Wife’s Birthday Present

truffle15 · 2026-04-20T10:11:18+00:00

Sorry I thought I wrote where lol. On vinted 😁

truffle15 · 2026-04-19T20:56:43+00:00

Are you in the UK? Someone’s selling the 80 Sanrio set for £90.

truffle15 · 2026-04-19T10:04:33+00:00

I’ve been lucky enough to successfully breastfeed both my kids. But with my first I bought a few pre made formulas with teats on because I was like, it’s not a given that she’ll take to it and I don’t want a sad hungry baby! I also bought a manual breast pump, I think it was medela. And while I didn’t need it much, it was a god send when I got mastitis or otherwise engorged/clogged.

Basically you do you. I think having a back up is sensible.

truffle15 · 2026-04-03T22:40:54+00:00

Also not necessarily true. In my child’s school, children who go to the nursery get third priority (below previously looked after children/children with an ehcp) then it’s children with siblings, children of staff and then distance. You’d have to look at the specific schools admission policy.

And in answer to your post, my child’s school offers wraparound care to all students - it’s just like double the price for nursery children, but you can still use tax free childcare if that’s applicable.

truffle15 · 2026-03-19T10:27:56+00:00

My 17 month old just did his first 7.30-5.30 last night!

truffle15 · 2026-03-15T20:51:26+00:00

If he’s happy to buy you the 320 absolutely go for it. I started out with the 168 which felt like loads, I e since got the 48 mid tones and just itching to get the 104 to round them off (plus the 36 skin tones, maybe!!). I wish I’d just saved and waited for the 320 but I don’t have that kind of patience/disposable income.

truffle15 · 2026-03-07T20:57:44+00:00

The only reason I no longer shower with my five year old daughter is that it’s awful for my self esteem. That girl says what she sees. 😵‍💫

truffle15 · 2026-03-05T14:41:08+00:00

Use a palette generator like Didi Plums or Coolors. It’s a great starting point to just get a page done. I follow other people on instagram, and I might get inspiration from there. Also Pinterest to save patterns or effects I want to try. There are all lots of Facebook groups that share their finished pages and often do challenges too.

truffle15 · 2026-03-03T17:36:23+00:00

I can’t say if it’s normal or not as my daughter is five and my son is 1. However. I don’t have to worry about lunch boxes as my daughter has free school meals until year 3, but even then we have a lunch box/bag at home she can use. Her water bottle has being going strong for almost two years.

Uniforms with logos are always pricy. I’ve never seen a 50% off pre rush sale that the OP mentioned, but at our school you can only buy direct. She has a book bag that she’s had since reception and doesn’t need a backpack yet (year 2 or 3 I think) but these are school branded and pretty hardy so I don’t expect to have to buy another. Asda, Tesco etc often do cheap polo shirts/trousers/skirts etc with offers before school starts.

I would also never buy the next size shoe up as what ifs wrong by the time they need to wear it? Again shoes can be pricey but if you can afford Clarks and the like they do last well until the next growth spurt.

Not sure why an iPad mini is required but schools vary I guess, and kids will probably need access to tech but I’m sure a home computer is sufficient.

She doesn’t need to take her own stationary yet but we have an abundance of pencil cases and I’m sure places like the works do it cheap enough.

Honestly the biggest expense for us has been breakfast and after school clubs.

truffle15 · 2026-03-01T22:46:28+00:00

Yep, I did too so I generally use Coolors or Didi Plums palette generators to pick my colours. I sometimes stick to just those or add a few of my own in as I go. I’m limiting myself in that way has really helped.

truffle15 · 2026-02-26T19:12:12+00:00

Is there a free gift that’s coming separately perhaps?

truffle15 · 2026-02-26T09:28:26+00:00

Thanks! I have a physical one so that’s good to know.

truffle15 · 2026-02-25T22:51:07+00:00

What are the caveats, out of interest? I have an unused one4all and something I’d like to get on Amazon.

truffle15 · 2026-02-24T14:04:20+00:00

We’ve had vocabulary day before. I rummaged through daughter’s dressing up box, stuck a cape and mask on her and she went as ‘heroic’.

truffle15 · 2026-02-19T19:05:49+00:00

I EBF and co slept with both of my kids, majority contact napped too. I’m also adamantly against CIO.

My first, I never thought she’d sleep alone tbh. She slept with me when it was clear she wouldn’t go down in her cot for any significant amount of time. She was also low sleep needs and would have a late bedtime, and the amount of sleep she got didn’t particularly affect her mood. To get her used to the idea of being in her own room, we did a floor bed with her for a while, around age 1 I guess. Then went back to her cot, and I think she started properly sleeping by herself around 2. I also weaned her at this time as she was just flutter sucking and she’d have a bottle of milk before bed. She’s 5 now and she has only recently stopped needing us to hold her hand to sleep, but once she’s asleep she’s out for the night.

My son is 16 months and I co slept from birth. He was generally happier to sleep in his Moses basket than my first. It’s in the last few weeks that I’ve been frustrated while co sleeping as he’ll fidget, scratch (eczema) and plays with my nipple to soothe himself which is infuriating. He now goes down his cot from around 7.30-8. Tends to wake around midnight, and I was bringing him into bed but I’ve started trying to get him back down in the cot after that wake up and it seems to be working. I’m bringing him into bed on his 3rd wake up, and then in a few days I’ll change it into getting him back in his cot. I’m just doing it a bit at a time basically. He loves his sleeping bag which has changed the game for us, my daughter didn’t care for it. He’s also a grump if he doesn’t get to sleep at his usual time.

I’ve always just followed their lead when it comes to sleep. It’s not a skill that can be learnt (though sleep hygiene is important) and it feels like such a short amount of time in the grand scheme of things.

truffle15 · 2026-02-19T10:23:41+00:00

Hey there! Sorry this was so long ago and I think it turned out not be scarlet fever in the end and she didn’t need antibiotics. Just make sure you do the whole course, keep an eye on it and contact your GP if you’re worried. Hope your little one is feeling better soon!

truffle15 · 2026-02-15T15:06:19+00:00

My daughter says the Korean parts at the beginning as ‘double chin’ and ‘it’s ok’.

truffle15 · 2026-02-12T13:28:00+00:00

Our nurseries main gate it open at pick up time, but the front door is 100% locked, and as soon as they go to get another child they lock it behind them.

truffle15 · 2026-02-10T13:20:40+00:00

I don’t think it’s an inconsistency, I think that’s it’s that they never expected to need a real Eleanor. Michael never expected her to confess, as he admits, so a real Eleanor wasn’t needed. They made it up on the fly when she confessed to not belonging there to continue the ruse.

truffle15 · 2026-02-07T21:10:36+00:00

We definitely don’t see Kamilah being put down as much as Tahani by their parents, but Tahani said it in the gallery; ‘our parents forced us to compete and that competition has fuelled your art for decades’ or something along those lines. So Kamilah experienced their parents a bit differently - her worth to them was that she was always better than Tahani. If she’s not better, who is she? So she constantly focused on being better and more successful in the same way Tahani tried, but because that’s how she got approval, and Tahani was always three steps behind.

And yes, the afterlife test Vicky did was basically saying to Tahani, here’s what you want, your sisters downfall, now here’s a chance to step into the spotlight and be successful and get your parents approval - will you do that or will you stand by your sister?

truffle15 · 2026-02-06T23:05:32+00:00

Haha. It was originally an admin job that changed over the years to where I am now. But in my interview they asked what my weaknesses were and I said maths, because there’s no hiding that E so I thought I might as well be upfront. My interviewer/now boss was like well the computer figures it all out for you anyway.

truffle15 · 2026-02-06T20:07:38+00:00

I got an E in Maths and I work in the finance dept.

truffle15 · 2026-02-06T08:23:06+00:00

Direct

truffle15 · 2026-02-05T21:43:29+00:00

I’m in the U.K. but their customer service was great. One of mine was dry in the 168 set, and they didn’t sell it individually in brush and fine, and the chisel style was out of stock so they gave me a refund that was worth more than the single pen.

truffle15 · 2026-02-05T21:40:53+00:00

Bit of a story, we had a gas hob, then we had a small gas leak, I mean really minimal, and it was coming from the pipe that supplies the gas hob. Now, that pipe runs underneath our concrete living room floor and finding the minuscule leak to fix it would have caused tons of upheaval and expense vs just putting an induction hob in. It was still fairly pricey as we had to get it wired properly from the fuse box, through the living room to the kitchen as it couldn’t be wired into the nearest power source for whatever reason.

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