I know but when she’s already overtired from tit sleeps since Saturday i just lost it
just hate getting annoyed and it’s so rare I even raise my voice at her. Tomorrow is a new day
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just hate getting annoyed and it’s so rare I even raise my voice at her. Tomorrow is a new day
Don’t get me wrong, if my kids wake up before 7, I’m like ‘whhhhy’ but then I remember some of my friends kids get up at 5, so, I’m quite luckyI know but when she’s already overtired from tit sleeps since Saturday i just lost it
tit sleeps are hard when you’re used to kids sleeping through and going to bed.
Also, don’t forget, she feeds off your stress and anger. If you keep calm, she will be calm. Easier said than done, I know. Been there, done that and now have a teen who hates me 🫠
you’re lucky mine was bouncing off the walls at 6:04 but after he woke me up at 5:15 last weekend after a night out I counted 6:04 as a lie inSo after last night and the disaster of a week we had with sleep and us both feeling unwell, she’s still asleep. It’s the first night she’s not coughed at all since last weekendI hope she feels better today and gets her appetite back too as she’s not ate much at all.
I am lucky she sleeps from 7:40-7am + usually! She was always such a good napper too! At 2 years she was still having 3 hours naptimeyou’re lucky mine was bouncing off the walls at 6:04 but after he woke me up at 5:15 last weekend after a night out I counted 6:04 as a lie in
it was bliss…. I hate the lack of sleep and nobody can prepare you for kids at all! It’s firmly why I’m never having anymore kids but I’m glad I’ve had my one baby Parents that have more than 2, 3 kids I’m like 
sleepless nights are not for me lolAh, I have 4 kids and they all sleep through. I’ve been blessed with tit eaters, great sleepersI am lucky she sleeps from 7:40-7am + usually! She was always such a good napper too! At 2 years she was still having 3 hours naptime
My three year old is a terrible eater and terrible sleeper. I had her in my bed last night and she woke me up more than my three month old.
Anyone else got a super slow eater? My almost 4 year old has been like this for a few months now and it’s honestly killing me off 
He doesn’t have a super varied diet but he he generally eats well and likes lots of different fruit and veg. But if you left him to it he would sit for over an hour to eat a sandwich and some fruit. I sit with him at meals and I’m constantly like, “Right let’s eat lunch, come on, let’s have more please, eat up please….” and it’s so wearing!
Was considering trying him with a timer but I’m so conscious that I don’t want to trigger any eating issues in him. My husband and I eat dinner when he’s in bed but we sometimes eat as a family and even then he’s just sitting staring into space. If I keep on at him he will finish a meal so it’s not like he isn’t hungry. Argh hoping it just a stage cos I’m honestly demented
He doesn’t have a super varied diet but he he generally eats well and likes lots of different fruit and veg. But if you left him to it he would sit for over an hour to eat a sandwich and some fruit. I sit with him at meals and I’m constantly like, “Right let’s eat lunch, come on, let’s have more please, eat up please….” and it’s so wearing! Was considering trying him with a timer but I’m so conscious that I don’t want to trigger any eating issues in him. My husband and I eat dinner when he’s in bed but we sometimes eat as a family and even then he’s just sitting staring into space. If I keep on at him he will finish a meal so it’s not like he isn’t hungry. Argh hoping it just a stage cos I’m honestly demented
My 5yo is the same has been for about 2 years now.Anyone else got a super slow eater? My almost 4 year old has been like this for a few months now and it’s honestly killing me off
Was considering trying him with a timer but I’m so conscious that I don’t want to trigger any eating issues in him. My husband and I eat dinner when he’s in bed but we sometimes eat as a family and even then he’s just sitting staring into space. If I keep on at him he will finish a meal so it’s not like he isn’t hungry. Argh hoping it just a stage cos I’m honestly demented
She takes over an hour to eat 1 slice of toast. I have to get her up at 6 to be at school for 8.30. We leave the house at 8.25
Just because she takes so long.
I personally wouldn't get a timer or anything because I wouldnt want to create issues around food
My 4yo is a grazer, she eats a little bit, goes off for a while, comes back and eats a bit more and repeat until she’s satisfied. I just let her do it, I don’t want to create a problem when really it isn’t. Ideally I’d love for her to sit and the table and eat a full meal in one sitting, but for now I’m happy that she even just grazes long enough to actually eat the majority of what she’s been offeredAnyone else got a super slow eater? My almost 4 year old has been like this for a few months now and it’s honestly killing me off
Was considering trying him with a timer but I’m so conscious that I don’t want to trigger any eating issues in him. My husband and I eat dinner when he’s in bed but we sometimes eat as a family and even then he’s just sitting staring into space. If I keep on at him he will finish a meal so it’s not like he isn’t hungry. Argh hoping it just a stage cos I’m honestly demented
Hello. I have a friend who got a little girl who was a prem and is comng up to 3 years old. Her daughter weights 2 stone 4 lbs as of yesterday (she weight her every Saturday) friend is freaking out as thinking daughter is overweight everyone saying g oh she a heavy one isn't she. I bet your over feeding her (she isn't trust me the kid eats all fruit veg as good size meals as junk food on weekends) if people don't stop it's going to set her bulimia off. Her daughter is a solid child. As being from when started soilds. Plus the kid is strong she pulled her mum over who is strong herself and was a solid baby herself. I told her the kid is fine. Don't worry she a.toddler all under 4 year olds have extra weight on them but it drops when schools start. So can someone on here tell me she is panicking over nothing.
Obviously a rough estimate but based on the WHO growth charts she is somewhere between 75th and 91st centile. So bog standard average.
Anyone commenting on a small child’s weight is a head who shouldn’t be listened to.
But at the same time it’s definitely not true to say they lose weight when they start school. I don’t know if any child that has happened to. They are very active before school, and their weight should be increasing steadily at that age. There is no reason for it to drop when they start school and that would be a big concern.
If she is concerned she should speak to HV of GP.
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As @Definitelyme says, anyone commenting on a child's weight is a fool head in the first place.
My daughter is 5, she has always been 90th+ percentile.
97th and above is classed as "overweight".
She was also 99th for a long time.
She's now 5 and once they hit school age, height is also taken into consideration. But she's now 70th. Not because she's lost weight, but because height is now included.
She doesn't sound like she has any extra weight on her to "lose" as such anyway. She's very average!
I would also may advise your friend that weighing her every week won't be good for the child and can easily lead to the child also becoming obsessed with weight
It’s such a shame a child can’t be a child without someone commenting on her weight!!
when mine broke his arm they weighed him before his op and the doctor said he is the weight of a 7 year old. He’s 4🫠.( He’s one of the tallest in nursery). But then said he isn’t over weight though. He’s just tall and quite stocky. He is also very strong
it’s a bit sad she is weighing her every week that can’t be good for the both of them. She sounds like a healthy child she shouldn’t listen to other peoples comments.
my daughter is 3 years old and is nearly 3 stone but she’s also nearly 100cm so I think she’s tall for her age?
As @Definitelyme says, anyone commenting on a child's weight is a fool head in the first place.
My daughter is 5, she has always been 90th+ percentile.
97th and above is classed as "overweight".
She was also 99th for a long time.
She's now 5 and once they hit school age, height is also taken into consideration. But she's now 70th. Not because she's lost weight, but because height is now included.
She doesn't sound like she has any extra weight on her to "lose" as such anyway. She's very average!
I would also may advise your friend that weighing her every week won't be good for the child and can easily lead to the child also becoming obsessed with weight
Thank you everyone.
I told her little one will lose weight when school starts as she be getting taller and be active she knew what I meant by weight loss. Aka baby/toddler loss weight. She weights her each week cause of when she was a premmie she wasn't gaining weight.
The kid is was of the healthier kids I know.
Always active in her way.
I think cause she a solid child the weight seems to be heavy but she isn't. Her height last time she measured was 93 cm.
She isn't happy when people have said it and took the kid of the the people. I get fed up of people saying it to her when hanging out in the neighbourhood. I said she lighter than some kids I worked with when at pre school.
I just really hope it doesn't effect her. She went through hell growing up saying she was underweight then overweight. Her family going years back are big bone family. All solid. All slightly overweight. It's genetics. But she eats healthy and is fine, but she just getting to the point she doesn't want little one going nearby neighbours.
My daughter is 96th centile and overweight according to the NHS BMI calculator. I was a bit worried at first but my partner rightly told me to stop - she's 3 and she's perfect just as she is 
she's a short a for her age, only about 92cm, and weights 2st 6. She never stops running around and I'm sure she'll shoot up height wise soon and it'll all balance out in the end. People who would comment on a tiny kid's weight are the WORST.
she's a short a for her age, only about 92cm, and weights 2st 6. She never stops running around and I'm sure she'll shoot up height wise soon and it'll all balance out in the end. People who would comment on a tiny kid's weight are the WORST.Thank you. I keep telling her. Stop worrying. I even told her to calm her toddler weight is made up. No one knows what their should be cause each child is different height so the weight won't co inside with it. Hence why I also said when school starts she will grow faster and lose some weight as she e waking to school everyday and their always busy. It's just heartless of people. No wonder people come ill with weight. We should just be in a world where weight shouldn't be a. Issue until it is. It's like the girls in my area all saying their large (only one is classed as obese & she is its heart breaking seeing her) I keep telling them their all fine. Nothing is on them.My daughter is 96th centile and overweight according to the NHS BMI calculator. I was a bit worried at first but my partner rightly told me to stop - she's 3 and she's perfect just as she is
On another subject, can I get people's opinions on whether I am being a fool or not.
My sister in law turns 18 in June (there's a big gap between her and my other half). Big birthday, I get it. They've decided to hire their favourite curry house as a venue for a party, on the actual night of her birthday, which is a Thursday. Not ideal for people who have work the next day, ie my partner, who as a teacher can't just book the day off, but never mind.
They are keen for us to take 3yo miniP but I have flat out said no as it doesn't start til 7pm (her usual bedtime) and although I could be open to keeping her up a little later, I think it would be tit to take a tired threenager to a loud, noisy birthday party and I would be having a tit time trying to entertain her. Or she would just fall asleep - also rubbish.
So they then said, well can your mum have her. Bearing in mind my mum lives an hour away and also works on Fridays, I can't see how that would work. She leaves at 7am for work and doesn't drive, so I'd have to pick 3yo up at like 6am on Friday morning to bring her back home with me.
Now they are suggesting they get one of my mother in laws cousin's children, who miniP has never in her life met and I have only met once, to stay at our house to look after her. So we would still put her down to bed, then leave for the party and they would just sit in the house and make sure she's ok and doesn't wake. Am I being a fool to hate this idea?
I know it's a big birthday and she wants us there but I would much rather we just all went for lunch in the daytime or something and we treated her separately. But, if we don't go, we'll never hear the end of it, and it will be used as a stick to beat us with forever more
My sister in law turns 18 in June (there's a big gap between her and my other half). Big birthday, I get it. They've decided to hire their favourite curry house as a venue for a party, on the actual night of her birthday, which is a Thursday. Not ideal for people who have work the next day, ie my partner, who as a teacher can't just book the day off, but never mind.
They are keen for us to take 3yo miniP but I have flat out said no as it doesn't start til 7pm (her usual bedtime) and although I could be open to keeping her up a little later, I think it would be tit to take a tired threenager to a loud, noisy birthday party and I would be having a tit time trying to entertain her. Or she would just fall asleep - also rubbish.
So they then said, well can your mum have her. Bearing in mind my mum lives an hour away and also works on Fridays, I can't see how that would work. She leaves at 7am for work and doesn't drive, so I'd have to pick 3yo up at like 6am on Friday morning to bring her back home with me.
Now they are suggesting they get one of my mother in laws cousin's children, who miniP has never in her life met and I have only met once, to stay at our house to look after her. So we would still put her down to bed, then leave for the party and they would just sit in the house and make sure she's ok and doesn't wake. Am I being a fool to hate this idea?
I know it's a big birthday and she wants us there but I would much rather we just all went for lunch in the daytime or something and we treated her separately. But, if we don't go, we'll never hear the end of it, and it will be used as a stick to beat us with forever more
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