Re: disappointing

[Guest guest]

Anyone who has read the article I put on Shared Files about egroups will

know that I get up and anticipate around 70 messages at breakfast time.

When I wrote the article, this was a conservative estimate.

However, this am, on the coffee list, there was just one measly message.

OK, the quality was good - a v funny joke from Lesley - but in terms of

quantity, I am disappointed and disillusioned!

Has there really been only one message posted since 9.20 last night???

What's happened folks? Has everybody suddenly got a life or something? Can

you no longer afford to waste hours and hours sitting in front of the puter?

Please, let's get the chat going again - any takers for a discussion about

baby poo? ironing? 80's music? Even cars - I'm sure I could contribute -

having watched the son video so many times...

McVeigh

Newsletter Editor & Secretary, Leighton Buzzard & District

SAHM to (AKA Tiff Toff) DOB 19/9/97

& Caitlin (AKA Cake Tin), DOB 12/1/00

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[Guest guest]

Yeah, what *has* happened to all the messages??? The downturn occurred when

you lot had the whitsun holiday, which we don't have up here. Seems like

you found better things to do than play with the pootoo all day!

Seriously, I am missing all the 'technical' talk about babies, labour,

pregnancy, afterbirths etc.....we now have virtually none of that, which is

disappointing.

Lesley

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said..........However, this am, on the coffee list, there was just

one measly message.

[Guest guest]

>Yeah, what *has* happened to all the messages??? The downturn occurred

when

>you lot had the whitsun holiday, which we don't have up here. Seems like

>you found better things to do than play with the pootoo all day!

>

>Seriously, I am missing all the 'technical' talk about babies, labour,

>pregnancy, afterbirths etc.....we now have virtually none of that, which is

>disappointing.

>Lesley

Yes Lesley you're right, things ain't what they was (sigh).

Oh well, here's something to kick off a totally irrelevant conversation...

Yet another reason to delay weaning onto solids - I love the smell of

breastfed baby poo. I look forward to having to change a big sloppy mustard

coloured nappy - it's a pleasure rather than a chore. I think the smell is

rather like fresh paint. When I mentioned this to my mother-in-law, she

said " Ugh, what are you feeding her? "

The above statement I think has potential to spark off a number of

conversations: 1) weaning, 2) BM's favourite subject - baby poo, 3) odd

smells that we like/remind us of things, 4) Mothers/mothers-in-law.

Any takers anyone...

[Guest guest]

Yet another reason to delay weaning onto solids - I love the smell of

> breastfed baby poo. I look forward to having to change a big sloppy

mustard

> coloured nappy - it's a pleasure rather than a chore. I think the smell

is

> rather like fresh paint

No, for me breastfed baby poo smells like cake mixture - a bit sweet. But

poo in all its shapes and forms has always been a fascinating rather than

yucky subject and clearing it up is just another job - nappies are a breeze.

If really pushed I could tell you my best ever (eughhhh!) poo story - but I

have to go to school now, so back later

Sue s

[Guest guest]

> Please, let's get the chat going again - any takers for a discussion about<BR>

> baby poo? ironing? 80's music? & nbsp; Even cars - I'm sure I could contribute

-<BR>

> having watched the son video so many times...<BR>

> <BR>

> <BR>

Sorry pooter misbehaving and DH hogging it also spectacular weather off

to enjoy it

but will be about to play tonight. ******pooter permitting. DH yatch racing

Caroline

Jersey

Germain

[Guest guest]

3) odd

> smells that we like/remind us of things,

Cork - memories of family holidays in Spain and staying near a cork factory

Caroline

Jersey

Germain

[Guest guest]

McVeigh wrote:

The above statement I think has potential to spark off a number of

> conversations: 1) weaning, 2) BM's favourite subject - baby poo, 3) odd

> smells that we like/remind us of things, 4) Mothers/mothers-in-law.

> Any takers anyone...

I'll take you up on number 3), .

Pipe tobacco and bonfires always bring back memories of my grandfather

(Pappa)

who died when I was 6.

Lesley M

[Guest guest]

Think it's the warmer weather - more of us going out & about (in the

south!). I

gather the weekend heatwave isn't going to have too much impact on your

area,

Lesley, but things had better have improved up there by the first week

in August

when the Moors arrive ;-)

Lesley Moor

Pete & Lesley Reader wrote:

> Yeah, what *has* happened to all the messages??? The downturn occurred when

> you lot had the whitsun holiday, which we don't have up here. Seems like

> you found better things to do than play with the pootoo all day!

[Guest guest]

>> wrote The above statement I think has potential to spark off a number

of

conversations: 1) weaning, <<<

Anyone got any articles I can have for my newsletter on weaning, fussy eaters

etc, not quite conversation but then I cheat allot!

SAHM 6, Olivia 2, 1, 15/3/00.

Editor Wallingford and District

[Guest guest]

,

> Yet another reason to delay weaning onto solids - I love the

smell of

> breastfed baby poo. I look forward to having to change a big

sloppy mustard

> coloured nappy - it's a pleasure rather than a chore.

Phew...........I was beginning to think I was rather odd! I feel

the same way - I'm dreading the thought of horrid-smelling

nappies when Verity goes onto solids!

Talking of which. Liz, (my friend who had the problem with the

HV a few weeks back with her baby who was slowing down weightwise

and was getting pressure to introduce solids) has now introduced

some, but feels much happier that with all the information I was

able to give her from everyone onlist that she is doing it at the

right time for . He's now 5 months and they're both doing

well and very happy so another success for egroups :-)

>4) Mothers/mothers-in-law.

>

> Any takers anyone...

mine is pretty hands-off...mum is still here with me but she

wouldn't dream of suggesting I do anything other than what I am

doing with Verity which is bliss. MIL is near Inverness so out

of harm's way ;-)

[Guest guest]

Lesley M wrote

>

> Pipe tobacco and bonfires always bring back memories of my grandfather

> (Pappa)

> who died when I was 6.

Pipe tobacco and smarties remind me of my first GP who was the doctor who

delivered me. A real old fashioned scottish doctor, his surgery smelled of

pipe tobacco and he always gave us a smartie at the end of seeing us. (not

very PC on any count)

Cerys Byrne

Basingstoke Branch Chairman, Membership Secretary, Trainee PNDL, Exp Reg

holder & Region 4 Area Y Rep

Mum to 1/12/95 & Kieran 31/12/98

Wife to (Who?)

[Guest guest]

Dunno what you mean; its been pretty warm here all week!!

Lesley

---------------

Think it's the warmer weather - more of us going out & about (in the

south!). I

gather the weekend heatwave isn't going to have too much impact on your

area,

Lesley, but things had better have improved up there by the first week

in August

when the Moors arrive ;-)

Lesley Moor

[Guest guest]

>1) weaning, 2) BM's favourite subject - baby poo, 3) odd

>smells that we like/remind us of things, 4) Mothers/mothers-in-law.

1) Calvin's 5 1/2 months and we've just barely started. we had a false

start with bananas and are still at about 1 coffee spoon of baby rice that

he doesn't want all of. i'm thinking either yogurt or carrots next. Any

fans of any particular order of introduction?

2) not a big fan of any poo, not even baby poo, but figure it's much nicer

than what'll be coming when we get seriously into solids. best story: dh

taking off Calvin's nappy just before a big, serious poo. I had cleaned up

poo from carpet and all available surfaces before, but refused to help.

i'm cruel, i guess

3) perfumed soaps remind me of my grandma. faint, stale cigarette smoke

mixed with the smell of disinfectant remind me of my pediatrician.

4) my mother, although far away in America, is totally supportive of

breastfeeding, etc. She fed us in spite of enormous pressure to bottlefeed

and in spite of the hospital nursery's best plans to bottle feed us in

direct contradiction of what she wanted.

I can rant a bit about my MIL, who is far enough away for comfort in

France and makes sideways comments about my parenting (last time she was

here, Calvin was 7 weeks old and when he cried, I would go pick him up.

She didn't say things directly to me, but she'd pick up Calvin and say

" Oh, tu n'es pas un peu gate', toi? " (aren't you a little spoiled?) UGH!)

and about breastfeeding (I don't know if she breastfed my DH, but she has

commented that my SIL fed her kids for " a really long time " which turns

out to have been about 9 months each. I'm not looking forward to seeing

her when I am - I hope - still breastfeeding well after that point))

Or should I have put all these in separate emails, so you'd have lots of

messages? )

Phyllis

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[Guest guest]

Re. 1 - I followed the 4 months to start weaning pattern with Tim (17 weeks

was 4 months IMO), 1 week on a bit of something mid-morning, then 4 weeks on

something mid-morning and mid-afternoon, but not fussing if he missed one,

and then on to 3 meals a day. After about another 4 weeks I got him down to

4 milk feeds a day, which is where he's at now (although he's waking at

night at the moment - RATS). His development has been good - it's suited

him, he loves food (which has been a surprise to the nursery - especially

the alacrity with which he ate baked beans!!) but I know that not every baby

is happy like this, and most of his little friends have had a rockier road

onto solids.

Re. 2 - Ham was what Tim's " average " nappies smelt of.

Re. 3 - Perfume takes me back to particular times/places (as I've gone

through various phases with various scents) - when I wear Penhaligon's Lily

of the Valley, DH always says " You smell of holidays " because that's the one

I always take on hols!

Re. 4 - After DH working really hard on his parents to get them to come down

to see us - " Oh, we can't arrange a time, we're waiting for hospital

appointments " " Well just fix a date and if the hospital appt comes up then

ring us and we'll find another date for your visit! But it's NOT VERY

LIKELY! " - and this took AGES to get them to agree to - my MIL rang DH and

said " When we come, you're not going to give us that pork thing are you? Or

rice? And we didn't like that pate we had last time " . She can consider

herself VERY lucky she didn't say it to me. If I get the slightest inkling

of it when they visit I will walk out of the kitchen and tell her to cook

for herself (and considering I've never been offered anything other than M & S

ready meals (even M & S bought sandwiches!) or bacon and egg at her house,

she's got a flaming nerve!). They bring their own breakfast cereal when

they come as it is. Am I unreasonable to be toweringly angry about this?

Anneliese (part-time) SAHM to Baby Tim (18/9/99), member, Alton, Bordon and

district branch

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Message: 1

Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 14:17:01 +0100

Subject: Re: Disappointing

>Yeah, what *has* happened to all the messages??? The downturn occurred

when

>you lot had the whitsun holiday, which we don't have up here. Seems like

>you found better things to do than play with the pootoo all day!

>

>Seriously, I am missing all the 'technical' talk about babies, labour,

>pregnancy, afterbirths etc.....we now have virtually none of that, which is

>disappointing.

>Lesley

Yes Lesley you're right, things ain't what they was (sigh).

Oh well, here's something to kick off a totally irrelevant conversation...

Yet another reason to delay weaning onto solids - I love the smell of

breastfed baby poo. I look forward to having to change a big sloppy mustard

coloured nappy - it's a pleasure rather than a chore. I think the smell is

rather like fresh paint. When I mentioned this to my mother-in-law, she

said " Ugh, what are you feeding her? "

The above statement I think has potential to spark off a number of

conversations: 1) weaning, 2) BM's favourite subject - baby poo, 3) odd

smells that we like/remind us of things, 4) Mothers/mothers-in-law.

Any takers anyone...

[Guest guest]

..> I love smells!

said>.....................me too....especially freshly laundered

bedlinen.....mmmmmmmmmm........cleanly showered and smooth waxed

legs.

[Lesley] Crumbs, , are you a contortionist, smelling your own legs???

------------------------

...............sorry....a fetish of mine.....clean sheets!!

[Lesley] I always envied Jackie Kennedy, because she used to have clean

sheets put on the bed every day. If she took an afternoon nap, they were

changed then, as well. How deliciously decadent. She also had the loos in

the White House plumbed for hot water, thpugh that apparently isn't very

hygienic, encourages germs to breed.

[Guest guest]

wrote

> me too....especially freshly laundered

> bedlinen.....mmmmmmmmmm........cleanly showered and smooth waxed

> legs.....and then slide into that clean bed and .............

then in our house the sheets don't stay clean for long ;-)

Cerys

[Guest guest]

wrote

> me too....especially freshly laundered

> bedlinen.....mmmmmmmmmm........cleanly showered and smooth waxed

> legs.....and then slide into that clean bed and .............

then in our house the sheets don't stay clean for long ;-)

Cerys

[Guest guest]

wrote

> me too....especially freshly laundered

> bedlinen.....mmmmmmmmmm........cleanly showered and smooth waxed

> legs.....and then slide into that clean bed and .............

then in our house the sheets don't stay clean for long ;-)

Cerys

[Guest guest]

> me too....especially freshly laundered

> bedlinen.....mmmmmmmmmm........cleanly showered and smooth waxed

> legs.....and then slide into that clean bed and

..............sniffffffffff

> sorry....a fetish of mine.....clean sheets!!

Me too!!!

I washed them the day michael

> went to le mans so that they would smell nice for days......men make

them

> smelly so quickly!!

Agreed!

I only like white bedlinen - white sheets, duvet cover, pillows etc.

We have duvet cover that Grae chose which is terracotta and black - I

hate it and the bed never feels really 'clean' even when it's fresh

on. Best thing about having a DH that works away is the freshness of

the bed on a regular basis!!

--

Sue

[Guest guest]

" A. Lavery " wrote:

> sorry....a fetish of mine.....clean sheets!! I washed them the day michael

> went to le mans so that they would smell nice for days......men make them

> smelly so quickly!! that is one thing i don't miss when he is away....not

> that he is a smelly man but .......well, you know what i mean!!

Boy - do I know what you mean! I always make sure not to get the

pillows mixed

up as DH's are yucky. Can smell his washing basket with my eyes

closed. He's

not got a BO problem - honest- but he does spend time in the greenhouses

with

his beloved cacti at temps ranging between 30 - 40 degrees. Surprise,

surprise

that's where he is at the moment on a Sunday morning. Kids already in

paddling

pool, me at the pc. All's right in the world(!)

Lesley M

[Guest guest]

>clean sheets......men make them smelly so quickly!!

I'm going to have to change our sheets later on today. DH went out on an

NCT lads night last night - watching the footie followed by a curry and

playing cards until 2am and he's still lying in bed now, suffering (good)

and stinking of beer, sweat and other unmentionables.

Lynda

SAHM to (7), (5), Fraser(2), Callum 15/5/00

Newsletter editor & general dogsbody, Mid-Northumberland branch

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=762789 & a=6674752

[Guest guest]

> my MIL rang DH and

> said " When we come, you're not going to give us that pork thing are you?

Or

> rice? And we didn't like that pate we had last time " . She can consider

> herself VERY lucky she didn't say it to me. If I get the slightest

inkling

> of it when they visit I will walk out of the kitchen and tell her to cook

> for herself (and considering I've never been offered anything other than

M & S

> ready meals (even M & S bought sandwiches!) or bacon and egg at her house,

> she's got a flaming nerve!). They bring their own breakfast cereal when

> they come as it is.

My in-laws always arrive with masses of food and menus planned for the

duration of their stay. It used to really p**s me off - the implication

that what I would cook wasn't going to be good enough - but I have learnt

now to just accept that that's what they're like, and enjoy the occasional

few days off the cooking. I rarely go into the kitchen when they are here

now and I'm sure they think I'm really lazy! To be honest I don't think

they would know what to do with themselves if they didn't fuss around with

the meals. Neither of them reads or does crosswords or is interested in

sport or watches much TV, playing with the kids doesn't seem to have much

appeal, and a huge part of their normal everyday life revolves around

planning, buying for, preparing and eating fancy meals. I hope I can find a

bit more to interest me when I retire!

Lynda

SAHM to (7), (5), Fraser(2), Callum 15/5/00

Newsletter editor & general dogsbody, Mid-Northumberland branch

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=762789 & a=6674752

[Guest guest]

> said>.....................me too....especially freshly laundered

> bedlinen.....mmmmmmmmmm........cleanly showered and smooth waxed

> legs.

> [Lesley] Crumbs, , are you a contortionist, smelling your own legs???

no....smell the sheets silly!!! it's the feeling of the smooth clean legs on the

sheets doubled with the smell that makes it extra nice!!....yep, okay I'm

weird!!

--

Mum to (aged 4, born a whopping 11lbs 6oz) and 2 angels 20/10/98 and

24/3/00

Farnborough, Hants

[Guest guest]

> on. Best thing about having a DH that works away is the freshness of

> the bed on a regular basis!!

> --

> Sue

>

Agreed!! This is one of the few good things about dh going away!!...that

and not feeling so guilty about being on the pooter for so long!!

--

Mum to (aged 4, born a whopping 11lbs 6oz) and 2 angels 20/10/98

and 24/3/00

Farnborough, Hants

[Guest guest]

> I only like white bedlinen - white sheets, duvet cover, pillows

etc.

me too to this, but with two cats it's a bit difficult...white

sheets with muddy pawprints don't have quite the same appeal! I

do love clean sheets though...but not changing the bed! I need a

maid, I think...