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jeanjeannie · 27/01/2009 17:19

Come join our merry (talkative) band of ladies who lunch - feel sick - are getting fatter - sleep deprived or run off their feet with babies! Some of us suffer all of the above - while trying to retain an air of calm and mystery

All we ask is you play nicely, eat cake and indulge in the occasional gossip and moan about our ills....or anything else that we can think of.

We're like grumpy old women....only not so grumpy...

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Tee2072 · 28/01/2009 19:29

Um, ermintrude, let me get back to you on that, okay?

ermintrude13 · 28/01/2009 19:42

Right, I seem to have some nappies called Naturebabe and lots called TotsBots - shaped terry towelling padded nappies with a partially-attached inner rectangle for between the legs, also of terry, some of which look like they need a fastener, some of which are velcro. And a few Totsbots things that look like they might be for the outer layer to hold everything in place. And some biodegradable liners which I guess I'd use every time?

I don't have a tumble dryer, so they'll be on the line in summer and all over our radiators during the winter.

Also dug out some more maternity clothes including a magic stretch swimsuit that would fit Robbie Coltrane, and a massive pile of M&S size 16 big knickers - hurrah, I knew I hadn't ever bought any maternity underwear but couldn't remember how I managed to cover the bump!

Have had to promise DC not to look at the bag of baby clothes I saved from each of them, until they are with me and we can coo together.

ermintrude13 · 28/01/2009 19:43

ps Tee - chicken!

mrsboogie · 28/01/2009 19:45

ooh new series of Grand Designs tonight! fabby.

hedgepig · 28/01/2009 19:47

hi Tabitha8 and welcome.

Tee a washing line will look lovely on your balcony garden/allotment extension . I wonder when we will ever get good enough weather to hang anything out again.

I would be interested on your thoughts on this.....My boss rang to say they have appointed a new extra team member (I knew this was going to happen) and until I come back she would be located on my desk (then I can have it back)! I had a sneaking suspicion that this would happen and so left my desk littered with personal stuff when I left so I am not that surprised but I do feel a bit miffed to be honest. I work for ...how shall we put it a ""traditional"" company so I have already ended my career with them by having children and working part time but I just feel a bit put out by this.

hedgepig · 28/01/2009 19:50

Ooooo Grand Designs how fabby, what time MrsB ?

jeanjeannie · 28/01/2009 20:09

Evening all. My loo scrubbed up at treat

tabitha HELLO! Welcome and huge congrats on your first. I was 41 when I had my first and then 18 mths later out popped DD2...MMm, not sure how that happened Anyhooo- I'm also 43 and run ragged! Thrilled you've come to join us

ermintrude I'm another Motherease fan - I call them my workhorse nappies. But I'm very fond of Bumgenius as I find they're really good for Iris as she's a bit older and doesn't squit about like a newborn! They're all-in-one so they're much like a knicker - great when you don't want a heavyweight nappy. I always use liners and i just bought some fleece and cut up some myself....IKEA thin fleece throws work wonders

ladymac congrats on your young, supple tummy - ah, you strike me as woman to have a youthful belly

Friend came round today and bought her DD with her .....without any pants or tights on. She prompty squatted on the floor and pee'd Mother then said - "Oh, the potty training isn't going very well is it..." DUH! Cue me getting out the floor mop and disinfectant, while praising the Lord we don't have carpet. Is it just me - or do you think children need nappies or knickers while out and about and clearly not potty trained? And what is it with mothers obsessed with early potty training? I must be just lazy but I'm waiting for the summer - as I reckon it's easier in warmer weather as there are less clothes. Ho hum - moan over!

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hedgepig · 28/01/2009 20:35

and these were the nice playdate people JJ .
How thoroughly bizzare, it would be different if visiting a good friend and they knew you were potty training but for someone you have only just met yes a pull-up would have been the way to go I think. Totally agree that waiting for the warm weather is best and also never being pushed into it by a nursery before you decide the time is right for your child (but that is another story)

jeanjeannie · 28/01/2009 20:52

Yes hedgepig it was totally bizzare The other mums were stunned. We all were. One of those...eeekk!...moments in life where lots of looks are exchanged.

Ah, yes, nurseries being pushy - we were told in no uncertain terms by the local Montessori (which I had set my heart on) that..."no child sets foot in our nursery without being potty-trained and 18 mths is fine for that"

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hedgepig · 28/01/2009 20:56

they would have had an interesting time with B then, we didn't start till 3 (the nursery said he had said he wanted pants) and seriously were on 3-5 wet pairs of trousers for a whole year after that. He was just about dry when he went to school at 4 & a week.

johnworf · 28/01/2009 21:22

hedgepig as a rule of thumb girls are potty trained much earlier than boys. My two older boys were past 3 when they were dry but my older daughter was really early and way before her 2nd birthday.

JJ don't invite them round again. That's all I can say...I know I wouldn't!

ermintrude the tots bots are ok. Good absorbency, easy to use, not bad at drying (unless they're the bamboo and they take a while - I think bamboo have a small brownish label on the front). Not used the Nature babes. The others that don't fasten you just need a pack of nippas. I don't use nippas myself as I'm not allowed anything past velcro - j/k. Just find velcro easier. Good you have the liners. I use them in every nappy and I just bought a metre and a half of cheap fleece from the market and cut it up for going underneath the liner for wicking. Think it was about 50p. Sounds like you have some totsbots wraps. I've used these at first but prefer the Motherease and Imse Vimse as they're breathable. But they're still fine and do the job.

hedgepig hope that you've written your name on everything that belongs to you at work - in Tippex! Sorry, thought I was back in school for a minute. I guess you feel a bit threated that someone has pitched their tent on your turf. Rightly so. Go in on a chance visit (with baby natch as LO is a great and valid excuse) and see what's she's doing with your desk. My advice is to set traps....ok...imagination is going off piste now...

johnworf · 28/01/2009 21:39

I've just ordered one of these. Can anyone tell me if they've used them, or know anyone who has used them and what you think? So paranoid about K choking.

mrsboogie · 28/01/2009 22:33

hedgepig I don't think I would be that bothered by work putting someone else at my desk in my absence tbh. But then again if they blew my desk up with dynamite and told me I had to go and sit on another floor I wouldn't be that bothered. When are you going back?

I am fast becoming a fan of Allegra McEveady - I made http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/610748 this simple enough looking dish tonight and it was yummy - v low on carbs and would be just as nice without the sausages I reckon.

mrsboogie · 28/01/2009 22:34

sorry - I can never get those blinkin' links right

johnworf · 29/01/2009 07:53

omg. Just looked at the DM website and can't believe the pics of Steve Wright. Must admit always think of him as the pic on the 'before' but never would I recognise him in the street as he is now Lordy.

John Cleese got rid of his new g/f. I mean, anyone who states they're 27 but is in fact 45 is just nuts...and then rambles on about worrying how old his pensioners body might look and the size of it.........oh god! I'd dump her as well.

Not sure what to make of these adoptions cases where the grandparents - some in their late 40's - were not allowed to look after their grandchildren as they were considered too old and the children were adopted by complete strangers instead.

My ex husband is getting married tomorrow to my ex best friend. No, this isn't another DM story, it's mine. My children are going to be there obviously but my daughter is on a training day she can't get out of so she's made her excuses. They've told me their father isn't bothered about actually getting married he just wants to go to India for 3 weeks (which they are doing on Saturday). Apparently she's been pushing for marriage for at least 5 years so I guess she's got what she set out to get now. Good luck to her.

I'm off out for lunch with DD#1 today and to have a little pootle around the shops perhaps. There aren't many shops in Bury and the ones that are there are aimed at the chavtastic population. I might divert after I've seen her and go into Manchester.

The 'blind man' is coming tomorrow to measure up for a black out blind for K's room. Really need one especially when the evenings become lighter. Not sure if I want a roller or a roman yet so I've asked him to bring both.

ermintrude13 · 29/01/2009 08:43

Thanks jw, nippas, that's the thing. My sis told me but I didn't take it all in. Since I've got loads of these in the first couple of sizes I'll try them to begin with but she doesn't have many of the larger ones - went onto biodegradable when the babe went to nursery - so I can check out the ones you mentioned for later. And looks like I'll need some more wraps anyway. Imse Vimse is such fun to say, I'll go for those! I think that extra unattached layer some of them have must be to go between the liner and the outer bit for wicking, like your fleece.

I've never seen that fruit sucky sort of thing. I guess it's an extra layer of reassurance if you take your eyes off K for a moment, although it would have to be tough mesh to survive a baby's sharp little teeth.

Are you going to have a lovely day out or a treat for dinner on your ex's wedding day, or are you so long past caring that it won't bother you at all? India eh? Hmm, he might get dysentery

mrsB I'll have a look at Ms McEvedy's site - weighed in this morning and although 10lb weight gain in first 20 wks of preg isn't bad it has taken me to 11 st, which I only reached right at the end of last preg, so I need to be careful .

hedgepig Just remember that it's not the new person's fault. Save any venom - if it's needed - for the boss! But hopefully it won't be necessary and as JW suggests, a visit with LO will help you see the lie of the land.

Hope you choose a nice blind JW. Reminds me of the ancient one about the convent.
Mother Superior is having a bath when a nun knocks on the door and says,
"Mother, the blind man is here."
"Show him in," says M Superior.
"While you're bathing?!!"
"Don't be silly dear, what harm can it do? Come on, send him in."
In comes the blind man, who goes straight to the window with his tape measure and says,
"Right, do you want roller or roman? Nice tits, by the way."

old ones are the oldest...

hedgepig · 29/01/2009 09:23

splendid joke Ermintrude

I'm not back until September MrsB so plenty of time to win the lottery . I think I'm just being a bit territorial about my desk.

johnworf · 29/01/2009 10:00

haha ermintrude The old ones are the best, or at least that's what my DH keeps saying to me

The Imse Vimse are really easy to use and just velcro on. And you are right with the layer that's attached to the tots bots, it's the fleece so no need to put an extra one in. I found the tots bots to be very good, enough absorbant enough for a night time nappy and nice and slim through the legs.

Tripp Trapp arrived this morning so I've assembled it and K is great in it, even up at the table Now I can use a fork and and knife once again

Tee2072 · 29/01/2009 10:37

hedgepig I can understand being a bit territorial about your desk. I used to be that way, but I am so sick of my job I cannot wait to turn this desk over to someone else!!

Nice joke erminatrude. Should have changed it to say 'nice BOOBIES'. Gotta play to your crowd!

Wow, JW a fork and a knife?!? Don't party too hard over there. Really, its great that she likes the Tripp Trapp.

Must be the American in me, but Tripp Trapp to me sounds like the kind of notebook we had when I was a kid, called a Trapper Keeper.

Anyone have any recommendations for maternity knickers? I think I am going to have to finally admit that I need them!

Tee2072 · 29/01/2009 10:37

I have no idea who erminAtrude is. Sorry about that!!

mrsboogie · 29/01/2009 10:40

mornin'all

Well I don't know if it was the jabs or the fact that D fed every hour and a half all day yesterday but he went to bed last night and slept from 12 to 6am then went straight back down til 10am! I woke up several times to the sound of gentle baby snoring - it was great. Now if we could just move that all back a couple of hours we would be laughing! He also ate some apple and banana purée a little less grudgingly so I reckon that today I will try him on a real banana.

That food holder thing looks great jw (I think) Can't wait to hear how you/Miss K get on with it.

johnworf · 29/01/2009 11:00

mrsb ooooh I think we have a few months yet before she moves onto apple slices and whole parts of bananas. She might need a couple of teeth first to help too We're still firmly in the puree stage and will continue so for another few weeks methinks.

D is probably off the boil a bit with his jabs. K never got a fever or anything but just seemed 'not quite herself' and did a lot of sleeping, more than she already does now.

tee sounds like you've been looking at too many D & D books to me Although I can't talk. We've still got some upstairs...haha.

mrsboogie · 29/01/2009 11:12

tee I went for multipacks of great big pants from Matalan - not pretty, not sexy but dead cheap and comfy and you won't mind chucking them all away after (although I ahem haven't)

johnworf · 29/01/2009 11:18

Same as you mrsb but mine from ASDA. Great big belly warmers which I forgot to throw away

jeanjeannie · 29/01/2009 13:05

Hiya all. I'm feeling tres pleased as it looks like we've got Iris onto a speech therapy playgroup. She's just not progressing and there is a suspision of dyspraxia as she can't run/hop/jump and falls over all the time! So I thought - a nice, informal group might give me some ideas to help her along before she gets older and more stressed about not being able to communicate than she already is! I'm taking a leaf out of ladymac's book and ploughing into it all!!

ermintrude ah - the old ones eh...tee hee.

mrsB pleased to hear D is enjoying his grub more. It's been a long old couple of months with Verity and she's only just getting the hang of it.

JW hey - the Tripp Trapp (troll chair) has arrived - and she likes it YEE HAH! I've got some of those toys with suckers on the bottom - I just stick them onto the table infront of Verity and she's happy as yer like!

DP is home and laying a porcelain tile floor in the Nissun Hut (our utility room extension) and the smell....the dust....the freezer in the living room....WHAH!

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