madmum

Hi All, Is there a local beavers club in ED? My son is 6( 7 in August) and is keen to follow in the footsteps of his idol Bear Gryills. Thanks

second the Q bot things, My husband was dead against them but he soon saw the light when we cue jumped every ride! My two said it was the best day out EVER! try and swerve the gift shop..we had to re mortage by the time we got out of there. Have fun!

Read this last night in bed with my OH and I was peeing my self ( happens alot 2 kids en all) the responses were brilliant.... Evven my OH said this woman must be a nut job...he is now researching the sanity of ragina cortina and will report back his findings! Does she recomend sexy time lighting, curtains half open or full balck out should we adopt the controlled crying technique in fore play??? I have struggled to understand and appreciate my new identity as a mother and if through thoses dark days I had picked up this book then I think it may have sent me over the edge. It will [robably transpire that GF is actually a MAN! HAve a great day ladies xxx

Snowboarder i too secretly LOVE food shopping you are not alone!

Here goes...My name is Madmum and I am addicted to sainsburys... Ive tried doing a big monthly on line shop but just ended up popping into a supermarket or M&S near work to pick up weekly essential which ended up costing me more than my 4 weekly supermarket trips( percy pigs are essentials) plus when i did do it online they sent me stuff that was going out of date in 2 days and substituted marmite for Bovril! So im a slave to the supermarket giants I am their target market, Im not proud im just a realist.... Roughly our weekly shop is ?80.00 sometimes ?100.00 if its a cleaning product repalcement week. I very very rarely shop mid week unless kids have attacked the treats cupboard or secretly consumed all the frubes( this happens alot and neither off them are able to tell me how 6 frubes went missing in 1 day) We normally eat out with the kids at least 3 times a month plus they get dinner at their nans 4 times a week so thats a big saving on our shopping bill.... I wish I could amble down the lane recyled shopping buldging with Organic treats but sadly this is not to be...one day perhaps but for now I shall be the lady with the neeeeeedy kids( mum i neeeeeed new lego,,,i neeeeed this pen with a light on the top etc etc) madly throwing stuff into a trolley in Sainsburys...

echo's of my own childhood,,,My mum once said she's an entertainer, a child, a normall child with her own ideas not a trained monkey..and I remeber these words as this was the day that my mother told a very stuck up mum (her childs name just to paint a clearer picture was Pollyannaella bonabatty, I always called her by her entire name) at an over priced ballet school that if she ever raised her voice at me (child ) again then my mum would insist that the stuck up ones child be removed from the school as clearly her career was not of sound mind! this followed by the stuck up one fainting it was sooo dramatic and all the time my ballet teacher stood in first position! A few months later my teacher told my mum " your child will never be a ballerina she is too heavy" I was 6... what followed was unquestionabbly my mothers finest moment (apart from when she told my teacher that just because she is going through an awfull divorce there was no need to take it out on the children and reccomended that she take some leave)bacvk to ballet following this day of enlightenment my mum enrolled me into a tap and Jazz class and I never looked back...There is no way that another parent has the right to shout at your child end of, you are the parent and know exactly what is OTT behaviour and what is your child being funny and entertaining! I love to see kids being kids and not mini adults. x

me too!!!

this happens regulary in our house normally at some un godly hour. requests are very simalir to your, my elbow hurts, pull my pj trouser leg down, woody has taken up all the bed remove him,, followed by i miss woody get him back, my eyes keep opening,my eyes are stuck,my brother wants a biscuit(brother is asleep and nothing wakes him), I can hear my knights calling me, My fav has been this bed is too hard and my bum is too soft!as I say it happens alot I have tried to ignor it but he can be very detrmined and ends up waking the entire house and possibly the street. I defo reckon its a phase probably they just need to know your still there, their little minds must be very confussed some times. Its just one of those phase tha twill pass and another one will come along just to keep us mummies on our toes.

Hi, Sorry I cant give you any dance class info but...Lollibops are holding a dsco event at the Ministry of Sound on Feb 13th looks like it will be fab...Think tickets still available? x

My eldest has been heard saying to his younger brother dont get her started she hasnt even had her morning coffee! what a demon I must be. Ive been off work for nearlt three weeks and they nearly drove me to wine through the day! but now im back at work I miss the little buggers, but on the up side I can enjoy a hot coffee without having to be dressed as batman.

ARGHHH, as always I am really un organised...my darling son has just decided not to use the dracula costume I alreadty have but wants to be a mummy!!! I have bandages but can not for the love of god find any fake blood locally!!! any ideas people??? xxx

oh pickle I agree the fire station is a nightmare although the police station comes a close2nd! the Xmas lists are already prepared and I have explained that I missed the cut off date for the playmobile animal hospital!!! just could not face the challange!

lol I am forever saying if its still on the floor when the hovver comes out its a gonna...we use a trolley that has draws...its very tidy at the mo as I have just spent sunday afternoon sorting it wheels,windows,figures,colours etc I was very pleased with myself, however this lasted all of 1 day came home last night to find the entire contents distrubuted througout the house....Out came Henry!! Im having issues with PLAYMOBILE...dam them and their tiny but perfectly formed accessories

Hi all, my darlingf son who will be 3 next month has just developed this weird tounge sucking thing??? We got rid of his dummy before his 2nd birthday so i dont think it can be related to that...He mainly does it when he is tired or watching telly, he sort of sticks out his tounge a bit and looks like he is sucking on it (like it was a dummy) very strange...prob will take him to see health visitor but just wondered if anyone else little ones do it? He does have a little lispy thing going on when he is talking perhaps its related Help advice gratefully received. x

Its no fun being a sales assistant! I speak from many years of experiance. You're just never sure what reaction a small comment like "hello" is going to get you. There have been times when I wished I had never asked " are you looking for something particular?" as the particular thing they were looking for can only be ordered on adult websites for a certain kind of weirdo... Sales consultants/assistants are there to help/assist. I always thought its better to let a customer know your around in case they need help rather than to make a customer feel that they are disturbing your day by merely entering the shop...Lets also spare a moment for the hard working sales staff who have to get in 30 mins early every morning and stay behind un paid at the end of the day to ensure all jumpers, t shirts knickers are folded to perfection just so that the customer can rumage through them desperatly looking for their size. If going into a store makes you feel un easy then shop online.

Hi, My son has decided that he NEEDS to learn the guitar, when I asked him what bought this desperate need he said I think im going to start a band....so I promised I would look into guitar lessons.. where do I start???? Help!!

I got a voucher for a manicure and pedicure, I must say that my inital reaction was Great I will use this when baby is like 2!!! but no they also added a homemeade voucher for Friends Baby Sitting Services...It turned out to be a fab gift,When DS was 4 months we cashed in the voucher and had a wonderful day,i had a my treatments whilst hubby emersed himself in a book shop then we had lunch (with wine) strolled round shops, drank coffee( whislt it was hot)and talk ( mainly about DS and other baby related topics) and there were the frequant check in calls to see if DS was ok . we reurned home to 1 sleepy baby and 2 tired friends.... I bought my best friend a clarks shoe voucher..this paid for babies first pair of shoes. which they have kept along with a photo of her in clarks getting made a fuss of... xx

Try Coppelston centre, Coppleston Road. They have a great kitchen space where you can put tables and chairs for party food. Not sure of ????? Have funxxx

this is a funny subject and to be honest we call it all sorts of things in our house( boys mind)as I think its good to be familiar with all slang terminology...I used them often as a child much to mum's disgust. ya bits n bobs winkle willie dinkle peins...funny story whilst showering my twothe other day ,my eldest (5) says to brother (2.5) you havent cleaned your peanuts...I choked laughing (can see how he got confused) due to this the new terminology is Peanuts..Example" mum he just threw a playmobile truck at my penuts" teee hee hee I still chuckle.... As for girls parts well we refer to it as either moo moo or fanny(chuckling again Im such a child)front bottom or lady parts. Vulva hmmmmm not convinced by this terminology. I Once worked in an Ann summers shop I used so many different slang and scientific terms you would not belive.....

HI, anyone got any top tips for teaching 6 year old to ride a bike, he was fine on a balance bike and ok with stabalisers but is NOT getting the hang of things now the stabalisers are off. im sure its the way he sits lol...My son only likes to do things he is good at and can be quite stroppy if he cant get things right the first time. Thi is treaching him a very valuble life lesson but I think if he cant get the hang of it by day 5 (day 3 currently admittedly only a couple hours of training, my back cant take the strain)this life lesson may be kicked ot hte curb! thanks xxx

I was planning on taking my two for the worlds most expensive day out(this ob includes the gift shop which they would have eyed up upon entering the place)I hope it will be ok for little madone he is nearly 3!!! soon find out I guess. xxx

both mine have a fav toy both of which came from Ikea, Fisrt child feel in love with a rat known as Mr Rat who suffered many tragic deaths 1. feel out of our 1st floor flat window and the evil people downstairs refused to retrive it for him 2. MIA in sainsbury (this was a regular thing always guarenteed to raise a scream by un suspecting shoppers) 3. left in spain, we had to explain that he had family over there so felt like he needed to stay,we replaced him with Mr rats brother ratty...god the things we do 4. suffered a bad burn and had to be repaired at the animal hospital also known as my cupboard under the stairs, Ratty had to have 50 stiches and son received a lolly for his bravery 5. he finally went missing on north cross road never to be seen again (rat number 8 by this time) i explained that Ratty had decided that his job was done and like Mary Poppins he went when the wind changed to help someone else,,I was convience by this tale but mini mad son was not....ratty was replaced by ginny le pig (again from Ikea) he is now bed ridden due to his age and son now being 6. Second son felt a bound with an ikea ardvark!!!! he is sadly discontinued so am thinkning I may have to have him tagged! These little creatures have proved viatl to us and our sons, strange how something so simple can make everything ok...Wish sometimes I still had mine(a small peice of flannette aaffectionatly known as my baby) Good luck xxx

Oh dear this is a very tricky job i just had to hold a pot ready and I put babies hand in warm water(good old Uni trick) this then makes baby want to pee. good luck xxx

Why did you not speak with the parent, your post may be a good way of venting your frustration but I feel maybe a little pointless.

Try Puddleducks, they are all super lovely and very caring, my little one freaked out when we took him to one nursery (he was 2 3 months) they had no patients and told me he was not ready and they could not handle his screaming! so then I was lucky to get a space at puddleducks, started him with 2 hours and it only took 2 mornings before he was fine, well he did cry when I left and as you can imagine my heart was breaking and I was blaming myself for being a bad Mummy, but the girls called me after 30 mins and said he is fine...In the end he cried when I picked him up! Im now planning on starting my 2nd child now 2.5 months so fingers crossed it will be a smooth transistion. Think the age range is 2 upwards they all just mix in there is no age seperation. I'm sure once you find the right nursery your little one will be fine. Good Luck xxx