Feb 06 - Save me! Save me!

[Flamesparrow]

You?!?!?! Been on the pop?!!?

(love that phrase btw )

Oh, Strawberry decided that nearly 19 weeks is long enough on just milk. Launched herself onto my pizza and sucked for all she was worth I think that means she is about ready to start wanting food....

You should have seen the fight when I tried to take it back!!! She ended up sitting sucking it for ages, then finally released it and grinned. As first foods go, I think asda pizza at 18 weeks may be an MN hanging offence.

There must be something about Asda pizzas. Noah did that before he was on solids too, just launched and sucked

Asda pizza is an offence in its own right Love ASda for clothes and toys and stuff, and cheaper price branded cereal, but hate Asda own stuff. Maybe its just our branch, but the food is rank. Fruit and veg often mouldy, cream cakes taste shit. Ooo, but I do love a look round the 'stuff'

Must write 15/16 on calaendar.

Ok, quick vote pls. Funreal of close friend on Tuesday. ds1 wants to go. Teacher says ok to miss afternoon school. Shall we take him? flame says yes, for the reasons I thought... might help understand, he's a very old 6, and itspractice/intro for when his grandparents die, which they of course will one day. Hwe will behave, he knows roughly what will happen. But do you think there'll be anything that would really freak him out? Other than it being v sdad. He's knows its a cremation. He knows there will be sad pepole there.

Flame, you do realise you're like a half Welsh version of the Simpsons don't you? weening little Maggie on Pizza (are the older two in the wrong order mind? can't remember)

Good question there MRM, my parents didn't take me when my Grandad died and I was narked at them for not taking me (age 8), 1st funeral I went to was at 13, when a very good friend got killed outside of school but then the whole school year went, so was kind of a different experience to your average funeral. Him being there might well cheer the proceedings up a bit (I have memories of my Grans funeral with my cousins boy running around hugging everyone with a huge grin on his face, he has downs, so fairly ignorant of the days proceedings) but he did make everyone a lot happier! on the other hand it may give him a morbid fascination with life/death, you know him and how he'll react best, so I'd make a decision based on that.

Is a 2nd cup of tea before Combat a bad idea? (runs for the loo)

MRM - As long as you aren't going to fall apart at the funeral yourself, then I would take ds if he wants to go.

Nice to see you EPPM!

I have no idea re funeral. Can prob count on one hand the number of them that I've been to myself!

In living hell here as converted ds cot to bed yesterday, and it is Not Going Well.

mrm - please tell me what you liked about the Phil & Teds (+ which model you had). I don't like it, but I want to like it, as I think that it and the i-candy peach blossom (which I love but which is v expensive and ds already looks v big in) seem to be the only tandems that can hold a child heavier than 15kg.

I think all babies love pizza don't they?
Maybe because it's so salty...

Wow- CSWS- cannot believe DS is in a bed already! Was he climbing out of the cot? Well- at least you won't have to get a new one for DC3. Did you keep your amby? (not sure how successful that was for you)
You presumably didn't need a double buggy last time? DD was walking everywhere reasonably early wasn't she?

mrm- I went to my first funeral (out of 3!) aged 7, and still remember it. I am glad I went (was my grandad) and I think it is important for children to see that grief is something that affects everyone, their parents included. Providing there won't be people in utter hysterics, then I'd say take him, yes. Good practice as you say... I was thinking the other day that I've not actually had enough practice at that- the only people I know who have died are DGD and 2 colleagues (yeah- we actually get rid of quite a lot that way ).

Phoenix- how is DS2? he must be 8mo now? Is he crawling?

to Frizbe and Flame...

Not climbing out no, but struggling to lower him with expanding bump and him being so heavy. It's a cot bed, so we ideally would still want it for dc3, but we are going to attempt the Amby this time, so hoping not to need to worry about whether we need a new one for quite a while.

You're right re not needing a double previously EPPM. Dd was walking everywhere from pretty much the day she began walking!

Realised since my previous post that the P&T will only take ds up to 15kg whilst the baby is lying flat, so it might not be a contender at all, which is just aarrrrggghh as it means that the i-candy is the only option unless we go for side by side instead.

Ohh don't envy you with the buggy to find CSWS, I had that cosatto duet light thing, but dd1 in the front was a right pita when she got heavier....(sure she was over the weight limit) Hope the bed thing gets easier....

Waves back at EPPM

Just watched the hidden sugar thing on BBC, eeek, the kids are never having those damn milk straws again!

Thanks all for the opinions, we're taking him. Actalluy friz, I went to my first funeral aged 13, and it my friends brother, eho I wasnt exacyl goin out with, but it was just coming to that point after alot of flirting

Phil n Teds... god, so long ago....
erm, I also had an xts twister and a Marco Sky, and hated both of those re manouverability.
The phil n teds only downside is that it was the first buggy ds21 could undo the clip, so I couldnt trap him in there!! Oh and that folded up doesnt make it much smaller!!!
Loved how easy it was to push and manouvre, very light, very comfy seats, really quite narrow as far as doubles go. Eg no prob with shop doors and buses. A very smooth ride. Good sized basket underneath. Got the cocooon free but sold it as didnt need it and got £30 or something

Back seat sduperb for piling shopping in once older one walks!

well hello everyone is it just mine? ds has got so lippy since he hit 4?

I borrowed a P&T for a while, and ds managed to tip it over the second time I used it, so wasn't impressed. Also hate 3 wheelers, but I think that is just me.
Kid in the back gets a face full of nothing to look at, as well.

I guess I am the only one to still have a buggy for the 4 yr old?
Tried to get to school without today, but failed. I just can't get to school and nursery in decent time if he is walking. Plus I need it for shopping

Hope the funeral goes ok,mrm.

Hi mm. We are all good thank you. Busy plotting for the new one's arrival!
I don't think that dd is any lippier now that she's 4, but she could always be lippy if she chose to. We come down quite hard on her if she is though, so she is learning not to be.

I think that my buggy problem is solved. I am now in love with the Baby Jogger City Select, which until a few hours ago I had not even heard of! Just look at all the positions that you can put it in in the pic on the left!

I like the look of that csws, i don't like the ringing them for a price bit, that makes it sound v. expensive .

EPPM - ds2 is good thanks. Yes he'll be 8mth old on the 10th March. Not crawling yet but since our little furry visitors (that we think have gone now btw) i've been a bit funny about putting him down on the floor, he won't be long i don't think. He's really strong though and starting to pull himself to standing if he can get hold of something. We're in the middle of putting him to bed awake instead of him going to sleep on me and ending up sleeping with me. Last night (2nd night) he slept in his cot til 4am with just a few wakings and no picking him up. Just gonna take him to bed in a minute so fingers crossed for the same or maybe better tonight.

Work have rung me up today to tell me what my day off will be when i go back so i've worked out that May 15th will be my day off so that weekend is defo ok for me now

Oddly, the price came up on the google shopping search that took me to their page, but I phoned to check anyway! It's £449.95 for the sinlge, and an additional £129.95 for the second seat, which is still cheaper than the i-candy peach blossom.

Oooh I like that Buggy CSWS even though I don't need one!

Phoneix yay! party!! (but not too much as CSWS won't be able to drink)

MRM, hope funeral went/is ok (was it today?)

Meh, my dd2 isn't quite 4 yet! 2 days to go......party next Sun!

dd1 upset this evening, for reasons unknown her good friend has left school today the school and the kids were only told with about an hours notice, so really hoping its nothing horrible (know this as teacher told Meri's dh)

Oh no for friz dd friend... pls try and fid out, you've got my curiosity going now. Argh.

csws, trust me, evwn a millionaire really really wouldnt need to spend that much on a buggy. Its just not necessary! Esp as you've got a car, so kids arent in buggy for 100% of their travel time.

Funeral was ok thaks, if thats the right word to use. A very random mix of people that knew herer but didnt know each other. Lots of sunshine. Ds1 was fine, and impressed everyone with his good behahiour. Dh just fancied the minister (female!!)

Got back and made a start with the pneumatic dril we've borrowed You know that grrenhouse foundation that we've been trying to shift for 5 years?! Its soooo deep!
All our garden furniture had rotted too so we got 2 chairs left; cant have friends round in summer lol.

But it seems that it is necessary if the only cheaper alternative is a Phil& Teds (which actually might not do anyway as ds likely to be over the weight for the little seat which I hadn't realised goes on the front whilst the baby is little).

Oh well I say do it CSWS 'I am the evil little gremlin on your spending shoulder'

MRM I did try to find out more today, but no one knows? even teachers are puzzled?

All gone bonkers here, staff on hols, staff ill and then half way through shift today A BABY decided to arrive early! threw the husband out of work at 7pm, so am right in the poo for staff now Meridian has been an angel, picking kids up from school, keeping them and feeding them and then me too later, I owe her big time! have just finished wrapping dd2's few presents, although I won't be spending much birthday with her now, as have to work late, due to no staff....mum is coming over to look after kids tomorrow....then who knows what the weekend will hold, lots more work and no free time until Sunday by the looks of it, which is when dd2's party is, whew, I'm knackered already!

The doubles seat holds much more than the official weight limit, trust me

friz, people disappear like that all the time here; army kids.