MSE Parents Club Part 12

hammyhunter

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?

hammyhunter

Arghhhhh, Is it my laptop or is MSE really slow tonight?

redmel1621

searching_me wrote: »

thanks mel .. well to be honest ok but tonight jayden doesnt want to sleep but he did have a 3 hour nap this afternoon so im not suprised going better then i thought though x

Ah great, glad it's going ok:) I bet it is nice to have your own space again....

searching_me

nice is an understatement mel .. i feel like myself again now i have my room back and the kids wake up around the same time as each other so no complaints from zoe about him waking her up ...

so that bump of yours feel like its ready to pop yet? x

got-it-spend-it

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'm the same, to be honest. We'll get some kind of stairgate and probably a child lock for the cupboard that has all the cleaning stuff in but I think that is about it. I can't believe D is pulling himself up already. He looks like a cheeky little thing!

Race for Life was fab today. I did it in 32 minutes which I was quite pleased with, although I was hoping to do sub 30. The person who came first did it in 21 minutes :eek:. I'm quite tired now though.

Well done on your victory, Krystal!

searching_me

well done gisi x

My_Fathers_Daughter

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 bought corner covers from Ikea that are little hands and they haven't come off at all. I have only stuck them to 'sharp' corners (the ones that could have his eye out ) and I didn't do the dining table (which is what he walks into most frequently LOL) but IMHO they have been well worth it....and I have a reputation for being a lax mummy!

Other than that I have a fireguard and that is it. I agree that they need to learn - and I believe that part of that is giving them the freedom to learn.

Benjamin was an early crawler, stander and cruiser too - although he wasn't so quick to walk because he got around too quickly on his knees and could climb onto anything in a second!

Bless them - they grow up so quickly!

JAM1376

Thanks Jillie and MFD. Will try her with moo milk tomorrow - I'll just make sure no one comes on tonight with horror stories of babies starting mooing cos they had it too early :rotfl:

Hammy - I'm with you apart from our marble hearth which I cover with cusions. Everything else shouldn't cause her too much damage - she head butted the wall tonight from her cot (lowering it at weekend) and didn't seem to bother (it wasn't too hard - just a bump) so will just see how she goes with tables etc.

xxx

ladybirdintheuk

Evening all. Finally got on here after holiday - came back on Friday, but have been so busy with washing and life and stuff. What did I miss. I require an update please

We had a lovely time on holiday (asside from the fact that DH is a KH and I should have left him at home :rotfl:). The caravan park we stayed at was lovely - there were lakes, so lots of ducks and geese and things (all with little fluffy babies of course) and there was a swimming pool, a soft play area and a playground, so Izzy was happy. We had day trips out to various places, including a farm where we got to stroke bunnies and see a goat being milked and the pigs being fed. Izzy fell in love with the baby chicks

Oh, and we have a few more words - gone, bubble, kick, and possibly more too.

We have been trying controlled crying since we got back. I'm doing the version where you do pick up/cuddle/talk/whatever to calm them down when you go in, so I'm having to give her some milk when I go back in just to get her to calm down a bit (otherwise she just sits on my lap crying hysterically, rather than having a lull then getting upset again when I go again iyswim), but I'm sure we will get there. At the very least I'm getting to do 5, then 7, then 9 minutes of washing up/pratting around on the net/eating my tea, rather than not starting all those things till after she is asleep

Speaking of which my 7 mins is up!

hammyhunter

got-it-spend-it wrote: »

I'm the same, to be honest. We'll get some kind of stairgate and probably a child lock for the cupboard that has all the cleaning stuff in but I think that is about it. I can't believe D is pulling himself up already. He looks like a cheeky little thing!

Race for Life was fab today. I did it in 32 minutes which I was quite pleased with, although I was hoping to do sub 30. The person who came first did it in 21 minutes :eek:. I'm quite tired now though.

Well done on your victory, Krystal!

:T wow, well done Gisi, you should be really pleased with yourself :T

I agree about the locks on cleaning cupboards. I am currently thinking that we will def get a stair gate at the top of the stairs but I am in 2 minds about the bottom. He is obviously some way away from climbing stairs but as soon as he is capable I would hope I could teach him how to come down stairs safely too. Hmm, I have no idea if this is realistic though. HELP!