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

katiechoc_2

Gillyx wrote: »

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

Yeah I hope so, thanks. he's always been so happy and obliging that I really don't cope well when he gets his stroppy hat on!:o Plus me and OH had very different views on how to deal with it which didn't help. Hopefully if theres a next time we'll be a bit more prepared.

Ha Nutella, I dread that stage!

Aimless

Sorry to hear your news Sammie, hopefully all the early help will give him the best start possible.

Meals, I just carry on regardless. Offer the meal as I eat mine, offer pudding. Unless he falls asleep or if he was having a really major strop. We've had to abandon the highchair because he couldn't be sensible in it when bored or grumpy.

savageHK

Huge hugs to Sammie. Not had much time to read it all as been away for weekend.
Skim read and saw the paracetamol hunt. If you happened to find any *non* flavoured, *non* coloured please let me know... Prefer sugar to fake sugar as well but would take a non-sweetened one!

Mrshaworth2b

Has anyone not done blw on here that I can talk bottles/pur!es with?

Lo is very sniffly, slept only two half hour naps today but still feeding well! Having last bottle now and is knackered, sneezed more times than I care to remember today poor love!! Hoping for a good night!

Hope all mums and Los are ok, it's rubbish having a poorly lo!!

sunshine_1988

Mrshaworth2b wrote: »

Has anyone not done blw on here that I can talk bottles/pur!es with?

Lo is very sniffly, slept only two half hour naps today but still feeding well! Having last bottle now and is knackered, sneezed more times than I care to remember today poor love!! Hoping for a good night!

Hope all mums and Los are ok, it's rubbish having a poorly lo!!

I didnt do blw....ask away xxz

fluffnutter

katiechoc wrote: »

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

I read a very comforting and supportive article about food recently. Basically, don't make food about anything other than food. It's not about being 'good' or 'bad', or behaviour, or reward, or punishment, or control, or love. It's simply about enjoying putting fuel in your tummy.

If your baby rejects what you've cooked, they're not rejecting you - they just don't fancy eating whatever's in front of them. They're not colouring that decision with any extra meaning, it's quite straightforward for them, it's the adults who are complicating things.

Don't remark on a refused meal, nor on food that is thrown. Children love attention, good or bad, and will repeat an action, any action, if it gets a response. Don't send a baby/toddler to bed hungry, it's cruel and counter-productive. If they don't want what you've offered, don't make a fuss just give them something else (something similar, i.e. don't forever remove a savoury meal in favour of something sweet, e.g. if they don't want an omelette, offer a sandwich).

Don't make food about health, don't medicalise it. Your kid couldn't give a monkey's about calories, or protein, or carbs. Just offer nice tasting food that's home-made wherever possible. Don't talk about treats, or junk food, don't imbue food with moral overtones. Don't worry too much about variety - kids tend to know what they need and provided they're offered lots of things, will eat the right balance.

It's really hard; every parent worries about what their kid's eating, and what's to instil healthy, lasting habits. Just try to remove the stress.

And you're a great mummy. I've been having a wobble recently about Freddie's sleeping. If it's not one thing it's something else. Hard work isn't it?

Gillyx

I don't do another meal, ever, I don't have time to do it. I just give him weetabix/porridge/toast before bed if he doesn't eat any dinner.

delain

Savage have you tried asking a pharmacist? One attached to a surgery rather than boots?

I did do BLW but I FF so can do bottle questions!

She was fine thanks, Nutella I had things to do in town anyway so I said to the nursery they could ring me if needed! When I rang to check how she was doing they said she was playing just fine.


Gilly sportsdirect had skechers tone up winter boots for £25 a couple of weeks ago.

We are going to have a go with the buggy board tomorrow :eek: am kind of dreading it really but hopefully it will go ok we will have to leave mega early though just in case Squeak insists on walking the whole way :rotfl:

Both my younger 2 have been amazing eaters. I think the fact that there is always someone ready to sneakily stick a fork in your dinner might have gone some way to helping with that :rotfl:

savageHK

We also don't do another meal, but he eats what we do so there's normally a few different bits to the meal, even if he doesn't eat all of them he will eat some.

*Nutella*

Mrshaworth2b wrote: »

Has anyone not done blw on here that I can talk bottles/pur!es with?

Me! Always happy to chat about bottles and purees