Mother of all conception months Graduates

[MADLYSBOYS]

Ladies re the change bag if you guys sign up to boots parenting club you get a voucher for a free change bag worth 29.00 when you buy a pack of nappies Its black bag with silver trim and really nice I have a voucher and will certainly be putting mine to good use A spare is always great and we will be needing nappies anyway plus my vertbaudet bag is lush and I wouldnt want MIL getting her mitts on it should she mind Charlie cause it will prob come back covered in bleach pretty much like Olivers stuff did

 

[molly85]

eugh Bleach! I saw that one, It's smaller than the tesco one I saw, might get it anyway when my voucher arrives. U actually have to send the voucher in the bounty pack off to boot to join their club then they send u the voucher for the bag, how to make sumit complicated

 

[PeanutBean]

What fun madly! I love the idea of a Christmas bingo, must try and remember that sort of thing in the future when the kids are all a bit older.

Back on the changing bags, if you want to get a feel for one for free join the boots parenting club. You get a free one if you buy a pack of pampers. You could try that and learn what you don't like and need so you're better equipped for deciding what you want. They are expensive, and more so since we first bought one as our £50 bababing one seemed well expensive! But often you're paying for a snazzy fabric and not for functionality. It's nice for it to look good but functionality and convenienc soon top the need-charts once you're a mum.

We went to the local nature park. Fed the ducks and geese. The whole lake was frozen over apart from one circle the birds kept moving in. They looked cold! Byron had a lovely time and it was nice to leave the house after 2 days indoors! The snow is nearly gone.

After Byron's tea we're all going to watch some more Ponyo. We got Byron a few Gibli films. He loves them but is scared of them so he watches from across the room and is anxious about everything but asks for totoro to be on constantly (he says totoro for all Gibli films!) and sings the song. Won't stop talking about them, wish he'd stop being afraid!

 

[PeanutBean]

Doh you guys had a whole conversation about it while i typed! Molly you can sign up to boots online and they send the vouchers in the post with the welcome stuff.

 

[molly85]

yeah still takes ages i signed up well before x-mas before i saw the physio. deffinatly not my finest day.

 

[madcatwoman]

thanks for the bag advice...

madly you sound like me, so tired cant even be arsed to load/unload washing machine!. Sounds like we're entering tired phase 2.

Dh just cooked me a turkey stirfry, it was nice, i had turkey yesterday, and obviously turkey roast the day before . the rest has been frozen.


ps- have just joined the online boots parenting club

 

[gilz82]

I wish my OH would cook me tea. He's still lying in bed like a burst balloon with his hangover. He's spent the whole day being

Don't know what I'll have for tea, probably toast followed with toblerone

 

[molly85]

sorry phase 1&2 I thought it was just 1 phase lol

 

[molly85]

lol gilz my dinner is looking that way if i buy bread

 

[madcatwoman]

I wish my OH would cook me tea. He's still lying in bed like a burst balloon with his hangover. He's spent the whole day being

Don't know what I'll have for tea, probably toast followed with toblerone

Urgh!!, im glad my DH has stopped drinking quite so much, or mixing them, or what ever he used to do

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

madcat hon the washing is sat infront of me in the washing basket as is the washing line thingy both fetched by DH and all I have to do is hang it....can I be arsed NO!

Molly I would def say the boots bag is worth the wait....esp if you dont wanna spend alot on a change bag it will do the job

Ladies I have a question/rant and please tell me if I am over-reacting

Oliver is 5yrs old and he doesnt have a TV in his bedroom or games console or whatever. We have a WII in the living room which was my wedding gift from DH but we all play on it as a family Me and DH talked previously about maybe getting him a TV for his bedroom however agreed he is too young and maybe in a few more years (like when hes 7!) Well DHs bro and his wife phoned earlier saying they were coming round....a bit random as they hardly eve just pop round but hey its Christmas! They turned up with a present for Oliver (although they already bought him Christmas gifts and sent him some Christmas cash!) which is a state of the art expensive flat screen LCD TV which has built in freeview and DVD They say that they never treat him (which they dont except birthdays and Christmas!) and they wanted to buy him something special! Now they are his god-parents but as me and DH already agreed that he wasnt old enough for a TV in his bedroom I was quite irked that they bought it without asking us first basically I thanked them but said me and DH had agreed he wasnt old enough yet. In reply I was told every kid has one at Olivers age these days and its no biggie Am not happy TBH....I mean its a really nice gift but DH never said a word to back me up and now I am meant to just except such an extravagant gift which I think is far too much cash to spend randomly anyways and ignore that we agreed AS HIS PARENTS he wasnt old enough to have a TV. Now DH is all for making preps where its going to go in his room and sorting out an aerial etc and am pissed. I probably sound so ungrateful but am not its really nice and I was totally genuinely thankful of them but I just feel like it another way in which I loose control over any decision made about my son! I feel like I only just gained control back after Oliver went to school and ceased been in MILs care so much and now this!.............arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! What do you Ladies think? am I just being riddick over this?

 

[madcatwoman]

i think 5 is too young for a bedroom tv too. kids spend long enough infront of the tv and games consoles as it is without them starting any earlier, so im with you on this one!.

ive just read a birth story, and have decided id like to order one like this one
https://www.babyandbump.com/pregnancy-third-trimester/493686-birth-story-inpatient-ittle-girl-pics.html

 

[molly85]

def no to the tv.
I was bought up in a 1 tv house hold we now have 2 but both are in the longe somatt can play on his very old snes whilst i watch together as a family.

even the news is to much these days for kids

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Thank you Ladies...you see I agree. I enjoy the time we have around work and Oliver been at school interacting as a family, yes we do watch films together but we do a whole host of other things and I dont want Oliver to be one of these kids who are glued to his games console, ds or his TV in his bedroom. If a kid has a TV up there you wont ever see them is my mentality. I just tried talking with DH and he just shrugged at me like we have no choice. Damn we have the reciept, I feel like taking it back ( DH has set it up in the lounge and Oliver is currently sat in front it watching `in the night garden` on it....oh dear I think this TV has potential to cause serious rows

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Molly your right there is no `parent lock` or whatever on the freeview option and Oliver can already work the damn thing (he really is that bright !) I just said to DH we have no control over what he watches now Like some damn rauchy film or whatever....I am not happy about this at all At least we have locks on bt vision down here and can control what he watches

 

[gilz82]

I agree Madly about the tv thing. I think kids have far too much technology too early these days. I sound like a 28 year old, old fart

Madcat my OH goes out maybe twice a year but since he was fine after his works Christmas night out he obviously felt quite cocky yesterday so he stayed out til shutting time. He's soooo paying for it today. Think that could easily be him till the jellybean's head wetting.

 

[PeanutBean]

Madly absolutely with you. We have two tvs and one aerial so the second (a little one that I bought when I started uni) is used very rarely and for DVDs or games. It's currently in the loft room so not being used much at all. DH's mum has this same problem with his half sister. Her grandma (father's mum) spoils her rotten with material things to compensate for her dad's general absence. The grandma bought her a tv when she was about 6 when mil had expressly said she didn't want her to have a tv. I would take it back or put it somewhere else where you can use it as you wish but where Oliver won't have sole control of it. What a ridiculously extravagant gift!

Sorry about your oh gilz. DH used to be a nightmare drinker but hasn't much for years now. The last time he drank in an significant way was the week I went into labour even he spent a night in Leeds going to an all night horror film event. He almost never drinks now, children can change everything!

I'm knackered all the time too. Not sure I stopped being but maybe was less so for a little while.

 

[madcatwoman]

as far as the games console thing goes, ive already had words with DH about it, he loves his Ps3, hes on it come a rainy sun afternoon or most evenings till about 9pm. so i said to him about when our LO comes along i dont want to see it on while LO is around, i want him to play with normal toys, not stuck infront of the box and i mean it, for a good couple or years or so.

 

[molly85]

maybe put it in your room, or in the loft until you think it is right.
the mini tv we have is not actually plugged into the aerial it is just for gamining unless i try it we have sky so why would we plug it in lol.
We live on our computers but bubs will have to use them downstairs if its a boy and he wants porn he has to get the balls up to ask his uncles or get to the shop for a magazine lol.

I've picked up what asda call a shall its a bout a metre square so am hoping this is about right for swaddling and as a cover for thepram and moses basket as i'll go withmy dad and get some material so he can make them in flannel and fleecy material.

 

[madcatwoman]

does anyone have a sewing machine?

DH bought me a nice one for xmas, after watching all the "Kirsties home made home" series i felt i wanted to be able to make somethings for myself, like cushions, and...maybe curtains(if not too hard). I havent even set it up yet though as i need to purchase a sewing kit with all the bits i'll need.

anyone know if this malarky is difficult to get into?