New baby and post birth advice #38: I've just come to accept the fact that my children are in fact, feral

[Blair-Waldorf]

Does anyones kids actually like vegetables or is it myth you see on insta and tv? If it’s not blended into something or hidden the twins won’t eat them
thought I’d try some sweet corn and broccoli this evening and it’s all launched on the floor

Defo a myth. Mines terrible. She eats loads of fruit though

 

[Dak1988]

Egg white! Provided she hasn't got an egg allergy, pat it on with some cotton wool

Oooo thank you, never heard that one but will defo try it haha xx

 

[WhatABore]

Yeh I keep offering it, mainly so their fish fingers and wedges had some colour on the plate .

That's literally all I do. I don't offer them with every meal either. Probably should
But by 3/4, they eat their veg and even request it

 

[Belle Amie]

Yeh delays everywhere! Madness how snow stops everything here. PJ day and Xmas movies I think for us

It’s crazy I’ve seen loads of TikTok’s saying our snow/cold is genuinely worse than like Canada so I feel vindicated
I’d love to stay in now and watch movies but I have to go back out to Inpost lockers to send stuff back, they were full before

 

[xoxo GG]

Our NHSP aren't offering any incentives
Do you do private agency? I need these kinda incentives in my life

No just on NHSP! It’s a really good rate for band 2 so even if I absolutely hate every second I’m pretty sure when Friday comes around all will be forgiven 🫣

 

[TheBabeWithThePower]

You wouldn't think I'd already had a child asking this question but here goes - what do you do with your moving babies when you have jobs to do?

Baby Power cannot be left for even a second as he's such a danger to himself (and others!) and he gets so upset if I put him in something like the travel cot or the high chair.
It's just so hard and stressful trying to cook etc!

 

[bepobee]

So the past few days baby is having quite explosive diarrhea I'm sick of doing laundry after all the nappy leaks!! We have a Christmas special baby sensory class this afternoon and I'm wondering if it's still ok to take him? He seems totally fine in himself otherwise.

 

[wakametango 2.0]

What the hell don’t even know why I never checked the bread but I wondered why his allergies weren’t getting better

Same! I told her dietician that her bottom had been red all week and she asked me did her bread have soya in it. i never even knew! Felt so stupid

 

[onlyheretoorbit]

Don't worry.
Every baby is different so please don't compare what others are having!
Everleigh has refused most milk from 6 months. Also eats next to nothing.
But my 4yo was like baby orbit.
NHS say a minimum of 12oz for a 1 year old. But say between 16 and 24oz. So she's definitley not having too much!

I do find cows milk doesn't seem to fill them up as much though. But the point is more getting their calcium, not to fill them up anymore

Perhaps I need to offer a bedtime snack to see if that helps.

She was up at 5.30am screaming for another bottle this morning. She normally has her first one at 7.30 so it’s definitely going to be an adjustment.

 

[Littleelf]

Does anyones kids actually like vegetables or is it myth you see on insta and tv? If it’s not blended into something or hidden the twins won’t eat them
thought I’d try some sweet corn and broccoli this evening and it’s all launched on the floor

Full on myth. Baby elf goes to town on fruit but veg...he just throws it on the floor in disgust.

5yo occasionally will eat peas and carrots but she will try to avoid it if she can and honestly I don't really eat them either unless covered in gravy

 

[Sky Sports Main Event]

Would anyone be able to tell me at what age should the baby go into a stroller? I've an iCandy Peach 7. Can you swap between the stroller and bassinet?

 

[Belle Amie]

Just catching up on the thread so not sure if anyones offered some wisdom BUT did you by any chance have antibiotics or lots of antibiotics while pregnant? My neighbours little boy has yellow teeth at the bottom and our other dentist neighbour (v handy) said it can be to do with the mother having antibiotics while pregnant. I dread to think what baby sailors teeth are going to be like, I was on antibiotics monthly when I was preggo with him! X

Thank you, no I didn’t take anything not even paracetamol until I’d give birth then I had every antibiotic going, breastfeeding while on antibiotics couldn’t affect them could it? He’s in so much pain with them as well x

 

[I’mThankyou_]

No not yet anyway, my mums got me flapping about it being an issue with his blood cells. Bloody google!

Could it be the enamel hasn't fully covered it yet? Twin 1 had a tooth that looked similar and it also looked see through when I shone a light onto it once it had cut through though it looked exactly the same as its neighbour

 

[WhatABore]

Me seeing someone people have a snow day today and we have literally had NOTHING

We had frost.

 

[WhatABore]

Full fat. She guzzled it down and seemed satisfied after.

I do worry a bit because I feel like she’s still on a lot of formula for her age (3x 7oz) and she won’t sleep at night until she’s had exactly 21oz and she’s been like that since about 7 months.

At nursery she also eats 3 meals and 2 snacks every day but she only has one nap, whereas at home she naps twice so there’s not even time for snacks but she eats 3 decent sized meals. But I just feel like other babies her age are eating loads more solids and are much bigger than her but on less milk.

Don't worry.
Every baby is different so please don't compare what others are having!
Everleigh has refused most milk from 6 months. Also eats next to nothing.
But my 4yo was like baby orbit.
NHS say a minimum of 12oz for a 1 year old. But say between 16 and 24oz. So she's definitley not having too much!

I do find cows milk doesn't seem to fill them up as much though. But the point is more getting their calcium, not to fill them up anymore

Ah so sorry you’re going through this, can I ask how they diagnose it? Xx

Not sure if anyone answered but they have a strep test they do that comes back positive or negative

I feel I’ve asked a similar question millions of times, but I’m on night 5 of sleeping on the floor of the baby’s room because she can’t sleep in our bed anymore (no curtains with street lighter, bloody loves the dogs and thinks it’s playtime at 1am) but she’s ill so wants me close by. Am buying a small double for her room but what is the actual difference between a toddler bed and a normal bed? Is it just the height? Or just a money making ploy so you have to continually buy new stuff?

We've never bothered. Always gone straight to a single bed

 

[stardust1]

No he cannot walk on his own. He can walk holding onto furniture and has only started to pull him self up the past 2 weeks. Think he isn’t far off walking tho

 

[stardust1]

Channelled my inner nigella and made a tuna pasta bake for lunch, with enough to freeze some. The good news is we now have 10 freezer portions, the bad news is that she didn’t eat a bit of it and we have 10 freezer portions

Story of my life, keep trying her with it

 

[Dak1988]

still sat in a&e waiting for it to be gluedthe board says it is a 9 hour wait

Omgosh that’s awful hopefully it won’t be that long xx

 

[Borntorun]

New thread!

New baby and post birth advice #39 Soupless Soul Sistas

Thread title comes from @jackolantern and her endless futile attempts to create edible soup. Honestly hun, just buy heinz. Although after her Christmas potato biscuits, perhaps @WhatABore should get an honourable mention for the Great Tattle Bake-off too. I really wanted to work my thread...

tattle.life

 

[Jellybean093]

It’s a Christmas miracle orange has slept from 7-7:30 and has gone to nursery myself and me annoyed are going Christmas shopping sweet baby Jesus I cannot believe it!!

Go Orange!!!! More of this for mummy and daddy!