Christmas

What’s everyone getting as their main gift this Christmas?

I’ve already got a few little wooden food bits from Aldi. But thinking a kitchen is too young?

Maybe a little bike.

Let me know pleeeeease

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I havent actually bought my liytle girl anything yet because everything i mention another family member gets her it 🤣🤦‍♀️ (not complaining, were very lucky and it saves us the money) but she has gotten

- an easel, that has a chalk board, whitr board and paper roll on it.
- scooter, has a seat and grows with her
- toddler tower
- baby doll and pram set
- play cash machine
- books
- new clothes.

Id love a play kitchen and she loves it at nursery but we simply dont have the space

Something from the Playmobil 123 range. My kids love it!

Weve not started Christmas shopping yet. We have 2 birthdays first but definitely want to get started. As above family have made a start and so far has
- an aqua mat
- play tent
- toddler tower
- clothes
Im due baby no. 2 right on top of Christmas so trying to work out what toys will keep her entertained while I have to faff with baby. I want to get her her own cleaning set as she loves to steal the broom and dust pan to sweet everywhere

I actually got a little wooden cleaning set from Aldi. It’s really cute.

I might have to have a look. She is obsessed with helping me clean but the broom we have is like 10× the size of her

we got a little broom from Home bargains.

Happyland sets/fisher price farm, climbing frame, kitchen. Family got her a tonie box and tonies between them

I'm getting my son a foot to the floor car with the handle at the back

Play kitchen second hand from us, toddler tower from grandparents
Others are getting
Play food & pans
Stickers
Stickle bricks
Wooden puzzles
Books
Clothes

Dolls house as main.

We have a kitchen from my eldest, and she loves it. So it would be a great present and they enjoy it for a long time. Lidl have them at the mo.

gonna hit up Lidl tomo and see if they have any left

We’ve already bought a Play kitchen & toddler tower

& on the list is:
Books (she’s obsessed)
Baby doll
Bean bag
Wooden food for the kitchen
Aqua Mat

Just brought the play kitchen from lidl - most realistic one I've seen as it has lights, sounds and a steam effect saucepan 🙌🏻 will get play food and accessories, also looking at a toddler tower and cars with play screwdrivers set 😊 play kitchen was a must as our son keeps taking our pots and pans to cook 🤣

Yes thats the one incognito! 🤗🙌🏻

oh I didn’t see anything about it having lights and sounds etc.

On the front picture, the one with the 2 children, there's a little thing on there about it...I'll send pics 😊

yes please.
Oh was I looking am at the box from the wrong side? Or is that one with the two children a different one altogether?

The one with the children is the other side of the box lovely 🤗 the girl on her own is the back of the box

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Diamonds

So I saw a post on another platform where someone was wondering why anyone would buy natural diamonds anymore since they have lab dimonds now and I commented

"I told my husband I want dinosaur poop diamonds not dog poop dimonds. lab dimonds could be made from anything natural dimonds are made from life on our planet billions of years ago and that to me makes them beautiful.
but there are businesses where you can send ashes of your loved ones and they will make you dimonds out of there ashes so I will be doing that with my 1st dog when he passes. my husband and I have also already decided that when we die he is going to be turned into dimonds and made into bracelets and im going to be turned into necklaces for our children. so they can always hold us close to them rather than just sitting in a jar or in the ground. might as well speed up the process. 😋
In my opinion the dimonds that you are able to choose what they are made out of are more special and valuable rather than dimonds that are most likely made of trash or rotting food."

What are your thoughts and preferences?

Quick question to corporate “working from office” moms?

Since when is it okay to request work from home at workplace? I’m currently entering 20 weeks and planning on requesting work from home. I know people usually start work from home from the 7th month but I’m planning on requesting since 5th month. Is that okay and acceptable in the corporate world?

Vitamin D

Are you all giving vitamin D for EBF babies? My little boy is 2 months old and only now I started giving it to him but I feel guilty as I was told to start at 1 month

A gift for my son 4 years in the making, 14 years to go

I started this avocado tree from a seed the week my oldest was due with the idea of gifting it to him as a birthday gift for his 18th birthday. So when he’s old enough to move out he has a mature tree that hopefully can fruit.

I’ve had it in a bottle with water and fish tank water as fertilizer from the beginning and it’s still growing new length, branches, and leaves every year.

I cannot wait to give it to him when he’s older but I’m so attached to it I’ll be sad to see it go 😂

Macroni and sausage

Jollof macaroni from nma’sKitchen

Friendships after having a baby…

I only have a few friends who have known me a few years before i became a mum and i feel like they will never understand me until they become mums. They have their own lives where they have fun, spend time with friends, go dinners, museums etc and i’m never considering or included in any of these. They will come visit us and they’ll barely make conversations with me anymore. I feel like im completely invisible as a person and im now only seen as my baby’s mum. Which of course i am and i love it that im her mum but theres also a person behind that title that is being forgotten and i dont know how to feel about it.

My closest friend has been ignoring me, replying late to my messages and its just bringing up so much resentment. She is a busy person but im also a person who has feelings and again i feel like im not being thought of.

Can anyone offer any advice or tell me about your similar experiences and what happened to your friendships in the end? I really dont want to lose my friends as i always hold them dear and near to my heart but it’s upsetting me more and more over time…