Sept 08: last year they were cute little bundles that smelt of milk and vanilla, but now they've been replaced with a babyzilla!

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We have a P&T sport and the mothercare urban detour double, which I think might only be available second hand these days (mine was). The P&T is for errands in town as it I can get it into the doctors waiting room and smaller shops and the urban detour is for long walks in the park as it's much better to push, it also has a big basket underneath so I love walking to the supermarket with it. The urban detour is a dream to push IME.

I have been a very slack mummy and for once let the DC's enjoy some chocolate at easter. I discovered that the guaranteed way to keep the children quiet is chocolate in the garden on a sunny afternoon, no mess in the house and no squabbling . I think it is the way forward.

Ponymum I s that the one where to fold it you pull a handle which is at the back of the seat? If so I really like that one as well. Haven't seen it in a double yet our pram shop only has singles. Am debating about only getting a twin umbrella as robyn will be 2 so she might like to walk sometimes or could be on a buggy board so we won't need to use it all the time baby can use her pram for a while. Plus if dp is still not working then we can both push seperate prams.

Robyn absolutely loves easter eggs. Have managed so far to keep her wawy from sweets in general, she just shares with me so has a little taste not a whole bar. As soon as she got her own egg she wolfed it down and then screamed for more. I let her eat them as after they have gone that will be it till next year.
I'm mean I know, she has learnt to say 'mam meanie' off dp.

Ninja DD sings all the time. Twinkle Twinkle, Wheels on the Bus, Old Macdonald, a song DS made up for her about it being a lovely day and the hello song they sing at nursery are just some of them. I love listening to her singing. She also dances a lot too.

We went Easter Egg hunting at Kew before doing a smaller one in the garden. Absolutely lovely.

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ponymum that buggy looks gorgeous

debs I really think whether or not you need a double depends on your child. My dd is incredibly lazy when it comes to walking (although she'll cycle for miles) but another friend only had a single as her eldest child had ditched the buggy at 2 and was happy to walk everywhere.

Ds has suddenly turned into a little monkey, found him standing on the sofa with the tv remote in pieces!

D+S easter egg hunt at Kew!

D+S easter egg hunt at Kew!

Meglet it was fun. We had to run round and find the characters - a bee, a caterpillar and a venus fly trap (surely the best dressing up costume ever) - then take the tokens they gave us to some bunny rabbits who swapped them for a Green & Blacks Organic Egg. It was really brilliant.

debs To collapse it you just pull a strap in the fold of the seat and the whole thing folds in half. See here and click on the 'Quick fold' link at the bottom to see a demo.

Hi ILTMIMI. I'm doing OK, thanks for asking! The SPD is probably as bad this time but I am managing it much better than last time, mostly because I actually knew what it was from the start - as opposed to being totally freaked out and terrified that my body was falling apart and I didn't know why.

DD dances and sings all the time. Her dance moves appear to mostly be inspired by Iggle Piggle so she has got an amazing hip wiggle thing going on. I heard DH talking to her this morning as she was dancing. The conversation went something like 'If you can wiggle like that you're going to be really good at the hula hoop. You can get Mummy to show you how to do it. But not yet because you need a middle to do do the hula hoop and Mummy doesn't have a middle at the moment.'

I have an AIBU to share with you, which I won't put on the main board coz its so clear cut that IANBU, but here's my gripe.

So two different people told me today that the playgroup I have dd's name down for in September is closing. I've just googled it, and its true. When exactly were they going to tell me?!!!

I presume the nursery class in the school will remain, and she'll still have a place there (9-12 five mornings a week) but the reason we chose that nursery is because of the attached playgroup. I was going to use her 15 funded hours on 2-3 long days, and have her at home for some full days. The commute is too long for me to even contemplate doing 10 school runs a week, and it would mean I could never do a day trip with ds as I'd always have to be back for dd at 12.

The school she'll go to doesn't have a nursery class, its fed by a playgroup which is oversubscribed and the complete opposite end of the catchment from where we live. Also I'd prefer dd to go to a nursery class in a school, rather than a playgroup.

AIBU? I think not. Gonna phone them tomorrow but I'll have to wait til termtime to phone the other playgroup to put her name down. She's desperate to go to nursery, and was born 3 days the wrong side of the cut-off to start this term, so has to wait an extra six months as it is. Now she might not get a place at all, or might only get into a nursry attached to a school that she won't go to, so will leave all her friends when she actually starts school. It sucks

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hello smack. Good to see you

pony I have never been able to hula hoop...its one of my secret sorrows

Carrie you are definitely not being unreasonable but don't get me started on the schools thing - we still don't have a place for DS but he has started telling people he's going to the school where his friend Holly goes, which is one of the ones we can't get him into

Pony I can't hula hoop either, it doesn't matter if I have a 'middle' or not I just can't do it.

Carie that is annoying about the school. The school I want robyn to go to doesn't have a nursery so the church has setup a playgroup 3 days a week so when you get your free places it only costs you £5 a week to take them. You do have to pick them up every dinner but as they have Mon and Fri off I think it is great. We mioght have to forgo it tho as we are trying to move so could end up miles away.

Hello again. And don't even get me started on schools. DS has just been pulled out of one school, name down for another, official place for another, and the one we want him to go to is another one still..........

Double buggies: I love the Joovy double or the Mini Moda. Hard to come by but I think they're great.

Can someone give me a quick update summary on everyone. You're still also very busy.....

Debs and Digi are pregnant.

IMO bought a pod

Hopefully id nowhere to be seen

I wondered where you'd got to and you nearly fooled me with your name change

Some people are putting lo's into proper beds

mama's on holiday in cyprus

sunshine (aka d&s)'s lo is very talented

Carrie had a gruffalo party for her dd and we're all feeling inadequate

we talked about teeth and the relative sizes of our los

and DD now sleeps through the night but I horrifically maimed burned dd's fingers

My brain really isn't working. It took be bloody ages to work out who SMack was

Did you take ds out of school Star?

Oh, and Ponymum is pg too, but I think you probably know that.

I was wondering if Hopefully has moved and that's why she hasn't been on here?

Oh!!! I just worked it out.

Yes, I am 30 weeks pg. Any advice for handling two at once, oh wise one? I was kind of hoping that we would be over any bad nights with DD by the time #2 comes along but am now realising this is wishful thinking. Yikes! Also dreading the trip to NZ currently planned for when new baby is 3 months old.

How are the muffing tins working out?

Hello

How lovely to see you both!

I think ninja's summary pretty much covers everything! I hope Hopefully is only MIA coz of house move, she's not posted on fb in over a month, so i guess that's the reason.

I had a minor victory today in getting the dcs into a socatots class next term. We're going for the age 2-3 one which is in between their two age groups, and we get to go with some good friends. I was feeling bad for ds that he has no groups coz I stopped them both doing singing group and put dd in ballet while he's asleep!

Would brain-dump about current thoughts on nursery but don't have the energy. perhaps if I eat another of the dcs easter eggs I'll rally a bit? Worth a try

Carrie you still have easter eggs left

Good to see you back Star

Have just driven 45 mins to my mums house (granted she does the drive nearly every day) to be with ds whom she had decided was going to stay the night here.

No asking or anything. DH called up about something else and she mentioned that they were near her house and she'd bring him back tomorrow.

Cue angry rants from me about 'lack of communication', 'i'm his mother goddamit' etc etc. Then decided a good, but non aggressive reaction would be to come over and stay the night too. She is my main source of childcare and he does love her very much. But BOY was I angry.

Wasn't at all worried about ds. And have missed our very first opportunity to have a child-free night. But it wasn't on my terms. And she over-stepped the mark by just whisking him off without so much as a text to ask if it was ok. So wouldn't have enjoyed sitting at home alone with dh anyway.

Am over it now.

Hello SMacK and lolly!

I have my gp appt tomorrow. Is it now policy to offer a reassurance scan if you've had a mc before?