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Congratulations on your new niece banana

First day back at work went well. Lots of catching up with things/people, and some easy illustration to ease myself back into things. It was nice to be using the other bit of my brain again, though the best was popping down to feed Louis mid-morning and mid-afternoon

Sorry to be a pedant but I just can't help myself but Oxford is futher south than most of Suffolk, and esp. Brandon cinnamon, comix please don't hate me for being annoying

chelle I haven't been leaving water around for Louis thoughtless mummy, but I think I will now, as he often seems quite thursty at mealtimes. I don't mean to tell you what to do, but it's much worse for their teeth to have lots of sips of even diluted juice over a long peroid than to have it just at mealtimes. Of course, if it's the only way to get them to drink enough fluids, it's better than them getting dehydrated. Please don't think I'm being judgmental, it's just that I didn't realise until someone told me quite recently

I wasn't sure mapletrees as I'm rubbish at geography so thanks for pointing it out. When I had ds1 I went to mum and baby sessions run by nhs which taught us about weaning, teeth, firsts aid etc and the dental woman terrified me!!! Dss had really bad baby teeth which his dentist said was a pattern of decay typical if sipping juice from a beaker but his was never diluted (well not when I knew him anyway). Two of my minded children had had a lot teeth removed under anaesthetic by the time they were 6 so I am a bit paranoid! I've made it to 30 without a filling so I have high expectations for my boys

Ah maple don't worry my love you git .......no, the only reason he has a drop of juice in his water is because whenever I gave him water on its own he promptly threw up whatever the last thing he ate was! So we decided to add some juice, which completely stopped the vomitting! To be honest, plain water makes me gag to so i dont really blame him. We are gradually reducing the teeny tiny amount of juice to none so he gets used to the plain water steadily. Nursery won't give him juice after all so he needs to get used to it. We do brush his beautiful pearly whites twice a day though! He loves it!

I am officially sick of looking for a job. Its like banging my head against a brick wall.... "So Michelle, why do you want to come and do a job that you've done before and progressed on to higher positions from...?" - Because I've had a baby you *ker! And I don't want the high pressure, in work til midnight, never see my child job I had! Plus I can't bloody afford to go back full time!!" Grrrrrrr ....sorry rant over!!

cinnamon I'm just a geek who used to read atlases as a child, and now make maps as part of my job

Must go to bed now...

Oh blimey! Thanks for the correction maple and sorry for the mistake cinnamon! I guess I've never been very clear on where Suffolk is - mixing it up with Sussex mentally no doubt!

Newmum You don't need a receipt to take a faulty item back if you want a replacement or a credit note. If you paid on your card tho then an old statement showing you bought something in Mothercare would be great. Please don't buy another one just take it in and tell them it is not fit for use after only 4 months and you want a refund/replacement/credit note, whichever you want.

Lucy sneaked some juice yesterday. DD2 was drinking from a straw cup and Lucy was plying with it biting on the straw, then it was all gone! she had drank about an oz of well diluted juice, the only thing she has drank besides breastmilk.

I've just had a look at the reviews on the mothercare website and every one say it's a shit high chair. But on the product info it says the tray should be fixed and as far as i remember there were no fixings with mine. I think i'll ring customer services later.

Me and DP have been planning on getting Grace christened since she was born and are finally getting round to it. Does anyone have any idea how much it costs for the church bit?

its usually just a donation newmum when the babies where christened we just put money in the gift aid envelope. dont forget all the guests usually donate as well, so the church does better than if it was just a normal sunday service.
some churches may have a set price but ive never heard of one that does. mine just wanted at least 4 out of the 6 of the godparents to be baptised and confirmed. but we already had the godparents picked out and we had picked the ones we thought would be best role models and werent going to change to unsuitable people just cos they fitted the criteria. anyway, in the end they were all baptised, but only 3 had been confirmed. nothing was said to us in the end. think it was more a wish than an order. it does cost a forrune though, when you though in new outfits for everyone, the cost of hiring somewhere, a dj and food for all the guests. id say ours was about £500. unless you can just have it at your house, but we had over 80 guests! no way would they fit in this house.
yeah- jacob has clapped his hands this morning.

Like cinnamon I was scared by the dentist that came to our post natal group. She told us about how many children are ending up with deformed palates (sp) so their teeth stick out, and decaying teeth as young as 5! She said the cause of the deformity is long term sucking. She said that you should only use free-flowing beakers or cups and wean them off having even milk from a bottle. And the juice partly causes decay (along with other high sugar foods). It made me decide to give just water in a free flowing beaker. That's the reason I don't leave it lying around, because the carpet would be soaking wet!

patito my ankles getting better thanks.

chelle they're probably worried about you going for these lower grade jobs in case you go after their jobs in a couple of years!

I was going to ask this, but now I'm thinking it's because I don't leave water around, that Orlaith's hardly been weeing over the last few days. It hasn't been hot here and she hasn't been drinking less milk. Last night I was changing her for bed and her nappy she'd had on for 2 hours was bone dry! Any ideas what it could be?

Yay jacob! I actually never really clap infront of Orlaith, I'm definitely going to start doing it now because I'm at all the babies doing it!

saoirse we have a song that we sing- clap hands daddy comes brings -insert name - a currant bun. not very sophisticated but babies love it!
i understand what the dentist is saying but if they are seeing children age 5 with problems, my first thought was it seems to me that children under 2 might be ok with non spill cups then. im a bit cynical cautious when it comes to things like this. its like their solution to teenage pregnancies, a small minority get pregnant and all children need sex education at 5! or they need drug awareness at 10 (chloe knows about cocaine and heroin) because some kids who have been dragged up are addicts. mine are having milk in bottles until they are 12 months and a tippy up cup until they can drink from glass without spilling.

saoirse we have a song that we sing- clap hands daddy comes brings -insert name - a currant bun. not very sophisticated but babies love it!
i understand what the dentist is saying but if they are seeing children age 5 with problems, my first thought was it seems to me that children under 2 might be ok with non spill cups then. im a bit cynical cautious when it comes to things like this. its like their solution to teenage pregnancies, a small minority get pregnant and all children need sex education at 5! or they need drug awareness at 10 (chloe knows about cocaine and heroin) because some kids who have been dragged up are addicts. mine are having milk in bottles until they are 12 months and a tippy up cup until they can drink from glass without spilling.

Ahh bead that's typical, I'm going to be in Woolacombe a week on Saturday, so I'll miss you! How annoying!!
Flynn another here always bumping his head, we should have shares in arnica cream

chloe has just come downstairs dressed in her new maxi dress and cardigan for her confirmation tonight. turned into an argument. she asked me how she looked, i said gorgeous. she asked can i wear lip gloss! me- no you cant. her-why not? me- cos you are not wearing lip gloss for church. i cant belive you would even ask me let alone think i would let you wear lipgloss to church. her- you never let me wear it anywhere. me-exactly, so why would i start by letting you wear it to church?! you are 10 years old. her- soon to be 11. (starts raising voice at this point) god when can i wear it then,when im 18!
made me smile though. the fact that she still thinks i'll be able to tell her what she can and cant do when shes 18. i'll be lucky to get to 13 before she starts defying me. god help us all with girls now, cos they usually get progressively worse with every generation!

Newmum Our boys christenings were both free with reguards the church & alsothe rest was very cheap. We had really small dos for both & it only really cost the outfit for them & a bit of food!

I've managed to persuade Dh that a chinese is the best idea for a pre holiday tea. I'm so excited. Just need to pack the kitchen sink & I'm done!

Sassy Chloe sounds great!

banana a chinese is always a good idea! Think i'll ring the church tomorrow or monday to set a date for the christening then. I just wish i'd got it out of the way early on, before grace had found her voice and decided she didn't like being held. I can see the church bit being quite stressful

Sassy i agree that chloe sounds amazing! I like to think that i'll be quite relaxed about stuff like that as my mum was always that way with me and my sister but i know dp will struggle when she's older. He's already saying that Grace will never have a mobile phone and if she does he will regularly check it to make sure she isn't txting boys etc. God help her first boyfriend, dp is going to scare the shit out of him!

Oh melly our apartment is in Woolacombe!!!!!!! How rubbish! Don't suppose you're staying in Marsden Cottages: CALA? I can leave you milk in the fridge if ya want?

I think DP and I will be quite strict. We hate the idea of her getting up to the same things we did!

It works with boys too! My 2 are never leaving home & will stay tied to the apron strings. I already get a bit twitchy when ds1 plays next door cos he's got guns & swords & my precious babaies don't need to know what they are!!!

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Oh bead I don't believe it, that's crazy!! Have you been to Woolacombe before? We're staying at Lower Burnside right near Combesgate Beach, we've stayed there before it's lovely. Hope the weather is good for you and us

DP is strict on DD1 as well. She is 15 and I think he is worried she is getting upto the things we were doing then. She is a good girl though and more focused then we were at that age, she gets great grades and tends to follow the rules he sets. I am more relaxed then him and give her more freedom. He has already decided she won't be having babies as that would mean she was having sex and he doesn't want to thing about that.

That just made me laugh out loud Debs!

My mum always tried to talk my sister and I into being lesbians as she reckoned we'd get into less trouble that way!

im not saying this is right, it is just my opinion. but ive learnt from teaching that the more liberal a person the worse they behave. the strict teachers had the easiest of times. cos they knew they wouldnt get away with it. i would hate my children to end up like them on programmes such as strict parents and young dumb and living off mum. they are like over priviledged brats. im not always successful but i do try and be quite strict. she has no tv in her room (although tbh shes never asked) i dont let her watch music channels after i got her pole dancing about age 7 on the kitchen unit pole, i monitor what songs shes allowed on her ipod as shes already asked me what a menage et trois is (a lyric from katie perry) no way is she allowed rhianna bloody chains and whips song! she has a set bedtime and i know all her passwords to her email, shes not allowed a fb page until shes 13 and she hasnt got a mobile phone. i told her years ago she can hsve one when she goes to high school, which is sept. so all she talks about is which one she wants. it started it march! ive had to ban her from talking about it till august 1st cos she was driving me bonkers! i dont let her have shoes with heels or wear inappropriate clothing. infact im a real party pooper. my mum says im too strict and shell rebel. she might but i'll come down like a ton of bricks if she does.

that should say caught her pole dancing not got her pole dancing!