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November 2012 - GTbaby is back! Hooray hooray!

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StuntNun · 01/04/2013 17:48

And she only missed 10,000 posts!

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ChunkyEasterChick · 03/04/2013 11:47

Shitty night in comparison to last wk here but not terrible by some standards so I won't go on. Haven't caught up as its chaos here due to having carpets fitted on the stairs, landing & in A's room.

Calling for help from the wise quiche!! Grin

I've cocked up, only in a relatively minor way, but could do with some ideas.

I ordered a personalised octonauts cake topper & what I thought were 30 fairy cake toppers. I did not as it seems, because they arrived today (bloody quick too!!). I've got a lovely circular 7.5" personalized one (was thinking I'd do 2 birthday cakes, one with the topper & 1 of kwazi's face you see, for the 2 parties - kids then family iyswim) and a 10x7.5" rectangular one.

So now I'm wondering what to do.

Do I order a set of fairy cake toppers & discard the (£3.99) rectangular one?

Do I just say sod it, get a round & rectangular birthday cake & forget the kwazi face one?

Where do I get a large rectangular cake?

Bearing in mind, any baking I do needs to be done at someone else's house as my oven is shite. So in that way, I'm quite glad that I don't have to fairy cakes. And actually, given I was going to do a few other sweet things, I prob don't need fairy cakes + birthday cake iykwim.

Feck it all!! Any suggestions?!! :)

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kirrinIsland · 03/04/2013 11:53

Ignore that link - it's done it's own thing again! And I was all pleased with myself for linking from my iPad!

It's a mother care plastic booster seat that attaches to your own dining chair.

Passmethecrisps · 03/04/2013 12:01

I have just eaten a MASSIVE bowl of spaghetti with chilli flakes and garlic oil. It's not even 12. I'm not BFing or pregnant. I have no excuse for such gluttony. It was delicious though.

Hmm chunky. What's a Kwazi? Is it an Octonaught? So you don't have the cupcakes but you have one round cake and one rectangular one? If you have enough cake I would leave it. What about rice crispie cakes with Octonaught sugar faces? Don't even know if they exist.

Never had a birthday party in my life. Not looking forward to that bit actually.

Izzybuzzybuzzybees · 03/04/2013 12:01

Shit night had here. No reason for it but had actual screaming that woke DH.

On plus side I'm meeting a friend and her 9 week old baby for lunch :-)

Passmethecrisps · 03/04/2013 12:02

You know when they say babies have to be able to sit up on their own does that mean so you can plop them on the floor and they will sit up completely alone?

ChasingDaisy · 03/04/2013 12:05

Tying myself in knots about bloody sippy cups. Ok, so there is the TT First Cup or a slightly more fancy looking TT Explora First Sips. Help?!

ChasingDaisy · 03/04/2013 12:10

Ahh ok, the basic cup has no valve so encourages baby to sip rather than suck. That's the one then.

itsnotyouitsMeals · 03/04/2013 12:19

kyz we have a tiny house and have a handysit. It's ace and we took it everywhere for DD1. Expensive but not so with two and here's a link for secondhand in gumtree. gumtree Handysit. Could try eBay or Preloved. Meals x

ChunkyEasterChick · 03/04/2013 12:38

Thanks pass. Yes Kwazi is an octonaut :)

I think birthday cake, biscuits, iced gems, sweets & fruit are prob enough for the sweet part of the buffet, so fairy cakes are a bit unnecessary... I just have to find a rectangular iced madeira cake from somewhere. Def NOT going to experiment in baking a cake like that at the mo esp with our shockingly bad oven.

PR good luck to Mr PR Grin

ChunkyEasterChick · 03/04/2013 12:39

chasing the basic 1. Got mine for 50p from Asda for DD a couple of yrs ago....

Passmethecrisps · 03/04/2013 12:48

I see chunky. I reckons you should head to a supermarket - any one with a decent baking department will have one.

ValiumQueen · 03/04/2013 12:53

pass do Scottish babies get given them then? I will have you know my J has a bone china vintage Beatrix Potter one that he will not be allowed to touch until he is 20

Where I live all babies seem to have fruit shoot bottles.

Got a sodding puncture in my pushchair tyre today. Fuck. There was glass on the path in the park so I went on the grass and got a spine thing in it.

ValiumQueen · 03/04/2013 12:56

chunky as pass says, most supermarkets will sell rectangular ones. They often have reasonably priced tray bakes too that you could pop it on?

PetiteRaleuse · 03/04/2013 12:59

contra LO hasn't been to any classes, they don't exist round here other tyan swimming, and I will be taking her myself, not to classes, once her ear is absolutely clear.

In fact I am not sure she has ever worn anything other than vest and onesie.

And the latest thingnI havefound to occupy her is shaking a bottle of fizzy water in front of her and she likes to watch it settle. And again. And again.

I think the classes and everything linked to that is more of value to the mums, giving them a chanceto get out and have adult conevrsation, than to the babies. Which is important too.

Round here I'm on my own so LO just has to make do with me, her sister and the dog. But we're doing just fine :)

ValiumQueen · 03/04/2013 13:06

pr is that not a bit dangerous? Likely to explode? How about a bottle of water with glitter in? Well sealed obviously.

J has not been to any formal classes. He has to endure a lot at home, so anything else would be too much.

PetiteRaleuse · 03/04/2013 13:12

Explode? Really? It's only mineral water that I am drinking from the bottle so the main bit of fizz goes when it is first opened. I've never had one explode. It's not a glass bottle.

PetiteRaleuse · 03/04/2013 13:14
BigPigLittlePig · 03/04/2013 13:21

Quick question - I thought newborns sucked for comfort but that they grew out of it, so why has F, in the past week, started doing it? She never stops sucking after feeding, it's like a reflex - so I have to prise her off my boob when it's obvious she's done. And once asleep, her little mouth is sucking away at nothing...Any ideas why??

PurplePidjin · 03/04/2013 13:40

No idea, Pig, but R has started too. Teeth?

Day two of Nap In Crib Shock

ValiumQueen · 03/04/2013 13:52

pr if opened that would be fine Grin

pp vinegar and bicarbonate! Now you are talking Grin

The eagle has landed. Clearly the threat of a suppository was sufficient. OMFG! Green and slimy. Not at all what I expected.

Passmethecrisps · 03/04/2013 14:04

Always green and slimy here.

Maybe not all Scottish babies. Maybe just ones not lucky enough to have bone china. Actually I think someone have us a bone china set so I should return the plastic one. I have had hunners of stuff from the HV - two lots of toothpaste and toothbrush, story books and te tommee tippee cup.

Brill!

ChunkyEasterChick · 03/04/2013 14:13

pass & VQ not sure its only Scottish babies. I was given tommee tippee cup, toothpaste etc etc for DD when she was born but nowt for DS. But then I have moved to a naice area in the meantime. Maybe they don't give to second/third timers? or maybe they thought I was "common" before??! Wink

Passmethecrisps · 03/04/2013 14:52

I just managed to get off sofa, tend to P in basket and get back on the sofa all without disturbing the cat on my knee.

Hmm. Do you think I can change the poo nappy which has just happened without bothering the cat?

ValiumQueen · 03/04/2013 15:34

pass always green and slimy? Wow. I have had fuck all off the HV. I will ask tomorrow.