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November 2012 - Are the LOs old enough for Mother's Day yet?

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StuntNun · 25/03/2014 16:51

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/2023090-November-2012-Spring-is-here-time-to-get-our-babies-out-and-about?

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flouncymcflouncerson · 31/03/2014 09:40

He could vq but it's probably not worth the hassle. He wouldn't have time for lunch then and means he'd be super late home Sad

I'll get a taxi there I think, thankfully mum is coming over today to let me finish off my spring clean so she can watch the kids otherwise I'd have a major problem!

I felt like that about DD last year, she's a bright girl and loves to learn.

PetiteRaleuse · 31/03/2014 09:45

Don't some children start a year early if they are ready over there? I seem to remember a couple at my secondary school which were a year younger but had started primary early. Not sure of the reasoning but I'd guess because they were deemed bright. That would have been over 30 years ago though so maybe things are more rigid now.

I'm a little jealous of you guys having to deal with school uniform. I hated wearing it myself but I would love to see the kids in uniform. Sometimes we run into school parties from the UK over here and they are all in uniform it is so sweet.

ValiumQueen · 31/03/2014 10:05

Do yours not wear uniform then?

In Scotland kids start a bit later, the year they turn 5, March to February.

YellowWellies · 31/03/2014 10:08

We had our first not sleep through since weaning - J was up for a good grumble for 40 minutes. He was vair drooly and proper screechy so I'm thinking a tooth. The funny thing is DH won't let me go to him in the night as 'it's not fair whilst we're weaning as he'll just get confused', so I got to roll over and let him deal with it. Maybe I can handle this weaning lark.... Wink

ValiumQueen · 31/03/2014 10:12

Your DH is right YW. He is probably relishing the opportunity to be the 'needed one' after all this time of you being the feeder and comforter. This will be very good for him and J, and will bear fruit when baby arrives. The relationships will change but you will always be mummy.

ValiumQueen · 31/03/2014 10:14

I remember worrying that my babies only wanted me for my milk and worrying in case they would still love me when weaned. Daft, but normal apparently. I feel more secure in my relationship with J strangely as we were FF from 5.5 months. Go figure Grin

Elizadoesdolittle · 31/03/2014 10:14

DD1 wears uniform for nursery. If fingers crossed she gets into the school attached to her nursery, the transition from nursery to school should be very smooth. I am glad I moved her from pre school to nursery as she's come on in leaps and bounds. She's ready for school.

Glad your night wasn't as bad as you anticipated vq.

I've woken up in brighter spirits. just feel bit stupid for ruining what could have been a nice day but never mind. There will be plenty of other days like that I can ruin Smile

ValiumQueen · 31/03/2014 10:15

Although with J the only time we are apart is when I am at work. With the girls I had all those blissfully long nights with sleeeeeeep!

ValiumQueen · 31/03/2014 10:16

Eliza you are not stupid Smile Mother's Day is a high emotion day IMO.

YellowWellies · 31/03/2014 10:16

VQ I totally get that! I worried when I got back that J was indifferent to me without working norks but actually he had just gotten closer to his Dad and was relying on him as primary carer which has been great for both of them. DH is really excited about me and my sister having time to go out for dinner and him staying home for boy time. J has stopped punishing me for going away and is a lovely cuddly Mummy's boy again too - he's just also a Daddy's boy now too. It's worked out really well and I'm so proud of how he's handled it. My sister did say that all of the big changes go a lot easier than you think they will with the wee ones, but I am surprised.

ValiumQueen · 31/03/2014 10:21

They have very little brains and shit memory thankfully Grin

When baby arrives and you are establishing feeding etc, and also in late pregnancy, you will be really grateful that he is able to function away from you. A new chapter is about to begin Grin

ValiumQueen · 31/03/2014 10:22

But nobody EVER replaces mummy, as you well know x

PetiteRaleuse · 31/03/2014 10:33

No school uniform here no, apart from some vvvvv exclusive boarding schools.

DD1 has brought back a booklet of nursery rhymes which is good as I don't know them so am having to learn them. With actions.

Anyway there is one that talks about farm animals and ends on a verse about chickens. She ends the song and then says (this is not in the book) cluck cluck and then we eat the chickens yum yum.

ValiumQueen · 31/03/2014 10:35

You have a proper little carnivore there Grin

PetiteRaleuse · 31/03/2014 10:50

Yup. We were looking at some fish in the lake yesterday and she asked if we could eat them. She is also very excited about all the things we have just planted. I think she has just inherited my obsession with food in general and isn't squeamish about where it comes from. I grew up next to a battery hen farm and am pretty squeamish about where the chicken I eat in particular is from, and if it had an OK life. I ask about welfare when I go to the butchers and market - and the butchers are always v cool about answering with details, but other customers often are a little bit Hmm

YellowWellies · 31/03/2014 10:57

PR we only eat happy chicken and happy eggs. We used to keep chooks in our terraced house garden when we were wee and I do think they are fab creatures who need space to explore and just be themselves. I know battery cage birds are illegal now thank goodness but even the big indoor barns where they are intensively raised, with never a chance to go outside, are incredibly stressful for them. I appreciate it is more expensive but it's not insurmountable we have just cut down our meat consumption to be able to afford it. One extra vegetarian tea a week means we can afford free range chicken. It's roast free range cluck cluck for tea tonight Smile.

PetiteRaleuse · 31/03/2014 11:12

Yes I think the farms at home have been converted into barn hen farms. With not enough space to move much, it's almost crueller as it gives them the chance to fight and peck each other (because not enough space to have their own patches) and they still get pumped full of crap to ensure they grow faster. I'm not too fussy about meat being perfectly organic but I do want it to come from happy animals which have spent a good part of their lives outdoors eating what nature intended. I bought a joint of beef to roast at the butcher this morning and the butcher told me all about it as he was wrapping it up. I didn't even have to ask he knows what a pita I am

ValiumQueen · 31/03/2014 11:21
fiatpandababba · 31/03/2014 11:33

I buy organic, free range eggs as I think non organic taste kind of fishy bleugh!

fiatpandababba · 31/03/2014 11:57

I once bought a £10 organic chicken and cooked it until it was so tough that I may as well have bought an old lady hen so mostly we stick to veggie or fish.

PetiteRaleuse · 31/03/2014 11:58

Depends on what they have been fed. The problem is that organic criteria are very restrictive. The hens that provide my eggs (in the village) are fed only grain from the farm and what they get in the ground. None of the processed stuff. But the soil doesn't pass the organic criteria because of what he uses on his potatoes in the next field (nothing scary, just not organic) so he can't sell them as organic. It's an ideal criteria of course but in practice quite difficult to actually get.

There is a farm near my ILS (next door in fact) that don't use chemicals on their veg or in any of the feed that they give to their ducks. They can't claim to be organic though as the farm next to theirs use certain pesticides and there is cross contamination. Their ducks are yummy, as are their hens' eggs, and not being able to stock up when we go down there is one of the things that annoys me about falling out with the ILs. She makes amazing pâtés too.

PetiteRaleuse · 31/03/2014 12:00

:o you weren't on the thread when I mistakenly bought a really really really expensive chicken a few months ago. I have never, ever been so careful about cooking any meat. It was bloody good though but I was so paranoid about cocking it up.

fiatpandababba · 31/03/2014 12:09

my friend mistakenly ordered $100 crab in OZ, she did say it was lovely though.

PetiteRaleuse · 31/03/2014 12:12
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StuntNun · 31/03/2014 12:24

I certainly won't be starting any challenges until we've had a long period of consistent sleep in the Stunt household (yay for sleep). But I have been wanting to do an egg-challenge for ages, the last one was six months ago so it's quite possible that J has grown out of the egg intolerance; I grew out of it around one year old. I'm hoping to give butter a try after around three weeks of him being dairy-free because we use a lot of butter in cooking since DH and I are on a high fat diet. Fortunately the fridge is stocked with lard, beef dripping and goose fat so we have plenty of alternatives for now.

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