MSE Newborn to 1 year (& beyond!) baby club 3

BeNiceToMySelf

thanks turtlemoose, think I'll be returning my socket covers now!

Bangton I put my baby boy in tights last winter. I bought a 3 pack from next - cream, red and navy. They went well underneath his jeans and trousers. Daddy refused to put them on though! I'm going to buy him tights again this winter as long as they're not too obviously girly. A mum recommended them to me as they stay on, unlike most socks, so you don't end up fishing for them in ball pools!

Instead or orange juice, why not just give LO an orange! I disagree a lot with what the HV said about your LO's diet - you don't have to give him meat. I'm still giving my LO as much milk as he likes too. Mummy knows best!

sunshine I hope the chicken pox goes soon. Maybe you could ask a pharmacist if there's anything you can put on Aiden's skin?

sunshine_1988

Thanks guys. 14 kids at the nursery have it, so I knew it would find its way to A.

Spent my afternoon while he napped trying to rearrange my diary for next week, he has picked my busiest week but luckily I can work on bits from home and my sister has offered to have him for an hour on Tuesday so I can go to part of a meeting.

I have some treatmemts from the chemist, calamine and virasoothe which another mummy at nursery advised us on. Also giving him piriton and calpol. He is having an uncomfortable nights sleep, he is usually a fab sleeper and has been for about 7-8months now so I am sooo not used to this! Poor thing.

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Crabapple

Sunshine - sorry, I missed your question about chicken pox. We had it in May with both kids but thankfully the baby had a very mild case.

Sounds like you have all the right stuff! We used piriton and calpol on the eldest with virasoothe and calamine. That's pretty much all you can do apart from cuddles!

Scratching will be an issue, but you just have to try and get them not to - easier said than done. Even where she scratched though there are marks but they are a lot less than straight after so it will heal and fade.

The only thing we could use on the baby was the calamine so it was a good thing he only had a few spots.

Crabapple

Oh, and when she was poorly the first night and struggling to sleep, I took her to bed with me (we've never co-slept).

It took her an hour to get to sleep. All I got in the meantime was 'mummy, mummy, mummy, boo!' and 'mummy, I bouncing' as the bed went up and down. It wasn't exactly relaxing!

sunshine_1988

Thanks crabapple. He came in with me at 430am which isnt too bad. Seems very touchy this morning, just had a melt down over a jigsaw piece!!

Your poor baby having them at so little. At least its out the way though.
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Bangton

hope your lo is better soon sunshine x

Nutella - Thanks for your post - it's reassuring.

Benice- mum knows best! Couldn't agree more. The more people I have spoken to the more nuts this 2 bottles a day thing is. I don't have to take her advice and I'm not planning to. As far as I'm concerned feeding on demand is totally fine - children often have snacks. What's the difference in him having a bottle to see him through since we're not onto snacks just yet.

It's not the first time we've been given poor advice. One HV told me no runny honey but I've looked into this and it's no honey full stop. The same one said no peanut butter but that's ok!

Anyway WOAD - I love the leg warmers. I think they look adorable. I've bought a couple of pairs to bob in my bag for when it gets cool and he's only in shorts. Thank you for bringing this to my attention

still waiting on the arrival of my tights. .

It's tour De France in my area this weekend so on Sunday I'll be trapped in as the roads are closed local to me. so we're going to trot down and see what we can see. It's very atmospheric at the moment - lots of wacky/weird things to see.

hope you all have a wonderful weekend xxx

Mrshaworth2b

Evening ladies,


How are we all?


Sunshine - I really hope the chickenpox don't cause you all too much grief and Aiden gets better asap.
WOAD - Legwarmers are very cute and I had a look at some when lo was smaller but didn't think his macho dad would go with them lol
Bangton - I was gobsmacked at some of your post, it must have been so disheartening to hear such comments from a healthcare professional. Mums (espec first time mums) have an incredibly hard job with babies, worrying over child being well fed, a good weight, happy, meeting milestones etc we don't need comments like you got. I gave lo puree food, but knowing what I know now, I will do blw next time (if im lucky)


As for us, we tried another new class this morning on a roll now.
Lo had his first hair cut this morning, I was adamant I wanted him to have beautiful long hair, however it was getting unruly and after having it cut its taken a year off him lol


Hes getting new teeth sooo fast, two have popped through these last couple of days, hes full of a cold, as am I and his naughtiness has stepped up a gear.


Can I ask how do you keep yourselves from getting overwhelmed? I find that if I say "don't do x because of x" he does it anyway and when hes doing it again and again, I'm exhausted by the end of the day and i'm jaded. Am I best to just take him away from whatever it is and distract him? Its hard for me to remember this is a young child and they know no better but I guess we're in the very early stages so I'm yet to learn. it's just a hard lesson!


Sorry for mammoth post, I'm on the computer which never normally happens

Crabapple

Mrshaworth - work on distraction more than explanation at his age. It doesn't hurt to explain, and you should where it's a danger, but keep it simple.

My parents have a habit of explaining in multiple long ways why my 2.5 year old should not do something. I cut to the chase and say no, it'll be big ow, or whatever. It drives me nuts when they go on for ages saying stuff she won't understand!

Saffagal

Evening all; I have read through but my brain is like mush this evening and I can't remember the details.

Hope all the poorly little ones are soon well again, and the non-sleeping ones sleep and the others are kind to mummy and daddy... be that a lie-in, a new skill or word or just some laughs.

We've had a busy week here; but the weather has been lovely! A bit off topic, but just interested in opinions: my cousin is visiting from America at the moment and staying with her sister. She was meant to come and visit me 2 weeks ago but phoned fifteen minutes before I was expecting her to say she couldn't come as the kids (15, 9 and 5) were too tired. As I had had a manic morning but managed to fit in baking some biscuits and nipping out to get a cake I was more than a little annoyed. Anyway, she said re-arrange and hasn't. Going to see her at her sister's is a bit of a nightmare with A as the house is FULL of delicate, breakable bits and I spend every visit there trying to keep A from touching anything! So, do I invite her again when she doesn't appear at all bothered or just leave it? She goes home in a week.

We've MIL's birthday party tomorrow; should be a fun afternoon/ evening

Hope that you all have a lovely weekend,
Saf x

lazywife

Thanks for the socket cover advice.
Well done on the classes MrsH, T looks so cute with a hair cut, i think it often makes him look older though, as a proper little boy. Can't help with the keep telling him, and pulling him away. That's what I seem to spend all the time doing at home.. Must say I don't hang around at home that much with him now I'm back at work, the days I have off with him we're off out... park, Asda, swimming, combinations of all! Don't know what I'll do on a rainy day!
Saf, I'd maybe suggest one other time to your cousin, but do it to a time that suits you. If' she's fussed, she'll come over, if not, then it's just not meant to be.
Hope the chicken pox clears up soon.
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