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Topic: gaaahhh men
Posted By: NovemberMum
Subject: gaaahhh men
Date Posted: 08 August 2008 at 5:00pm
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so tomorrow we are going to a bbq its a combined leaving do for my husband and a couple his other work colleagues
BBQ starts around 3pm although the meat and that wont be cooked till later on...now we will be taking miss with us and I am planning on returning home around 5pm to give her her dinner bath and get her settled for bed.. I did ask one of my friends if she could babysit ..she said she would but she is sick :( so I suggested to DH that we ask our neighbour if she could. he said we could always take her with us and one of us come home when she is cranky..yeah hello come 6pm she is a write off and it will be me who has to come home as she is still being breastfeed. Will have another talk to him when he gets home but I do think the babysitter is the best option and I don't plan on staying out late probably be home by 10pm just be nice for us both to be out together. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 08 August 2008 at 6:13pm
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If you take her with you can you just keep your routine as normal, but pop her to bed in her buggy or something?
We often take Lauren out with us in the weekends and I just take her buggy along with us. I bath her and feed her and do all the usual stuff at the house we are at and then pop her to bed as usual but in her buggy. She is fairly transportable now and she fits into our lifestyle as we NEED a life otherwise I would go  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: NikkiB
Date Posted: 08 August 2008 at 6:31pm
That's a great idea Peachy. I was wondering what we were going to do when its my mother's 60th at the end of the month....I'll just take DS's buggy now  Thanks!------------- A very lucky mummy to two gorgeous boys: RB 3/10/2008 JB 29/12/2009 |
Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 08 August 2008 at 6:48pm
NikkiB - I have done this since Lauren was born  BUT only because we are very social people and always wanted Lauren to be sociable and very flexible.
At the end of the day she doesn't really have a choice not to be sociable, she fits into our weekend plans quite nicely now so not much need for babysitters except for tomorrow night cause its DH's 30th I NEED to have a drink......or maybe 2
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 08 August 2008 at 6:52pm
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Yeah I second the buggy, Spencer will sleep in his if we take him out in the evening. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 08 August 2008 at 6:58pm
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will see how it goes she doesnt normally settle too well in the buggy..DH did say we could take the portacot and put it in their spare room....will also try the bath as well ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 08 August 2008 at 7:25pm
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If the worst comes to the worst, let her go to sleep in your arms and then pop her in her pram. I have done that on occassion and it hasn't become a habit!
I do what ever works when I am out just so I can get a bit of a social life in the weekends! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 3:00pm
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8mos is quite a sociable age so even though she will be quite tired from being out, she will likely stay up well past 5pm easily just because there are lots of people to look at/"talk" to. Take the buggy for her own space and also plenty of food and things to look at (such as little books/rattles that she would like to play with). You should be fine!
Oh and if you don't like bfing in public, ask for a bedroom to use for that purpose. -------------  |
Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 3:42pm
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When we all go to a friend's house, Ella will either stay up late and leave for home and bed when we do, or she goes to bed in our portacot around her usual bedtime - either seems to work well for us. So your evening mightn't be a total write-off, but I hear ya on the idea of needing a night out with DH... maybe pick a night when you can get someone to babysit soon and have a date? ------------- Andie |
Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 9:16pm
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well tonight went quite well we did try and settle her in the portacot around her normal bedtime but they didnt work she just screamed so got her up and she was quite happy..managed to play a game of buzz.
only just got home about 15 minutes ago as she was starting to get quite cranky and sounds like she has settled. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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