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She should have gotten a Tamagotchi.

Well I know someone who was at this so called christening and it was a disaster apparently. Lisa turned up at the church late having been up since 7am getting ready and didn't even think to bring a change bag or spare nappies for the twins so the girls sat in a dirty nappy while they tried to take photos on the altar, when it was all done she fecked back to the Mudders house to gather the things she needed. Probably took a nap herself and forgot to tell her guests that the room in the hotel wasn't booked until half 3 so everyone sat at the bar drinking, then it took almost 3 hours to get the finger food out and it was cold, no sign of the cake either so people started to leave. Apparently the twins left at 6pm and not once were they seen with her. They were left in the buggy thrown in a corner. It's an absolute disgrace, I mean I have 2 kids myself and who leaves the house without a change bag not to mind a spare nappy in the car. I don't know how she ever thought this would be an easy task. She needs to re evaluate her life.

fortycoats said:

I’m a bit torn on this. Tempted to ignore and scroll on. I know it’s none of my business. My genuine opinion is that Lisa’s business will fail without any input from us.

I worked for a highly qualified professional before (medical). He had two parts to his practice. One was the kind of area where you don’t cancel. Pretty serious. If you got this diagnosis, you would want to be treated quickly and would show up to every apt unless v unwell. The other part of the practice was niche. Very specialised. Ppl would be referred. I’d spend ages explaining what was involved in the apt. You could say I have 15 mins free to explain what the apt was for, Cost, benefits etc. In my opinion both sides of the practice were pretty important/worth attending for. I’d often work late or on weekends to clear backlogs for the niche area as there were huge numbers of referrals to this new and v specialised area. We would regularly get 50% DNAs (Did not attend). No phone call. Just ppl not showing up.

I’m not sure I’m even explaining all that properly but my point is, it’s so hard when your pour all your time and effort into something only for ppl to be messing you around or not interested. Lisa hasn’t worked for years. I hate the word but yes, she is lazy. But she’s actually motivated for once to do something. I don’t agree with her business. I don’t think it will work. I think she’s wasted her money and I think she made a poor choice walking away from work. But maybe let’s not be part of the reason she fails. She can do that all by herself. And ultimately, if she hits a major low, it’s the kids who will be most affected.

Sorry in advance if I’m moderating. I just get torn with Lisa in general. I want her to do better for herself and the kids. I kind of root for her. But then she also drives me nuts with her hypocrisy and contradictions and thoughtlessness. The christening dress is something else by the way. Why didn’t the sister do her own date? I would have.

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Have to say I agree with this. I don’t think this will work out but booking fake appointments seems cruel.

shesnotalltherexoxo said:

The stress of it alone would have a person strung out regardless of the germs (if I had options like she does I'd have waited until May/June.... actually.... I'd probably keep them at home because I want to raise my kids myself)

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I know this is aimed at Lisa and in the context that she is not working full time but is anyone else tired of the narrative that working mothers are not raising their kids? Raising kids also means putting a roof over their heads, food on the table and clothes on their backs. Sadly we can’t all get away with living with the parents all our lives and having no bills so some of us have to work. Also, some of us have careers we’ve spent years studying for and working towards and can’t give it up to raise the kids because it would be virtually impossible to comeback to it at the same level 5 years or so down the road, in the private sector anyway in my experience. Also it’s good for children to see their parents working. It’s a fact that children who grew up in a household where their parents worked are statistically more like to work themselves and not end up long term unemployed as adults. It’s hard enough juggling a full time busy job and being a parent and knowing that you are missing out on time with your child without the judgyness of society too. You just can’t win.

I dip in and out of this one and I’m horrified at the topics on this thread. Am I to believe that my husband and I slave away and pay our taxes to fund the likes of her who chose to have 2 children and chose to give up work and be funded by said taxes. Christ almighty. That shit boils me. I’ve 2 small children and pay a fortune in childcare for the few days I work but I’m happy to have that balance and feel that I’m contributing to society. This one is bone idle, she can’t mind herself by the look of her not to mention 2 little girls!
Jesus Christ isn’t it an great country that pays people to just not bother working. And before anyone comes at me about this don’t bother. I’m aware that there are people who can’t work for a number of very good reasons and social welfare is their only means of income. I do not count Lisa among those.
sorry for the rant but I am boiling over this.

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Back to work, having a ‘mare, would rather be flogging jellies & shapewear!

“Don’t come at me about the milkey mates! I’m only a single mom with only two hands”
Listen here,you lazy manky turd! You were sitting there on your phone….HOLDING your fucking phone instead of holding your children! What do you mean “Only two hands?!!”
I have 4 children now and not a sign and never was a sign of a milky mate! Yes,it’s hard,but that’s what you sign up for when you have children! I didn’t even know what a milky mate was until I came across you,you horrible ignorant yoke! Those milky mates are one of the cruelest things I’ve ever seen! By the way,I don’t get help from any “mudder” …no help from anyone and I do have to say to my little ones “I’m sorry baba,I only have two hands,but it’s your turn next” when I’m actually using my hands to feed one and they have to wait for their turn….not holding my phone spewing shite and getting cranky at strangers who are only commenting because they care about your children and hate seeing two beautiful girls thrown in chairs feeding themselves with milky mates instead of their mother feeding them! You are a down right c u next Tuesday!

‘Doesn’t Ireland have a long way to go in accepting different families’

Firstly, the woman was never ‘unaccepting’ of your alternative family because I assume you didn’t tell her they don’t have a dad so that’s not a fair conclusion to come to.

Secondly, she’s elderly. A different generation. Maybe she wouldn’t understand and that’s because she was never exposed to that. In her prime no one got pregnant via sperm donor so yeah she could very well be ignorant about it all. But that doesn’t mean the entire country is. I think you’d find Lisa, most people don’t give a rats.

Thirdly, they all say Dada regardless! Normally the first words. so if the girls say that is Lisa going to be offended that the twins aren’t accepting of different kind of families in Ireland?

She’s a thick. Anything for a bit of drama cause there’s nothing else going on

Fifibabes said:

She'd be claiming one parent family if anything.. She probably already is plus her 2 shifts a week

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Might not be a popular view, but you shouldn't be allowed to claim single parents' allowance if you voluntarily decided to become a single parent through assisted reproduction.

Not sure how true this is, but I heard that part on the today show was just to introduce her to the RTÉ audience, and that next week she is putting the twins on Ultimate Hell Week to try and get them to sleep 18 hours a night. She’s hoping the endurance tasks by day will tire them out

Solo my holo

brandambassador said:

Am I dumb? I thought she already had a cycle and we were through this talk already. In fact I would nearly swear it

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And yes before anyone says it... I have time on my hands

You know what really grinds my gears? How rude she when people stop and make polite small talk about the twins.

I have a baby. I get stopped regularly by people because he is mischievous little thing and engages with people. Mostly older people shopping alone who probably just want to have a little chat with someone. I always take out my headphones and chat back, maybe it’s the only conversation that person will have that day. Maybe the baby reminds them of a baby they had. Or a grandchild.

And you know what it’s always the same question or you’ve your hands full comment but do I care? No because I’m a decent person who will give the time of day to a person who is saying something nice about my child.

Like this just in Lisa people are only being nice twins or not! I can’t stand the idea of some elderly person stopping her and getting such a terrible rude attitude back! It’s just so unnecessary.

Found myself here after seeing Lisa's bizarre and confusing appearance on RTE and have been following the thread since to make sense of it all! Thank you so much for the laughs and for validating my feelings about Lisa's problematic content and mad antics! Besides being disgusted that she would exploit her daughters privacy in this way, propping them up in front of Teetha ads and taking photos of them when they're sick - treating them like some human zoo or freak show - it's actually so disturbing on so many levels considering what we all know now about the weird and wonderful web. For context I have 5 month old twins and a toddler myself and in my sleep deprived state could be a prime candidate for Lisa's (not so gentle) sleep regime! But what secret can she tell me that billions of other mother's and caregivers throughout history and today didn't figure out!! I have found so much comfort in the idea that babies are just supposed to wake at night, it's healthy and simple survival - thank you to all my great great grannies for responding to their babies needs throughout the night and day. It is NOT easy even in this day and age with washing machines and dishwashers! But there are better sleep coaches in this tattle thread with real life experience than Lisa will ever be - people that will tell you the focus should be on adapting and supporting the household - the cleaning, healthy eating, emotional and mental support rather than blaming the baby (and mother) for doing something 'wrong', something they are instinctively programmed to do from the beginning of time - if you have the money, spend it anywhere else - on real professionals - a cleaner, a cook, a babysitter, a night nurse, use your GP, your public health nurse, real professionals! Or do what Lisa does - a live in Mudder! No amount of shushing and clock watching can replace a live in Mudder! Where can I get one of these! - Lisa would probably sell you that too if she could! The likes of Lisa are complete scam artists preying on the very very tired and vulnerable with no medical or relevant qualifications! Just a 10 week course!! Mind boggling! In saying all this, I think Lisa herself has become the biggest victim of this dangerous and unregulated sleep industry - she is so totally wound up (and by the sounds of it maybe guilt ridden after reading that 'I love ye' post) that I can't imagine she's getting much enjoyment from motherhood. Such a shame for all involved. What a mess she's made.

So I did a trial session with Lisa for my sons sleep thought I’d share some tips.

let your whole day obsess about them going to bed by night. Give up your job, your friends & all social outlets.
Wake them up DO NOT LET THEM WAKE
NATURALLY any morning . Bang 2 frying pans together over their head to wake them up gently.
Re-use the frying pans to cook a full Irish for your baby after giving them 2 morning bottles.
Breakfast should be: 3 sausages, 2 bacon, 1 egg, B&W pudding & a few chips.
Let them play by themselves (it’s very important you don’t play with them on the ground, babies are sneaky & will lure you into cleaning their toys etc. that is not your job,)
Let them get so exhausted they crawl to the bedroom in desperate need for sleep. Turn on the white noise machine, if you don’t have one, use your frying pans again here to produce a rattle. Leave them in complete darkness & put on a gentle movie like SCREAM or HALLOWEEN H20 so if they wake up it’ll ease them back to sleep!
No need to change their nappy unless they’re having their fortnightly bath.
Repeat this process for lunch, dinner & night time.
Every wan is different x

Lollyloulou said:

She'll be an expert on that next, "Lisa's little Pi$$ers"

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That almost made me empty my wee wee tank

Rub of the skirting for the smokey eye

‘From wan mudder to anudder’ by Lisa O’Hallaron (ghost written by de mudder) coming to all stores near you.

Inside you’ll find one years worth of pastry recipes, witty snippets from de mudder and so much more!!
A small donation from each book sold will go towards suppling a twin trolley to stores across Ireland

Title thread: 50 shades of pancakes

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