New baby and post birth advice #19 Marching to the beat of our tiny dictators drums

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Belle Amie

Borntorun said:
They totally do. I have a confession in that I secretly hate weaning (this seems to be an unpopular decision but I stand by it). But the only upside is you can throw food on their tray and at least eat your own dinner while it’s hot
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This was a pro to weaning until I read the rest of the thread now this is the only pro to a long list of cons
 
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Dipdab

Glad to hear everyone else dislikes weaning. I’ve been dreading it. We’ve only just started and I’m already finding it stressful. We’re also about to have our kitchen ripped out and redone. I get mum guilt giving them pouches when you see mums on insta making gourmet meals. Who has the time .
 
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I’mThankyou_

Not scared to admit we use pouches more than we do anything else. I've not the time to be bleding and prepping daily. Not when there's 2 of them plus a fussy 9 year old.
Don't beat yourself up, honestly they'll be eating sand soon enough.
 
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Trombolese

Been struck down with some kind of mysterious illness, everything hurts, I thought it was covid but I’m testing negative. The baby won’t sleep, and the step son who usually happily sits and plays lego or watches a film decided he wanted to “play exercise” today, so I had to do a really shit attempt at a PE lesson, I haven’t exercised since before I was pregnant I couldn’t think of many exercises so ended up making loads up and making them boring like balance on one leg, and he kept asking for more, I was just internally screaming MAKE IT STOP. The knobwaffle told me I need to make life easier for myself because I try to do too much, when he just played fifa today and not much else not sure who he thinks will look after these kids if we don’t.
 
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CrimeJunkie

I absolutely hate weaning too! She’s 9mo and we’re doing 2 meals a day atm. She has free reign at tea time but I feed her breakfast because it’s too early in the day to be cleaning porridge/weetabix off of the walls I also really struggle trying to think of different meals, especially because most of it just ends up on the floor or thrown around the kitchen and then I just think… what’s the point?!
 
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LilyRose1234

I’mThankyou_ said:
Not scared to admit we use pouches more than we do anything else. I've not the time to be bleding and prepping daily. Not when there's 2 of them plus a fussy 9 year old.
Don't beat yourself up, honestly they'll be eating sand soon enough.
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We love a pouch here too. Her packed lunch for nursery is always a pouch, chopped fruit and a yoghurt pouch. Our nursery is dominated by cliquey yummy mummies (who, side note, fawn over a couple of the dads in the drop off queue which is hilarious) so I’m too scared to ask the nursery what other kids have for inspo because it’ll definitely be some kind of homemade three course extravaganza that’ll make me feel rubbish. Ignorance is bliss!
 
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I’mThankyou_

Who has the time to make their little darlings (shits) baked kale with a side of avocado? Have a bit of pasta and dunk it in your yoghurt, go wild kiddo.
 
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wakametango 2.0

I’mThankyou_ said:
Who has the time to make their little darlings (shits) baked kale with a side of avocado? Have a bit of pasta and dunk it in your yoghurt, go wild kiddo.
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Baby tango has had blueberries and salmon in her hands eating it together this week and banana and carrot together .. Heston blumenthal who?

We had a hike today and plonked her on the grass for her lunch, she also enjoyed a dried leaf, a tiny gritty root of something and some grass. I’m totally going for Ella’s kitchen’s crown
 
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LilyRose1234

Can’t beat a good bit of grass though can you? When we take all of them (dogs and baby) out for a picnic they all munch on grass, it’s like having a little herd of cows

(Ps if you do make your child a three course extravaganza, you go mumma! My previous post was entirely related to the small group of cliquey mums who all turn up in their Porsche wearing gym kit that costs more than most peoples monthly food bill)
 
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Crazycatlady18

So glad everyone uses pouches! I do too. The only thing I’ve made for her to not eat is mashed potato i feel so shit when I see mums on insta making chia seed finger things and blending up avocados but I know for a fact I would be 100% be wasting time & money doing it as she won’t eat it.
She won’t eat this morning. 2oz. Don’t know what’s is up with her. Driving me insane.
 
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alwaysdreaming

Belle Amie said:
Do babies have sensors that you’re about to eat so they’re suddenly starving as well. I don’t think I’ve ate a meal when it’s ready or before it’s cold in weeks
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I have the same issue especially when me and my husband make dinner together in the evenings. We literally think we will have 5 minutes to ourselves. Nope. My husband thinks it’s because she doesn’t want a brother or sister.
 
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Lulu Goss

Love how you can always count on this thread for the real honest talk!

I had a go at making an insta-mum recipe for veg cheese and egg muffins earlier this week. I hate egg, so I thought they stank Baby was not bothered by them in the slightest, had the tiniest amount and then wolfed down a peppa pig yoghurt instead
 
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WhatABore

I've tried the odd fancy thing I've seen on Instagram when the mum guilt has got too much. And every single thing I tried was rejected
Not even bothered trying some with Everleigh
 
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Bwacac

Weaning and potty training are the devils work!! My midwife who is an absolute legend runs baby groups in my area and she does weaning talks. Her biggest rule is don’t wean babies with food from baby books or social media. If as a family you don’t eat stuff like avocado then don’t give it to your baby, your favourite tool should be a fork or a masher and baby has everything you eat as a family in smaller pieces whether that’s a roast dinner, spag Bol or fish fingers if you can’t be arsed to cook. Seems like good advice to me!! And if baby O is going to be anything like one of my others then she will only eat chicken nuggets and chips for the next five years anyway!
 
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Borntorun

Bwacac said:
And if baby O is going to be anything like one of my others then she will only eat chicken nuggets and chips for the next five years anyway!
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Yup! The main variation in Toddler Runners diet is what shape the frozen potato comes in each day Waffles, chips, smileys, stars, curly fries… now you can’t tell me that’s not a varied diet
 
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WhatABore

Borntorun said:
Yup! The main variation in Toddler Runners diet is what shape the frozen potato comes in each day Waffles, chips, smileys, stars, curly fries… now you can’t tell me that’s not a varied diet
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This is our meals too
Alphabet letters too. Hash browns
My freezer is full of different potato things

All the kids love super noodles too

Pasta and sauce is an easy one they all love as well
 
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Bwacac

Alphabet potato shapes and spaghetti teach them how to spell too so winner!! Winning at this parenting malarkey we are. The way is look at it is it’s been 27 years since I had my 1st baby and the advice was waaaayyyyy different then and she turned out ok!! Baby O should be fine too
 
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Definitelyme

Bwacac said:
If as a family you don’t eat stuff like avocado then don’t give it to your baby
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I say the same to new mums! We have our realistic set of family meals, and there is no point me trying to force fancy insta meals in there to wean that, after a few months, aren’t ever gonna be made again.

If it ain't pizza, I can’t guarantee everyone in this house will eat it. Even chips and pasta aren’t always safe
 
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TheBabeWithThePower

I am that mum that made everything from scratch for child 1 and still do now she's nearly 3, however I feel like that's going to be a hell of a lot harder with the second child as I have so much less time!
My eldest was such a brilliant eater until she turned 2.5 and since then she'll basically only eat pasta with a couple of different sauces I make, stir fry, sweet potatoes, fish and a few different veggies. Which I know isn't terrible but I miss the days when she'd tuck into loads of curry or lentil stew or basically anything I plonked in front of her!
 
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