[Andorion]

Mentalist, on 26 June 2017 - 03:39 PM, said:

Andorion, on 26 June 2017 - 03:10 PM, said:

Mentalist, on 26 June 2017 - 02:20 PM, said:

Gratz, Mess! All the best in this new chapter of your lives.

My horrendous knee scrape is finally all healed. Meaning after a 2 week hiatus, I can hit the pool again tonight. Hopefully, this will prove beneficial to my sprained wrist, which is refusing to improve (ofc, not like me picking up and lugging around 50lb bags of joining sand is helping with that, )

Also, the liquor stores did not go on strike! Next 2 weekends are shaping up to be epic.

Just a thought Ment, but maybe you shouldn't do that?

Not much choice. My dad was re-doing the patio, and I had to go pick up more material with my mom. Couldn't refuse to do that without letting her know smth was wrong. I've gone past the reasonable time frame of letting her know about this (it's gonna be 2 weeks since the injury tomorrow), so now I gotta keep hiding it.

On thew bright side, it was only 2 bags this time. Last weekend I had to carry the stones from our driveway to the back-yard. That was much more strenuous.

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Oh! What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!

- Sir Walter Scott

Take care,

[Mentalist]

Indeed.

[Mezla PigDog]

Messremb, on 26 June 2017 - 10:27 AM, said:

We're 14 weeks in on twins.



Twins.

Ho. Ly. Fuck!

Congrats. It's great. And awful. But they're adorable enough to make up for the awful bits. Mine said his first unprompted word today. Bubble

[Slow Ben]

Jeeeeeeezus Mess. Thats awesome and i sympathize all rolled into one big happy, cute, screaming double at 3am package.

[Messremb]

Thanks all


Looks like we're going to be using the conservatory doors to get in and out the house now as there's no way a double pram will fit through the front door, practicalities are becoming daunting!

Mez, did you do any of the baby sign language stuff? Some friends of ours have and their daughter can tell them she wants a drink etc and she's a long way off speaking. Of course her grandparents don't believe it is a thing so causes some distress when she's quite clearly signing milk at them... It's something we're going to get into I think. Bubbles as a first unprompted word? Got some class there asking for a magnum!


As Nom pointed out I suppose it's only right that a Soletaken breeds D'ivers... (although they're almost certainly fraternal unless it was a *very* early split)

[QuickTidal]

Messremb, on 27 June 2017 - 05:38 PM, said:

Thanks all


Looks like we're going to be using the conservatory doors to get in and out the house now as there's no way a double pram will fit through the front door, practicalities are becoming daunting!

Mez, did you do any of the baby sign language stuff? Some friends of ours have and their daughter can tell them she wants a drink etc and she's a long way off speaking. Of course her grandparents don't believe it is a thing so causes some distress when she's quite clearly signing milk at them... It's something we're going to get into I think.

My sis-in-law has infant twins, and they have a single file double stroller (instead of the typical side-by side), and it fits through most doorways...just longer. It makes life SO much easier than the double wide ones do. I HIGHLY recommend you get one of those if you can.

Also, we do sign language with our little one, and she's...kind of getting it. We do the sign for "all done" when she's eating, and she kind of does a dual dance hand motion...we know she means she's done, but how she didn't get the actual sign from us doing it all the time is baffling. We haven't gotten her onto "more" or "hungry" yet, but the signs are al pretty easy to convey.


And my 3-year old niece (older sister to the aforementioned twins) picked up the signing QUICK and was easily able to tell you if she was done, wanted more, ect. by like month 9 or 10. So it TOTALLY works, but depends on the child I think.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 27 June 2017 - 07:09 PM

[worry]

My friend's daughter was getting her shots and did the sign for "all done" -- in the sense of like "please stop" -- and it's the most sad/adorable combo story.

[Mezla PigDog]

We haven't done sign language. I asked friends and a couple swear by it but the rest said it was a waste of time if you can't be consistent. I couldn't consistently keep my shit together never mind learn bloody sign language!

Double strollers - I second single file ones. My neighbour was saying she couldn't go a certain way into our town as the path was too narrow in some places. You don't notice these things!

[Messremb]

We've done most of the streets in the village with a view to buggy travel and most are rough going even on a single width one. There's a few local shops that are pretty much no-go with a single too (I'm becoming a firm advocate of parents having every right to fit a cattle grill with spikes to pushchairs, lining up and taking up full ramming speed in order to progress down shop aisles.) Plus we'd ideally get one that'll last them years and years so no need for another in the future so it'd need to be sturdy.

Given that, having them in-line we'd thought that one having a view of the butt-end of the other carrier was a little boring not to mention we'd need to rotate them between the two mounting points. With a twin-carrier at least we could have them both face us/face the world depending on what stage they're at. We've had our eye caught by the Bugaboo Donkey Twin (who names these things?) but we keep getting to the price tag and wincing. I say it's an investment, I've yet to fully convince Mrs Messremb. That one closes down to a single width too so we could do one on board and the other in a harness and swap to a double depending on what is going on.

I also need to get trying on baby harnesses with some sort of doll, I totally want a chest-mounted baby (with some sort of shielding to prevent them kicking you in the nethers...) gurgling at me to go out with.

One of the people I was at school with has just had twins and Mrs M's best mate from uni has too so once we go facebook-public we'll be making lots of enquiries, not to mention joining all the local TAMBA groups that we can't yet as it'll show up in non-family peoples feeds... just need to get a post written as fb'll be the final letting people know. There may be 11½ and 12 week scans to accompany it (weren't quite old enough the first time) and if it goes much longer the 16 and 20 week ones! Did I mention we get scans every 4 weeks, then every 2? Also not had to pay for a single image so far.

@QT yeah the mates kid we saw doing it is 10 months or so and is most impressive asking for milk, drinking said milk then napping. If they can do that sort of thing then you're not guessing if it's milk/nappy/sleep/whatever else that they want which must make it SO much easier.

Does anyone use reusable nappies? Babaandboo is the only one I looked at so far (because the mum of the signer liked it) and it's something we'd really like to use.

[QuickTidal]

The Bugaboo's are cool, but the price seems to be up there...even for a double stroller likethat...

I'll throw out a recco:

We went with a Phil & Teds Sport Stroller. The prices are a little up there as well (though seemingly not as much as the Bugaboos), but as an investment they are durable as hell (the wheels are like dirt bike wheels!). Everyone else's strollers will look weak and ratty compared to a Phil & Teds. They are endlessly customizable, and I'm fairly sure you can do twins in them with a single file customization, but check the site to be sure.

We paid $700 Canadian for ours, and at first I almost choked at the price (before finding out that price is Middle of the Range)...but it's been utterly amazing, and it's going to do us well even after we have a second kid. The red "stop" bar is ingenious, and it's a smooth ride for our little one.

Oh, and while I'm at it. Get yourself a Mommy Hook or two. They make holding shopping bags a breeze (oh, and we use them to hold grocery baskets while we shop so you don't have to push and hold the basket). WELL worth having at least one (we have two).

[Vengeance]

Messremb, on 28 June 2017 - 07:37 AM, said:

We've done most of the streets in the village with a view to buggy travel and most are rough going even on a single width one. There's a few local shops that are pretty much no-go with a single too (I'm becoming a firm advocate of parents having every right to fit a cattle grill with spikes to pushchairs, lining up and taking up full ramming speed in order to progress down shop aisles.) Plus we'd ideally get one that'll last them years and years so no need for another in the future so it'd need to be sturdy.

Given that, having them in-line we'd thought that one having a view of the butt-end of the other carrier was a little boring not to mention we'd need to rotate them between the two mounting points. With a twin-carrier at least we could have them both face us/face the world depending on what stage they're at. We've had our eye caught by the Bugaboo Donkey Twin (who names these things?) but we keep getting to the price tag and wincing. I say it's an investment, I've yet to fully convince Mrs Messremb. That one closes down to a single width too so we could do one on board and the other in a harness and swap to a double depending on what is going on.

I also need to get trying on baby harnesses with some sort of doll, I totally want a chest-mounted baby (with some sort of shielding to prevent them kicking you in the nethers...) gurgling at me to go out with.

One of the people I was at school with has just had twins and Mrs M's best mate from uni has too so once we go facebook-public we'll be making lots of enquiries, not to mention joining all the local TAMBA groups that we can't yet as it'll show up in non-family peoples feeds... just need to get a post written as fb'll be the final letting people know. There may be 11½ and 12 week scans to accompany it (weren't quite old enough the first time) and if it goes much longer the 16 and 20 week ones! Did I mention we get scans every 4 weeks, then every 2? Also not had to pay for a single image so far.

@QT yeah the mates kid we saw doing it is 10 months or so and is most impressive asking for milk, drinking said milk then napping. If they can do that sort of thing then you're not guessing if it's milk/nappy/sleep/whatever else that they want which must make it SO much easier.

Does anyone use reusable nappies? Babaandboo is the only one I looked at so far (because the mum of the signer liked it) and it's something we'd really like to use.

We used an Uppa kind of like this one for doubles. http://www.pokkadots...HU54aAvVL8P8HAQ

Only ours was for one at a time. The uppa is very much like the babaandboo I believe. It was pricy but well worth it for the first 15 months. My one reminder is that for the first 3 months at least if you drive you are going to have the kids in a car seat (at least we do here in the states). It greatly helps if you can get a stroller that you can click the car seats into. That way you don't have to bother with taking them out of the car seat. Just unclick and then click into the stroller and go. Most mid to high end strollers have conversion kits for most types of car seats. Another option is to look at refurbished or used strollers. You can usually get a slightly older model (of a top name brand) stroller that will do everything that you need it to with out breaking the bank.

[QuickTidal]

Vengeance, on 28 June 2017 - 02:42 PM, said:

My one reminder is that for the first 3 months at least if you drive you are going to have the kids in a car seat (at least we do here in the states). It greatly helps if you can get a stroller that you can click the car seats into. That way you don't have to bother with taking them out of the car seat. Just unclick and then click into the stroller and go. Most mid to high end strollers have conversion kits for most types of car seats.

^^This 100%.

Also, do the research to figure out which car seat will fit with which stroller, and if you need an adaptor piece, or not. Most of the major car seat brands are designed to click into (or be adapted into) a stroller.

[Mezla PigDog]

Mess - check out your local NCT branch. They have sling libraries where you can go and try out various slings for free before you pick one to buy. I suspect you will get reusable nappy pointers from NCT too. You might have to join NCT for a while but it's not expensive and if you want to do their antenatal classes then it's all good anyway.

Also find your local children's centre's run by the local authority. They might have sling libraries too but depends how much cash your local authority has. Ours in Hertfordshire is rolling in it so we have facilities for everything. My family up north have nothing like it. I follow mine on FB for when they're running various things as they don't have a decent website so you might have to wait until it's public news.

[Macros]

tickets to see ZZ top in July.

hopefully taking my dad, he loves their older stuff, not sure if hes heard their last album, La Futura, but i can't see him not liking it either

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Macros, on 28 June 2017 - 09:57 PM, said:

tickets to see ZZ top in July.

hopefully taking my dad, he loves their older stuff, not sure if hes heard their last album, La Futura, but i can't see him not liking it either

Jealous!

Sorting out a weekend in south Wales with my friend in her camper van for the August bank holiday. We're off to see the red kite feeding station at Ghigrin, doing some fossil hunting, and then staying at Cardigan Bay so we're both going to try surfing for the first time and go watch the dolphins.

Feels really good to be getting out and, well, living, after all the wasted time of the last few years.

[Macros]

They're playing Manchester soon too RT, check ticketmaster

[worry]

The ZZ Top guys love when you yank their beards.

When you say fossil hunting, is this like an organized thing or do you just happen to have a line on where to find fossils?

[Messremb]

My in-laws dog got through to Crufts today. Guess I'd better book some time off of work...

[worry]

Post pics!

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

worry, on 29 June 2017 - 06:11 AM, said:

The ZZ Top guys love when you yank their beards.

When you say fossil hunting, is this like an organized thing or do you just happen to have a line on where to find fossils?

I don't, but my friend via UK Fossils does!

https://ukfossils.co...nfawr-quarries/