New West London Meet Thread

[Paddlechick666]

Wow! We filled a thread!

Hope you all find this new one!

Our evening was great, had a lovely time. kids were all very well behaved. dd sleeping in our bedroom is a nightmare tho - she's sooo noisy!

we need a 3rd bedroom

we're off for Sunday lunch at The Botanist later YUM!

2cute, we're scheduled to have skids that weekend but not confirmed yet. if we do, not sure if i could come and don't want to invite 2 extra kids and dh as that'd be rather cheeky! if we don't then we'll be there

it's far too early for a Sunday!

Uwila a quokka is not a bird!

morning all!

Seems like a lovely day today! What's everyone up to?

I have to go to Kew this morning to get a present for a friend who's just had her second baby so if anyone's around & would like a coffee around 11-ish I'll see you in M&S!

Sue - my Mum doesn't preach but, OMG, does my older sister preach? Everything I say related to my children is met by a long lecture about how I should be doing it this way or that. Just grit your teeth eh?

My stepmum is also preachy, but one day (when she was lecturing me about "why are you still breastfeeding?") I said in a very slimy voice, "well, you're obviously the expert aren't you?". She's never lectured me since LOL!!!

At least your Mum cares anyway - mine hardly acknowledges my existence

Is your phone fixed yet?

Hi everyone else

...and another thing:

My kids have really enjoyed being at childminders and nurseries and have thrived. They have excellent social skills and are much more confident than their peers with sahms (no offence to sahms ). I think your DS will love being in an environment where he's surrounded by children for a few hours during the day. Brenda's kids are lovely and the boys will include him in their games.

Thing is, you feel guilty whatever you do. Sahms I know feel guilty as they don't work and working Mum's feel guilty that they leave their kids for a few hours each day.

I think you've struck the perfect balance where you will be working p/t.

Sue, my dd has been at nursery 3 days a week for a year now (she has just turned 2). She is there from 0800 to 6pm which is longer than I'd like, but I have no choice. HOWEVER ... I really must say that she has thrived there! The staff are great, very caring and loving, and the kids do a great range of activities during the day. DD is an only child and here she has the chance to mix with other children which she adores! At weekends she has started asking where her little friends are ! Of course I feel guilty sometimes, but that's all part of being a mum! Am sure you will both settle into the new routine very quickly. Good luck with it all.

sj, he will cope better than you! I can drop that bolt around this morning - will be around that way for docs appoint, can't stop though. If your not in I will just pop it though the letterbox.

Quokka - you're so right!! Its the Mum who suffers the guilt - the kids just get on with it and enjoy their day!!

Paddle - just to let you know that I chose your denim mimi to wear yesterday 'cos I was asking my male boss for a payrise - it seems to have worked!!!

I'm wearing the stripey cheesecloth today under my denim maternity dress - this top is truly magnificent isn't it?

mini skirt not "mimi"

Morning all. Sue I agree with what others have said re CMs/nurseries. DD was at a Cm from the age of 6 months 3 days a week whilst I worked, she integrated into nursery and school extremely well (wasn't even phased when she went to a temporary school for 6 months when we were in Chicago). DS on the other hand was looked after by me almost exclusively due to our move to America and me giving up work, and wasn't looked after by another person (our nanny) until he was 1 and then only one day a week. Now I am a SAHM for a while I have decided I am going to enroll him in a local nursery (in the next road luckily and run by my new neighbour and friend) for possibly 2 3hr sessions a week, to "socialise" him as he is becoming a bit of a mummy's boy, even refusing to allow DH to get him up and put him to bed/ bath etc. Which is something Icould do without.

So that essay is basically my way of saying, don't beat yourself up about it, it will be fine

Oh sh1t. I'd swear you told us it was a bird. But, I'mobviously wrong.

Quokka

Hi all - just had social worker visit number two 30 mins - very relaxed, think this will be OK.

Paddle I went over with DS monday morning and stayed for 1.5 hrs with him so second visit will be him on his own (though I may cur it to an hour) on Wednesday. He loves her dogs so that will help!

Foxie phone is still not fixed - they told brother they would do it today. They seem to have allocated my number to someone else and cut me off!!!!

Pudding - DS will be asleep at 11am otherwise I would join you. He is so tired in the morning at the moment that he's virtually unconscious by 11am!

Can't remember who gave me the pale blue fleecy romper suit but it makes a lovely dressing gown type thing for him that he can get around in...

Thanks

Yes still in the market for trousers, all.

Right what age trousers is he wearing? BTW are you at all interested in Grobags? Plus looking slightly ahead, do you want to stock up on some summer clothes?

Sue - make sure you sting BT for some kind of compensation - you should write a stinker of a letter about how you were stranded at home, with new baby unable to contact the outside world etc. Hopefully they'll give you a rebate off your bill.

I made a complaint about them last week and got a fabulous broadband deal as a result, with an extra £5 per. month off what they'd previously offered.

Mind you, I am a well known serial complainer...

I've been reading what you've all been saying about children & childcare and I must admit, I had all these idealistic thoughts about being a SAHM! But now I think ds is ready for a bit more and needs more interaction with other children without me there. A nursery isn't financially possible atm but a childminder isn't...

Now I just have to persuade dh!

Foxie - do you need any more maternity clothes to see you through? If so, just shout and I'll hunt through what I've got.

puds ds1 started going to nursery when he was 18months. He was a very clingy boy and I was preggers and exhausted so he went one morning a week. It helped us both a great deal, I upped it to 2 mornings a weeks when I had ds2. He doesn't really need to go now, but he loves it so he keeps going. Dh gets childcare vouchers from work, and thats the only reason we can afford it.

Good afternoon all! This thread moves so quickly, cannot believe it is already on 143 posts! Am off to doctors in a mo for dd2's jabs, there are so many more these days! I think it is mmr today, althought that is what I thought last time and she got something else!

hi all. quick hello. busy here. took the plunge... contacted my work agency to apply for a job in hammersmith - just hate commuting!!!!! fingers crossed. hope all is well x

Foxie - I'm really rubbish at complaining - can I give you commission if you'll complain on my behalf?

Yes please Cov still in market for grobags - he's in 9-12 months in almost everything at the moment has a long body and shortich legs so the trousers will probably fit him for sometime to come - he's 8.5kgs but that mostly length, he's quite slim around the middle.

stop it sue! daniel is PERFECT!!!! you ok?

Hey, does any fancy fancy trip to Charlotte's WEb on Sunday in Richmond at 1:00 with slightly older ones? Or really wel bahved little ones. I told DD I would take her. And she's asking me every night when we are going. So, I was thinking of popping over to Richmond after chuirch on Sunday for the 1:00 showing.

Foxie?
Nanou?
Anyone else?

I would probably be up for it Uwila, dd has been harping on about seeing it, and ds generally naps for a couple of hours in the afternoon so I can probably persuade dh (especially as he is on duty saturday night).

hello everyone
been offline for most of the day
shall not debate the sahm thing i do things my way and quite ok with it, must say had no high ideals at all in fact never thought i would be full time sahm but i make up as i go along.

puds sorry i missed you would have loved to meet for a coffee, next time

oh and Sue do complain please loudly over the phone with prepared notes followed by letter

Have you done a bloody test yet? You know we are all anxiously awaiting confirmation of this pregnancy.