FESH Spa & Creche: Plenty more FESH in the brie

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Welcome all those with aching scars, undercarriages, eyelids and limbs. Find comfort here. Menfolk barred.

That is exactly what I am saying Cos. All our methods work in some fashion to achieve the same result. For instance I realise that if I tried to swap my method and use a different one (ie your technique of rocking or feeding) I know it will work once Peppa gets used to it and learns this is now the way I will fall asleep. It just means several painful crying episodes to get there. We just sometimes are happy with our method, sometime not and need to explore change for sanity purposes.

Exactly okes

Have any of you cat-flappers seen this? www.mumsnet.com/Talk/childbirth/1177242-Does-CS-mean-you-havent-really-given-birth - apparently, a man has said that cat-flaps mean "not giving birth". I suppose it's true, in the same way that punching him in the balls is not the same as kicking him in the balls.

honey I'm so glad that you're on the mend and that you're still up for next week! I loved the latest pic of him practically sat on the dog!

okie I had to stop him licking his arsehole earlier. :(

What a twat. If it's not giving birth, shirley the baybee would still be inside????

Yay! I've just registered us with the nice practice. Let's hope we don't have to go there!

Cossie Have you sorted out childcare yet for Artie? When are you starting back at work and are you still planning to do the 5 days or have you figured out an alternative? (In a basket under your desk.) I'm getting Bear a bicycle seat and helmet on Saturday - what are the "rulez" wrt fitting? You are after all our resident bike bitch expert.

alp what a knobjockey!! As you know I had a emcs due to MB and my bod not responding to induction. So it wasn't an emergency as such with urgency and panic and shiz. I beat myself up about it and as the FESHs here have turned my pov around and it's not about how you get the baybee out it's about s/he arriving safely. Tit!!!!! That's annoyed me so much!!!!

moo that sounds amazing. Wish I could MB down for a nap instead of all this messing around with sleeping on me!

alps i got the nice bicycle shop man to fit my child seat to make sure hom didn't do it it was fitted securely.

well done moo - sounds like getting in outside help has really worked.

Sorry, can't help on the bike front seeing as I'm a lard-arse couch potato. I have just been setting up/playing in Squeaker's new enormo-pen in the garden and took some pillows in for myself to have a rest

Girl did another hour at nursery this morning. Screamed within minutes of us arriving, cause she knew we were off, and when I got back I could hear her panicky cry echoing through the building. Arms came out for a big hug when I went in to get her, but then I sat her down to play while I spoke to staff, and she kicked off when we had to leave and I tore her away from the rubber ducky she was mauling. Typical.

Serious teeth bother today. I feel like a cocaine dealer or summat whipping out the A&P wraps from my handbag all the time

Enormo pen. Plz to provide source?

this is it

Not massive per se, but it fills the centre of our living room, and is much more spacious than travel cot. We also found a children's gazebo that fits nicely over it. And it's cheaper than most of the smaller playpens.

BTW it's German, with all the info translated - reads a bit oddly

alpro funny you should ask he's been to the cm for a settling in sesh this afternoon, which went really well no tears from either of us. doing 3 days pw in april, fridays from home in may, then ft.

Cossie Very glad to hear he had a nice afternoon at the cm! Must be a weight off your mind.

My god, baby clothes. I can't believe he's grown out of his 6-9 months stuff now. You find outfits you really like and before you know it they're ankle swishers and the buttons do up a bit tight around their tums. I'm a right ungrateful arsehole because half the stuff we've been given in the last 10 days is ever so declasse dahlinks. Now I don't expect my 9 month old to be mincing down a Parisian catwalk, but I don't want him to look like he hangs around outside Greggs, Bootle. :(

Last day of work and then I'm FESH-bound!

He is going to get soo much attention, cm has 2 primary aged daughters and another girl mindee of same age, all desperate to play with him!

I'm so with you Alps. Need to do ANOTHER drawer clear out. Now down to 3 babygros and a handful of other bits. Cunty, have got so much wear out of your bear suit - has been brilliant. Have got some cute little T-shirts so looking forward to summer and not having to dress him in 9 layers all the time. At risk of showing off, have had another full night except nearly gave myself heart failure this morning when I realised monitor had run out of batteries and both doors shut. I'm failrly sure I would have woken had he woken up, he isn't the quietest. The thing is, now the nights are working am slightly shitting myself about changing anything. Does mean staying in for lunchtime naps for now I think until I'm confident we've definitely cracked it.

silver if you want me to share my 5/6 month routine, will do. Has literally saved me.

Know what you mean Alps re the clothes. Someone gave us a *Winnie the Pooh dress for Peppa - I was insulted as they were supposed to be a friend, clearly they don't know me that well (to be fair they are more friends with Mr C but still...)

Moo lunchtime naps are a PITA. What I find myself doing sometimes is driving about while offspring nap but at least it means I can be at where I want/need to be when they wake up rather than waiting until they wake before leaving andbeing late or missing stuff IYSWIM. Not great for the petrol consumption mind you but I do know the streets of SW London pretty well

*Apologies to those that are fond of Disney attire - you know I am more of a Boden lass.

earlier than expected, I have made one of my pre-baby fantasies a reality. squeaks was rolling around the grass in nought but a babygrow and a hat earlier, with dog playing and washing drying in the background. lovely!

until the teeth got her screaming again

i meant bodysuitb/vest, not babygrow. And apparently it's a 3-6 month one, on my nine month old

Have had a mixed couple of days! Seems I have a target on my forehead and a sign saying "all insults this way please, and feel free to criticise MB". Fuck 'em. The lot of 'em. Even if they are having a bad day. Grrrrrr.

Managed a sneaky ride today. Was unexpected and v nice if a bit 'ot!

moo share away..... Please! Today he had two naps of 40mins.

On the plus side bumped into an old school pal at a nice friendly surestart centre. Think I might knock the local group on the head. Finding it a bit tough to gel and they all know each other and have done for couple of years iyswim. HI says stick it out but not sure I have the enthusiasm.

Silv you have just pin pointed why I am shit scared of moving. We are just about to put our house on the market (actually already have a 2nd private viewing at the weekend and it is not even on market yet) and are looking to relocate to the home counties. After 16 years in London I finally feel part of a community and it is down to having children and living on one of the most sociable streets there is. I fear attending "groups" in the 'burbs and no one speaking to me as everyone already knows everyone. I always try and make an effort here and I even organised a mass piss up night out for all the "new mums" in the area which was attended by 30+. I am happy to make an effort and have a few coffee mornings and bake a fews cakes and that but will this be enough to "buy" some genuine friends ? It is lame I know and I live in the most transient city there so I shouldn't worry, may be I am just not ready to move. Head say move, heart says stay.

Stay stay stay!!!! So have you found somewhere out in yonder sticks? I'm heading out that way Wednesday evening and Thursday/Friday to stay with the folks. Everytime we go, I think how nice it is but then I worry about exactly the same things as you describe...Although from knowing you, you strike me as the kind of person that will make friends anywhere. The thing is you DO make an effort. I'm a bit worried that I'm not really. I spend half the week on my work thing, and the rest panicking about it. I need to get the balance right so that whatever I'm doing I'm putting 100% in, rather than owrrying about what I'm not doing IYSWIM.

silver will bring along my routine and tell you what she told me! It may involve a bit of crying on the first day or two, so be prepared. All I can say is that after that, you're home and dry.

I'm sure you'll make friends anywhere Okie, especially if you can organise things like that. I am a bit rubbish at making friends due to pathetic shyness and ability to come across all wrong as a result. I fear turning into a hermit.

Today has been a day of non stop screaming. Then she had a massive poo. Thank god for that. I want to console myself by spending my small work bonus. I need a new bag but not sure where to find a nice one.

And Sky who has been mean to you? I shall keel them.

Nah Moo we haven't even started looking (lazy.com). I just figure no twatty estate agent will take us seriously unless gaff is on t'market and under offer. Plus what I want doesn't exisit ie a place than needs total renovation, with character, commutable, with a bit of land, detached, in or on the outskirts of a market town, within our budget...

Muse bags? bags I hear you say? I like Pickett here. I like other bags and shoes too but I like my Pickett bag best as Mr C bought it for me.

Just to cheer us all up on a Friday night: Is it safe to go 10 pin bowling when pregnant?

okes Well we have just moved. To Midlandshireland. I was terrified about exactly what you say as I had just cemented a great circle of friends amongst the mums at my old group in Yorkshire. But we have been in the new house six weeks now and I already have a fab group of new friends!! In fact (fingers crossed) I think this has potential to be an even better group of mummy friends than I had before. I really did not expect this.

Two weeks ago we went to baby cinema and pizza lunch together, and yesterday we went for a buggy walk to the next village to eat cupcakes at a farm shop cafe. I can't believe how quickly I've made friends. Who knows if they'll become lifelong kindred spirits, but I'm amazed and thrilled so far. You just never know, so if other factors add up don't be scared of that aspect.

alps You are doing nothing wrong with nappies. We have frequent up-the-back poo surges, and I have thrown away several vests which were just too grim to deal with. And did you know you can take vests downwards rather than dragging poo over the head? Just put the arms out up through the neck hole.

I have to say that today is a day to cure this PND if ever there was. I was supposed to go to the supermarket this afternoon but looked at the sunny garden and thought bah, bugger that! So I dragged the playpen outside and did my supermarket shop online sitting in the dappled sun under a tree. I figured £5.50 for a Saturday delivery was a small price to pay for an afternoon in the garden with my baby.

oktavia I can honestly say that going to baby groups as t'newbie has been tough. It's so hard. Like muse whenever I meet new people I end up coming across like a wet fish. Often say the wrong thing also - massive foot in mouth syndrome or I just sit there saying very little. I don't know whether to jack it in or not. I've already jacked one group in as I didnt really "fit" and part of me finks life is too short to waste time somewhere that's not right. Instead I think i'll try and go to activity stuff rather than sit around and chT over rank coffee as it's less intense and maybe more fun for MB. It's v hard to crack or settle in to such established groups. So easy to be sat in one of these groups and feel even more on your tod than ever. Which home county tickles ya fancy?

moo where will you bring the state sleep secrets to?

muse feel free feel free! One was one mum at the baby group and the other a horsey pal. Part of me needs to be less sensitive and the other part of me thinks that it's plain bleeding rudeness and just cos they are stressed should not make me a target cos they are having a bad day.