40's + Mums and Mums to Be.

[johnworf]

Hello, good evening, and welcome. Our ovaries are tired and withered but we've still managed it despite what the Daily Mail says!

Come on in for a gossip, cake, parenting tips and the nonstop drivel interesting chat.

Newbies welcome :-)

morning all! looks very black here I think we may have some thunder.
I'm very tired today I did a cycle yesterday and stayed up late creating cakes and wrong trousers for B to take to school today, luckily my parents are here so I may get a snooze later.
O is very cross I thnk the heat, teeth (not coming through) and not being able to crawl forwards are all contributing.

morning

I saw some lovely baby boy jammies with red cars on and some lovey baggy trousers from Boden which I now must have for my little man's autumn wardrobe!!

/ponders mountainous credit card debts

I am not looking forward to the wall to wall Micheal Jackson on tv radio and newspapers for the next gawd knows how long.

Morning all.

I have the perfect baby. Slept from midnight to 3 am and then 4 to 8 am. Can't last long, I'm sure....

As for Michael Jackson? I personally could not care less. If it had happened 20 years ago before he got totally weird and creepy? Maybe I'd care. Now? Nope.

What's better than mum cleaning the kitchen? Her cleaning the bathroom!! Of course, first she has to clean the mop.

JW enjoy Ikea. Eat a meatball for me. [grin[

erm anything? At all?!?!

mrsb ooh, those sound cute! Must resist Boden website...

Morning all. Gawd, I bet Thriller tops the charts again! I'm with iris it's the inner cynic in me!

JW enjoy IKEA - OOooo, that reminds me I need to go....MMMmmmm meatballs. STOP showing me Boden stuff STOP it! Nice tank though - tres chic.

Just been for a meeting with the new Pre-School - oh they're so fab Iris will have one-to-one with the head who is a Spec needs specialist (by co-incidence) and she's just the sort of person you want running a school - energetic, optimistic and gutsy. The kids were in the mini allotment picking lettuce and rummaging around in dirt for spuds - which then went into the oven for lunch....Excellent!

Off to attack the pile of laundry before Verity wakes up - back later

The milk lady has dropped off a pump to express, lots of bottles, a swanky badge to smugly proudly wear, lots of info and has taken a whole armful of blood to do their screening.

I shall mostly be wandering around attached to a pump and basking in the warm glow of smugness doing a good deed

Anyone else interested in donating breastmilk please let me know and I'll only be to pleased to show off tell you how to get in contact

dxx

hi dawntigga my LO is nearly 6 months old and i am desperately trying to increase my milk production. no success so far. i am drinking fenugeek, aniseed tea 3 times a day. expressing and bfeeding. this morning, my LO refused to bfeed cos there just was not much milk in there for him. he is a big baby and needs a lot of milk!

anything i should be doing that i am not doing? how do you get so much breastmilk?

Da da! I is back

tee give that baby a gold star for his performance so far. Excellent!

mrsb and JJ sorry about the Boden frenzy (looks on innocently and whistles). Enjoy the ironing

ermintrude I did rather well in Ikea. Went for 3 very large frames to house the drawings the yank did for us. Didn't consider how I would get them from actual shelf to till to car though...whilst pushing a pushchair Anyway, talked my way to getting a nice person who did it all for me. Almost a personal shopper!

Right, man from The Independent is interviewing me over the phone at 1pm. Had a sudden attack of feeling like a fraud and having nothing to tell him (although I do). Then he mentioned that the photographer would be showing at 2pm HAIR! MAKEUP! WHAT TO WEAR!? Phoned JJ in a mad panic from Ikea car park to ask for advice Lordy. No one will read it probably.

Yay JW Remember -soft lips with hint of gloss, heavier (smokey) on the eyes and Clinique applied smoothly with a trowel

Off to pick up Iris - back later y'all x

Nothing popped here, but I did manage to pop in a couple of fresh-baked scones provided by lovely friend

Tee I shall be getting this LO to contact Adam forthwith for sleep tips - just as soon as s/he's born.

JW You'll have had the interview by now, hope it went well. I'd have vaselined the photographer's lens but am sure that with JJ's top tips you looked luvverly. .

Dawntigga contratulations on all that milk production. I'm seeing the badge as a kind of 'Best in Show' rosette . Seriously, It's a fantastic thing to be doing.

I'm no great fan of M Jackson but his death, like so much of his life, is saddening. Just got the first joke email: Sunshine, moonlight and good times all ruled out as cause of death.... Blame it on the boogie ...

hope the interview went well JW I'm sure you had lots of good stuff to say. Was it for the Observer? or Independent?

It is officially wee weeing it down here O looked most confused at the sound of thunder.

I'm going out tonight to a Girls Supper (I'm not too sure waht that is but It gets me out of the house). I must go and iron my trousers. Was it smokey on the nose and glossy behind the ears JJ?????

Right, need a lie down witih smelling salts.

The dirty deeds have been done.

Interview went well but hope he uses it all in the context it was said/meant. The photographer came just in time as the last of the sunshine has now gone. Had a quick squiz at them before he left and there's a couple of really nice ones. He's emailing me some so I'll post them on here

I'm told there are 3 mums including me that have been interviewed. However, the other 2 wished to remain anonymous so it'll just be my name marked as a troublecauser by all those involved shrugs

hedgepig it's this sunday Independent I'm told.

Ooooo, I reckon the Sunday Indie sales will rocket !! We'll be purchasing here at jjtowers Nice you got some good pics from it

hedgepig you're on a night out too I feel very dull, what with mrsb gadding about too!

erm the jokes I've heard are sadly not repeatable in print! Very naughty and damm funny though

I heard the boogie one last night....from DH's lips right after he heard about his death. I see it's doing the rounds on t'interweb though. It was inevitable I guess.

I have no thoughts at all about M Jackson. I didn't like his music. I didn't particularly have an opinion on him when alive so why should I have one in his death?

What a day..now the paper has finished with me I'm thinking forward to GP visit. Think I'll just get on my knees, offer to give him a bj and ask for a gastric band.

PMSL@bj and gastric band

Heron, can't give you any advise except do it at the same time every day. I'm udderly wonderful and have always been well endowed with moo juice You could try this it's part of an email from Dr Jack Newman:

"Domperidone could be helpful in this situation, but should be used in conjunction with the Protocol, not as a "magic bullet". Contact your physician to get a prescription. In fact, you can get domperidone in the UK without a prescription. The dose we start with is 30 mg 3 times a day."

But talk to your doctor first!!!!

dxx

Afternoon all...or is it evening?

Adam has been cranky boy all day. And the new Puke Record is: Mummy 2, Grandma 1, Daddy 0. Daddy really needs to step up . And Grandma was hoping to wear those trousers out to dinner tonight, as its her 26th Wedding Anniversary with Pops (who is my step-dad, for those of you going...wait, Tee's 40. ). Now? Different trousers to be worn!

jw Can't wait to read the article. at the BJ and the gastric band.

hedgepig enjoy your night out!

dawntigga I am impressed at your ability to provide moo juice for others. What a great deed you are doing.

heron Good luck getting your supply up!

Evening all - I'm pooped!

dawntigga that's brill you're donating. I did think about it as with DD2 I reckon I could've fed baby all day & night and still had enough for the entire street to have with their Cornflakes and coffee!! Think that boiled down to the fact that DD2 was so rarely off the boob - she was almost velcroed on for the first 4 months. My poor norks were making enough for a quads !! I hope you're wearing your badge with pride

tee lol@Adam's ability to miss daddy - do you think this is primeval ganging up?!! Poor Gradma and her possett pants!

jw how did you get on with the gp? Did he enjoy his BJ? or were your services not required and he gave you a DIY gastic band kit? I've seen pics of you - you're svelt; got a skinnier arse than moi!

Oh - forgot to ask - JW what are your thoughts on the microlite push chair? I'm in the market for flogging the Bugaboo and getting something lighter....

tee sounds like your boy is doing well and you too!

Sadly, no gastric band but no BJ either I've lost 1lb this month. Bugger all. But I thought I'd put on at least half a stone so it's good really. I only have 2 more months left on these pills (you're allowed a course of 6 months if you get under 30BMI) so I'll see what happens.

The Microlite is bloody brilliant! Turns on a sixpence. Dead easy to fold with one hand. It's so light....a bit too light though if you don't have a heavy baby in it...just have to remember not to put anything on the handles otherwise it'd tip over. Out of 10 I'd give it a 9.5. Fab

Dreading Sunday now and will have to read this article through my fingers held up to my face...just hope he doesn't twist it all up and stick up a pic of me looking like widow twanky.

mrsb and hedgepig are out tonight My turn next week all being well.

tee it's a bugger isn't it that A is puking on only the womenfolk? Little blighter. He's got a game plan that child

Sick of hearing about jackson already. All the radio stations are playing his music nonstop and now they've changed tonight's tv schedule to show programmes about him. Sigh.

Daddy got puked on

Tee yay for Adam's new democratic puking policy . If everyone smells of cheese you'll all stop noticing soon.

JW will check out the Indie on Sunday unless I have a baby by then. Re: weight loss - well, you've not put any on so still going in the right direction. Sounds like you need to 'regroup' ie take a deep breath and knuckle down. After your meal out next week of course

Thanks ermintrude for showing your support although I don't actually buy the Independent and never have done. Methinks their sales might increase by a few for one sunday only

Cor, why do I do it? Just watched John 'smackhead' Torrode and the fat toad named Greg Wallace. I'm just tormenting myself looking at their miserable faces. I love the way they bark at the contestants and finish off by shoving as much food in their mouths as possibly (resembling a pelican or a hamster). Me and DH have just been sat here talking about 'the flavours, the palette, the whiff of bullshit followed by a large portion of bollocks'.

ermintrude is your baby ever going to come out?

Did I mention that I had an argument with a man outside the surgery? Well I did. Seems I nicked his parking space. Tbh I didn't see him and if I had done, I wouldn't have parked there. Anyway, he was on a mission to name and shame me to all of Bury as a horrid car parking space thief I told DH that next time someone wants to have a row with me I'm goint to invade their personal space and laugh hysterically in their face......see what happens

Think I'll go and see if there are any treat type food thingies stuck to the back of the fridge, out of sight. Could do with something sugary.

tee what's the score on the puke-o-meter this evening?

jw that's great - you've not piled on the piles. I'm yo-yo'ing', 3lbs on - 3lbs off I think I've plateaued....need to get out and do some running.

tee YEE Ha!! hahahahaahah!!! Let Daddy go to bed with a shoulder smelling of puke

erm I fail to see how having a baby could stop you reading the Indie on Sunday....?? Surely, once you've cleaned all the mess you could run down the road and get it.Pah....these over 40s....it's all me, me, me Can I place my bet on the date for ermjunior to arrive.....I'm thinking next Tues.

Am also fed up with the monkey-loving, child dangling Wacko tribute TV. Every darn channel. OK, so the first time I heard some of the old classics I thought..."Ooooo, I'd forgotten how good this was" and now I'm thinking....WHAH, enough already