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CakeandRoses · 14/02/2011 08:19

And voila: our 6th postnatal thread... which neatly works out roughly one a month [maths genius emoticon]

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memphis83 · 21/02/2011 20:15

wss i was playing on the floor with my mums totally soft staffie and he just caught it, wasnt wearing a bra as i had just got dressed for bed, i didnt dare look for about an hour i was convinced there would be no nipple there when i looked!
tsc the fucking bitch! im livid for you!! hope you ram your fist down her throat sort her out

Chulita · 21/02/2011 20:20

tsc that's so horrible, if I were you I'd say something to her just cos that sort of thing is so stupid, bitchy and can really damage someone's reputation. There's no need for it either, just point scoring.

I've got no piercings or tats, I always wanted a tattoo but I knew my dad wouldn't like it so I waited til I left home but hooked up with DH who doesn't particularly like them either so I've not bothered. I know I sound like a right people pleaser but I didn't want one as badly as I knew they'd hate it iyswim so it didn't seem worth it!

Just started trying the Shred again, 3rd time lucky I hope, I've not got past day 17 yet but after this weekend I really need to get cracking. My bestest mate eva is coming over from California in July and I gotta look semi-decent or she'll be chuffed to bits that I'm a fatty Grin

Chulita · 21/02/2011 20:21

stac we bought a secondhand cabriofix and base for S from ebay, we paid £50 for both and I was chuffed to bits! To be fair the bloke lived in the arse end of nowhere so not many people would've driven to pick it up I reckon!

nixster28 · 21/02/2011 20:51

hey strolls in like she's always been here

i have both wrists tattooed and 3 on my back and one my ankle (sounds seriously classy i know!) they don't look bad tho.
I have 2 holes in each ear and the top of my left ear done too.

i've been trying to catch up but there's just too much and it's my first post on the new thread!

i've been fretting as i had to go back to the hospital last week for my results and they weren't great but could've been worse.

I have 9mm of pre cancerous cells which they want to burn/scrape out under general anaestetic(sp?) so i'm having that done on friday. i know i should be glad it's just pre cancerous cells and not cance but god i hate having surgery for anything and as a result am shitting it!

hope things get a bit easier for you mlic and that frankles is feeling better soon tsc oh and bugger the stupid storry-telling wtf do they know anyway

kkfairybrains · 21/02/2011 20:52

Cakes she's a local independant and she's on "tonight with vincent brown' which i'm nearly sure you cant watch over there. I have half the country watching! dad says he's gonna text in and say ' im definately voting for c as i just lovr her hair'!!!
Tsc thats fucking ridiculous. Makes you wish you had said something at the. Its obviously been spread around that much that it could lready be damaging. Stupid bitch.
I have 3 tattoos. 1 On hip on top of my neck and one down tge side of my ribs below my bra strap.have ears and top lip pierced. Used to have tongue and belly bar

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CakeandRoses · 21/02/2011 21:14

yy, i so would say something tsc. if you can keep your temper and say it in a really calm, assertive way so much the better so it doesn't give anyone another story to gossip about. Or would one of your friends who were there when it happened deal with it for you?

Just needs you/your friend to say something like "It's got back to me that there's a story doing the rounds that the HV told me/tsc off for drinking too much whilst bf. You and I both know that that isn't actually what happened at all - is it?"

and then give her a chance to respond. Whatever she says you/your friend needs to close it with "this kind of inaccurate story can be very damaging and hurtful. i'd appreciate it if you'd let people know what really took place so that this gossip stops"

and then look freaky-scary.

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memphis83 · 21/02/2011 21:36

tsc i would say what cakes said then end it with a guilt trip like i dont need this shit i have an ill child to contend with and your comments arent helping then do the death stare!!
mlic your tea sounds lovely i keep buying salad and never eat it, i eat lots of veg but realised the other day i havent eaten fruit since the day i gave birth!!! i had veg lasagne and chips for lunch and chinese for tea followed by 2 chocoalte bars, i rarely eat choc but our local co op had no cakes left!!!

WhatSheSaid · 21/02/2011 21:41

Eek, nixster hope you're feeling OK about it all. Glad it's being treated so quickly. Don't think anyone really enjoys surgery - I wouldn't depsite having had 2 c sections. Will you have to be in overnight because of having a general?

Tsc oh I don't know what I'd do. If she's going to keep going on and on about it...maybe say something...I never would, I'm too non-confrontational, but that's not the impression I get of you.

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CakeandRoses · 21/02/2011 21:51

recipe... right, quantities are a bit vague as i just chuck stuff in then taste it but this is a good approximation to start with then tweak to your taste:

For 1 large pizza (e.g. the size made by the delia recipe)

1 small can of tomato puree ( i often use the tube stuff but amount-wise it's the same as the small cans)

Good glug of decent olive oil

Large clove of garlic - minced

Juice of 1/2 - 1 lemon (to taste)

Level tsp of sugar

Salt and black pepper (to taste)

Heat the oil in a small saucepan on a med-low heat, chuck in the garlic and cook for a couple of mins

Lower the heat further and add in the rest of the ingredients plus 1/4 cup of boiling water, cook for 5 mins

Tweak the lemon juice/sugar/salt to taste (it depends on the acidity of the tom puree how much of each you'll need).

Add more boiling water to adjust thickness - you don't want it to be puree like consistency, it needs to be more like pasta sauce. I like to make this earlier and leave it in the pan to 'stew' just reheating before i put it on the base.

Everyone that's had my pizzas have said the sauce tastes really good. It's rather like Pizza Express's sauce.

I like to add fresh herbs to the top of the pizza rather than adding to the sauce - more authentically italian.

This should freeze well if you make extra as does the dough.

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CakeandRoses · 21/02/2011 21:55

actually make it a bit less sugar than 1 tsp as i wasn't using a proper tsp measure today

ps if you like bread pud, the delia recipe is really good, i tweaked it a bit (no brandy or egg and only used raisins not a mix) but it was the best bread pud i've had

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nixster28 · 21/02/2011 21:55

i'm just glad it's getting done quickly as 2 weeks was long enough to wait for the appointment.

meant to sat miss dreya now has 2 bottom teeth to go with her top one and can crawl...but only backwards!

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WhatSheSaid · 21/02/2011 22:03

tsc quick question for you - I think your dd2 is virtually same age as my dd1 (she is 3 years 3 months). Do other people understand her speech fine or are there some words she says that only you/dp/family understand? Just asking cos of something dd1's pre school teacher said the other day.

Can't remember if anyone else on the thread has a 3 year old too.

Dylthan · 21/02/2011 22:03

nixster I hope everything goes well for you. I will be thinking of you and sending positive thoughts your way Smile

tsc Yes I think you should say something. This is obviously not a misunderstanding now imo I think she is deliberatly shit stirring. What a bitch Angry I would be beyond livid.

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CakeandRoses · 21/02/2011 22:08

i'll be thinking of you too nixster - lots of lovely positive thoughts coming your way from all of us Smile

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CakeandRoses · 21/02/2011 22:11

make sure you make it mlic , it's miles better than most others you'll find online. I know my italian cookery Smile

The only other one I'd try that I've seen is the Jamie Oliver one but that's a bit more of a faff.

Do not buy a jar and put it on your lovely home-made dough [scary emoticon]

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Dylthan · 21/02/2011 22:11

wss my son is 4 and there is still words that only we can understand. He is having speech therapy now so hopefully his speech will improve soon.

He starts big school in august and I don't want him to start if he can't speak properly.

WhatSheSaid · 21/02/2011 22:20

Basically the pre-school teacher said to me "She doesn't finish her words, have you been to a doctor about her speech", which kind of took me by suprise as I understand everything she says. And I used to work in pre-schools and have never thought A has a problem but now am wondering if maybe I am sticking my head in the sand! The teacher is a bit abrupt about things generally though.

A is very verbal, chats non-stop so I think her vocab is fine but it's the clarity that the teacher was talking about. She does miss syllables off the ends of words sometimes e.g. she just said "pee" for "piece" and "say" for "same". But I know lots of 3-and-a-bit year olds and I don't think many of them have totally clear speech yet.

Not to worry, I'll just keep an eye (or ear!) on it and if it's not improving in a few months look into it a bit further. My gut feeling is her speech is fine for her age but I don't want to be ignoring it if others think there's a problem.

Woodlands · 21/02/2011 22:21

oh nixter how scary - thinking of you. at least they've caught it early.

cake great news about aurelia's tooth!

tsc i liked cake's advice about getting your friend to have a word. it will all blow over soon enough, but i can see it's hurtful. hope frankie gets better soon. J has no teeth yet either.

J had a 5 minute feed on the left at 3.30pm but apart from that went through till bedtime at 7pm until he had a decent feed. I love the feeling when you've had really full sore boobs and then the baby drains them! it really feels like he's upped his solids and cut down on the BFing in the last couple of days.

interested to read the pizza sauce recipe. we make pizza at home about once a week and this is how I've always made the sauce, kind of like a pasta sauce:

Fry a roughly chopped onion and couple of cloves of garlic in some olive oil till soft. Add a good squirt of tomato puree and a tin of tomatoes, rinsed out with a bit of red wine if available. Add herbs/season. Then stick in food processor and whizz till relatively smooth. Return to saucepan, bring to boil and simmer hard until it's a jammy consistency.

I'll try yours though next time, cake!