MSE Parent Club - Part 2

cazscoob

before you know it LO will be running around causing havoc lol! charlie is 10 months and although he is not walking he is crawling and cruising around the furniture, mines is all solid wood and TBH he had never hurt himself on that? he has let go a few times and bumped his head but right now this doesnt bother him. he thinks that its a game to clear my coffee table no matter what is on it and rip every piece if paper in his sight. i feel that i live in a war zone at the mo and am forever shouting NNNOOOO!!! oh also caught him going down the 3 stairs to the big livingroom backwards the other day he sat at the bottom and clapped his hands and grinned as if to say look how clever i am!

Becles

nadnad - I wasn't keen on the baby walkers where the baby sits in them. My Mam used to be a Clarks shoe fitter and saw many problems where the child had learned to walk wrongly in the walker. If you think about it, the sling between their legs takes the weight, and some children learn to walk on tippy toes or on the sides of their feet, which leads to foot problems in later life and they go through shoes quicker!

However, I guess it depends on how much you use it. If he's just in it for short bursts and still learns to be independant by pulling himself up on furniture and cruising etc., then he will learn to walk properly.

We had a sort of trolley with a shape sorter on the front for Charlotte and she liked pushing that around. She's also got my dolls pushchair at my Mam's which she loves.

Have you tried looking at books with him? Charlotte has always loved looking at books. You don't even have to say the words in the story - just point things out and say "look at the yellow duck" etc., and you'll find he already knows lots of words by the time he comes round to speaking.

We've got wood floors right through downstairs, and we've never really had any accidents with Charlotte. I used to pop those padders with grips on the feet on her when she was just learning to walk, but often she took them back off again :rolleyes:

Sami_Bee

nadnad wrote: »

yep i've ordered something like this from mothercare for christmas. and also have ordered a big rug, should be here next week, trouble is our living room is 25ft long so he'll prob get off the rug no bother cos he sees other things he wants to get at :rolleyes:

Ah well you did the best you could at least he'll stay on the rug for a while, and rugs are cheaper to replace than carpet - my "beige" carpet is now a lovely shade of grey with redish spots here and there. I supose we were lucky in that we didn't really have any furniture as we were renovating a new house when I fell pg so could plan around baby-proofing and our lounge is the size of a postage stamp!

nadnad

Becles wrote: »

Have you tried looking at books with him? Charlotte has always loved looking at books. You don't even have to say the words in the story - just point things out and say "look at the yellow duck" etc., and you'll find he already knows lots of words by the time he comes round to speaking.

yep i have loads of books for him, I love books, and usually in the late afternoon, early evening we'll sit down for a few books, this does keep him occupied for a little while, until he wants to eat the book and then i have to hide it :rolleyes:

tsstss7

nad have you tried putting out a want on freecycle for suitable toys ...rattles noisemakers etc they don't use them for long so seems a shame to spend lots but I know some kids just need lots of variety!

When Archie was that age my mother used to take him out for long walks which was a godsend...she's since got a new job so not around as much but it really helped at the time as he has trouble relaxing enough to sleep in the day time and EVENTUALLY he would drift off....

I'd second the sling idea if you can do it too, it really helps if you are desperate to get stuff done, I really wish I'd been able to use one (has a cs so my back wasn't up to it ) the best sort are those wrap around ones that hold baby tight to your body as they don't seem so heavy that way...

nadnad

i tried a sling thing a while back but he wasnt having it! he's such a wriggler and wont even sit on your knee for longer than 2 minutes and he's looking off. but i might try it again now see what he thinks.

SusanC_2

nadnad wrote: »

what age did you all move your babies to the second car seat. my LO is in the maxi cosi cabriofix at the minute and i know they're meant to be in them til 9-12 months. i can barely lift him anymore (and he's not that big only about 16lbs)! but i know he has to stay in it until at least 9 months for safety reasons.

edit to add: just checked maxi cosi website - the cabriofix can do a child until they are 26lb!! i'd have arms like arnie! as soon as he's 9 months he's in the next one - do they have to be the age and the weight or either? iykwim

We've got the Cabriofix and we had to move Alice up when she was nine months. She was only just the weight for the next one but she was too tall for the the cabriofix. Even now at 19 months she's 24lbs so light enough but no way would she be small enough for it. They say you should keep them in rear facing as long as you can (until they are either too tall or reach the weight limit) - the ages are just guides of when children typically need to change.

SusanC_2

nadnad wrote: »

no i know what your saying sami bee. But I can't seem to get him out of his car seat without taking it out of the car, i've got an isofix base so the seat wouldnt swivel round. So looks like I will have arms like arnie! I'll keep him in it as long as I can (at least 9 months), and then I think i'll get the maxicosi priorifix.

You have exactly the same taste in car seats as me.

SusanC_2

cazscoob wrote: »

ok bit of a strange one but have any of your babies/children had a problem with tomatoes??? i gave Charlie some cherry toms with his lunch this afternoon and where the juice went on his face went raised and bright red?? he eats tomato sauces in his pasta etc and has never had a problem. not sure what to do as after an hour or so after being washed it went down and he doesnt seem bothered, worst thing is that he absolutly loved them!

I read an article about weaning ages ago which said that lots of children are incorrectly thought to be allergic to tomatoes due to the acidity of them causing red patches. Obviously you should look into it yourself but it may not be as serious as you think.

SusanC_2

daphne_descends wrote: »

Elliot is due his MMR on Thursday, I think I am cancelling and having singles, anyone else done this (I know SusanC has - I think?!) Actually I keep changing my mind, I read one thing and am set on MMR, read another and am dead against it - I don't think you can win.

tsstss7 wrote: »

Archie is due the mmr soon and I'd also like to do singles. Don't know to much about how to go about getting them though....nor how much it will cost me so would appreciate the lowdown on how it goes with Elliott if you go that way. .

The one thing that has turned me off the mmr to be honest is the way they keep changing it ...my ds1 had it at 18mths (or maybe older not sure) and it was one jab - now it's two....so I'm not too sure what's going on with it really and the trust is just not there this time....

We're having single vaccines in order to avoid ones which have been produced using cells from aborted babies. (To avoid any confusion: the cells are not IN the vaccine but they have been used in the process of making it.) (links if anyones interested: http://www.dgwsoft.co.uk/homepages/vaccines/alternatives.htm
http://www.lifecanada.org/html/science/Vaccines/ABriefHistoryofHumanDiploidCellStrains.pdf
http://www.vaccinetruth.org/fetal_tissue.htm)

Typically they cost about £100 per vaccine but they are not all the same price and it varies depending on who you go with. Mumps is generally the most expensive.

They changed from one MMR to two because they found that one did not give immunity in enough people (for the mumps one MMR vaccine produces immunity in 60% of people) so they changed it to two. This is why there were Mumps "epidemics" amongst students a few years ago. Measles and rubella have higher percentages and in 1994 a Measles-Rubella jab was given to all school-aged children so that's why it was Mumps and not the others.

Measles is the most serious of the three ilnesses and rubella is only vaccinated against to prevent congenital reubella syndrome. You can read DOH info here: Measles, Mumps, Rubella.

I googled to find people who do the single vaccinations. There are lots in London and then there are various companies which do clinics around the country. We went with healthchoiceuk because they come to our area and we can get the "right" versions of the vaccines.