just chat about mums suff anyone

[Paige]

anyone want to chat about mums suff or moan about pregancie anything and anything

[Emmy]

Yeah I will! Can I have a moan here about how my almost 3 year old has turned being naughty into an art form yet looks so angelic that no one believes me!! Or how the hell am I going to afford the huge party I'm having for all 3 kids next month!
How pregnant are you Paige? BTW my no 3 is the sweetest baby Ive ever had, just thought that might cheer you up!

[Emmy]

Rozzy- I think you need to make some serious LISTS! When the going gets tough in my house the mummy makes lists, sometimes I cheat by putting stuff on Ive already done just so I can tick it off.........

[Debsb]

can I moan about the fact that my darling hubby hates being reminded about anything to do with the children, but cannot remember the list of things that eldest takes to school. The other week I reminded him about her reading book and he went all sulky 'coz he would, of course, have remembered it anyway. This week, I left it as late as possible, but he was about to drive off without snack, reading book, dinner money etc (he had actually remembered the child, luckily). Shoudl I be a 'surrendered wife' & let him take control here, or do I consider my child turning up about school without all this stuff? Should I be grateful that he takes his daughter to school one day a week anyway (I work 3 days).
Sorry, just needed to get that off my chest.

[Sml]

Debsb, your message made me laugh - why don't you train your daughter to remind him? If she's anything like my daughter, the prospect of reminding Daddy something he's forgotten will make her remember everything, then you won't have to worry!

[Jj]

Emmy, the rule about lists is that you may not transfer a completed and crossed off item from a previous list to a current list just to cross it off again. BUT if you have not put the completed item on any previous list, you may put it on your current list and immediately cross it off.

In case you were wondering.

[Janh]

is there a rule about making lists and promptly losing them? (being a completely disorganised untidy useless berk, in other words?) should i hire a professional?

[Janh]

and why is this board upside down?

[Debsb]

Sml, good idea. I could try, but she thinks daddy is the font of all knowledge & never forgets anything, mummy now - thats a different matter. I wonder how soon she'll realise the little whispered reminders when he goes on the business trip?
Actually, it did make him sound far worse than he really is. He is as involved in the children as I am (why should that be suprising), but he can't seem to remember routines, appointments etc. He has spent his whole lunch hour looking for a black backed goldfish, however. Unfortunately, he couldn't find one. We're just going to have to break the news gently tonight (gulp) or persuade her that goldfish can change colour overnight. Has anyone tried that, & did the kids believe them? This one is only 3, but I suspect big sis might not fall for it.

[Spring]

Debsb, like you my husband is very much hands-on (it's a lovely surprise to get home from work and find he's hoovered through before he left for work).....yet why is that when we are both home on a Sunday it's me who decides on what our dd eats, when she naps, what clothes she should wear, when should she eat, etc?

When I was young we had a goldfish who disappeared overnight and my younger brother got the blame as he was a right little devil, even though he burst into tears (I must remind him when I next see him) saying he didn't know where the " 'ish is ". We lived in Canada at the time and had underfloor heating, the following Autumn my Dad was dusting out the floor vents ready to put the heat on and found a very brittle and very dead little goldfish!! Who knew that goldfish were acrobats!!!

[Tigermoth]

My moan. One son doesn't talk and the other doesn't listen!

[Marina]

Janh, it's upside down because its intended function was to host the live chats mumsnet organise with parenting experts etc. Then when people read the full transcripts they see the messages and the experts' answers in the order they were posted, rather than reversed out as per every other thread.
And no I did not work this one out for myself, I posted a message here asking why and their kindly techie put me in the picture!

[Spring]

Poor Star. Well I'm actually smiling right now (first time today?) as I am leaving in 10 minutes to go collect my daughter from nursery and I get to spend the next few hours with her. Great BIG smile.................

I know this isn't the right place (Kia) but does anyone know how soon after stopping the mini pill your first period should appear????

[Emmy]

Big smile, my son is on Stage 6 reading, he isnt 6 for 3 weeks, Im very proud of him, we had Macdonalds to celebrate!

[Janh]

marina, thank you so much!!!
btw i found your eggs in tesco so i bought some instead of columbus!