My MIL just bought my baby a set of reigns and I am horrified. What to do?

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I think they are horrid?!

But twinkie, I used to the first time he ran in the road ( about 6 months ago) to teach him that he was wrong and he doesn't do it anymore

wenslyedale with cranberries is nice

About the same as me then DS1 started walking at 15 months and I used them for longer as I also had a buggy with DS2 in. DS2 has just started walking 18 months and I am using them (sort of) now. I actually put the handle round my hand and hold his hand and DS1 holds his other hand when ever we come to a road.

They were invaluable to me with two so close in age, it allowed DS1 to have some independance rather than being strapped in to a buggy like some of his peers.

DD wouldn't remember if I taught her that running in the road was bad - she doesn't understand concequences well yet. Should she be in her pushchair until she can understand?!

gosh that seems like a right faff to not have a highchair. me and ds eat together. wouldn't be able to do that if he had to sit on my lap and eat.

Stilton & Apricots yum!

its very do-able nappyadd

ds3 wasn't keen on his high chair. He has fallen off his non-highchair so many times....

MrsRuffello

If only all children were as complient as yours. I have taught DS1 road safty too, but it certainly took more than one explanation for him not to try again.

I wish I have your son or your communcation skills

dds tended to eat off my plate anyway even tho they ahd their own

i am clingy mum fo the year tho

Why can't you eat together if he is on your knee? That's what we did. Now he sits on a normal chair

Nailpolish that is fine as long as you have only one or a big ebough gap in ages. I dont

cos how could you put the baby's food in front of the baby to eat and your food in front of you to eat?

"reigns......horrified"
pmsl

dd& is nearly four, and today she tried to argue with me that a road wasn't a road because it didn't have any cars going down at that particular moment . I've been teaching her road safety for more then two years, it goes in one ear and out the other

mine are 24 mths apart
suppose that is long enough - dd1 ws stting in a normal chair by then

nappyadd

baby on one knee

2 plates side by side on table

easy

15 months. DS1 is 2.10 now and still uses the trip trapp to bring him to the correct height at the table to draw, eat, paint etc. I have one wither side of me and we manage fine. They are not restrained as such in them, they can get in and out on their own

but how do you cut things up and hold onto the baby?? i can only just about manage to eat things like sandwiches with ds on my lap.

I couldn't have a littlie sitting on my knee because ds1 often still needs feeding, and following around. Ds2 (my sensible one) would sit happily in his highchair stuffing his face. DS 'I want to be just like ds2' 3 would sit on a proper chair and fall off. God it drove me mad. Sometimes he got shoved (and strapped!) into the highchair because I couldn't bear to pick him up off the floor whilst chasing ds1 round trying to get him to eat.

and what about if the baby just wants a little snack and you want to get on and potter about the kitchen? ds has his morning snack whilst i'm cleaning up.

practice nappyadd

dont you ever have baby on knee and not hold them?

anyway, have to go

all this chat about babies on knee makes me broody

snap napppyaddict. And the kids were all gluten free at various times - ds1 was trying to eat my non-gluten free toast this morning. I want them away from me when I'm trying to eat

Horses for courses.

One thing the thread shows is we are all different and parent in different ways. What is right for one family is not or can not be for another

fruit alongside cheese is ok

fruit inside cheese is rank

I also hate the word 'puce'