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stripeywoollenhat · 12/04/2009 11:51

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treedelivery · 28/04/2009 09:16

Will you lot stop encouraging me to spend!!!!! Sheeesh!

Can't believe the amount of posts since I was here yesterday - Moose, hope you get some you time soon, though I dunno if thats possible. Holiday sounds great! Itti's don't need a wrap. If you get t hem you will need to pre wash the inserts about 4 times to increase absorbancy, and I suggest a bit of thin fleece liner to help pull wee into the hemp - rather than it running off down her leg. Plus it feels dry next to the skin. They are sooooo lovely. In May the new colours come out, there are rumours of red and white polka dots and dalmation

I made some of thos leggin things for Hatts for nappy free time as she was cold by.......wait for it..... hacking the top of tights! Now she has mad over the knee socks so her bum hangs out and gets air. Obviously much prefer the real deal though, and will need them, as we have floorboards on the ground floor. Not particulary well sanded or cleaned either
I've seen knee pads for crawlers too somewhere.......

Meant to be day of rest day today - dd1 at playschool till 3. Sadly am full of cold, car in garage, and fil coming to fit window so on bacon sarnie and a cuppa duties.

Just wanna go to bed! Hatts asleep in my arms [obviously, where else ] she is gettign so big. Image of her sister. It's spooky.

Pouring with rain here - washing out in it, which is great actually as the rain water softens the clothes after thay have been beaten up by my hard water

Ray - camp colic here better for dairy free. I'm gutted as I love tea. Real strong tea with milk and 2 sugars. I also miss butter. But cakes I can bake with alternatives, tea is a sad loss. poor Hatts though, least I can do for her. On the dairy challenge at the mo, she has had dairy free me for a week, I had some on Sat and am waiting to ssee if she reacts. Signs are not good, she is clingy and windy and stiff in her body - so am taking that as tummy ache. Thanks for asking though.

By all, have a lovely day. Off to wrap a muslin round my head to deal with my daft runny nose.

P.S. photobooks 2 for 1 at the mo. Go Go Go!

tinkisnotenjoyingtherain · 28/04/2009 09:28

morning

Dog - Isla Rose 10.02.09 8lb 15oz (two other Dc's Bethany Ella 14.04.05 (4) Arlo Louis 01.12.06 (2)
Spink - Rosie Anne 07.01.09 7lb5oz & ds Frank Feliks 20.02.07 (2)
Moose - Elizabeth Jane 15.01.09 (two ds's Patrick George 10.04.02 (7) and Edward Matthew 18.04.04 (5)
Tink - Bracken hope willow 19.01.09
Atlanta eden sky 29.08.05

tinkisnotenjoyingtherain · 28/04/2009 09:29

Dog - Isla Rose 10.02.09 8lb 15oz (two other Dc's Bethany Ella 14.04.05 (4) Arlo Louis 01.12.06 (2)
Spink - Rosie Anne 07.01.09 7lb5oz & ds Frank Feliks 20.02.07 (2)
Moose - Elizabeth Jane 15.01.09 (two ds's Patrick George 10.04.02 (7) and Edward Matthew 18.04.04 (5)
Tink - Bracken hope willow 19.01.09 = 8lbs7.5ozs
Atlanta eden sky 29.08.05 - 6lbs12.5ozs

baby legging things look great
we are all going mad shopping on here
glad arlo ok
glad drs went well rray

EachPeachPearMum · 28/04/2009 09:30

lol @ 'camp colic'!
Sorry... I know its not remotely funny....

dog- we have so much stuff given to us- I dont need to buy anything yet, so I'm saving until he's older. I only ever put him in all-in-ones anyway- dont see the point of fussy outfits. Even when we go somewhere- he's always snoozing in the pram under a blanket, so no-one sees what he wears! most of his sleepsuoits are little white company which I love, and gap tbh- pretty nice ones. And a few tasteful next ones too.
DD's wardrobe is another matter but I spent soooo much on gorgeous things that she never wore (weather wrong etc) I'm just wiser this time.

treedelivery · 28/04/2009 09:47

Camp colic and the H-bomb.

Good name for a band no?

On shopping - mum has bought me Harriet a cashmere shawl. Sigh. It's huge and 2 layers in cream and makes a great wrap from here

Happily she believes Harriet sleeps better in this than anything else and is off to The White Comapny to get another. Sigh.

But she got dd1 [4] Chanel No.5 for Christmas so she's a hardened shopper
There was us with redundancy and losing the house talks - so obviously what you need is a bottle of Chanel No.5. You have to love that level of '2 fingers at ya, life'

moosemama · 28/04/2009 10:00

Dog I discovered the hedgepig website when I was looking at the little shrimp clothes. I love the minymo stuff, you can occasionally get it on ebay a bit cheaper too.

Tree sorry you are poorly, wrap up warm and have a duvet day, in between bacon sarnie and cuppa deliveries. I saw bamboo inserts on the site I looked on. I know bamboo is super absorbent as we have bamboo towels, will I still need fleece liners as well?

Peach Elizabeth mostly lives in all in ones too, but I do like to dress her a bit for visits to family and we have a tonne of parties at the weekend over the next few weeks - in fact right through May and most of June (I'm dreading it actually). Family do's on DH's side are particularly bad as she is the only baby at the moment and the only baby girl for years and years, so I am expected to produce a beautifully turned out princess baby every time we get together. They would love me to dress her in frills and lace but they are sadly disappointed! Every single item we were given from that side of the family when she was born was sugar pink with teddies/fairies/princesses on and huge, but in winter styles, which meant she'd never wear them even if I'd wanted her to.

I am currently trying to get some stuff for when she's bigger as DH is about to impose a new budget (something we badly need to do) and I fear there will be no spare cash for buying baby clothes so I need to get in quick.

Got some lovely bits from Pumpkin Patch some off ebay bnwt and some in the sale (40% off certain lines at the moment).

treedelivery · 28/04/2009 10:07

Moose - I'd still say yes, as the absorbant fabric will by definition be wet iyswim? So wee passes throught the fleece, into the bamboo, and botty is dry. Plus your nappy doesn't get stained then - although sun gets rid of stains so far for me. as they get warmer overnight in particular, the wee simply wicks through and evaporates out into the air. Instead of being 'held' like in disposables. I find that with fleece nappies also.
£1 Ikea fleece blanket is the way to go - we got 30 liners from 1 and so also use them as wipes. Fab.

Speaking of which, dd2 nappy is making noises and her face is going red. Gotta go!

treedelivery · 28/04/2009 10:56

Ooo btw - dd got her primary school. Yay!! Oh I hope I made the right choice, you do get choice here in general. Many parents just go to the local, so fussy old tarts like me can 'shop around'. It all boils down to very little really doesn't it, the differences between them, but I am pleased. Just hope it's the right one.....oo er! 4 months away. Eek!

EachPeachPearMum · 28/04/2009 11:22

Dog - Isla Rose 10.02.09 8lb 15oz (two other Dc's Bethany Ella 14.04.05 (4) Arlo Louis 01.12.06 (2)
Spink - Rosie Anne 07.01.09 7lb5oz & ds Frank Feliks 20.02.07 (2)
Moose - Elizabeth Jane 15.01.09 (two ds's Patrick George 10.04.02 (7) and Edward Matthew 18.04.04 (5)
Tink - Bracken hope willow 19.01.09 andAtlanta eden sky 29.08.05
EPPM - DS 02/02/09 8lb 10oz and DD Feb 06 (3)

tree @ chanel No5 for christmas! I had a tiny sample bottle when I was young but I was 7 by then. I want a bacon buttie now too please!

moose -ebay all the way! Babies don't even wear most of their stuff- loads of immaculate gorgeous stuff on there. Plus you can sell outgrown stuff... to make more money for spending

treedelivery · 28/04/2009 11:29

Dog - Isla Rose 10.02.09 8lb 15oz (two other Dc's Bethany Ella 14.04.05 (4) Arlo Louis 01.12.06 (2)
Spink - Rosie Anne 07.01.09 7lb5oz & ds Frank Feliks 20.02.07 (2)
Moose - Elizabeth Jane 15.01.09 (two ds's Patrick George 10.04.02 (7) and Edward Matthew 18.04.04 (5)
Tink - Bracken hope willow 19.01.09 andAtlanta eden sky 29.08.05
EPPM - DS 02/02/09 8lb 10oz and DD Feb 06 (3)
Treedelivery - Harrriet Poppy 22.01.2009, 7lb 12oz and Jessie Mary, 03.10.2004 8lb 4oz (4.5)

MsSparkle · 28/04/2009 12:15

Morning,

tink you are the shopping queen!

missJ the under ones went fine. There was only three other people there, i guess because of the weather yesterday being so dire. I actually spoke to the people there and didn't shy away! Glad the swimming went ok, i am taking Finley on Friday, i have bought him some swimming shorts and he looks sooo cute in them!

Tree your night away sounded simple and lovely. KFC in bed, Mmm. Shame about your cold today, you'll have to put your Harriets lovely shawl on to keep warm Glad you got the primary school you wanted

moose i never put my dd in dresses until she sit up, i just think they look better. My dd was born in October though so buy the time the summer came she was sitting up. I never bothered with frilly knickers though. I am wondering the same thing about bodysuits. Finley has almost grown out of his and i am debating whether it's worth buying the next size as the warmer weather is coming up? The holiday sounds great.

chefswife that you get nice meals cooked for you! I think my dd does shout in his face because she doesn't understand why he doesn't respond. She never shouts in an angry voice, she just gets excited and over the top. It's really annoying when he is sleeping and she wakes him.

ray i am thinking a wedding with just close family and friends. I have 20 guests on my list, dp has to do his list. We have agreed no more than 50. I just don't want it to be one of those wedding where you have to invite great aunt mable from miles away just because you have to. No thank you. How about you? What kind of wedding are you planning?

spink i don't know about anymore sessions. I was offered more sessions last time but only had two because i talked things through and quickly realised the reasons i was unhappy was because i don't make enough effort. She made some very good points but i think if i had had more sessions i would have just been repeating myself. Since then i have made more of an effort to speak to people, even saying "hello, how are you?" to people makes all the difference to how people respond to me. The only person that can me now is myself.

eachpeach those are great sleepsuits! I am thinking of just putting Finley in pyjamas now with socks because he gets longer and longer and so grows out of sleepsuits so fast. Then if i try the next size up they are too big in the body and right in lenght. Very annoying.

It was wierd being at the the under ones group yesterday. There were only three other mums there, i guess the weather kept everyone else away. They were all first time mums and so worry alot about the things i am not worrying about this time around. I didn't say anything though, the last thing you need when it's your first baby is some second time around mum being patronising about what not to worry about. I also noticed that they all seemed desperate for their babies to get to the next stage, like i did with dd. This time around, i just want Finley to stay a baby and am embracing him more than i did with dd. I found i was saying "with my dd i did this" and "my dd did that" alot I think i need to just keep hush about what my dd did and just focus on Finley at the group. It's not on next week due to bank holiday but i will go the week after.

MsSparkle · 28/04/2009 12:20

Dog - Isla Rose 10.02.09 8lb 15oz (two other Dc's Bethany Ella 14.04.05 (4) Arlo Louis 01.12.06 (2)
Spink - Rosie Anne 07.01.09 7lb5oz & ds Frank Feliks 20.02.07 (2)
Moose - Elizabeth Jane 15.01.09 (two ds's Patrick George 10.04.02 (7) and Edward Matthew 18.04.04 (5)
Tink - Bracken hope willow 19.01.09 andAtlanta eden sky 29.08.05
EPPM - DS 02/02/09 8lb 10oz and DD Feb 06 (3)
Treedelivery - Harrriet Poppy 22.01.2009, 7lb 12oz and Jessie Mary, 03.10.2004 8lb 4oz (4.5)
MsSparke - Finley Stephen 15.01.09 9lb 8oz (one dd 2 and a half)

tinkisnotenjoyingtherain · 28/04/2009 12:52

hi

i have just ordered pink playhouse and my first trampoline

bracken wears dungarees and dresses and trousers etc.

missjackson · 28/04/2009 13:03

Too much to catch up on but did hear Spink saying you had a sleep training technique? Would love to hear. Really want to get LO going down by himself, as he's actually getting worse at night not better! He used to sleep alone in his cot from 8pm until about 2-3am, at which point he came in our bed for snacking and snoozing until morning. But now he's started waking up around midnight for a feed, comes into our bed, and then seems to be snacking every hour or so! It's not so bad because I sleep again once he's latched on, but our bed isn't really big enough for all 3 of us (even though it's a kingsize, it still feels too small, I wish I had got one of those 6' beds now!) and having him there all night instead of just half the night makes a big difference... I guess my other option is to sit up and feed him properly, then put him back in the cot - but that takes anything up to an hour as I have to wait until he's properly asleep before I can move him. Lazy!

dog sounds like you had fun with Lenni - poor you though having to take Arlo to A&E afterwards. Glad he is okay.

at all the talk of girls clothing! You get so much more choice than those of us with boys. These days I am preferring baby gros with a cardi on top for ease of nappy changing.

Dog - Isla Rose 10.02.09 8lb 15oz (two other Dc's Bethany Ella 14.04.05 (4) Arlo Louis 01.12.06 (2)
Spink - Rosie Anne 07.01.09 7lb5oz & ds Frank Feliks 20.02.07 (2)
Moose - Elizabeth Jane 15.01.09 (two ds's Patrick George 10.04.02 (7) and Edward Matthew 18.04.04 (5)
FYM - James 04.02.09 and Frederick (3.5)
MissJ - Nye (Aneurin) 29.01.09 - just the one!

MsSparkle · 28/04/2009 14:26

missJ my suggestion is to sit up properly and feed him, then put him in his own bed. He will take a while to settle like you said, but he should get used to it and learn to settle himself eventually. I think maybe with you letting him sleep in your bed (and i totally see your reasons why,) it isn't teaching him to settle in his own bed because of coarse, mum and dads bed is way more warm and snuggly.

When i moved Finley from his moses basket (because he outgrew it) to his cot which is in his bedroom (the cot doesn't fit in our room,) i was up a few nights settling him. He did get used to it and now he just goes straight in his cot without a fuss and the cot mobile is his trigger that it is sleep time. From what i learnt from dd, they hate changes and will always refuse at first but you have to persivier (sp?) and they just get used to it. So i would bite the bullet missJ, expect a few sleepless nights and just persevier. It will be worth it in the long run

treedelivery · 28/04/2009 14:34

Dog - totally missed that Arlo had a fall but obviously gutted for you and glad to hear he is ok. Phew indeed!

Glad you haad a great day out - very [green] of you 2 seeing each other in rl!

treedelivery · 28/04/2009 14:43

Ha Haaaa green of you 2, am not green. Bit pale though with head cold.

NIce relaxing day blown out of water again, car insurance, running around after fil doing joinery for us and unhappy Hatts after my dairy experiment.

Am deffo dairy free now.

TheDOGmamma · 28/04/2009 14:45

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treedelivery · 28/04/2009 15:07

I haven't been able to put the H-bomb down sine 8 am. getting fed up now. After a week of her being more settled, I have no idea how I did this for 2.5 months. No wonder I look like crap!

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treedelivery · 28/04/2009 15:17

Dog - they are collecting dd1 from playschool for me already so don't like to ask really. Plus I NEED to go to a shope for sash window bit and also the chemist, so will need to call in a favour there to.

Am going to try the pram...........

treedelivery · 28/04/2009 15:18

shope???????

Its all very olde worlde around here

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chefswife · 28/04/2009 17:27

just popping in to say hello and holy cow to the post. hard to keep up. we are of swimming and then for sushi! haven't had that since last May! DH and DD just came in and said it was time to go so i better get my big butt outta bed.