in it ended up sleeping in bed with me, so needless to say I didn't get any sleep but he was fine.

Sounds like a nightmare podywody! I hate buses for long journeys. Hope you are both feeling better soon, thanks for reassuring me about dd's black eye. It doesn't look too bad today although you can still see the bruise to her cheek .

Lovely to meeet you kat, your ds was gorgeous.

Hi Podywody. Glad you had a good time in Edinburgh but not great news about your journey back - at least you weren't on the train that caught fire!! Hope the colds are better soon too. Bet you're glad you didn't buy a cot in the end if DS wouldn't sleep in it! I suppose it's worth getting them used to a travel cot before you go away if you have the chance - although then you might end up with no sleep at home either

It seems that lots of people on this thread had their LO early. Did you Tinder? Can't remember whether DS was early Podywody. Please tell me I'm not the only one that is going to be left watching the clock on my due date. DH says he thinks it's like the clock from 24 - you know the noise it makes in the adverts?

Happy painting Fibernie and I hope DD gets over her jabs quickly.

I enjoyed our meet up the other day, and I did manage to find a lift and get out via Eldon Gardens! When I told my DH what I had done that afternoon he thought I was completely bonkers meeting up with strangers - but hey I thought it worked.

It was great to put real faces to names, and Ladida your LO is really beautiful.

SM, hope it all goes well over the next few days, and I look forward to meeting you and your LO at some time in the future.

Smudgemum, good luck I will be thinking of you hope everything goes well for you.

Morning all. Thanks for the good wishes.
Well today should be DDay but nothing as yet. No twinges, no cramps, nothing. DH tried the positive praise with LO (as in well done for not coming early, now get a move on) and we went for a curry last night. I'm planning on going swimming later and the gas man is here now. Next week is yawning ahead of me but I'm sure I'll soon find plenty to do.

I know what what your DH means about meeting up with strangers Kat but you have to start somewhere!!I think it worked too. It's not like inviting someone to your house that you've never met. Saying that my DH did text me at about 3.30 to check I was still alive!!
Right, going to do some vigorous floor washing - or maybe sit in front of the TV with a hot chocolate and piece of cake

Hope that you see some action today, Smudgemum!

Happy Birthday to your dh too.

My dp does think it's a bit strange that I meet up with people from the internet but then he thinks the whole mumsnet thing is a bit odd, I think I worries that I've become an addict.

I'm off work this weekend so hopefully doing something nice tomorrow and then possibly looking at next stage carseats on Sunday. Wow, how exciting, I cant wait .

Night shift Mon-Thurs nights so if I'm typing in the middle of the night its because I'm bored at work rather than because dd is keeping me up.

My DH wouldn't think meeting with strangers you've met online is strange - that's how I met him! Very inconvenient that he happened to be in Holland at the time!

Good luck Smudgemum... may the forceps not be with you. Aplogies for the appalling joke - maybe the paint fumes are going to my head!

Fiona

Ooh fibernie, Im trying to get one of my friends to give online dating a whirl and I never thought to use my mumsnet meetup experience, limited though it is, as evidence that not everyone who does this sort of think is mad!

Not only that but now I can say "..and one mumsnetter met her husband on the internet!"

Well I thought it was good meeting up, and as you said Smudgemum it was in a public place, so when is the next met-up ???? Went to babysign again today ds really like it...and so does his mum went to ilva its quiet a nice store,just bought some stuff for the garden, my snow drops are out not which has encourgeged me to start tidying up the flower beds, but only got a tiny bit done ds got bored

Well, internet dating has many downsides - I was just lucky to meet Mr Right... I ran into a fair few Mr Wrongs along the way though!

I bet fellow HighHeatoners have all stood next to each other in the queue at Sainsbury's!

We've been for a lovely walk along the Quayside this morning - took DD to top of Baltic to show her the view... she was unimpressed! Anyway, she's asleep now - seems to be a very sleepy girl after last weeks MMR.

F

Morning all. Don't hold your breath but I think things might be happening. Think positive, painfree thoughts for me and i'll let you know.
Good luck finding a car seat Ladidadi

Good luck Smudgemum! Just think, in not too long a time you'll have your little one in your armss. Just the thought makes me broody (but not too broody!)

Will be thinking about you and look forward to hearing how it goes.

Fiona