MN Little Italy 7

[francagoestohollywood]

Ciao, hello, welcome!

Due date is 16 Nov but I am convinced that she will arrive sooner. Grandma arrives Nov 5th so I will be much happier to give birth after Grandma arrives as then I know dd1 will be well looked after and dh can relax a bit.
Glad the bickering has stopped - is it because they now have more activities 'solo' so ds is not in competition?
Hot glad all is going well pop in when you can and fill us in .

So, another scorpio baby it is then . I gave birth to dd the day after my mum arrived in the UK!It was great having her around. My mum can be a royal pain in the neck, but she was great when my dc were tiny babies (wipes tear).

I think ds has relaxed a bit and is more settled at school, therefore calmer... at least I hope...

Mine can be a bit pesante but to be honest I am terrified of being away from dd for 3 nights and dh having to do all - He will do as instructed but I need to put her clothes out - meal plan , he forgets things and as yet forgets what he has to take/ collect from Nido. Just having mum around I know that she will be fed , clothed adaptly and will be an extra pair of hands - Dd adores her as well and I will be able to relax - I think !!!

Nonne with small babies are a wonderful thing . Only maternal nonne that is. The idea of my MIL being alone anywhere near a newborn or even a 3yo brings me out in goosebumps.

Went to Ikea yesterday to get DD's new bed (yes, at 3.3yo she's still in a cot and it's beginning to look a bit cramped). We made an evening of it (oh how exciting is my life these days!), ate out in their wonderful restaurant and came back quite late laden down with far too much stuff as usual.

Does anyone know how one would get an aupair in Italy without going through an agency? A friend of mine is looking for one now her babysitter has left her in the lurch but when she looked on the internet it was all agencies charging a lot in fees. Do you think I could ask on the aupair board on here if ayone would be interested? She doesn't mind what nationality, as long it's someone who won't make a fuss about doing school pick up because it's raining, as did previous babysitter.

Rosa, my DP is exactly the same - I have to write long lists for everything or DD goes to school with no knickers on - as is my mum in terms of pesantezza. She is wonderful with DD though. Much nicer than she ever was with me.

No idea re au pairs, but second posting on the au pair board. Everything is word of mouth, it seems, here in Italy. And only one friend of mine has got a live in nanny, I can ask if you want.

Gosh your inlaws sound bad Brange .

My gynae said that with 2nd and subsequent pregnancies your body was capable of holding off for a bit until you felt the 2nd child was taken care of.

DH would manage to remember to put on DD's knickers, but they would probably be back to front.

I was worried like you Rosa, but in the end DD was ok, more or less! Are you on the MN november ante-natal thread btw? There is a virtual mate of mine on there who is also on my post-natal thread. It's great actually to have peole at the same stage as you before and after, we've been going 2 years now!

I got some bargain skirts for DD from the 2nd hand stall on the market today, 3 euros each, one of them is a really nice DPAM one

ciao Sputnik, I was wondering how you were... you were bargain-hunting

Yes, they're nutters. Even DP agrees with me. He alerted me to the fact that his mum and sis were crazy before I met them. They seemed OK at first but they have since revealed themselves to be totally mad. Luckily we never see them as have retired to Lido delle Nazioni. SIL is still here but is in cahoots with ex wife, not because they actually like each other though.

I'll try on the au pair board. I also found mine at the time through word of mouth but the only ones you do find in Monza are Sri Lankan/Filipine who are lovely for babies but not too good with bigger kids who answer back (or so I've found). Also, friend needs someone to do school/nursery run when she's travelling on business, so early mornings too.

Yes, I think I agree with you. Of course I can't generalize, but in my little experience (giardinetti) I noticed that most are great with babies and small toddlers but not firm enough with older children (3 +). It must be cultural. Mind you, I find that there is a good number of disappointing parents... (me included)

Brange if you can get anybody to hunt out The Lady mag for you - it used to be a good place for people to advertise in or to find people. They might be online as well. Its a bit of an old fogie mag ( in fact one wonders if its still round ????)but I know of a few people who used it ----a good few years after me !!!!!
Sputnik I hope you are right - dh would manage the knickers but he probably wouldn't have put yesterdays down to wash and he would put them on again. Last night he gave dd a bidet and used liquid hand soap on her bum poor thing she has delicate enough skin as it is - had big tears and mummy make it better - well he knows not to do that again !! I should pop back on Nov thread I did at start but I find like on this one I miss bits if don't stay on ...

Lol at the Lady - it's what I used to find my au pair job. I didn't think it was still going, I'm sure it only existed for the ads (does anyone buy it for a pleasure read?) and with the advent of internet it would have become obsolete. Am off to hunt down the online version.

Very brave of your DH giving your DD a bidet, even if he did get the soap wrong, mine won't even wipe DD's bum, he just gives her the toilet paper to sort herself out. I do wonder why he's weird about it. Anybody else's like that with their girls?

I think the lady is still going, I might have seen it at whsmith (good old whsmith, I miss it so much).

No, dh doesn't mind fare il bidet a dd.

Smiths I found last time did not hold as many mags as before but I do like the smell in that place I think its unique !!!!
Dh has always been good about cleaning dd bum , sick,nose the only thing he cannot do and it has become a joke is put tights on the right way . I need to keep the label or put an X on the back

i saw the lady somewhere for sale, it had the daughter of maggie thatcher on the cover [puke emoticon]

Hot will you pls give more details on you lovely dd - labour , birth ,name when you get a mo!
Oh Milano experts so I don't have to look - how do you get to Milano fiera probably from the central station. DH is going to the Smau on friday and I think they are going to train it rather than drive.
Yesterday took dd to Jesolo beach - it was empty and bliss lovely and warm as well.
Saga re navetta - after scrubbing and washing and getting it presentable an advert for Napisan- Put it on the base and it effin rocks and sits at an angle so its going back on e bay and we are now stuck- dd2 will be trasnported in a box !!!!!!

Milano Centrale - Fiera - get the yellow underground line to Duomo, then change to the red line direzione Molino Dorino, get off at Amendola fiera or Lotto.

Oh no about the navetta! Someone has got a thread on here about a Bugaboo bought in the UK in a really crappy state, tis most shocking. Have you tried to contact the seller? What did he/she say? You could reasonably ask for a refund, particularly if you paid with Paypal, as goods not matching description. Ideally you should have done it before washing, but the fact that it rocks means it's unsafe in any case so you have good grounds for a total refund.

In the meantime, until you find a new navetta, could you not perhaps use a sling in the very first weeks when DD2 is tiny? I have a ring sling going spare if you want it, they're brilliant with newborns (hold them in foetal position, good for feediing and all that).

I want to know all the details too Hot.

Thanks for that I will pass the info on. Dh can manage the London underground so hopefully he will be ok.
So humid here today am so puffy !!!!
I left bad feedback and emailed the seller.He insists it was used for 3 mese ( io sono babbo natale !)
The fact that it rocks is not his fault as I have a peg but not the standard one - it says it is fitted with this gancio system and it is but it just doesn't fit on the peg.
Thanks for sling offer but with dd and having to bend over etc would be terrified of it falling out-- DD1 has her places she has to pee when she is out !!!
We are probably going to go to this one shop that has offers on and see what we can get that they have in stock Basically will only be for 6 mths however dh is going to have 1 more go at SIL for the carrozzina but seeing as MIL has check on leg domani will have to wait until after that- MIL is convinced that they will say she can start to even slightly weight bear - if they said 2 mths 1 mth ago what will change ??? She won't try stampelle ( scared of falling) but she is bored and wants to go home . I am getting more and more useless and last night dd2 did 3 aerobics classes 1 after the other even dh was

It's very warm here too and they've put the heating on! Silly comune has dato disposizione and we have heating even though it is 23° fuori. I'm not very pleased at all as spese are very high as it is, but hey ho, apparently there's nothing I can do about it.

Why won't SIL lend you her carrozzina then? Is she just being weird?
It's such a shame about the ebay thing, next time (if there is one) if stuff is cruddy when it arrives don't touch it and demand a refund straight away. Have a look at this, shocking the shite some people try to get a way with.

Sounds like DD2 is destined to become a gymnast.

Gosh the navetta saga is rather depressing... I hope you manage to get something well in time for the birth.

Really warm and mild here as well, but no heating on, luckily.

I went to the supermarket with carrello this morning (after dropping dd at scuola materna) and the carello broke on my way back home. Then it took me more than an hr to really tidy up the dc's bedroom. Which was probably a waste of time, given that they'll undo it in less than 5 mins.

(pathetic housewife emoticon!!)

where is gio??? do you think she is already decorating her new flat?? she is possibly with no connection.

can't do sling either. bought one for each dd and ended up using it once each. they both went on ebay. [I'm-no-earth-mother emoticon].

please advise me on this: dd1 does not want to go to swimmin lessons anymore. she is very sure about this, it has been the second week and even with her best friends she is adamant. she's fine with swimming with us or anywhere but not with maestro. (I think because they insist on them swimming without armbands for abit at the end and most kids cry and she is now as worried as these kids).
I'm not fussed and she can stop. I do not want to force her as she does love swimming, so not sure what will gain by forcing her.
should I make her go? what do you think?

franca let me know if you go, rosa I'd love to meet up. not sure ticket are that cheap for that weekend but I'll try.

PS: DD2 fell from the bed today, onto wood floor [bad-mum-emoticon]. she's fine btw!

hot tell us more!

I'd let her stop Pippi. She is not 3 is she? She has plenty of time ahead for formal swimming lessons. I'm not ashamed to say that this is my dc's first year of formal swimming lessons and they are much older than your dd!! And you can try again next septemeber or earlier if she is keen.

Oh I was hopeless as well with slings. Always worryong that I'd drop them...

Oh poor dd2 . How old is she now? Bless, I hope she is ok.

she's only 3 and a few months... poverina!

Hi, oldie returned. Used to marypop. I've lost my password so reregistered.

I live in Fano, Marche, Have two kids 10 and 6. We're English and moved here about 3 years ago. I remember you Franca and Brangalina. Hi again

Think so too franca. I think she's not too fond of the two maestri.
I just had a minute of doubt thinking maybe I was being a pushover.

just lost a beautiful furniture on ebay at the last minute so (not that I wanted to pay that much anywway).

Hello Happychappy!!! I do remember you.

dd2 is fine. I am still feeling guilty though.