MSE Parent Club - Part 2

Becles

I've not took car seats abroad. In taxi's they've just had to sit on knees, but when we hired a car I checked the seats over well before we used them.

I've not took cots either, and just used the hotel supplied ones. In Spain with the boys, we've always had proper cots, but they tend to leave a baby pillow, so I just took that out and put it to one side. In Turkey we had a travel cot.

Do check the cots over on arrival as the first one in Turkey was broken and collapsed if you put weight on the side. As Charlotte was at the pulling herself up stage, I felt it was dangerous but they were happy to swop it for another one and apologised as they didn't realise it was broken.

emilyx78

hello everyone my son 10 has EDS ehlers danlos syndrome, bit of a long shot but I was hoping someone might know / have a child/partner/mother/father... with it. just looking for advice and someone to talk too really

Emily

Sami_Bee

emilyx78 wrote: »

hello everyone my son 10 has EDS ehlers danlos syndrome, bit of a long shot but I was hoping someone might know / have a child/partner/mother/father... with it. just looking for advice and someone to talk too really

Emily

Wow, I've never heard of that before but reading the symptoms my hubby and his dads side of the family have loads of them! no doctor has ever suggested their mega flexibility could be a sign of anything else being wrong!
FIL has those bumps under the skin as well as flexing
BIL had to have surgery a few yrs ago to stabalise his shoulder coz it was always popping out.
Think I'll keep this a secret as MIL and my hubby are the biggest hypochondriac's you'll ever meet!

Agutka

Hi Emilyx78, I've never heard of it, but if you want to talk about anything else...
If you google it there seems to be a support group out there with a messageboard to chat with others in your situation. You have to log in, but it seems pretty busy.
All the best!

nadnad

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

:rotfl: Never heard it called a Sunday name! I've always thought of it as the Naughty Name - ie they KNOW they're in trouble if I call for FirstName SecondName Surname!

i've never heard of a sunday name either! though i have started to use Oz's now and then (i know already and he's only 7 months!)

Mazcabs

Morning all

Well I dont know whether it was the veggie curry LO had at nursery on Friday, his back teeth that are coming through or the MMR jab he had last week but he has a really bad red bottom. Have reverted to cotton wool and water to clean it as wipes are stinging, caking him in Sudacrem as well... dont know what else to do... all suggestions welcome.

nadnad

bepenthan is good, Oz had very red bum once and that cleared it up really quickly. other than that could you let the air get to it as much as possible? although with a 1 year old running about i'm sure thats difficult.

Sami_Bee

Mazcabs wrote: »

Morning all

Well I dont know whether it was the veggie curry LO had at nursery on Friday, his back teeth that are coming through or the MMR jab he had last week but he has a really bad red bottom. Have reverted to cotton wool and water to clean it as wipes are stinging, caking him in Sudacrem as well... dont know what else to do... all suggestions welcome.

What nappies do you use? I found that Chris gets nappy rash really easily in pampers active fit and the tesco version of them.
When he's teething his botty gets more sensitive and I only use pampers super dry, he has a bath every day (usually every other) and I always use sudacrem at every change anyway.

If it is teething you'll prob find that it won't clear up completely until the teething has calmed

If wipes are stinging, I stand Chris in the bath with no water and wash his botty with the shower which is nice n gentle and makes him giggle coz it tickles

keelykat

does anyone know the average ages that babies tend to have growth spurts?

daphne_descends

Hi Keely - if my maths is right then Elliot is about 17 weeks? Which is a classic time for a growth spurt and the reason many people choose to wean early. I waited until 6 months to wean and sure enough the growth spurt did end! Very tiring though, lots of waking and wanting more milk... but it's just a phase!