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July 2010: C'mon threadbabes: eat like MLIC's; drink like TSC's; smile like Memphis's; laugh like Cakes's; crawl like nearly all of them (except Cake's)... but mainly: sleep like Spireals

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CakeandRoses · 21/04/2011 19:36

Here we be (phew!)

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Chulita · 11/05/2011 21:41

I hate the way you all come out to play at bedtime :(

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Woodlands · 11/05/2011 21:48

ha that's exactly what my DH just said tsc...

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CakeandRoses · 11/05/2011 23:24

ace thread that mlic cheers Smile

re soya - this article is worth a read.

it's worth remembering there's a lot of money tied up in the dairy industry and it benefits from any attempts to make milk substitutes look 'bad' and thereby making milk look benign by comparison. I'm not by any means a soapboxy type of person but just think it's worth pointing this out, as money often gets in the way of the truth with stuff like this which makes it so much harder to make the right choices for our/our children's health. as chul said everything (including dairy imo) leads to something.

i read something recently by a top hairdresser who said that mousse is still one of the best hair products memph

sounds like a good group of women you've found despite their mousse-hate. why do you think you had a funny feeling about your meal thingy?

mlic are you going to ask dh what his problem was?

thanks to all of those who sympathised about my poor hair. will update my spreadsheet with the details of those who snorted...

my hair wasn't cut, it was just destroyed for want of a better word. she just hacked with a comb til the brush then the huge knot had fallen out gone. i'm not sure if there was a better technique but i wasn't really in a position to demand it.

i haven't dared properly look but i don't think it will really notice as no hair came out at the roots. i look like a whole new person with the parting on the other side - tis weird.

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WhatSheSaid · 12/05/2011 06:42

How was your night mlic ?

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DesperateHousewife21 · 12/05/2011 08:17

D slept through too :)

Last night was obv a good one for babies.

Ive goot his `10 month check today, and Im going to a friends house for a playdate.

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CakeandRoses · 12/05/2011 08:55

morning all,

Yay for the sleeping babies! No such luck here but it hasn't been too bad lately - just brief wake-ups from both of them. A had a slight temperature and wouldn't take her 11.30pm feed but seems back to usual this morning.

Talking of which, anyone got any ideas as to what we could try with F waking up please? The sticker chart and us going into settle him (rather than letting him in our bed) is working brilliantly as he stays in his own bed til morning now and most nights its very quick to resettle him but... he's still waking up crying and getting out of bed twice a night on average. any softie-style techniques anyone can think of?

he is teething (can actually feel where they've partially broken thru at last) so i guess there's a chance he might stop once they're finally thru.

I meant to say stac, that sounds v sensible re R's sleeping issues

i wish we could do a WifeSwap episode mlic, you're dh wouldn't know what had hit him - he'd certainly appreciate you forever more once after putting up with a week of DemandingFeministBossyBoots here Grin My dh might want to keep you tho!

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CakeandRoses · 12/05/2011 08:56

pita re the loan company mlic hopefully they'll get the message soon as the situation's not gonna change anytime soon is it?

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Woodlands · 12/05/2011 10:27

yay for sleeping babies. will someone tell j how to do it? he slept from 7-1am, but then woke at 3.30, 4, 4,30, 5.30 and awake for the day at 6.50. feel like i can't remember the last time i had more than 3 hours' sleep in a row.

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DesperateHousewife21 · 12/05/2011 12:21

OMG the woman's boobs on This Morning, and to think I thought even MY boobs looked big in my new bikini.

They actually look gross.

DesperateHousewife21 · 12/05/2011 12:22

Her boobs look gross btw, not mine!

Chulita · 12/05/2011 12:29

cake I don't ever let L cio, imo she's waaaaay past that age. If she cries I go in and settle her, usually by giving her back Bear and turning her starlight on. Sometimes I sit with her for a bit but unless her skin's irritating her she's quite good at going back to sleep.

woodlands I've been freaking lucky with S but with L I did cc at this age cos she was a little pickle at night.

Anyone have a good fish curry recipe? It's mum's birthday tomorrow and they're coming for the weekend. She loves fish and coconut so I wondered about combining the two. Or a GOOD chocolate cake recipe, I mean proper chocolatey, sticky but fluffy, decadent and wickedly sinful recipe for me her birthday cake.

DH is going out for a work's do this eve so he won't be back til gone 10, it's going to be a long day!

Needle · 12/05/2011 12:56

Woodlands, it's been sheer willpower and discipline to get Gwynnie sleeping through the night, although i've noticed that since I started giving her her dinner earlier (4.30 instead of 5.30) I hope you find something that works for you.

cake and TSC the hairbrush and shushpat will have me giggling all week.

Are there any knitters who wouldn't mind helping me out with some teacosies?

Woodlands · 12/05/2011 13:34

you're right, it's going to need some work - I guess I might have to give up on just expecting him to sleep through of his own accord. We just really need to move him into his own room first - I can't lie next to him in bed with him crying for more than a minute or two. There just always seems to be some good reason not to do it - he's ill, or teething, or we're going away.

can't help with the tea cosies, sorry!

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Woodlands · 12/05/2011 13:50

I like the idea of carrying on with a quiet time after lunch even when children have dropped their nap - a time for playing quietly in their bedroom, or reading a book or something. I don't think that a star chart is necessarily a bad way of achieving this? I haven't got to that stage yet so might be wrong!

CakeandRoses · 12/05/2011 14:15

i think it's more the '2 hours locked in on her own' more than the star chart that tsc was objecting to woodlands and I agree with her. F is great at playing on his own but i personally wouldn't enforce a specific amount of time for him to do it.

tsc we do always comfort/cuddle him but the thing is, i think him waking up may well just be habit/trying it on because he's so used to getting in bed with us. i'm not intending to go hardcore on him at all, i was just seeing if there were any suggestions of anything else we can try. as i said he might get better of his own accord once these flipping teeth come thru.

i think star charts work with him more because he loves stickers than total understanding of the chart itself - tho he does talk about getting his new drum (the reward at the end of it) every time he gets a sticker so maybe he does understand.

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MelissaM · 12/05/2011 14:45

just made playdough and mlic's flapjack biscuits with dd. I am feeling kinda domesticated (although probably ought to cook something healthy for everyone's tea.
Have a wedding in just over a week - anyone recommend a good crash diet that works?

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