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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

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    • Sir_Cuffs-a-LotS
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      I’ve been reading to Nikki’s belly at night, bedtime stories to get Mushie (what we’ve named our unborn) familiar with my voice. I’m new to parenting, so I’m not sure if it’s too early to be introducing baby to technology, but I got them their first mobile phone….

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      • MattM
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        Ahh… I remember those golden days of parenting. When there was no actual child around to ruin it. Enjoy!

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        • Sir_Cuffs-a-LotS
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          @Matt booooo!!!

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          • MattM
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            Ha.

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            • AdamCA
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              My first experience of a really bad sickness bug in the little one this week. A Norovirus type bug going around Portsmouth and I think between baby and mum we have had near near 50 vomits in the last couple of days. 4am wake up to bath the little one today was not how I envisaged starting my day 😆 both have kept some toast down this morning so hopefully on the mend :hand_with_index_and_middle_fingers_crossed: I feel like with nursery etc this is just the beginning but big respect to those with multiple kids dealing with these bugs, it takes some serious mettle!

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              • goosehdG
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                @AdamC I never understood what tired truly was until I had kids.

                Best to the family and hope for a speedy mend for all!

                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                • AdamCA
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                  @goosehd Thank you man, nana came round to save the day and do the looking after today. Kids are so resilient, one minute i'm dodging sick and the next I am playing hide and seek

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                  • scarfmaceS
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                    @EdH should have used Q for quetzalcoatl

                    "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

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                    • scarfmaceS
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                      @AdamC I love how people go and say; I've never been sick a day in my life. My sole response is: "wait untill you have kids". 😃
                      On the sunny side: I'm now immune to just about everything

                      "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

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                      • AdamCA
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                        @scarfmace haha so true, I have had more illnesses this last year than the last 10

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                        • EdHE
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                          I feel you @AdamC. Baby H started at nursery this week and is well so far. On balance, I'd rather she caught everything now and was able to attend school. My cousin didn't do nursery with hers, and the kiddo missed most of their first term of real school as they were the kid who'd catch every single bug going around.

                          Take the dive...

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                          • AdamCA
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                            @EdH Very true and yes you certainly have it all to look forward to, something I have learnt - if they catch hand foot and mouth, bring out the hazmat suit - she was a bit poorly with it but f*ck me it hit me for 6 and then some

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                            • EdHE
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                              @AdamC Yeah, I feel your pain. I had a bad bug in November and spent 28 hours either in bed or in the loo, while I was supposed to be on holiday no less. I can't blame the bab for that one though, seems like Mrs H and I caught that on the plane and, thankfully, Baby H avoided it entirely.

                              Take the dive...

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                              • SKTS
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                                I feel for you guys with the bugs and illnesses cause we’ve been there and back. For something a little different but equally painful, try to imagine arguing daily with a 12 year old (who cannot admit they are wrong and have an undeveloped prefrontal cortex) about Minecraft, colonizing Mars, nutrition, screen time, sleep habits, chores, grades, fighting with your sister…the list is infinite and varied. This is the stuff that slowly drives a parent mad. Anyway, kids are cute and great!

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                                • goosehdG
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                                  @SKT …ah the preteen who has all of life already figured out 🙂

                                  My oldest turns 13 next week…

                                  "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                  • goosehdG
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                                    …sometimes I believe that alcohol was invented by parents of teens 🤣

                                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                    • SKTS
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                                      @goosehd ha! Gotta be true

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                                      • WhiskeySandwichW
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                                        @goosehd "no cap"

                                        "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                                        -Seneca

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                                        • MattM
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                                          Cleaning up vomit is one thing. Cleaning it up out of a dead sleep at 3 am is something else.

                                          Also, it’s a process, get the kid out of bed, into the tub, take the pj’s off without smearing puke on their face, change the sheets, put everything in the wash, Lysol the shit out of every surface between the bed and the bathroom. Then they just throw up again 30 mins later.

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                                          • ARNCA
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                                            Not a parent, but there must be some way of rigging a harness to suspend the child above the tub (oriented to suit the prevailing direction of flow) until all noxious fluids have been released.

                                            “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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