MSE Parents Club Part 16

delain

MERFE wrote: »

hmm I think I can remember OH getting it to do that - it was just so loud. It was a present from SIL so I gave it back to her when she had her most recent little one.

Pigpen how do you make jelly with milk? Not that I'm gonna do it, sounds yucky just interested

madness glad the check up went well, hopefully he'll be better soon x

My twins had one each :mad::mad:

OH recently dug one out of the loft - because they were into 'baby' toys for a long time we still have lots in the loft.

My mum used to make jelly with (I think) evaporated milk and she used to whisk it with an electric whisk. The result was an absolutely gorgeous mousse type thing, just thinking about it makes me feel 5 again, and believe me I'm really really picky about the texture of things. I think the twins get it from me :rotfl:

MERFE

delain I'm not convinced, but evapourated milk is quite sweet isnt it so might be ok. Still dont think it would get DS eating jelly - he likes the idea, sings the jelly song, gets a spoonful wobbles it then puts it back down and gets down from the table, he wont eat haribos either. Got his bday present early at his great aunts at easter and she had put a bag in and he did what he always does when he opened it and said very loudly ' Lucy these are for you'. Hopefully he'll get a few less packs at Christmas now.

We still had a small black sack of baby toys in the loft for Bob - I had given SIL 2 sacks (including the bus lol), my sister a sack, sold loads at NCT sales and there was still enough toys for Bob - the first two were so spoiled and now I understand why it was so hard to tidy up after them - there was just too much. Still doesnt stop me looking around for things to get Bob, even though I know he has enough. The older two will happily play with Bobs toys even now.

pigpen

MERFE wrote: »

Pigpen how do you make jelly with milk? Not that I'm gonna do it, sounds yucky just interested

Exactly like normal but with milk not water it actually doesn't taste any different!

CL

pigpen wrote: »

have you tried giving her fluids in a beaker? I'd be more concerned about dehydration than the actual milk intake.

Milk can include rice pudding, semolina, yoghurts, cheese, jelly made up with milk, etc it doesn't HAVE to be milk.

Also when you express you don't get anywhere near as much as baby does when she feeds so while you express 5oz she might be getting 8 or 10oz.

She refuses milk in a sippy cup, but will drink water from her cup. I'm going to try to get her on to a bottle. My BF is having her hen this weekend and DH has LO on his own from Sat afternoon to Sunday afternoon.

pigpen

she can have water or juice in a beaker it doesn't have to be milk.. so long as she isn't dehydrated that is more important.

My oldest stopped drinking milk at 6 months.. he would drink skimmed milk occasionally but just refused to touch the stuff.. a couple of yoghurts and a small piece of cheese was enouh calcium in his diet. I think we often don't realise what tiny amounts e actualy need.. milk as milk is not really needed in vast quantities.

DS2 drank hot chocolate from 9 months as he wouldn't have any dairy products at all and DS3 was lactose intolerant.

MERFE

pigpen wrote: »

Exactly like normal but with milk not water it actually doesn't taste any different!

Do you heat it in a pan first then? Or do you use the jelly powders and just mix it in. Its a bit like porridge then - can be made with milk or water but its creamier with milk. Still dont think it'd get DS eating it, I think its the texture thats the problem.

delain

MERFE wrote: »

Do you heat it in a pan first then? Or do you use the jelly powders and just mix it in. Its a bit like porridge then - can be made with milk or water but its creamier with milk. Still dont think it'd get DS eating it, I think its the texture thats the problem.

The whip thing with the evap milk is nothing like jelly in texture.

I like jelly in both forms :rotfl:


Twins are not jelly fans, though twin2 eats the haribo tangfastics :eek:

Have to be careful though, Twin1 is so sensitive to sugar and colours it's insane. They gave DD1 some coke when she was away at camp, I did tell them when Twin1 goes you might not want to do that, I'm not going to say you aren't allowed to give it to her but be warned you will be peeling her off the ceiling :rotfl:

Squeak hasn't tried jelly as yet, I like to get the lime one, the blackcurrant one and the orange one. They look good in layers done in a jelly mould :o

I would suggest not introducing bottles at 6 months if you've done without them so far, I'd go straight to sippy cups in your shoes

pigpen

MERFE wrote: »

Do you heat it in a pan first then? Or do you use the jelly powders and just mix it in. Its a bit like porridge then - can be made with milk or water but its creamier with milk. Still dont think it'd get DS eating it, I think its the texture thats the problem.

I melt the jelly cubes in a bit of hot milk (can be done in the microwave if you can't be bothered stirring!).. fill up to a pint with cold milk.. and let it set.. it is exactly the same texture and taste as jelly made with water but it isn't clear.

MERFE

if it tastes the same I may as well use water - its cheaper, and easier since I can just boil the kettle - no microwave here.

delain I like the sound of yours actually but it would defeat the point of me having a sugarfree jelly

pigpen

MERFE wrote: »

if it tastes the same I may as well use water - its cheaper, and easier since I can just boil the kettle - no microwave here.

delain I like the sound of yours actually but it would defeat the point of me having a sugarfree jelly

But it was alternative ways of getting milk down their necks we were discussing ..

I don't buy sugar free anything it is usually full of artificial sugars
which cause more problems than they solve. They actual increase the likelihood of the child becoming obese as the body reacts to fake sugars by grabbing evey bit of sugar it can find and storing it as fat because it is promised sugar and gets none.. so it looks for it.. At least real sugars can be broken down and made into important things your body needs instead of fat... yes I am this nutty