How are all you new mummies doing?

[Maud]

Gah. Our bathroom sink keeps leaking. OH has mended it so many times, it's a joke. And even though we turned our heating on early yesterday evening it didn't actually come on until this morning! Hoping it was just feeling sluggish after being off so long and that there's nothing wrong with it. We already had to replace a part last year. The joys of home ownership!

 

[Pumpkin9]

Do you get all meals included bex? One of the ones in considering doesn't include breakfast but if you provide it they'll feed it to your child the other one does include it

 

[Jojo84]

I have no idea what I'm going to do!

I'm officially back to work today but I won't get paid for the work between 6oct-9nov until 24th November
My next pay is 24th October and I think I'll just be getting 1 week maternity pay and I'm terrified how im going to cope!! I won't be able to pay my rent or anything!! I won't be able to pay anything at all and I don't know what I'm going to do!!

 

[Pumpkin9]

Our credit card Bill has just come through, need a cut back month cause it's pretty scary!

Jojo is there anything you can save on for 1 month?

 

[Kaedin]

Oh dear Jojo that's a long time without getting paid for the work you'll be doing this month! Hopefully you manage to get your finances sorted to pay your bills on time!

Had a good morning, Hayley slept until 8am. Got up and had a 9oz bottle, a bowl of banana porridge which she devoured! Gave her a carrot stick and tomato slice organix crisp thing which she was sooking and chomping away at. She's been pretty grumpy today and yesterday as her teeth has been really hurting. so gave her teething granules and some calpol and she went for her nap at 105. We were going to go to the local bounce and rhyme for the first time here, but thats at 10:30 so we've missed it as shes still asleep. But if she was awake I'd probably skip as would want her to go when she's in a happy mood to enjoy it.

I had the dentist yesterday which was no fun. I don't mind the jags or anything but the noise and feel of the drill creeps me out and I needed a filling! Cost me £40 as it's not covered by the NHS apparently

 

[T84]

Oh no jojo!! That doesn't sound fair, have you contacted benefits? Maybe they can help out.

Oh no to the credit cars bill too! SMP sucks!!

Sounds like a good morning kaedin! I'm waiting on my appt with the consultant to see about my stitches... Shitting it!!

 

[Jojo84]

I've worked or I'm only going to get £176- we pay 2 weeks less in December for rent so mum said she will lend me 2 weeks of our rent and we can pay her back in December, I'm also going to "forget" to pay the last week and pay that the next month which I should just about get away with

I usually take £200 from our savings but I'll take £300 and we might just scrape through.

I'm going to ask work if I can ask fora. Extra week holiday pay onto my maternity to bump my pay up a little bit, or a small advance against my next pay but I doubt they will as I'm not even back at work yet.

And to top it all off our monitor is knackered.

 

[T84]

Well that was pointless! She's referred me to plastics to get the scar tissue on my labia 'taken off' (don't even want to know how) and hopefully this will stop the pain inside too. God knows how she thinks that'll happen. Feeling very despondent and like I'll never have a proper sex life again!! x x

 

[Jojo84]

Oh dear Jojo that's a long time without getting paid for the work you'll be doing this month! Hopefully you manage to get your finances sorted to pay your bills on time!

Had a good morning, Hayley slept until 8am. Got up and had a 9oz bottle, a bowl of banana porridge which she devoured! Gave her a carrot stick and tomato slice organix crisp thing which she was sooking and chomping away at. She's been pretty grumpy today and yesterday as her teeth has been really hurting. so gave her teething granules and some calpol and she went for her nap at 105. We were going to go to the local bounce and rhyme for the first time here, but thats at 10:30 so we've missed it as shes still asleep. But if she was awake I'd probably skip as would want her to go when she's in a happy mood to enjoy it.

I had the dentist yesterday which was no fun. I don't mind the jags or anything but the noise and feel of the drill creeps me out and I needed a filling! Cost me £40 as it's not covered by the NHS apparently

It's covered by your maternity certificate! I've had loads of
Fillings (granted they've managed to fill the same tooth about 3 times in one year!) and cost me nothing

 

[iWitch]

Oh dear Jojo that's a long time without getting paid for the work you'll be doing this month! Hopefully you manage to get your finances sorted to pay your bills on time!

Had a good morning, Hayley slept until 8am. Got up and had a 9oz bottle, a bowl of banana porridge which she devoured! Gave her a carrot stick and tomato slice organix crisp thing which she was sooking and chomping away at. She's been pretty grumpy today and yesterday as her teeth has been really hurting. so gave her teething granules and some calpol and she went for her nap at 105. We were going to go to the local bounce and rhyme for the first time here, but thats at 10:30 so we've missed it as shes still asleep. But if she was awake I'd probably skip as would want her to go when she's in a happy mood to enjoy it.

I had the dentist yesterday which was no fun. I don't mind the jags or anything but the noise and feel of the drill creeps me out and I needed a filling! Cost me £40 as it's not covered by the NHS apparently

Is it different on Scotland? Mines definitely covered coz I'm having one tomorrow. My friend even got a crown for free at the start of her pregnancy & I'd say that was cosmetic!

 

[T84]

Depends if it's classed as cosmetic or not. If it's not causing you pain, you pay x

 

[Mummybexee]

My filling isn't causing me pain - it's on front of My tooth so dentist giving me a porcelain one for free covered on my cert - he's doing a load of work and fudging it through for me! Although he drew the line at the teeth whitening haha - got to pay for that

 

[Toria111]

Is query that Kerry. I got a white filling with my maternity cert.

Jen, have I missed something. Plastics?

Jojo, hope you sort it all out. Can they advance you some due to the circumstances?

Our nursery provides all organic food. We just have to take in formula. They were telling me Emma already has a little gang. Her and 3 little boys.lol

Well making Emma's room warmer didn't work. And she just wiggled out if the blanket. I left her to cry quite a bit last night. A few times I went in she was actually crying in her sleep. Do they get nightmares this young? Brought her in to our bed when Chris got up at 6:30 and she went straight to sleep propped up on a pillow. Felt bad getting her up and taking her out in the cold to drop the kids at school.

 

[Jojo84]

Is query that Kerry. I got a white filling with my maternity cert.

Jen, have I missed something. Plastics?

Jojo, hope you sort it all out. Can they advance you some due to the circumstances?

Our nursery provides all organic food. We just have to take in formula. They were telling me Emma already has a little gang. Her and 3 little boys.lol

Well making Emma's room warmer didn't work. And she just wiggled out if the blanket. I left her to cry quite a bit last night. A few times I went in she was actually crying in her sleep. Do they get nightmares this young? Brought her in to our bed when Chris got up at 6:30 and she went straight to sleep propped up on a pillow. Felt bad getting her up and taking her out in the cold to drop the kids at school.

They haven't even bothered to ring me back yet!! They're "in a meeting" everyone in the whole finance department and have been since 100am!

We're struggling to decide on a baby monitor - we want sound, temp and night light and it's between 2 - the one we have or a bt one but he by one "vibrates and beeps" when room is too hot or too cold and I can imagine that getting very old very fast but idk if I trust a Monitor that died after 6 months

 

[Pumpkin9]

Toria, thomas does that. I'm sure he's having little nightmares as he's not awake.

Both of these nurserys cook from scratch each day, one provide breakfast though so I'm trying to decide whether that's easier for me or can I organise myself enough to sort out a breakfast for him. He'll need it there I think as it'll be too early for us to feed him.

 

[Pumpkin9]

Did you have the tomy one Jojo? We've got that one and the only thing that annoys me is the battery life on the parent unit. Have to plug it in when we go to bed, or switch in the charger half way through the night as it won't last till morning.

That and its like a flipping beacon, I have to sleep with a mask on as its so bright

 

[Toria111]

When Emma first started at nursery, I just poured some porridge in a bowl with lid and packed it the night before.

 

[Pumpkin9]

Hmm might do that. It'll be easier as he'll be over a year so wont need formula

 

[Jojo84]

Did you have the tomy one Jojo? We've got that one and the only thing that annoys me is the battery life on the parent unit. Have to plug it in when we go to bed, or switch in the charger half way through the night as it won't last till morning.

That and its like a flipping beacon, I have to sleep with a mask on as its so bright

I know what you mean. Yeah that's the one... But at least it's the devil I know

Work just called back
I only have one week maternity on my pay! So £138 for a month!
I can either take 2 weeks holiday and have no holiday entitlement before April which is a no no
Take a weeks advance on my pay of they allow it (that would give me a month wage of £309 ) and pay it back next month.
Or starve and be unable to pay any bills

So I hope I get the advance

 

[Toria111]

Hmm might do that. It'll be easier as he'll be over a year so wont need formula

The Aptamil one says just to add hot water. I still add formula to it, and for nursery I just put a scoop of formula in the bowl with the porridge.