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[johnworf]

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did anyone watch the apprentice last night? watching it now and there is a buggy that folds down and put back up so quick i could not believe my eyes! it is called take off.

oh and jw its four weeks now and I have held steady at the same bloody weight. I appear to be defying the laws of physics! and physiology and thermodynamics while I'm about it! I have not cheated at all.

heron I watched it last night. Its is pretty cool. I may get one once baby outgrows its Quinny Buzz in about 3 years! Of course, by then there will be something even newer on the market!!

mrsb I still think you aren't eating enough. Have you tried adding a bit more calories?

The amby is 'natural' coloured. Which I may regret as it gets covered in pooh and vomit and such. But at least its better than white!!

mrsb if you haven't changed his milk recently then I'm a bit perplexed. Those types of symptoms sound like either milk change/intolerance or an allergy. If it's no better in a few days I should get a sample sent away by your GP. There's other things that can be there like rotovirus but I think you'd need to get him checked out first. Hopefuly it's just 'one of those things'.

Cor, your little chappy has stamina if nothing else! A long time to stay awake for sure. No idea how you do it as I'm whacked myself by 10pm and you've got a job on top of it all

I was half watching The Apprentice as DH has it on religiously. He did comment that he'd never let me loose at the Baby Show but I told him it comes to M/cr around November and I'll be going anyway. Much sighing and mutterings of money spending ensued but I just ignored him. Didn't notice the buggy though but saw the helmet.

mrsb as for your weight loss I would mention it to your GP. You might need to change to something like Reductil. However, before you do that I'd eat more. Your body sounds like it's in stavation mode and you really will not lose anything while it's stuck there. Eat something with fat in it and don't take your pill. Your body will then think it's got something coming in and start metabolising the fat again.

mrsb i agree with jw i think your body is in starvation mode. DH is an exercise nut and told me that when cutting down on calories, it is beneficial to trick the body that it is not in starvation mode by having a big carb meal every now and then.

tee my amby is white and so far it has avoided poo and vomit. (touch wood!) now that i said it...

mrsb just curious, how much more weight do you want to lose? maybe you are real close to your goal weight? that is why it is harder to shift.

cheers ladies - I did try that last weekend and ended up putting on 4lbs!! maybe I'll have some cake...

Reductil is for decreasing your appetite jw that's not a problem for me - I don't really have one anymore.

will just have to persevere. There is a new wii fit thingy coming out soon - my personal trainer its called - suposed to be v good...

The folding buggy looks great - and so small when its folded away!

Thought the helmets were silly though - babies get small bumps and knocks all the time - it teaches them to be careful (eventually) and its not going to protect against a big bang - probably lead to complacency if anything...

Not sure with the nappy isse either - its happened recently although not as bad - I wonder if its what he is being fed at the nursery? (blended pizza one day last week )

Hello Ladies.
Dreadful dark, wet and windy day here up north. The dog is going to have to wait for his walk coz I'm not going out in that.
I'm relieved to hear Mn is at fault for me losing at least 2 posts recently (not glad they are under attack obviously but glad it isn't me being useless on the computer yet again)
Iris I love the JL blue silk dress you linked to, flattering no matter what shape you are, timeless and elegant...if it is too long you can always get it professionally altered. Know how you feel about wanting the house perfect when Dh comes home after working away but it being a tip from the minute he walks in

I hope everyone with cold suffering los had a better night...A. went down perfectly at 8pm but had 10.30-11.30 fussing/clinging/bfing and 11.30-12.30 screaming at me because I put him back in his cot...at least he then slept until 6.30...believe it or not that was one of our better nights

JW the patio extention sounds like a good idea...I'm sure your family of frogs will only consider their eviction temporary, at least the weather is in their favour atm.

We have just had a man round to give us another quote for doing landdrains in the garden after a 'friend' quoted £2,500 just for the drains and a further £1000 to take away the top 6" of clay and replace with good top soil...£3.5k before we even get to turf or new fencing let alone a patio or boarders...this guy is quoting both for doing the job and for hiring the equipment to us to do ourselves...if it is as bad a quote as the first I can see me regaining my wedding day figure plus additional muscles over this summer without needing to diet!

while I have been trying to type we have had a major potty disaster...A has asked for and used the potty...I took it to empty and returned to find that he hadn't finishedbut had tried to remove his pants(only half sucessfully) and get to me in the bathroom...we have both just had to have a shower.. ....and all praise to the inventor of the vax carpet cleaner

YAY! Amby is here! Very nice man brought it up in the lift for me after I said 'Can you bring it up? I've very pregnant.' Most of the time they ask us to meet them at the front of the building.

So now DH and I have two things to put together this weekend, Amby and toy box!

floria yikes! Sorry for the potty disaster. I am so looking forward to those sorts of things!!

mrsb I agree the helmets were absolutely silly. I actually have just found this blog. I am 100% with this woman's philosophy of child raising and I'm going to order her book.

tee interesting read on the blog. It won't happen here of course. Many years ago when I was small, we kids roamed far and wide on our own. By the age of 7 I used to walk to and from school by myself. I now look at DSS and all of his peers who don't go anywhere unless it's organised for them by their parents or an adult will be present. Independence is not encouraged anymore. Sure, there are dangers out there (but then again wasn't there dangers when I was a child?) but children are growing up not knowing how to cope with any sort of risk in their lives.

I dunno how these things work in the US as I've never lived there but I think that in this country, children are cossetted so much these days that I cannot see how it will change. I have said to DH that I will be interested to see how DSS's generation goes on when they reach teenage years.

My DD#1 calls them 'the biscuit tin' generation. As they'd quite happily live on biscuits in front of their Playstations. And, parents happily comply with requests. Very astute for a 23 year old.

I've always encouraged my older children to do things for themselves. They are all able to clean and cook and had chores to do from being young. I will be doing the same with K. Btw, I had to tell DH to give DSS his school bag this morning as he still carries it for him. Up until a year ago, he was still wiping his bottom. I'm not kidding you.

Anyway, that's my opinion on the matter. Well done on you tee

JW you've given me a lovely image of Tee fast asleep in the amby, sucking her thumb. . I think she'd have to wait till DH came home to help her out though.

I find the biggest worry when DD is out on her own or with friends - and she walks to and from school every day and down to the park at weekends - is traffic. However much road sense you drill into your DC, there's always some wan*er driver (usually seems to be either a boy racer, a half-blind pensioner or a distracted woman in a 4x4) - speeding over the zebra crossing or taking a corner too fast.

She loves her increasing independence though - using it to fuel her campaign to get a mobile phone - but her friends use theirs as a means of phoning their parents to wheedle extra playtime before coming home. Part of the independence deal is that we agree a return time and she sticks to it. I might relent about the phone when she starts comp and will be doing lots of after-school stuff.

Glad the delivery guy brought the Amby up to you Tee, they aren't exactly light weight when all boxed up. Easy, peasy to put together I'm sure you will find. My only dissappointment with mine was the elastic on the sheets snaps quite easily but apart from that I only needed to wash the whole thing once, it slid easily from room to room and A. went to sleep beautifully in it and would often bounce himself back to sleep...I still haven't been able to bear parting with mine (I got the cream one too)...I suppose I was hoping to talk Dh into trying for another...
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JW its the same in the US, I think. And I think its ridiculous. There was a woman who was on national news in the US for letting her 10ish year old son take the New York subway by himself. She is a newspaper reporter and put it in her column and the outrage was unbelievable. Her attitude? How else will he learn?

The world is not more dangerous than when we are kids. In fact, its less. The reason it seems more dangerous is because we have the internet and 24 hour news and instant communication. And we are raising a generation of terrified children with terrified parents.

floria i got a white amby and i agree with you, the elastic on the fitted sheets snapped too easily. very annoying. and they were expensive too.

ladies, i am daydreaming of a weekend getaway not likely!

Tee- It's wacky isn't it? Most of my friends' just 11 yr olds in London have to make unbelievably complicated journeys every day to school, sometimes up to 15 miles away. They (the kids) don't think twice about it after the first week or so. In fact one of my friends' sons was a walking one-man tube map after a couple of months. And what's more, they feel empowered by the knowledge.

I upgraded LO's teat from a #2 to a #3! i think he was a bit surprised at first but he soon got the hang of it ah bless, my LO is growing up

Tee I agree with you that the world is no more dangerous than it was for us when we were little. The roads are more dangerous of course, but not the people. Mind you, we didn't have all these gangs when I was a child. We just had the Kray twins .

heron - fancy doing a midnight flit & not coming back until monday anyway? I'll join you and we can go and get pampered to death

I've just had some to$$er prang me in the Dr's car park so now the bumper is all crumpled in. I was parked on a corner and he just bombed past just as I was pulling out - I'd not even moved 2 feet!!!! I now have very attractive puffy eyes from all the shocked crying sniff* (MW said LO is all ok tho and no sugar in sample (yay!)so that's good news[weak smile emoticon])

iris sorry to hear about the )(*&$% who banged your car. must have been a scare for you. good to hear your LO is ok. i guess you now have the hassle of claiming from insurance and getting your car fixed?

yes, i would love to be sitting by the poolside sipping a cocktail (cant be breastfeeding) and wearing a bikini (have to lose 2 stone)

sigh, that life is not mine anymore!

An "Amby"?! Goodness me I'm feeling quite stressed about all the must haves of a 00's baby compared to what was required for my 90's one. I've a loft full of stuff I could never bear to part with but am now concerned that baby no 2 is going to look terribly out of date...

Those of you with bigger than average age gaps - how did your older children take the news of a new sibling? Getting worried now about telling A about his new baby sister/brother. He loves his friends younger siblings but one of his own might be a different matter.

Off work now for 10 days. Shall I go for as much relaxation as possible or a bit of Spring cleaning instead? Decisions, decisions..(Decision made - sofa and daytime tv here I come!)

Jeannie, my LO will have ancient crib, moses basket, buggy and hand-me-downs and I expect s/he will survive the lack of modern accoutrements .

We told our DC (then 10 and 6) after the 12-week scan - before we told anyone else - and they were, and still are, thrilled. I think teens might find the news more difficult to deal with but if you present it positively most DC will probably be quite excited at the prospect. I have 4 sisters between 2 and 14 yrs younger than me and was always pleased to welcome a new one. I'm sure your DS will be too.

Jeannie - lol yes, I found that all of a sudden a 00 baby "had to" have loads more than an 80's one - freaked me out a bit too. Just trust your instincts - you know a baby doesn't need much - most of it's marketing crap isn't it.
I'll second ermintrude on the big ones don't worry stance. DD actually found my pg test for DS1 She was 16 and a bit shocked but then thrilled. DSS'1 & 2 were 12 & 11 at the time and chuffed to bits too (I think boys take it better than girls for some reason )

jeannie this is my first baby, so I am going for all the new gadgets!

So, help out the new mummy foreign girl...how do I find a doctor for the baby? Does he/she just get a GP? Do you think my GP could be his/her GP as well?

HELP!!

Tee I have never heard of anyone whose doctor didnt take on their baby ...didn't even think about it myself, just assumed and hey presto yes ds was on her list.

Oh Ermintrude - I just read your post and became all teary. Hormones I expect.

I do hope A is happy when we eventually tell him (sometime just before the birth at this rate) My partners children are 11 (daughter) and 12 (son)so we have to break it to them too. And all he's having nightmares about is chugging along to work in a people carrier

I agree with Tee - baby just automitically becomes a patient of your own GP. Never heard any different anyway.

Gadgets - a colleague came into work with her baby and plonked her on a Bumbo - it looked fantastic! Can I fool DH (not sure what that stands for yet but guess its father to be)that the credit crunch is over and just go mad in John Lewis's baby department?!