MSE Parents Club Part 12

Fitzio

fattybooboo wrote: »

Thanks Fitzio, Im not sure why I thought I had to rinse it out so that makes life a lot easier, yey!! And yey to Holly only crying for 7 mins :T
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It's alien to me as I always rinse (but then I have lots of fillings), but i asked the dentist about it a few years ago when someone in my work told me that their child was being taught not to rinse. Dentist said that because the nation's teeth are so bad, it helps by not rinsing away the fluoride. We also have Childsmile appts here for babies when they are a couple of months old and the dentist showed us how to brush their teeth, and they definitely don't recommend rinsing nowadays!

On the baby proofing, I have said before that we get it done by a company for free in my council area. I will definitely be getting stair gates, but my living room is open plan to my stairs, so I don't have the option to close the door. We don't have many tables etc for bumps though so not thought about anything else really.

I'm off to bed as this is really slow and it's annoying me. Goodnight all. x

csh_2

MFD: DD used to go into the fridge and smash eggs on the floor. Was her favourite game for a good few months and there was no fridge lock that kept her out. I cannot stand raw egg and I think half the attraction of the game was laughing at me retch while clearing it up!
On that happy note, I'm off to bed as its running too slow for my patience tonight!!

Night All x

JAM1376

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:

On the up side, the cuddles are returning - proper heartfelt cuddles from a little boy who knows that he is expressing love - little arms around your neck because your son wants to tell you he loves you is special :A

This made me fill up as tonight for the first time in months, C woke up screaming (about 20 mins ago) and then sat on my knee, wrapped around me like a koala, put her head on my shoulder and fell asleep. She's not one for huge cuddles so this was so nice tonight and then reading this description made me feel all snuggly inside :happylovexxx

ladybirdintheuk

Oops -- I answered the phone about half an hour ago and it was MIL - she was asking about our holiday and I completely forgot they were back from their holiday today, so didn't ask about theirs. I hope she didn't think I was being rude .

BrunoM

I think Elijah does or has done all the bad or scary things mentioned by people tonight :eek: running with cups and headbutting corners and flinging off sofas and etc! It does indeed get worse before it gets better, and so far at least it has got better in some ways but worse in others

Really dire day today. OH has been getting more and more sensitive nipples due to being pregnant, and at the same time recently we've had a few reasons to disrupt Elijah's usual schedule for naps and bedtimes... BF is still (and we know, we have made a rod for our backs) a key part of our routines but it has got to stop soon for OH's sake.
So for afternoon nap he wasn't showing enough signs of tiredness for ages... eventually around 2.30ish we felt it might work and OH had a go; ten minutes in she totally blew up and screamed at him I rushed in and he clung to me sobbing hysterically while she sobbed hysterically... apparently he was clawing and biting at her throughout. So I took him out in the car as a desperate measure as he has always always fallen asleep in car if tired - drove around for an hour and he wouldn't sleep, just went all zombie glaze-eyed stare (sorry Tia!).

So he had no nap at all today :eek: and made up for it by eventually going to bed ... quarter of an hour early! And OH is desperate to wean him right now. She promises me that she wouldn't have freaked out if on her own without me to take over... siiiigh!

fattybooboo

Thanks Ladybird, I was thinking about taking in expressed milk but Im finding I dont get as much now as I used to when I express. I have a bit of stock in the freezer but keeping that for odd nights for when DH has to put T to bed. I think I will keep expressing a bit daily to keep a bit in the freezer, then DH is gonna look after T for the day soon when I go to a spa day (yay) so we can see how he gets on without me being there for milk. If he gets on ok with food, snacks and water during the day then I dont think I will worry and like you say I will give some thought to him having formula at nursery if he needs a top up. Thanks.

pigpen

hammyhunter wrote: »

Beenie is missing in action, Caz is too - I hope they are ok

Can I ask your opinions please. Now D is getting more mobile we have been discussing home safety. I think that it is not worth covering corners of tables etc as the covers are easily pulled off and D should never be left unattended. I know there is a chance he could bang his head but I feel he has to learn how to be careful..... DH is horrified by this... am I really lax?

I don't do stairgates, fireguards or corner covers .. or socket covers (you have to connect at least 2 points to get a shock)..

I had one burn her hand when it got trapped against the radiator the council had just fitted and put the valve and timer in wrong and the thermostat didn't work.. Other than that most of their accidents have been at school!

Heads are usually knocked at the forehead which is why the skull is thicker there to prevent brain injury.. they learn very quickly not to walk into hard objects as they hurt!

JAM1376

Huge hugs Bruno and Mrs Bruno and E. Don't know anything to say that will help so just hugs xxx

My_Fathers_Daughter

csh wrote: »

MFD: DD used to go into the fridge and smash eggs on the floor. Was her favourite game for a good few months and there was no fridge lock that kept her out. I cannot stand raw egg and I think half the attraction of the game was laughing at me retch while clearing it up!
On that happy note, I'm off to bed as its running too slow for my patience tonight!!

Night All x

Benjamin is always in the fridge *rolleyes* and today he did find the eggs but I steered him away. He likes to stand there with the door open and press the button that switches the light on and off and then get the butter out and hide it in the living room somewhere!!


At the moment I have a hairband looped over the fridge door and the cupboard next to it which will keep him out for at least half an hour!!

My_Fathers_Daughter

Bruno - would it be too simplistic of me to say stop BF tomorrow?
I am sure it is but if it needs to stop why not make tomorrow the first day and get it over with sooner rather than later?

HUGS to you both xx