Mumsnet, you made me cry!

[steppemum]

I've only just discovered mumsnet last week, and I've spent HOURS over the last few days reading all sorts of threads. I was feeling so isolated, and it has been so fantastic to find some other real mums out there to chat to, that I sat and cried over the computer on Friday! We live in Central Asia, and went back to the UK to to have ds (now 4 months). While we were home I joined an NCT group, and I desparately miss the coffee and chatter with the babes. We are the only expats in our city with a baby, there are very few expats all together, and I spend all my time with locals defending how I am bringing up ds (all local babies are heavily swaddled until 6 months) It has been so good to find mumsnet! Thanks a million.

I think finding Mumsnet was the only reason I went to my Docs about my PND! It has been a massive support to me. SO much so that I am now addicted and if I get caught once more at work I'll probably get sacked!!!!

Welcome Steppemum.

Yes I'm addicted too! Welcome Steppmum!!! Enjoy!!!
Mum2Toby have they caught you?????????? I'm forever on here God help me!!!!!

Welcome Steppemum ... it is hard being far away form family isn't it? I am in New Zealand and although I don't have the cultural differences to cope with that you have I sometimes feel very far away from the people who know me well and sometimes it gets a bit hard to keep going with the 'My name is ... I am from ... ' etc etc.
BTW if you are now posting you just won't be able to stop! He he he ... you are well and truly in the vices of Mumsnet!!!!

Welcome Steppemum. I am quite new too and I love mumsnet. It has offered me friendship, support and advice that I also miss due to not having family and close friends nearby.

Addictive is an understatement as to what mumsnet is.

Quackers - I've been caught by various colleagues, but I'm worried the IT dept do a check on my Internet access. It's an instantly sackable offence!!!!!!!

But Mumsnet has me hooked...... EVIL MUMSNET!!

i only descovered mumsnet yesturday in the prima baby magazine! its got me hooked 2! everyone is so nice and willin 2 help! im at college so its ok! xx its nice 2 be able 2 ask questions to other parents as im expecting in jan 2004! xx

How funny, it's massively addictive isn't it, so glad I'm not the only one. I have loads of friends to chat to about all sorts of things, but there is something great about typing it all out,w hile looking over my shoulder to make sure my boss isn't standing there, and chatting to all you girls. I found Mumsnet about a week or so ago and have fallen in love!

Addictive yes, it is nice to know you are not the only that thinks that way about something, sometimes I felt like I was being a rotten mother, but turns out I am just normal (ish)

I wanted to start a similar thread myself a while back, as I too have found this site a real 'lifesaver'. Being a mum plunges you into the unknown, where suddenly life can be quite isolating, especially if you are a SAHM. (Stay at home mum) Children don't come with a handbook (well there is the Mumsnet book now) but whatever you want/need usually the answer is here. The funny threads are a real joy and some times I really am ROFL!!!!! (Rolling on the floor laughing)

Keep up the good work!

Welcome Steppemum. You must be on some real steppes then? It would be interesting to hear more about life out there - we also have a member in Indonesia (as well as US, NZ, Australia, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, N Africa...).
You're never alone with Mumsnet!

Be prepared to become very addicted though and spend obscene amounts of time on the internet discussing which TV star you fancy most, the relative merits of Gina Ford and the mysterious brian. Hey... you could become our yurt specialist!

What the heck is a yurt??

I've been wondering the same Daffy, I even looked it up on the web. Its a strange Mongolian Teepee made out of wood etc where non Gina Ford believers hang out

www.rdrop.com/~glacier/yurt.htm

well..you did ask!

There's a picture of a yurt here!

For all you yurt non believers do a search as there is a thread about it on mumsnet. Quite amusing.

So if non GF believers hang out in a yurt, where does that leave Gina fans? Wherever it is, it had better be heavily blacked out

I didn't discover Mumsnet until ds was about seven months old. I REALLY wish that I had known about it before then, as I struggled for the first six months. I too am addicted, and have been here for about 14 months.

Hi everyone

I only discovered mumsnet a few weeks ago, and compared to other parenting sites I've been on, its a hundred times more interesting!! Everyone seems very honest and down to earth and the discussions are really interesting.

Wish I'd found it sooner.

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I wondered where you were. Good your back. Thought you must have been busy cleaning or something. In fact I think someone assumed you were cleaning your door knobs on the domestic slut thread when I asked the question about where you were.

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Hello Steppemum. Welcome I found it weird at the beginning as seemed to take a while to join in but I'm feeling braver now. Enjoy it. Day and night and when you should be working/sleeping/eating/taking the kids to the park........

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oh yeah steppemum with you alllll the way - you must be my psychic step sister. Mumsnet are the only people I know with babies at all apart from my neighbour and I'm so so happy I found you all.
Love ya