Homer Thompson Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Did anyone else get their wife/girlfriend a present after they gave birth? I'm struggling for present ideas! New hoover? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Nah, I'll save that for Christmas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Did anyone else get their wife/girlfriend a present after they gave birth? I'm struggling for present ideas! My husband didn't and I wouldn't have expected one tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggie_Murray7 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Naw. She never bought me anything 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyblair Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Did anyone else get their wife/girlfriend a present after they gave birth? I'm struggling for present ideas! Mine was watching TV and said that the vegetable peeler they were using on Masterchef looked cool. I got her one as a present (albeit birthday not giving birth) and she went mental. After that she gets nothing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Anybody know where i can get an iggle piggle knitting pattern from granny is being commissioned for a christmas present 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 eBay? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Pubking http://lovinghands.freeforums.org/free-iggle-piggle-pattern-knitted-makka-pakka-crochet-t3449.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Cheers i should have explained better i want a mac daddy jesey a bit like the ones you get with reindeer and snowmen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Cuddy Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 (edited) Recently, I've been teaching Charlie to read. He's doing fantastically well, I'm very proud to say. We've been using the Oxford Learning Tree Biff, Chip and Kipper series and he's mastered the stage 3 (ages 4-5, approx) already and we're just moving into stage 4. They have a website with some free ebooks for download, some of them from the series we've been using. They can be found here. The series is apparently used in a lot of schools, so the website tells me, so it's worth a look if you've got kids that are getting ready to start reading. We decided to try with Charlie because he was recognising logos with text in them (Tesco, Asda, Peppa Pig, Ben & Holly and so on) and he knew all the letters of the alphabet and the sound that each one makes. He's taken to it like a duck to water and he reads signs and posters everywhere he goes now. Edit: they're not for download, my mistake. You can read them online with or without narration. Edited September 2, 2012 by Mrs M 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggie_Murray7 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Does anyone have tips on any good interactive books to help develop speech etc.? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Would a Jobcentre or Citizen's Advice Bureau have a TC600 form for claiming tax credits? I see they're unavailable online nowadays and the helpline is an utter joke (hasn't changed since I worked there, it would seem). That's the wee yin's Child Benefit sorted now, so we're just going to pay that into her ISA. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reina Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 From the website Gaz, looks like you have to get the Tax Credits claim pack by calling the helpline... Useful. The threshold is very low to get tax credits though... £26k or something? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reina Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 (edited) Does anyone have tips on any good interactive books to help develop speech etc.? I'm sure you know this already, but the best thing you can do is talk to your child and model 'good' conversation. Sorry don't know about any books. Edit: sorry for multiple posts - I can't seem to get the multiquote option to work on Safari... Edited September 3, 2012 by Reina 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1888bhoy67 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 The Mrs is pregnant with our 6th, due in April, cant wait 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 I'm sure you know this already, but the best thing you can do is talk to your child and model 'good' conversation. Sorry don't know about any books. Edit: sorry for multiple posts - I can't seem to get the multiquote option to work on Safari... One of the best pieces of advice we got, pre pregnancy was not to use baby talk with the kids - like calling a cow a cow, rather than a moo-moo etc Both of ours have always had really good speech for their age, in terms of vocabulary. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 The Mrs is pregnant with our 6th, due in April, cant wait Jesus, you not got a telly or something? Congrats! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Cuddy Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 One of the best pieces of advice we got, pre pregnancy was not to use baby talk with the kids - like calling a cow a cow, rather than a moo-moo etc Both of ours have always had really good speech for their age, in terms of vocabulary. This. Absolutely this. I hate people talking to my kids in this way and I will politely correct it when it happens, for example if I hear 'Ooh, Charlie, it's a doggie', is met with 'yes, Charlie. Look at the dog', with a slight emphasis on dog. Moo-cow, choo-choo, bot-bot, they can all gtf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1888bhoy67 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 (edited) Jesus, you not got a telly or something? Congrats! They are evenly spaced so it's not as hectic as it sounds, i've got boy's of 16 and 7, and girls of nearly 15, 9 and 1, This is the last though, maybe Edited September 3, 2012 by 1888bhoy67 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Cuddy Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Does anyone have tips on any good interactive books to help develop speech etc.? I was watching a show last week with Jo Frost (Supernanny), and they took a large group of kids, gave half of them a book for their parents to read to them and the other half a book with a CD. The kids learnt more words from listening to their parents reading than the CD. Sitting down and reading with them will give them quality time as well as learning more words. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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