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Wobbles · Jan 8th, 2007, 15:52 PM

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Originally Posted by sophie

What is working tax credits

I get it Sophie - Theres a sticky in the Home Life, Relationships & Finance section!

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sophie · Jan 8th, 2007, 15:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Wobbles

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Originally Posted by sophie

What is working tax credits

I get it Sophie - Theres a sticky in the Home Life, Relationships & Finance section!

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thanks chick ill have a look now!
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Alfiesmummy · Jan 8th, 2007, 22:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Kina

1. Make you're own food. A carrot costs about 8p.
2. Use reusable wipes, spending nearly £7 a week on wetwipes is so much money!
3. Reusable nappies save shedloads of cash in the long run, particularly if you plan on having more children.
4. Sorry, some people might not like this, but only 2% of women can't breastfeed for genuine health reasons. Breastfeeding is free and the healthiest thing you can do for your baby. If you don't want to breastfeed and you're in a situation where you're not going to be able to afford to adequately feed your child with formula, should you really be having kids?

Apologies in advance if I've offended anyone, I just get fed up of hearing people whinge on about how they can't afford this and that, the government should be giving them more cash, when really they could be helping themselves and their families by pulling their finger out their asses and doing something about their situation instead of expecting other people to for them.

Kina if this is aimed at me id just like to say no offense taken but I cannot go out to work my OH works away full time and often isnt back for the weekend, fair enough breast milk is free good stuff etc, all well and good if id produced any, yes I will agree with making own food and as of today this morning i started making my own food for Alfie, I wont use terry nappoies personal choice the same as i wont use re-useable wipes. My choice yes and not once have i said i cant afford my rant as id explained earlier is that the government pays us that and i hardly see my OH etc and he works hard and we get by we do fine, yet a friend of mine whose worked for 3 months in her entire life gets more than us has no job has no intention of getting one and is basically sitting pretty, yes benefits should go to peopkle who need the help and im not for a second saying i am one of those but at the end of the day why is MY family doing without because OH is paying xxx amount of pounds in taxes so that the likes of my friend can take the piss!

Minxy · Jan 9th, 2007, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Alfiesmummy

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Originally Posted by Kina

1. Make you're own food. A carrot costs about 8p.
2. Use reusable wipes, spending nearly £7 a week on wetwipes is so much money!
3. Reusable nappies save shedloads of cash in the long run, particularly if you plan on having more children.
4. Sorry, some people might not like this, but only 2% of women can't breastfeed for genuine health reasons. Breastfeeding is free and the healthiest thing you can do for your baby. If you don't want to breastfeed and you're in a situation where you're not going to be able to afford to adequately feed your child with formula, should you really be having kids?

Apologies in advance if I've offended anyone, I just get fed up of hearing people whinge on about how they can't afford this and that, the government should be giving them more cash, when really they could be helping themselves and their families by pulling their finger out their asses and doing something about their situation instead of expecting other people to for them.

Kina if this is aimed at me id just like to say no offense taken but I cannot go out to work my OH works away full time and often isnt back for the weekend, fair enough breast milk is free good stuff etc, all well and good if id produced any, yes I will agree with making own food and as of today this morning i started making my own food for Alfie, I wont use terry nappoies personal choice the same as i wont use re-useable wipes. My choice yes and not once have i said i cant afford my rant as id explained earlier is that the government pays us that and i hardly see my OH etc and he works hard and we get by we do fine, yet a friend of mine whose worked for 3 months in her entire life gets more than us has no job has no intention of getting one and is basically sitting pretty, yes benefits should go to peopkle who need the help and im not for a second saying i am one of those but at the end of the day why is MY family doing without because OH is paying xxx amount of pounds in taxes so that the likes of my friend can take the piss!

WHY did you think this was aimed at YOU

I'm sure Kina was just talking generally (and making some good points!)

weestar21 · Jan 9th, 2007, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Alfiesmummy

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Originally Posted by Kina

1. Make you're own food. A carrot costs about 8p.
2. Use reusable wipes, spending nearly £7 a week on wetwipes is so much money!
3. Reusable nappies save shedloads of cash in the long run, particularly if you plan on having more children.
4. Sorry, some people might not like this, but only 2% of women can't breastfeed for genuine health reasons. Breastfeeding is free and the healthiest thing you can do for your baby. If you don't want to breastfeed and you're in a situation where you're not going to be able to afford to adequately feed your child with formula, should you really be having kids?

Apologies in advance if I've offended anyone, I just get fed up of hearing people whinge on about how they can't afford this and that, the government should be giving them more cash, when really they could be helping themselves and their families by pulling their finger out their asses and doing something about their situation instead of expecting other people to for them.

Kina if this is aimed at me id just like to say no offense taken but I cannot go out to work my OH works away full time and often isnt back for the weekend, fair enough breast milk is free good stuff etc, all well and good if id produced any, yes I will agree with making own food and as of today this morning i started making my own food for Alfie, I wont use terry nappoies personal choice the same as i wont use re-useable wipes. My choice yes and not once have i said i cant afford my rant as id explained earlier is that the government pays us that and i hardly see my OH etc and he works hard and we get by we do fine, yet a friend of mine whose worked for 3 months in her entire life gets more than us has no job has no intention of getting one and is basically sitting pretty, yes benefits should go to peopkle who need the help and im not for a second saying i am one of those but at the end of the day why is MY family doing without because OH is paying xxx amount of pounds in taxes so that the likes of my friend can take the piss!

steffi i think that post from kina was more aimed at me as i was the one who said i had to take colby from formula to cows milk, anyways i dont care how much of a bad mother anyone thinks i am but i do know that both my kids are healthy happy and very much loved

Kina · Jan 9th, 2007, 11:47 AM

It wasn't aimed at anyone in particular and it wasn't a personal attack. My point was that disposable nappies, formula, disposable wipes and jarred baby food are all expensive options and there are ways of cutting down on costs. You don't have to use terry nappies, cloth nappies have come on in leaps and bounds since those days. There is no soaking and no hassle (well in my opinion). If I had both my babies (when the new one is here) in disposables and used disposable wipes I'd be spending about £100 a month, for £300 I can have them both completely kitted out with nappies and wipes. That £100 I'm saving then goes towards clothes and food etc.

Weestar I don't think you're a bad mother, but like Dionne, I don't fully understand that if you had benefits coming in why you couldn't stretch to a tin of formula a week for your baby. I'm sure your children are loved, like all of us on here love our children. As you'd discussed with your HV that you were taking her off of formula I would have hoped as a responsible HV they would have looked into helping you get what your baby nutritionally needed, rather than advising what they did. But as we all know not all HVs are responsible with the advice that they dish out!!

Minxy · Jan 9th, 2007, 12:00 PM

double post sorry

Minxy · Jan 9th, 2007, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Minxy

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Originally Posted by Alfiesmummy

I wont use terry nappoies personal choice the same as i wont use re-useable wipes.

Just noticed this. I completely agree that everyone has individual idea when it comes to child raising but then we can't complain when the government handouts don't match our 'personal choice'. My personal choice would be to dress Stanley in 'Daisy and Tom' clothes but £17 a week doesn't stretch that far either!

Congrats on the home-made food BTW. How's it going? Stanley loves carrots but that's about it. Still, at least they're cheap

Dionne · Jan 9th, 2007, 12:02 PM

god it is costing me a bomb then using the pampers and baby wipes.

i wish i knew all this before Having Dior

it costs me £11 a box of nappies and i get 2 boxes = £22 and that lasts 10days 2 baby wipes = £2

one thing i have completely changed though is i now make all my food. i gave it a go the once and Harley loved it

Harley like veg he usually spits the tinned dinners out but loved it fresh. so i have never looked back.

the way i feed him now is if i wouldnt eat it i dont expect him too. i hate the tins but love fresh veg.

and its costing me about £2 a week now to feed him

Minxy · Jan 9th, 2007, 12:06 PM

Dionne, I'm going to try growing my own this year. If I get over crops you can have them for free!!!

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