Fabulous 40+ and Proud: Mum and Mums to be Part 2

[Kaz1967]

Ok we have talked to the end of the topic so here is a new one

jeanjeannie I've looked at the tots bots nappies and they look pretty cool, it's just the maintenance that puts me off. I had terry ones and rubbers for DS#1 and it can be hard going (but it is most def cheaper and more enviro friendly).

We bought this fancy blender a few months back that does all sorts so I guess I need to get me money's worth out of it. Yes, ice cube trays. I remember those from many moons ago filled with carrots, potato, etc all pureed up Again cheaper and not filled with sugar/salt and added chemicals.

Like the burnt pan btw.

I've just bought a Joe Brown's dress. Why have I not been alerted to the trendiness/urbane/cheapness of this quality clothing line? And they fit my portly body with bags of room to spare. Fromage frais! as Del would say

yay I am not alone in my sparkly pinkness for little girls...

Oh and I totally failed to see what the problem was with Katie Price and the 100 pairs of baby shoes - she's rich! its a little girl! they're shoes! what's the issue?

hedgepig - I 've been there and worn the mummy of a picky eater t-shirt - I have a 20 yr old son who STILL won't eat onions mushrooms tomatoes etc. He picks the veggie bits out of his spag bol/curry etc to this day. So I am not phased by thoughts of picky eaters, not a jot. So long as they eat enough to keep 'em healthy I am not bothered - fussing only makes it worse I reckon.

oh and jw - organic nappies? why? they're for collecting shit in!! why do they need to be organic?

johnworf yeah - I thought they looked cute - and bought some....MMmmm, problem is you still need a waterproof over the top - so Iris's arse looked HUGE. I mean - she had a 'does my bum look big in this?' moment aged 6 months!!

I've got all-in-ones caled Bumgenius....they're marvellous. Just like a disposable, fab colours , don't leak and dry really quickly. I've just gone upstairs and dug them out

In my little head - I will invent the most amazing reusable nappy - with disposable insert options available. Mothercare have done one - it's rubbish. Oh, If only I could be bothered. Put that degree in fashion to use - the parents would be so proud

Joe Brown....c'est que c'est? What is this that you speak of? But the stuff fits.. Tidy as Nessa would say !

It's Joe Browns www.joebrowns.co.uk/ . Not to be confused with the cor blimey cheeky cockney chappy from the '60's and his gang of 'bruvvers'.

I'm googling those nappies to see about getting some

mrsboogie and it's not what you shit, it's the way that you shit it

I have some terry nappies not used them yet Sue has banned me while here and Kez's bum is a little small even for the fitted ones but they are so much better than the ones from 20 years ago the bamboo rather than terry towelling are the best ones softer and more absorbent. he outers are much better than the old plastics too got mine from here

Hey, hey - we're back to talking about sh*t!!

I got most of my nappies from either babykind.co.uk or kittykins.co.uk both sites are FAB. I went for Nature Babies wraps for my cloth nappies (I had Motherease and Oneworld) and they're brill. But the Bumgenius V3 is the nuts!!

And here in Bucks if you send the council the reciept they give you £30....pleasing

Oooo - went spending today - myself and Verity had a girlie shop - and a stop-off at Starbucks Iris came off very well thanks to the new kiddies autumn range at Zara.....choccy brown and a sophisticated dark, dusty pink palette....oh yesss...kerching £££$$$$

They do a deal in the Bristol south Glos areas too paid £20 for stuff worth about £90. Would recommend people checking out their local counsel just to see if they are interested there are some London ones that do too because they are all trying to cut down on landfill.

Have to say ...boys clothes are generally boring ...the only time I wish my Alex had been and Alexa is when I go clothes shopping for him...every single shop is 3/4 full of gorgeous eye catching pink and frilly stuff with the boring blue trousers and tops shoved into a dark corner...if I could have another I'd pray for a girl and camp out at Monsoon!
Nappies; we only use a disposable (Tescos own...they didnt leak as much as the "leading" brands)at night so he doesnt feel wet (in a vain attempt to get him to sleep through)but during the day he's been in Totsbots Bamboozles from the start (with pul waterproof wraps)..size 1s were fab ...however the size 2s are interferring with his gait (he's walking like John Wayne)as they are cut too wide between the legs..then again, most babies don't walk until they are in the next size upso cant really blame the brand...but apart from the cowboy roll I love the big bum look and using cloth is certainly making him aware of being wet/dirty which is making potty training easier.

Here in Bury they do NO deals for recycling nappies I phoned up the council and they say 'well done' and that's it.

OOOh nice jeanjeannie shopping expo. I like Zara stuff. There's a big store in manchester next door to Selfridges. And yes, we're talking about our fav subject; baby poo

I'm frantically writing down all these websites for eco nappies. I don't like the look of the ones with the fleece outers or the applix (sp?) clips. Too faffy for my liking. I just want one that well, err, looks like a disposable that you can wash.

K gulped down 60ml bottle of the white stuff tonight - 2 hours she'd wolfed down 45mls. Sighs. The staff are most perplexed and put her to 4 hourly feeding. Even then she's had more than her allotted amount. She sucked it all out herself too. She's getting mightily grown up

*that'd be 2 hours after she had the 45mls. Ahem.

JW How fantastic that K is putting on the pounds and seems determined to eat like a big girl too! You should move up the valley a little, Rossendale give us £45 vouchers to spend at local reusable nappy shops (not much but every little helps) I agree the popper or clip style nappies are a pain..applix is another form of velcro and easy peasy.

I have nappi nippas for when when she is bigger and I am folding nappies so no pins cos the problem with these pre formed is they are sized like disposables (also a advantage putting them on)

great news jw - greedy princess K!!

Ehmm well it'll be tesco disposables for me - I cannot be fooked with washing nappies or any of that eco malarky.

oooohh but girly clothes in Zara??? boo! bet they are lovely. yes Floriatosca - that's exactly what its like shopping for boys - a few blue things chucked in the farthest corner. You can't really dress boys up - the preppy look is a good look but its not exactly exciting like dressing a girly is.

tomorrow off yay \o/

johnworf sounds like K is almost ready to demand feed only problem is causes problems when she wants to feed just before you arrive and you miss it. Maybe she will be ready for home soon?? How many weeks is she equivalent to now?

Jeanjeanie;oooh love the sites you linked for us..esp the kittykins, they have a couple of wonderful incentive packs at very reasonable prices!..mmmm tempted....

kaz1967 she's 35 weeks (or 10+2 weeks on the outside). It's not a problem demand feeding as they're bottle feeding her a mixture of EBM and Nutriprem 1. Although I think that she'll reach 2 kilos this Sunday and switch over the Nutriprem 2. They have a large stash of EBM but I'm afraid that is it. Once it's gone, it's gone. My milk went a few weeks back so she'll be totally on formula once that happens...and the way she's going, it won't be long as she seems to be hungry all the time.

We don't mention the 'H' word as it's a mystery wrapped up in an enigma; up there with UFO's, organised religion and how to open the cellophane on a new CD. I'm hoping secretly it'll be before her due date of 14th September but fingers and toes crossed etc

When the day finally does come and we're talking about home, I think I'll be rooming in for a day or two up at the hospital. There was talk yesterday of moving her along a room - to the final room! Out of HDU and into special care! Not happened as of yet but I'll let you all know when it does.

Writing down all these terms for the re-usable nappies. I'm a complete novice. It was terry, liner, rubbers and pins last time I used them back in the olden days. FloriaTosca seems a tad OTT moving up the road to claim my £30 back on nappies

Cor - good drinking katherine. Hah - see, I told you - she's practising for those nights out in Manchester It's great boarding in - you feel more secure cos you know you're going home - get as many cuddles as you want. Plus all the tea and coffe on tap, meals delivered and a lady to clean your room - they had to throw me out

Well I urge you all to be sensible in purchasing the nappies - I got a bit carried away...OOoo, look they're sooo sweeeeet...and all that! I hated the Nappy Nippas...no matter how hard I put them into the cloth, when it got wet they wriggled lose.

With two (that's a lot of poo) I've now gone for the all-in-ones...and i do 'Organic' disposable at night - and sometimes for a day out. Don't like Nature Baby - very easily available but they rip at the sides. Apparently the bamboo disposables available on the net are brill - I stick to Asda!! Moltex are ok - but a bit stiff.

TOP TIPS: Get a bucket (with lid!) and put a net in it - no having to dig them out with your hand!

Also get a muslin and put a small drop of fave oil (lke lavender)on it and keep the muslin on the top of the nappies in the pile.

Forget soaking - no point and messy IMO

That's it lecture over

On a completely different note. It's the Olympics today and I was thinking of mrsjuspiter ......hope all is well with you and Eva. I'm hoping you're not in contact because MN isn't available. I've heard that they've been blocking lots more site. Thinking of you x

AND thinking of pwcbird - hope you and the family are pulling together. Gosh - I do miss you on this thread x

I'll second that emotion jeanjeannie re the missing girls from the thread

Come back soon!

Gack. Olympics start today. That means DH will be welded to sofa watching any old crap sport as much and as often as he can and I had so many DIY jobs lined up for him.

Added to my list of things to remember when buying eco nappies all your tips jeanjeannie. I like the look of the velcro all in 1 jobbies. I think I shall purchase a couple of them a see how they go.

So, you're telling me that rooming in is akin to staying at the Waldorf Astoria but with a baby thrown in that you get to keep? Fab!

Hello ladies,
I thought I pop in a post as I heard my name being mentioned across the intergalactic highway.

Actually I pop in every day, like a secret squirrel, and have a spy on you, but haven't posted becuase I'm a bit, well,you know, down in the dumps and not 100% my perky old self so don't really have much to say

I've been a woman possessed this week: Monday cleaned house top to bottom and washed and ironed for England (Gold medal Olympics I would have got). Decided to update our bedroom and ordered online but only things that could be instantly delivered. Tuesday made new net curtains for my bedroom (something I've been planning to do for TWO YEARS!). Oh and did I mention how I hate sewing slippery material. Wednesday cleaned the oven (shows how desperate I am to do that job ) and then weeded entire garden including path.Delivery arrived of new bed throw, bedroom lights (centre and bedside lamps). Thursday arrival of new curtains ordered from Ebay (so now new curtains and new nets) and thoroughy pleased with myself at making such a good colour purchase from a ninny ebay photo, made home made fishcakes (what a faff) oh and other busy bee things. This morning made a cake at 7,00 and now just done big supermarket shop.
So, you can see can't you, what I'm doing. Keeping busy and trying not to think about it but it's hard and someone only has to say boo to me and the tears arrive.

I have moments when I'm fine and smiley and then times when I feel terribly terribly sad and feel that life is horribly unfair and I feel rotten. Sometimes I feel a fraud and silly that I thought I was 5 1/2 months pregnant. It all got whisked away so fast. I'm seeing pregnant women and little babies everywhere of course. I'm alright though. I've looked at the miscarriage threads but actually they're so very upsetting and sad that they're really a bit too much. I don't want to despair and fall apart as I can't for Joseph (ds) as he's what matters, and I don't want to for myself. I'm not that type. I'm BRITISH dammit (cue Land of Hope and Glory music)

Anyway, so that's me updated. I love to hear your news and chat about nappies and baby clothes and you're all so funny and bright and much better help than the miscarriage threads. So, I'm here, in spirit and will post soon when feeling a bit less chin wobbly.

fortified I know you wont' be reading this now - but good luck. Wow!

xx

ps - just thought I'd throw in how it took DH about 15 mins before he noticed ANY alterations in bedroom - some things, it seems, never change

Hi PWCbird, most lovely to hear from you it sounds like there must be a whirlwind over you house at the moment with all this domestic activity. If the MC threads don't help I would agree that you don't want to go there. For the year I was ttc I spent a lot of time in the doldrums on various ttc threads and I should have stopped cos it didn't really help. Anyway, I am very optimistic for your future and having joseph to run around after will help (((more hugs))).

JJ Ben would love to accept Iris's invite for plain pasta so long as she likes playing with cars, sords and being spiderman. He is so sweet he has never seen any spiderman or anything like that (cos it would petrify him) but he picks up the character names and things from school but has no idea what they do or if they are goodies or baddies ahhh

pwcbird! So great to see you around my dear. Glad that you are at least having a few good days mixed in with the not so good.

Wow, you have been super busy. If I send you my address do you think you could work your magic on my house? Ok, so 10/10 for trying it on ...you can't blame the girl!

I'm a bit obsessed by shoes ATM. Clarks shoes in particular. No idea where this started

johnworf we sent babies home from 36 wks if feeding growing and medically fit but told mums not to think of it until baby hit term

the ones in Bristol actually were supplied by a company called Babeco another site worth looking at maybe esp as they always have something in the sale

pwcbird you have every right to feel down in the dumps from time to time you lost your baby and your dreams for them if you did not you would not be normal + I would be worried about you. If you fancy coming to Lincs and working some magic after sorting out johnworf

kaz1967 every day brings something new with Katherine. Today it's brought us back the horrid and nasty CPAP machine. Seems swigging that last bottle of 60ml took up all her strength and belly space and her gasses went a bit off so they've given her a break of a couple of hours on it. She's not happen and was tugging it off her face last I looked.

If she comes home even a day before her due date I'd be bloody chuffed to mint balls

TBH there have been days in the start where I didn't think we'd being even thinking about bringing her home...ever We've been lucky so far and long may it continue.

I'm about to take the plunge and buy 5 of the Bumgenius V3 as recommended by jeanjeannie. OOOoh it's kinda exciting (and that is very very sad).

Taken the plunge and bought x 6 of the bumgenius plus pack of boosters.

jeanjeannie I'll be looking to you for tips on how to use the darn things