MSE Parents Club Part 16

Becles

rach wrote: »

keep meaning to ask, are you self employed?

I forgot to answer earlier

Yes I'm self employed. I work for several field marketing agencies and most employ me on a self employed basis, but I do work for a few PAYE ones too. Makes the tax return more interesting

Summer fayre was ok. It was fine and sunny when we got there, but then heavy clouds came over and it went cold and started to rain, so we came away.

Charlotte had a go on a big inflatable slide, some trampolines, a merry go round and one of those rides with swings on. She enjoyed herself and had an ice cream with a flake, monkey's blood and sprinkles, that she thought was fantastic! We had a couple of goes at the tombola but didn't win anything, and then Josh appeared wearing an ladies cloche hat that he'd won :rotfl:

Left the boys along there, but the came back shortly afterwards with a few others and played on the Wii. It's been bedlam in here

tinkwings

CL wrote: »

Just been to Lidl and they have fresh blueberries for 99p. They are half price in Tesco and still £1.99. That's one for Tink!

Great Thanks

gizmodo_2

Becles wrote: »

We just had the melamine ones with Thomas the Tank, Bob the Builder etc., printed in.

Warning: don't put melamine in the microwave as it goes burning hot in seconds.

When they were eating runny stuff like custard with a spoon, I found weaning bowls like these useful as they could grip the handle better than holding the bowl still:
http://cdn1.shopperhive.co.uk/n/tommee-tippee-weaning-bowl-4-pack.jpg

Thanks. This is what I was thinking of. There are surely some foods that need to go in a bowl. What about porridge? Or are you supposed to not give anything at all that they can't eat with their fingers?

rach wrote: »

giz, no equipment here either, though i do have a set of bowls and couple of plates some of which were given to us as presents. I occasionally use the bowls to put his cereal in but i still put the stuff directly on the high chair. we do use spoons for his fromage frais..i give him a preloaded spoon, was messy at first but he's good with it now. the things i've found most useful have been little tommee tippee pots which are 3 for £1ish i take a bit of fruit or pasta or few rice cakes out and about and find if i cook a few days of pasta at once each one holds about a portion. we also use the tommy tippee freeflow cup with a flip lid, occasionally a doidy cup but the tt is useful for taking out. I offer him water once he's had a fair bit of food and also occasionally in the day.

That's the cup I got I think, with the lid and spout, thought it'd be useful for when out. I had wanted to offer DD water when she's older. I know it's not needed, but just wanted her to get familiar with the boring taste and to learn to drink from a cup.

I think I have plenty of lock and locks that will do for out and about. Have a whole cupboard full of them...:o

ebay didn't go so well for the 4 ending today Made about £6 when I was expecting to make about £15. Oh well. That's the risk you take when you auction things.

CL

gizmodo wrote: »

That's the cup I got I think, with the lid and spout, thought it'd be useful for when out. I had wanted to offer DD water when she's older. I know it's not needed, but just wanted her to get familiar with the boring taste and to learn to drink from a cup.

I have a couple of Tommee Tippee sippy cups with handles. Although I'm not doing BLW, I just fill the cup with water and when I'm feeding LO, she gives herself water. I don't need to touch it. It needs to be filled to the brim, so she doesn't have to tip it up too far. Is this acceptable in BLW (I'm genuinely curious)? I would have thought that foods given in BLW would tend to be less wet than in spoonfeeding and that a LO would def need a drink with it?

gizmodo_2

CL wrote: »

I have a couple of Tommee Tippee sippy cups with handles. Although I'm not doing BLW, I just fill the cup with water and when I'm feeding LO, she gives herself water. I don't need to touch it. It needs to be filled to the brim, so she doesn't have to tip it up too far. Is this acceptable in BLW (I'm genuinely curious)? I would have thought that foods given in BLW would tend to be less wet than in spoonfeeding and that a LO would def need a drink with it?

Well at my weaning class which was based on BLW, she said to give water or milk with meals in an open cup. But maybe that was focussed toward formula fed babies? I don;t know. That's another question for me to ask next time I go.

pigpen

we have nuby grip and sip cups.. they are the only ones Squeak can drink from. they have silicone spoutsand they don't leak.. they are wonderful. She has juice in hers.. tesco cherries and berries.. anything acidic makes her very sore and she refuses water or milk.. and she drink 4-5 10oz beakers a day so can't do without really! Mine don't have an open cup until they are at least 2.5.. then they have to sit at the kitchen table with it.. and drinks are not allowed out of the kitchen ever! I HATE wet carpets!

She almost choked to death on a bit of apple today.. ggrrrr... it was foil yesterday and paper the day before.. her cough is still horrific.. I must get her in at the docs I think.. it is sounding croupy/asthma-ish now but she is very very mucusy which is why I though it was more likely hayfever.. but it has been 2 weeks and she isn't much better.. thing is.. I won't give her AB's so it seems pointless going as they hand them out like sweets.

As well as her apple she had baked beans with cheese which she loved.. she hates cheese so it was an achievement, chicken dipper, roast potatoes, bakey-bakies, 4 oven chips and 2 jaffa cakes... followed by a huge bowl of ready brek! She is a gannet!!

gizmodo_2

Ah pigpen - the voice of experience. We put in new carpets 2 years ago - all cream - everyone said we'll regret it...and we do! It was fine until DD was born. We've had poo (admittedly my fault), lucozade (kicked over by DD - but WTH was OH thinking leaving it near her feet), sick, orange squash (me when I was sleep deprived) and my latest bloop is hair dye (don't ask).

On the bright side at least I'm not too worried about my carpet getting it's first stain anymore (the lucozade is the there forever - as is the hair dye probably - although technically it lasts up to 6 weeks in hair...)

MERFE

Morning

Bob is quite good with a preloaded spoon, but I still feed him myself most the time. Shaun was great at feeding himself but I think it was more by accident because I was busy with Lucy so it was probably quicker for him to feed himself and alot easier for me to just put bits on his tray. He was also drinkin out a cup from early on but Bob and Lucy were rubbish and would just tip over themselves so Bob has a sippy cup.

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend and the rain didnt spoil it too much.
Lucy has a poorly nose - I think its impetigo eeek going to ring the doc later. I thought it was just crusty with snot at the end of last week but now it weepy and bloody and looks so sore.

Becles

gizmodo wrote: »

Thanks. This is what I was thinking of. There are surely some foods that need to go in a bowl. What about porridge? Or are you supposed to not give anything at all that they can't eat with their fingers?

I don't know what the correct way of doing it is, but mine had a mix of spoon foods and food they could hold themselves. I didn't follow anything official and just made it up as I went along.

Must have worked as they're all really good eaters now and will eat most things.

gizmodo wrote: »

Ah pigpen - the voice of experience. We put in new carpets 2 years ago - all cream - everyone said we'll regret it...and we do!

I bought a cream fabric sofas when I was expecting Josh, and inherited a pale blue carpet in the sitting room and dining room when I moved in.

Neither are good with children and they just looked filthy all of the time

Now have leather sofas that can be wiped and hard flooring right through downstairs which is brilliant for getting rid of food spills and all the mud that children and dogs bring in.

Off to work this morning. Hope everyone has a good day xx

MERFE

We had dark blue carpet in our old house and it was filthy after 4 years of kids in it - lounge diner so they all ate in there too. Now have laminate downstairs and the forever sweeping is a pain but it is so much cleaner. When we got the new sofa I bought a huge rug for in the lounge cos OH complains its cold so Bob has to go on a blanket on it incase he is sick, he is less sicky now he is weaning though.