Thanks for all birthday wishes We got up early so he could have his pressies with big dc before they went to school and are now just having a day of playing at home. When M and N get home we may drive down to the seaside and get fish and chips or something, as long as the weather stays nice But he has had one party already and we had a trip to the zoo last week for his birthday treat and then another party with his cousin on sunday so he's doing ok! Will try and post on birthday thread when I get a chance.
I've read up til half 8 last night (and skim for Oooggs' news!) so quick post now then will read rest later hopefully!
Oooggs - really glad J is ok
Problem I'm having with stair gate atm is trying to get M and N and J to rememeber to shut it Although we only have one at bottom of stairs until I get my other one back from my sis so I don't leave him unsupervised upstairs cos I know theres not one there iyswim which prob safer than me having and then dc leaving it open and me not knowing!
GMM - glad you're having fab time
Dippy - I see!!! When you said on facebook you had some grass I thought you meant something entirely different!!
Luce and WO - lovely cakes
Will post a pic of D's Paddington cake later. Problem I have is I dont like the roll out icing so always use butter icing (with a bit of roll out for details if I need it) but its much harder to get it how you want! That and I always end up decorating birthday cakes at midnight! Although the amount of cake I've been eating I probably should use royal icing and that might help my diet a little! Did you all know Paddington is 50 this year?! Random fact there for you!
NL - I would have thought about £1000 for moving too, last time I looked into it thats roughly what they told me and wouldn't have been moving far But have always just hired a small lorry and rounded up a couple of fit strong men to help!
Ange - D's food -
Occassional bf in morning but depends what time he wakes up and if its a school day or not!
Breakfast - large bowl of mini weetabix or bitesize shredded wheat (tesco's ones with apricot or cranberry filling) with just a dash of milk so he can feed himself.
Lunch - sandwich or toast with ham, hummus, cheese, tuna mayo, whatever I can find; bit of fruit or veg; he had a boiled egg the other day which he loved.
Tea is whatever we're having.
Snacks are moon biscuits, fruit, cheese, rice cakes, baby crisps, oat cakes etc. And he has quite a bit of water to drink. Has milk before a nap, either bf or bottle depending on where we are and bf at bedtime, sometimes bf then bottle if he's not settling! All food he feeds himself, does not like being fed with a spoon and tbh I haven't really tried for ages, it does get very messy sometimes but its so much easier! I think probably about half of whatever i give him ends up on the floor or in the dog!! A few weeks ago he was eating loads and all the time, just constantly grazing, and last time I had him weighed he was up to about 21lbs But think that must have been a growth spurt as he has now stopped that and isn't really snacking much anymore or eating as much of his meals.
Have finally had another offer through from insurance which we have accepted, not as much as I'd have liked but if we didnt take this it would go to ombudsman and we'd be without a car for months. Plus it s slightly more than we paid (and thats after they take off the excess) so its actually pretty good its just that we got car at a bargain price in first place. So most of my internet time has been spent searching for cars and reading reviews. Think I may get an Audi!
Anyway this seems to have turned into a massive post and I really should go play with the birthday boy!!