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[lebel]

Hello, I am new here, just found you through a search engine

I have two daughters, L is 3 and C is 5 months and has downs. She had open heart surgery at 12 weeks to repair a hole in her heart.

I was looking for weaning advice, I have been giving her taste of purreed stuff for 3 weeks now, which she seems to enjoy

We just got our dla award through and the extra tax credits, they'll really help, we weren't expecting them, LOL!

We have portage and go to a support group for ds toddlers,

Hope to get chatting to some of you soon, xxx

Morning - I'm just waiting for Tesco delivery so stuck indoors on a lovely day here. Oh - he's just arrived

Would it be very wrong of me to break into the biscuits before I unpack anything else?

Marmoset - of course not .... as long as you pass some over here It's chips in a minute, yippee

I prefer it when you two talk about fruit and veg. Am struggling with slimming world and talk of chips and biscuits is tipping me over the edge....

and quite frankly, right now there isn't much I wouldn't do for a whole pack of chocolate hobnobs...

Sorry fizzy ... won't mention how fab they were then Thank God for lycra.

Hello all, fizzyanddizzy he started horseriding straight after his 5th birthday and loved it right away really.

Have been at work for the last couple of days but have tomorrow off, yay!

It is a happy day in the crumpled household as ds2 has finally mastered the art 'eee' sound, so for the first time I'm finally getting a proper 'mummeee'.

Hope you all have a good evening.

am a bit late but welcome to all newbies anyway! Have ds1 aged 3.9 who has lang delay and mild ASD traits and ds2 who seems NT but is a 21 month old bundle of trouble!

Look forward to chatting with you soon

Have a good weekend everyone - I'm starting that 2 litre water challenge today (too cheap to buy branded - it'll have to be tap). Will let you know if it beats biscuit cravings and gives me loads of energy to run a perfect home and 3 superbly behaved children whilst glowing with health

Can drinking lots of water make you 21 again?

marmoset I'm not sure about making you 21 again but you will be visiting the loo alot!

kettlechip hello, your name makes me hungry!

Hope you all have a good weekend.

ah bugger - end of v long week so having drunk far too much wine and therefore scoffed a pizza can only wish you luck marmoset and hope I inhale water through osmosis. Am off to collapse in drunken stupour. (and still havn't finished those bloody vampire books (bloody - geddit??? ))

Well I never. Here I am, slogging my guts out with the healthy living (which is a full time job, by the way - between drinking of all the water and making sure I'm never too far away from a loo - you were right sc) and some people have the cheek to crack open the wine? Well, if that's the way it is then ok, you've twisted my arm. Cheers, ladies, make mine a large white wine

Morning (just) all!

Pleased I'm not the only one who cracked open the wine over the weekend.

marmoset - are you still on the water? Are you looking/feeling any younger?

reducedfatkettlechip - hi

slightlycrumpled - well done DS2 - that's it now though, you won't be able to escape the cries of muuummmeee

Well am being punished for all the wine at the weekend - 2lbs on Quick marmoset tell me the secrets of the water challenge, drastic action is called for!!!

I have finally finished the vampire books and have my life back - even better my littlest prince has got his first tooth, I have my own mini vampire

fizzyanddizzy - well done on finishing the books & congratulations to your LO I too need to know the secrets of the water challenge as am rapidly gaining the weight I recently lost !

Afternoon all - the secret of the water challenge is that it's really really hard to keep up!!!
However, I am manfully struggling on and trying to down 2 large glasses of water with each meal/as I cook. I have to say that I am beginning to feel a little bit more energetic, despite the wine and maltesers at the weekend .
Unfortunately, my 'laughter lines' (aka deep furrows brought on by child rearing) are still there....
Congrats on the tooth fizzy - was it hard won or did he teethe with minimum fuss [hopeful face]?

Hi marmoset. I have to say that that's what I normally drink with my meals. Is that all you have to do or is there a bit more to it than that? Shame it doesn't get rid of the laughter lines .... may have to dig out DS1's playdough and fill them in myself

Mine that is, not yours marmoset .... sorry, that sounded rude

Pass the playdough, soph!

There isn't anything else to the water challenge - as long as the glasses add up to 2 litres then that's it. It's supposed to fill you up a bit more, keep the brain hydrated and generally fill you with youthful vigour.

I'm finding it really boring, esp as it is bucketing down here on and off like a cold tropical storm!!!! Water, water, everwhere...I am thinking of branching out with a drop of lime cordial in mine

Steady marmoset - don't go overdoing it now you rebel you

I'm sure I had youthful vigour at some point ... must try and find it

I like this thread so butting in although DS has ASD rather than DS. How's the SALT going by the way, Soph73?

Hi sc13 I have managed to arrange an appointment for next Thurs morning and I'm going armed with a load of research that I've had translated into Spanish. My friend is also coming with me (she speaks fluent Spanish) so we're going in both guns blazing if needs be Hopefully, even if I can't get the speech therapy restarted soon, it'll start again in November.

marmoset Easy tiger, steady on the lime cordial!

soph Do you use any makaton? It has been a life saver in this house. Good luck with the speech therapy battle, sock it to them.

All okay here, although we have Joshua's annual review tomorrow for his statement. It should all be okay as we have been very happy with this year but I cannot stand struggle with the educational psychologist, she is a hard faced cow very business like.

Well hello all and especially Sc13.
I am STARVING. But apart from that I am about to have a day off work so can catch my breath and spend some time with the princes. The littlest of whom now has 2 teeth!!!!

Soph tell me some more about the SALT input you have had so far and what Sam is up to nowadays with communication???

marmoset you will be proud of me - am drinking a glass of water at the mo and trying not to think of the chocolate digestives in the cupboard.

By the way,what is peoples experience of DLA, am contemplating it but not sure.

fizzyandizzy We get the middle rate DLA for Joshua, we thought about it for ages and ages longer than we should have really. Once I considered all of the extra hospital/ SALT/ physio appointments etc and the costs involved with them we decided to apply and got the middle rate straight away.

It did feel very odd though to be claiming financial help to be looking after our own child, but my goodness as much as I adore him he has battered our finances!

sc13 I forgot to say hello before, so... 'hello!'

Hello one and all - esp kettlechip and sc13 - don't think i've said hi yet!

Totally agree with slightlycrumpled on the DLA front. It's not means tested for a reason after all - simply recognition that we do incur extra costs from time to time. In our case, mainly keeping the Ambrosia semolina factory in business for several years!

Now downing very watered down lime cordial - wow, I really know how to live