Baby boy names - share yours!

Sorry - completely gatecrashing!

My ds is Nathanael and i love it! Also, really like Anderson and Arthur

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Is it just me being a prude? also in BIM.

I dislike the 'crude' slogan t-shirts, but the worst one I saw was on the most beautiful little boy in his buggy, only about 12 months old which said

'everyday i am forced to add another name to the list of people who piss me off'

Nice.............

The only reason the little boy caught my eye was because he was so cute and then I saw the t-shirt and even my children, then 10,11,12 thought it was disgusting.

The homemade slogan vest etc are really funny because they are appropriate in your own home, but I am a real fuddy duddy over what I let my kids wear outside, but thats just me

Having a baby over aged 40, is it ok?

Interesting thread!

I am one of those women who had babies in her twenties (first marriage) and now again in her forties(second marriage).....and I do not think that 40+ is too old to have a baby. Its interesting that most of the comments are about the mum being 40+ and not the dad. My DH is 50 next birthday, so does that make him too old as well???

Becoming a mum again in my 40's IS different to that of being in my 20's, but not for any negative reasons, its brilliant and we just feel totally blessed that we were lucky enough to have created an expression of us both in one person, regardless of our age.

My husband was widowed with three children, aged between 9 and 22 and you just never know what life will bring, so I respect that some opinions are fixed on ' i wouldnt have a child in my 40's' but a life changing situation may just alter that mind set .

Also, rather than cringing at the 'embarrassment' of being an older parent, my DH and I have both been mistaken as the grandparents (not that we look old) but if we have been out with our daugther, (my step daughter) who is 27, everyone assumes that our lo is hers.......but thats just how judgemental society is and we just laugh and it causes more embarrassment for them when we tell them that lo is ours. And then we get the 'oh was lo planned?!" and 'oh, was lo a surpise?!" - that bit i find rude!

If your body and heart are capable of the prospect of a baby in your 40's then I think its a fabulous time to have a baby.

HELP! I think i'm pregnant again! 13 weeks after Birth!

Firslly, I think its Congratulations!

My first two are 13 months apart and its great - its not as hard as it may seem, daunting, yes, but as another post says, you are in baby mode and second and subsequent babies fit in to your routine, not you into theirs! My youngest is 1 tomorrow, but when he was 15 weeks old I was taken into hospital with suspected appendicitus, and it turned out I was approx 6-8 weeks pregnant, but sadly the pregnancy didnt contine, but it does prove you could well be pregnant and you WILL COPE - because thats what is meant for you....

All the very best!

quick, spam me with slightly unusual boys names!!!

Nathanael !! Gorgeous name, my one year old is called that!

Income Tax rebate?

Hi

The 09/10 tax year personal allowance is ??6470, so you should be able to claim any tax back if you earned under this figure, but you wont be able to claim Nat Ins back.

Also, I beleive you will have to have to wait until this tax year ends before reclaiming any tax because the tax office will wait to see if you started working again before 5th April 2010, and your employer has until 31st May to submit your P60 too (it may have gone back to 19th May, not sure), so it may be awhile before they part with your overpaid tax I'm afraid.

Apologies if this sounds a bit official, but I'm pretty sure thats how they would deal with your tax, unless things have changed since I've been on mat leave!

Good luck

Tax Credit Help

This seems quite a common thing now for the Tax Credits Dept. We told them when we got married and lived together that we needed to make a joint claim and they said they would send the paperwork...we had to phone 3 times to keep requesting the joint application, and eventually we wrote to them with all our details, and new baby details. They sent a new award to us for a very small amount, and told us that both our previous single claims were finalised. Now we have received an overpayment notice for ??4k and yet even now when I call them they say I don't owe anything and that because we are receiving tax credits then our previous awards must be closed. But they still want the ??4k back, and have now told us that we didnt tell them of our change of circumstances??!! I now have to prove that they received our letter, so I am asking them to prove that I have received my overpayment letter. They also have said that they have no record of communication from me since 2008, so I now have to go through my itemised phone bills to prove I did call them on numerous occassions. Our view is that this 'proof of receipt of correspondence' works both ways, and because the 2008/2009 award period is now closed at their end, then so it is closed at my end too...they can't have it both ways!!

Hope you all get your claims sorted.....!

sorry, don't know where else to turn

Hi faz

As alot of others have said - it takes two!

My first two are 13 months apart and whilst I have nothing else to compare it to, I didn't find it too hard......who knows, I may have found it harder with a 2/3 year old and a baby! When my third was 15 weeks old i was rushed into hospital with suspected appendicitus only to find out that i was miscarrying an 8 week pregnancy which i didnt even know about which may sound a bit odd, but totally true. However, if the pg had continued we would have coped because we would have had too, and we wouldnt have known our life to be any different.

I am a great beleiver in fate, and if you are blessed with a second baby then thats your fate in life...sorry if thats a bit heavy, but it may make the situation a bit easier to deal with.

I totally understand what a shcok it must be...I was in total denial when i was in hospital with 'appendicitus', and was shaking at the thought of having another baby so soon, was really scared too, but for whatever reason it wasnt meant to be, but your fast growing family may just be what is meant for you, and my older two are just so easy!


Really wishing you lots of luck and love

May be in early labour :)

Hi Nikki

G/C too, but just want to reiterate what monkey chops has said, and truly, all the very best.....

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Baby Modeling?

My LO is signed with an agency in the south and if you go onto moneysavingexpert.com and search for baby models it will guide you to a blog which details another website called something like www.albamodel.com (or something similar) and this will list the top 10 model agencies and the worst 10 in the uk, and those that have been named and shamed.

Hope this helps!

Has anyone tried Natural Fertility Cures?

How would you feel......

I'm new to site so just saying Hi!!

Pregnacare Plus - Bargain!

I've been so excited about Agnus Cactus but...........

Ov question - please help!