MSE Parents Club Part 10

harley1

ladybirdintheuk wrote: »

Evening all.
Oh, and who was it who suggested doing minty icing on a chocolate cake? Whoever it was thank you, it went down a treat. I only just managed to save a sliver to bring home for DH (Feelie got a nice big chunk at lunchtime though - did you share any with DH? )

Hi lady, glad you liked it.

We had some yesterday for Bruv's birthday and this time it had melted chocolate on top covered in hundreds and thousands and the mint butter icing in the middle like normal. Was lovely.

Bruv made me cry, he has made me a photo album of all the best pics of Kezia for her first 142 days of life. It's brilliant but I'm not normally a cry-y person and I think he thought he had done something wrong.:o

searching_me

question ... can i give jayden frozen veg? blended of course but just wondered? x

harley1

And thanks to all of you who were telling me about Quidco last week.

The £70 has been received and will be paid out on 28th. Yippee.

And I went off on one at Clarks Village outlet about having to feed Kezia in a diabled toilet and got a lovely email back asking for my address as they would like to send me £30 vouchers to make up for it. And I was given duff info by their staff, there is a proper area - they just didn't tell me about it.

xxx

fernliebee

Yeah I hate redbush tea too. I like pretty much all herbal/ fruit tea's, love earl grey (which I do have with milk) but just couldn't get on with roibois. My friend has hers with milk and sugar so it is like earl grey that can be drunk either way.

re baby walkers, I never saw the point myself, my DD loved her door bouncer and loved getting about herself. She could crawl at 6 months, climb at 7 months and so could get everywhere she wanted to go.

tiamai_d

feelinggood wrote: »

Just read an interesting article:
http://consults.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/22/the-dangers-of-baby-walkers/

What does everyone else think about baby walkers?

I think the dangers are down to common sence. You should know that a baby will be able to reach higher in a walker and that letting them go near stairs is just plain thick.

Motor development... hmmm... Christopher wasn't allowed to use one because of his motor problems, which makes sence. Michael used one till he was cruising and he walked well within normal expected age range and he showed no ill effects or bad habits from it. ETA, he actually used it till he was crawling, only reason I remember was because he never used it in this house and he was crawling when we moved here, it went straight into the loft (born Sept moved her in April).

Amber now uses one, but mainly because it has a tray infront for toys, she can move backwards and forwards, doesn't point her toes and seems happy for a little while. She likes sitting in it because it gives her freedom to use her hands (and also helps her burp). She also has a door bouncer, but it gets cold with the doors open so we don't use it. And she can't get much time on the floor because of the lamenite.

If the child was in it 24/7 then I agree that there would be some development delay same as if they were in any other chair or position all day. But in moderation and as part of a varied amount of activities then I don't see them doing much harm.

Just my views on it

emlou2009

feelinggood wrote: »

Just read an interesting article:
http://consults.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/22/the-dangers-of-baby-walkers/

What does everyone else think about baby walkers?

Seth has one and he loves it. I fail to see how they are dangerous and cause injuries though, I think the article has gone a bit OTT on that bit TBH. A bit of an odd quote:

Besides the added dangers of moving faster, falling farther and reaching higher, babies who use walkers learn to crawl, stand and walk later than they would have otherwise, how can they prove this? Babies will do these things when they are ready, you cant look at a baby and say "they will be walking in xx amount of days if it wasnt for the walker" and continue to show delayed motor development for months after they have learned to walk. The delay seems to be a little more than three days for every 24 hours of total walker use. Again, how can they prove this?

Also, that link doesnt list anything specific injury-wise except for falling down the stairs in a walker, and if parents are stupid enough to put a baby in a walker in a place they could fall down the stairs, they dont deserve a baby IMO.
Another thought, since Seth started crawling, he is literally covered from the knees down in bruises, which you could class as "soft tissue injuries" as referred to in that article. Before he could crawl he didnt ever have any, so you could say NOT being in the walker has given him soft tissue injuries, just for arguments sake...
I also believe that his walker improved his reflux no end, as the doctors told me he would suffer until he could walk and his tummy muscles were strengthened. Once we got the walker, his tummy muscles must have strengthened as the reflux stopped within weeks.


Happy birthday Elle, sorry OH is being a willyhead but here, have some cake on me anyway :bdaycake:

My_Fathers_Daughter

Tara - I'm not a fan TBH, but more because I think that they can be used as a dumping ground for kids.

We don't really have room for one, and Benjamin crawled really early so I just left him to get around under his own steam.

Agree with tia though - anyone who uses a babywalker upstairs has got to be a few sandwiches short of a picnic!!


Interestingly no mention there of babies not putting their feet flat which is the usual argument.



Ladybird, lots of brufen and hot water bottles (strapped around me with a scarf!) seems to be helping thank you. x

pigpen

Baby walkers are evil contraptions and should be banned.. i know several babies who fell down the stairs in them :eek:.. one of them concrete stairs!!

Most babies seem to be left in them for prolonged periods of time which I think must cause pain and posture problems.. their little legs must go numb from lack of blood considering where the seat is..

I have never had one and all of my children learned to walk!

Cazscoob.. Is there something in his cot or sleepsuit.. a ribbon on a blanket? a cuff of a sleepsuit? an ear on a teddy bear or something that he might be sucking when noone notices? It is probably something really silly.. a piece of paper he can reach with a picture on?

ladybirdintheuk

Searching - Izzy has frozen veg. She used to have it pureed, but now she will quite happily eat frozen peas straight out of the bag (I hasten to add this isn't the way I normally give them to her - I'm not quite that lazy :rotfl:)

Walkers - we didn't have one for Izzy, but I agree with Tara. All things in moderation and all that. I much prefer the push along walkers though.

How did Toby like the push-along this afternoon?

Glamazon

elle_gee wrote: »

Told him.. he came in and found me in tears (after typing the post about cake.. I want cake, dammit!). Claims it's down to money but that's no excuse as he has the joint acct card all the time and knows he can take cash out and not have to explain it (or say it was petrol, or whatever!) :cool: I told him everything I said here and more. He's gone off to sulk.

How's the silent treatment going in your house, Glam?

Elle - don't see why he is sulking! My OH doesn't make a big thing of birthdays but even though I say I don't want something he does get me a little something usually flowers (but he's been told I'd rather have chocolate!). I hope he comes home tomorrow with lots for you - better late than never!

It didn't last long - we had words at lunchtime and he apologised.
Jack is really unsettled tonight so I just made a point that it was because he was woken up too early this morning so his whole sleep pattern for the day has been out of sync.

That's actually bullsh1te - he didn't sleep for long when we were out (in fact I only noticed he was awake because Christopher told me!) and was really overtired.

SS - I've tried him on that Goodnight milk tonight. Hoping it satisfies him til morning!

I just spent an hour cleaning my kitchen - wiped down all the cupboards doors, cleaned the fridge and microwave! Aching now though and my back is sore too.

Off to bed once OH gets out the shower