I've just remembered the best PFB moment ever, honest, beat me if you can

[alienbump]

After flying to France yesterday with my three (7yrs, 4yrs and 6 months), armed with a packet of pringles, a few nappies, a fab new ring sling and not much else, I suddenly remembered my worst PFB moment which I must have blocked out until now.

When DS1 was about 9 months old we had booked a holiday to the canaries. Being very informed and clever first time parents we also took the precautionary measure of also booking a Man/London flight for the sole purpose of gauging his "flightability" before we set forth on the mammoth 4 hr real flight. Armed with most of the stock of the ELC we spent the 45min flight beaming with pride as our obviously gifted traveller slept all the way there and back... Dear god, we needed a slap.

oooh northstar - I didn't cause a row but a friend of mine came to visit with her 10 month old and had a bottle of formula for him. She said to me "please heat this in the microwave". Naturally I assumed she was joking as NO-ONE in their right MIND would heat a bottle in a microwave. All the books said: don't do it, there may be heat spots. She just chuckled and said "do it now, there's a love". What's a girl to do?!

LOLOLOLOL!

I appear to have blanked out many of my PFB moments.

Although, a few things spring to mind, such as getting tiny speck of food/milk on DD's clothes required complete change of clothes. God forbid tiny speck of poo....

When DS came along, he regularly looks like he's been in a food fight, and as for poo - not a problem now, but if any b/milk poo leaked a little - as long as it had a good wet wiping, the clothes stayed.

Also remember with DD having room thermometers around the house, and everytime she dropped her dummy it would be sterilised in steam steriliser, or, rinsed in boiling water from the kettle (of course highly dangerous!).

With DS, if it felt 'alright' then temp was fine. And as for sterilising stuff....never bothered. Any rattles he was chewing that were dropped on the floor were breifly dusted off and given back.

VVV - I think you know the saying:

• with PFB we sterilised bottles religiously til 1
• with PF(2) we gave the bottles a good wash
• with PF(3) we let the dog lick them clean

LOL! Yes, DD had wet wipe/flannel washes after every spilled spoonful of dinner.....mostly by DP i might add....

DS - it gets in his hair etc. He eats mud, sand, snails . We tend not to flinch at all

(Is it worth saying that he is generally much healther than DD, very much coincidentally?)

in the early weeks when our pfb ds would fall asleep in my lap in the open plan living/kitchen room, i would make hubby take his toxic ready meals into the bedroom to "pierce the film lid several times" in case the noise of the cellophane being punctured woke pfb up! but bown down before alienbump that is the best without question

Well you know what they say

PFB - swallows coin - straight to AnE in an ambulance
2nd - swallows coin - Wait for it to appear in the nappy
NSC* - swallows coin - deduct it from their future pocket money

*NSC - neglected subsequent child

hotchocscot, that's pretty good... ladies, we have a contender for second place.

I did somethiing similar, testing DS1 on a short train journey at 15 months, before taking him on the Erostar, but you beat me by far, alienbump!

me and dh have been wracking our brains for pfb momenst but apart from being a bit wanky about food (blw) and bfing (mixed, ergo une failure) i'm not sure we've done anything. is this possible? or am i just naturally neglectful of my child?

aitch, i was thinking the same thing. honestly can't think of anything.

my pfb is 18 now so I have no chance of recolecting anything good - I do have the opposite though - with DD (now 9 months) the midwife said "well I don't think I need to come see you again, lets face it you are such a casual mother"

She meant confident - I am sure that she did

i've got one but i am utterly ashamed by it.

dd1 swallowed a small hair grip, then threw it up. i dialed 999. (no nhs direct) they sent an ambulance. i was in tears.

mind you i have dailed 999 more times for dd3, mainly she keeps launching herself off things. she has cracked her head open, i couldnt drive and apply pressure to the wound, also she whacked across her forehead o na set of ladders, and started swelling quickly, the ambulance people were fab

but the hairclip, i am so so so sorry for wasting nhs money.

i'm the eldest of four and a former au pair... i wonder if that's why? and i am also Very Lazy.
oh, i know i know. we bought a hammock for her. that's wanky isn't it? although she did sleep through from about 8 weeks, so not a bad thing after all.

And what was wrong with that pray do tell - they were very hygenic dogs???

When DS1 was a baby I insisted on only buying clothes made in the UK.

This did not last very long!

But alienbump yes, that is fantastic!

I know a mother who used to make her children wear their cycle helmets inside the car whilst strapped into their car seats. Just in case.

Roffle!

lol alien, this thread has made me smile.

My brother was born two months early and had to spend quite a few weeks in SCBU.

When my mother finally got to take him home, along with getting the usual stuff ready for a PFB she bought a load of plastic aprons and gloves and used them for all physical contact with her baby!

The health visitor fortunately spotted this on her first viisit, and asked why are you using plastic gloves and aprons?

My motehr replied: because that's what the nurses on SCBU did, so I thought I had to as well!

alien bump well done thats a classic

"I know a mother who used to make her children wear their cycle helmets inside the car whilst strapped into their car seats. Just in case"

I have not stopped laughing yet arfishy how did you keep a straight face.

I was with a group of moms with there FBC the other day all 1 none had ever tasted chocolate but mine, because the boys think its great to give it to her and watch her get it everywhere!

Lol at Tribot and NormaStanley

I do remember saying something pre children about it being distgusting when babies have food round there mouths.
I then carried a pack of wipes everywhere with me.

One reflux child later,
I could not care less.

The mother is an otherwise extremely sensible tv producer. I have perfected a [ooh how utterly sensible] face while inwardly having snorting hysterics.