November 2012 - Don't forget the tummy time

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Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1664696-November-2012-By-eck-we-can-talk

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Ooh detective I got to page 6 of that thread and luckily the computer froze because my blood was beginning to boil . Not sure if I should continue to read tbh!

I'm feeling a little proud (it'll be short llived I'm sure) - saw some yawns so whipped LO upstairs and into her crib and within about 10 seconds she was sound asleep.

bplp can little pig come and give dottie a lesson please???

im sat here in tear cos she is screaming the house down laid in her travel cot, 3 times i have put her down after she has fell asleep on the boob only for her to wake up after 10 minutes and scream the house down, she is not hungry, wet, dirty or anything but i have soo much to do, but she will not sleep in this house during the day best get my coat on and take her to the park before i crack up

One year ago. Pretty much to the hour we got our BFP
My little darling way the size of this . Full stop now he is a chunky chubby cuddly thing.

Ohh glenda her lesson would go something like this...

Wake frequently duing the very small hours dottie
Then stay awake from 4am - during this time just gurgle and snuffle and snort and above all wriggle
Refuse to do this activity anywhere other than in mummys arms or on her lap
Make yourself overtired
Try to feed but cough and splutter instead
Pretend to doze with mummy for an hour when she passes out with exhaustion
Feed some more
Vom a bit (still don't poo)
Crash and burn in crib 7 hours after you began

Hi prolific. Welcome back. We are trying to sort out the nursery as well! And LO has 7feeds of 6oz a day.

Zoos. Good luck with pil. I know what a nightmare they can b. and I live with them! So use that as your mantra! "At least I don't live with them"

det stuff you put on eBay are you having the auction end at the best selling time? If not look into it. Makes a big difference

Det what thread! I can't search on phone!

And hugs glenda. That's all I can offer and

GT don't read it, don't read that thread. I have and I am cross!

Is it the "I just realise why eyore is called eyore" thread?

BP that was funny, but not, you poor thing. It is so frustrating when they do things perfectly in the day, but it is their instinct. It will pass.

glenda best go out. Cracking up is not good. Big hugs x and fuck the housework.

You mean there is a third thread detective is telling people to fuck off on?

I don't think so GT the eeyore one seems very innocent. I am tempted to go on there and tell them all to fuck off though.

I think it might be the spending kids gift vouchers on yourself one, and I forget what the other one is. AFWIW, I do. Until they are big enough to realise. Not on me, as such, but on things needed like new underwear for whoever needs it at the time.

What do you talk to DH about? I think

VQ I think the particularly verbose poster in the gift vouchers debate has had a somewhat privelidged (?sp) background. I too would spend vouchers in a shot if it was for the good of the family! Dsd has more toys and clothes than you could shake a stick at, and if she gets vouchers for stuff then we choose to guide her towards purchases or just buy stuff er hum. We have vouchers from 18 months ago for debenhams, next etc which were given to me and dh but will inevitably get spent on clothes for the kidlets or new socks for dh as I swear all his socks have holes in

My DH's work gives 30euros per child at Xmas vouchers which are valid in all the shops of a certain shopping mall. He has lost them . They are supposed to be spent on toys for the children, but I had much better plans for them. We have set up savings accounts for both children in the hope they will have a nest egg when they are old enough. If ever we are in real need though I will not hesitate to dip into them. That's life. I remember my mum borrowing from my savings account when she was in trouble, and don't feel any ill will towards her at all, though she felt so guilty. It happens. And the child in that thread is 5 FFS. What she doesn't know won't hurt her. Detective you were absolutely right to say what you said it was very sensible.

Detective just read the gift voucher thread. Your DS1 sounds really lovely,

Glenda hope D has settled. H is having a whingy day. Should be at post natal grp watching a no doubt completely patronising dvd about development but. have fed him to sleep and sat cuddling him, reading mn and ignoring the housework instead.

Oh I would spend them! And it's not even a necessity thing. I remember growing up I would get birthday money from party guest n my mum would keep it. She paid for my party so kept the money. To me it seemed logical. Tbh growing up my folks were strap for cash so them keeping the money meant I could have a party so of course I was happy. I wanted the party not the gifts. But now I would do it.

I have £70 next vouchers for him ATM. nothing I want for him. But there is stuff I want. So why would I use cash when I have vouchers?

I was given voucher for a mall. Used it to pay for a shirt for DH. I don't think that's wrong either.

Really badly put. But u get what I mean.

Blimey, I must be a bad mummy because I've always spent the dc's vouchers on something needed from said shop with a view that they'll get 'cash back' as & when they need it. E.g. DS got £50 Bluewater voucher but doesn't need clothes or toys etc, especially not at a month old at the time. So I bought Xmas presents with it. Otherwise you suddenly find the voucher has run out & nobody has benefited!! What's the point of that??

I survived a filling replacement! And M was good as gold - still no bloody poo. My mum's new cream carpet might get it...

As for vouchers, if she doesn't need anything I spend them on us or things we need for the house and then put the monetary value in her savings account.

I'd have no problem spending vouchers on other things. Although my current tactic has been to spend them on stuff they need anyway. So Next vouchers got spent on long sleeved vests for DS2 and jogging bottoms for DS1 in the vague hope he might actually start wanting to use the potty soon

I put cash into his account. We've not got vouchers yet. I'd just try to use them though!! Just on anything needed. Probably on him though? But if my Hoover had just broken then yes def replace the Hoover and use vouchers towards it!! Logical surely?!

Savings are nice to have and useful!! But not everyone cam afford to have them and literally live pay day to pay day. I guess were lucky. We've just got the mortgage. We avoid credit where possible. We have a good life but not extravagant and we both work hard and have worked hard to get where we got!!

On the subject of money, we rarely play the lottery. Dh asked me to get two lines for sat as he was 'feeling lucky' so I did, we won £10!!! Now what do we do with the £10?!

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DH got home at mid day and has done nothing except watch tv. J has gone down for a nap and I said I was gonna get my head down too. DH is not happy as he has the girls to look after.

Every now and then I am tempted to tell him to go to live with his mother. If she lived nearby I probably would today.

Shame you dont have dogs vq. I often suggest their room as alternative accommodation......that or the horses stable or sheep barn :)

Ha VQ you know that if he catches your flu it will be The Worst Flu Ever and he won't be able to lift a finger for WEEKS if he's anything like any of the men I have ever met

And when you ask him to do anything you will be told how much WORSE his flu is than the flu you had....