MSE Newborn to 1 year (& beyond!) baby club 2

*Nutella*

Morning all

Delain, how's your little one this morning?

Katie, hope your night was OK after yesterday's dinner tantrum - I suspect you had a rather hungry little boy this morning!?

MrsH, sorry to hear your LO's poorly - you could try saline drops for blocked nose and Karvol plug-in/drops in boiling water for the room he's sleeping in to help him breathe easier. Also try keeping him upright in a sling if you've got one, and raise the head end of his bed to help him breathe. Lots of fluids. Other than that, cuddles, cuddles, cuddles

I'm staying at home with LO today, as I didn't think she was well enough for nursery - she woke up crying in the middle of the night with a high temperature and was cuddled and nurofened back to sleep, and she was very clingy and lethargic yesterday afternoon/evening. She slept until 7.40 this morning, which says it all - she's normally running around at 5! But now that we're up and she's had breakfast, she seems a lot better, so maybe I could have gone to work after all So difficult to know sometimes!

Hope everyone's well x

Sammie_03

Morning

Just like to say a big thank you to everyone on this thread. You are all so kind.

Hope all these poorly babies are feeling better soon. We have all got colds here too, hate this time of the year!

Definitley recommend the karvol plug ins. We have used them here.

Gillyx

Morning everyone.

Hugs to MrsH and Nutella's little ones and lots of cake and coffee to mums, not easy with a poorly baba. We do saline spray for the nose, keeping upright as much as possible and a calpol or karvol plug in, we also use snuffle babe. Think there is just lurgy after lurgy hanging around atm, I've had a barking cough for 2 weeks now and showing no sign of going anywhere.

Lazy day here, had a bit of a hectic weekend, might pop out to the market to get some veg, but that's the highlight of my day. A got his first proper boots yesterday, he keeps stamping the floor and giggling at the noise, think he loves them too as he can't stop staring and pointing and saying 'shoes'

My OH got shoes yesterday and they were only £6 more expensive than A's, the injustice with bloomin' kids shoes!!

*Nutella*

Gilly, I know what you mean about shoes - I bought a pair of boots for myself yesterday, and they were £2 cheaper than LO's last pair of shoes! Need to get some boots for LO too, but think I'll wait until we get back from holiday in mid-October, as who knows how much her feet might grow between now and then...? Glad A loves his

Gillyx

It's nuts :eek: I really need to get Winter boots too, but can't really justify it now that both OH and LO have been kitted out :eek:

Off to do my pizza dough for dinner now

katiechoc_2

Oh sammie big hugs, hope you're coping ok. Sounds like you're getting a lot of support from the docs etc atleast.

Surprisingly G slept through with just one wake up last night which is fairly standard at the moment. Didn't seem particularly ravenous either, just had his two weetabix like normal and I had to encourage him to have that. How do you ladies deal with mealtime tantrums? Generally when he won't eat any more/refuses the veg etc I just clear the plate away and carry on with his fruit and yoghurt. Last night my OH wanted to keep him in the he highchair til he atleast tried some but I'm not convinced. I think it's maybe better to just clear up and get him out of the highchair? It was pretty clear he wasn't going to eat it, and I really doubt he would have eaten any fruit or yoghurt either, he was totally hysterical by the end. I don't want to make mealtimes a battle and have him hating the highchair, but I also don't want him to think its ok to throw a mad strop and still get pudding? Or is he too young to understand that yet? Sorry for the ramble, at a bit of a loss with this mummy job at the moment to be honest

Gillyx

Here, I do try it (even one tiny nibble) and I will give pudding (fruit and yogurt, nothing exciting) if he refuses to even try it, I tend to just clear it away and get him out the seat, no point in starting a riot over a meal imo. We've not had a meal time melt down in a long time because I remove us both from the situation.

My motto is, you don't have to like it, but you do have to try it

katiechoc_2

Thanks Gilly, that sounds like a good compromise between mine and
OH's views.

My plan for spring cleaning the kitchen when he napped has gone awry - I started then found a fake magnum in the freezer. Oops

*Nutella*

My LO eats absolutely everything, so not something I've had to deal with yet, but I was brought up with Gilly's motto, so I think that's what I'd aim for. Although I remember a dinner moment when OH's son (now 14) was little and didn't want to eat a piece of courgette. I asked him to at least try it - how did he know he didn't like it if he hadn't even tried it? His response? 'But you say you don't like the big slide in the swimming pool, and you haven't even tried it!' Now, how to reply to that?.... :rotfl:

Gillyx

katiechoc wrote: »

Thanks Gilly, that sounds like a good compromise between mine and
OH's views.

My plan for spring cleaning the kitchen when he napped has gone awry - I started then found a fake magnum in the freezer. Oops

It sounds like it's a one off for G so I wouldn't worry too much

*Nutella* wrote: »

My LO eats absolutely everything, so not something I've had to deal with yet, but I was brought up with Gilly's motto, so I think that's what I'd aim for. Although I remember a dinner moment when OH's son (now 14) was little and didn't want to eat a piece of courgette. I asked him to at least try it - how did he know he didn't like it if he hadn't even tried it? His response? 'But you say you don't like the big slide in the swimming pool, and you haven't even tried it!' Now, how to reply to that?.... :rotfl:

Aren't children lovely?