MSE Parents Club Part 7

My_Fathers_Daughter

Mel - have you tried just putting food on his high chair and leaving him to it? Boiled or roast Potatoes, sweet potatoes and carrot cut into big chip shapes are some of Benjamins favourite. He also likes brocolli (but it is very messy!) nan bread (dipped in daddys tikka masala sauce!!)

Malt loaf is a big hit, as is avocado (thinking of things that are quite calorific now).


If it is 'dripping' out of his mouth it may be too runny for him - sorry, not trying to pick your words apart but Benjamin refuses to eat any purees because he doesn't seem to know what to do with them because they are not liquid but not 'food' either - I had to add pasta to the purees I froze!!





Quavers are a bit too salty for babies aren't they?

Does he like fruit? Porridge?

tiamai_d

Mel, try him on grown up food rather than purees. Maybe he knows its for babies and thinks he's a big boy (with his finger food).

Jennynoo, I remember you and noogle!

weezl74

Glamazon wrote: »

My accent is a mixture of the following influences - born in West Wales (used to speak fluent Welsh when younger), moved to herefordshire, then Essex (had a real strong Essex accent at 11), then back to West Wales, then uni in London for a year, then Cardiff for 4 years and now Warrington!!

Glam, please can I have your thoughts on English speaking parents sending children to welsh-medium schools?

Would be very interested if you didn't mind sharing

jillie1974 wrote: »

what is a dream feed?? i understand its when you feed baby and they are still asleep...i always change his nappy when he wakes up over night.. should i just leave him unchanged and feed him??
just curious :rolleyes:

We don't change Fergus' nappy between 7pm and 7am. I guess I would if he ever pooed at night. Or perhaps if he seemed to mind being in a wee nappy at nighttime. Do you find he cries with nighttime wetness?

skintchick wrote: »

Please bore me Weezl! .

Ok! so that was about my weird logic on why I had a homebirth because I don't want to be an over cautious anxiety-based mum who makes decisions out of fear. (like 3's story about the neighbour who's uncomfortable with her little girl being on the swings.)

After I'd done all my research on where to give birth I realised that for me a decision to have a HB would be based on a feeling that it was for us in all likelihood a safer, easier option with better outcomes.

A decision to labour in hospital (for me- not for any other mums) would have been based entirely on a sense of fear about 'what if the very worst should happen?'. In my case a 1:14000 chance.

I pictured the rest of Fergus' life and tried to think of other times when the decision might be similar. I thought of him being 9 and wanting to go on a school trip to Alton Towers and me saying no in case he fell off a ride or one broke and he was extremely badly hurt.

Or if like 3's neighbour I wouldn't let him play on the swings just in case something awful happened.

So I decided that since I really want to be the kind of mum who'd have fears but still say yes to the 'good thing', then I'd best do that from the outset. And for me in my situation a homebirth was that kind of choice.

Does that make sense? My only reasons for labouring in hospital were a fear-driven 'what if...?' and I know that's my danger as a parent, cos I'm naturally a worrier, so I tried to make a more optimistic choice cos that's the sort of mum I'd like Fergus to have.

Becles

SugarSpun wrote: »

Have you ever seen a Neti pot? It's a horrible invention, basically when you get a cold you use it to pour salty water up your nose to flush out your sinuses. But it really works well, and the salt kills the germs.

I'd not heard of them but someone else gave me a link to a site that sells them the other day. It sounds a bit gross using them but I might give it a go. I'll see what the doctor says in the morning.

searching_me wrote: »

ok anybody elses kids KO'ed an hour earlier then usual?? x

Charlotte usually goes to bed around 2-2.30pm for an afternoon nap. She was desperately tired after lunch, but I managed to keep her going till about 1.45pm until she got tearful and horrid so I put her to bed. She's lively as anything at the moment and is currently dancing to Lady Gaga

Yorkshire puddings: I normally use 4oz flour, 2 eggs and half a pint of milk. Beat it really hard to get loads of air in and then stick it in the fridge for a bit. When you make the puds, get the lard smoking hot, so the batter sizzles when you pour it in. They normally come out massive if you do that!

I've got one of these whisks for pudding batter and it makes it really frothy:
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/rotary-whisk/F/keyword/whisk/product/11921

searching_me

gone quiet everyone putting little ones to bed?? x

wi3adora

I'm here

Just trying to think of a strongly worded email to the local carvery chain as they have now decided to stop doing the vegetarian options and you now get a plate of veg and that's it :mad: and meat eaters only pay an extra £1 for 3 lots of meat. Needless to say I was a tad angry and got my money back. Went to another restaurant and had 1/2 a lobster and chips. Yummy yumster!!

Have tidied the front room and it looks so bare, mind you we've got rid of 5 bags of rubbish :eek:

My_Fathers_Daughter

SM - we've got the double trouble of trying to keep LO awake this evening because we are going to a fundraiser with MIL. So it is now already past his bedtime (as far as his body clock is concerned) and we are not going out for another 45 mins!! Methinks I might be coming home early with an over-tired baby!!

tarajayne

No, just reading on FB that they want to close Dorset Count Hospitals maternity unit. Not only is there not another one for miles but it's the best I've ever been in. With no SCBU unit there anymore it will really put babies in his area at risk.

searching_me

i think thats abit unfair dora something i dont always want meat and think well its not really cheaper i might as well have the meat ... 5 bags of rubbish you room must be huge x

tarajayne

Omg, the nearest unit would be over one and half hours from here!!!