MSE Parent Club - Part 2

cazscoob

mines have had them from an early age, usually sitting in the field having a great time covered head to toe in strawberries! if your worried ty a small one but i dont see any problem with them. however my older 2 are 7 and 8 and have only just been allowed peanut butter!

Krystaltips

If there's a family history of allergies then it's recommended to save strawberries and kiwi fruit until they're over 5... If not then little bits here and there won't hurt... If you only give one new food at a time then it will be easy to tell if there is a reaction to it...

Js_Other_Half

DS had strawberry and apple puree soon after his first birthday - a whole pot of it as DH was giving it to him! Anyway, his face went grey, with red eyes, (so not a good look!)he was very very whingy and was surgically attached to me for hours. He had two clay coloured poos, and after that he seemed much happier.

I haven't given him strawberries since.

SusanC_2

Apparently it's a myth that strawberry is a very common allergy (don't know whether it's true but if you google "strawberry allergy myth" you'll get loads of results). I think Alice first had strawberries around 13 months but that's just because that's when they came in season - we weren't particularly avoiding them. We did consult our doctor about nuts because of OH being allergic to peanuts and he told us that there was no need to do anything other than the standard advice.

Sami_Bee

SusanC wrote: »

Apparently it's a myth that strawberry is a very common allergy (don't know whether it's true but if you google "strawberry allergy myth" you'll get loads of results). I think Alice first had strawberries around 13 months but that's just because that's when they came in season - we weren't particularly avoiding them. We did consult our doctor about nuts because of OH being allergic to peanuts and he told us that there was no need to do anything other than the standard advice.

Have to admit I know alot of people with allergies to all sorts but non to strawbs
I would be very careful if there is nut allergy in family as I know someone who is allergic to nuts and his wife gave their baby a tiny bit of peanut butter (pretty much just touched her lip with it) and it came up bright red instantly, she pooped herself a bit and ran over to the GP that was very close and the GP called an abmulance :eek:
...and to think I shoved a blob of PB on a rice cake for Chris without even thinking about it! good job he was fine!

nadnad

if i eat too many strawberries i get a bit of a rash, but you know i never really thought anything of it and Oz has been have that Ellas Organic strawberry puree for months now with no problem - isnt it strange that i've given him that without a thought but have looked at strawberries in the supermarket nearly every week and resisted buying them in case he gets a rash like me duh :rolleyes:

anyway CG i'd do like everyones said try him on some and if he doesnt get any other "new" food at the same time it'll be easy to know if he's allergic/ or has a sensitivity.

Curious_George_2

Thanks girls!
i never give him 2 or 3 new things at once, always one at a time so we know,
he only had one slice, chewed it and spat it out..."blah!" but im sure thats enough to get a reaction if theres going to be one...
he might of just had a sour strawb and might like a sweeter one, but at least i wont have to worry that time round,
we cant trace family history beyond either of our parents so the whole family history of allergies thing is a mystery to me (actually.... i have traced my family back as far as as the early 1800s but one of the first gaps is my real grandfather) i was wary of giving DD peanut butter or anything nutty until a few years ago (shes nearly 9) i was stressing over giving her a nut butter sandwich when she let slip that daddy gives her crunchy nut cornflakes and thought nothing of it! :rotfl: :rolleyes: :rotfl:

two new words today, "baby" which is SO cute and "fish", OH took up fishing recently and so now DS says FIIIIIIISH and throws his arm forward like a fishing rod with a huge grin on his face

Becles

Sami_Bee wrote: »

PS I've forgotten who it was who thought their DS had dyslexia and or dyspraxia but my mum said you can do a simple test for dyspraxia at home.
If you have flash cards with just 'little' letters on and seperate picture ones. layout the picture ones in alphabetical order in a big arch on the floor then ask them to put the letters underneath the pictures. If they have dyspraxia they will struggle and probably make mistakes :cool:

That was me! I'll have a look out for a sort of game we had with pictures and letters that fitted together like jigsaw pieces. I think it might be up the loft.

Things not going well with James. He's still struggling badly at school and he's very withdrawn and really unhappy and angry all the time. Been into parents night this evening, and got the usual it's all his fault and my fault :rolleyes:

Been to the GP this evening who said he's seems quite down. He's referring him to a local children's mental health team and we'll see what they say. He said to also push with school for a dyslexia test and to ask for a consultation with the educational psychologist.

Lu_T

cazscoob wrote: »

he is up for a nap but the past few days he hasnt been as keen to go to sleep? he isnt crying but hes not sleeping either??

Caz - Imogen regularly does that. I tend to enforce quiet time in her room where she has only books a few soft toys - more for my sanity than anything else!

If she's really cross and yelling at the baby gate then I try to put her back in bed a few times before I bring her down. I think it's just as good for them to have some quiet time like that. Well, maybe not just as good, but nearly.

nadnad

i have decided i am going to try and wean Oz off my boobs!! I'm looking for a new job and whilst I would prefer part time there are some jobs i'm interested in that keep popping up that are full time and so if he goes to a childminder I need him to be weaned. He only feeds twice a day (during the day) from me - the rest is early morning, before bedtime and during the night (still!), so I havent decided yet whether I should stop altogether or just the day ones. The problem with one of them is I feed him about 9 or 9.30am before he goes for his nap and I'm not sure how to stop that one.

I will probably keep the others because i dont have a problem with it (yet!). So any advice ladies would be very welcome. I'll probably be a chicken and feed him til he's 4 or something ridiculous, I just can't seem to say no, especially when he pulls at my top and looks at me all big pleading eyes lol.