Cauliflower Steaming On Such A Winter's Day - 10 / 10 thread

[FrannyandZooey]

For anyone who wants a boost to their general health. The suggested goals are:

EAT 10 PORTIONS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES EVERY DAY - if you don't usually eat much fruit and veg I would build up gradually or you could upset your digestion.

DO (AT LEAST) 10 MINUTES OF EXERCISE EVERY DAY - can be yoga, stretching or something more energetic. The plan is that the idea of doing 10 minutes is not too daunting, and having started you may well find you want to do more.

There are no restrictions on what you eat so long as you get your 10 fruit and veg as well. The focus is not on weight loss but on improving our energy levels and hopefully our general mood and well-being. Sign up below and post here to tell us how you're getting on and how you are feeling.

Basic guidance on what constitutes a portion of fruit and veg here and you can download more detailed information by following the link at the very bottom of the page

i am in bed witrh gu chocolate ice cream

California Dreamin

Thank you, Olivia

I may have heard that before

I am fond of goats..froma distance. I like their cheese

Franny that is my advice to DH, to stand firm and rock like and let them rage away and keep lines of communication as open as possible so they know they can always come back, iyswim. But it's easy for me to advise that but very hard for Dh to do.

I'm not sure if this is a good idea but we have set an alarm clock in DS room tonight and he is very excited about the fact that he musn;t get up until it rings. Normally he doesn;t wake / get up too early but seems to be going through a rather unsettled phase and appears in our bed and kicks and fiddles and turns lights on and off and moans about things until I get up (not DH, he won;t do).

I think I already know it isn;t going to work. he will appear at 5.30 asking me why it hasn;t gone off yet

I need advice about mornings at some point before the baby is born

I should probably start a thread at some point but then will get upset as 75% of posts will say something along the lines of 'just lock him in his room with bread and water until 9 am, you are the boss'

Mornings? Pourquoi?

I mean, sorry, is this to do with arrival of DB, or just generally?

well just that ds tends to wake up any time between 5 am [gulp, not v often luckily] and 7. He always calls out to us and unless it is very early he comes into our room and has cuddles etc. It is a very nice part of the day, except sometimes it is too early and we couild have done with some more sleep

he is nearly 5, I know a lot of children this age would be happy / be instructed to stay in their room and read a book, go downstairs watch tv etc. I don't think ds would be pleased about this. However with new baby sleeping presumably in with us, could be disastrous some mornings if have had a disturbed night then ds pops up at 6, shouts out, comes in and wakes the baby up. I don't know quite what to do

avi how about a second hand new one?

ye-es

in theory possibly

in practice he would mean well but would wake us up I think

I don't know if I should be changind things now in case it is a problem, or waiting to see if it IS a problem IFSWIM

it is one of the nicest parts of the day, and I can't see quite how it will work with a baby as well

however seems stupid to stop his enjoyment of it now just because it MAY cause problems later - however if I do have to change it, I would rather do it now, than have him realise it is because of the baby and feel sad / angry about that

sorry too many howevers

yes ok

(considers doing nothing as major parenting philosophy)

We've had a bit of success with 'till it starts to get light' Franny, this winter, in a similar sitch. DS is 6 though, and presumably has a bit more restraint.

If it hadn't worked I was going to buy one of those quite smart projector clocks, allow DS to aim it at the ceiling, and teach him the (digital) time.

He does still knock (very politely and quietly) and say 'just to let you know I'm going for a wee' at 6am, after a bitter struggle to get DD (2.4) back to sleep in our bed after 4am start, thus waking our worst nightmare little darling.

Ooh just been watching another 80s music programme

Franny you know I think I would leave it for now too and just see how things are nearer the time. When does dp get up? Could he get up with ds and leave you in bed with the baby?

lol look at books quietly till its time to get up!

Yes, I woudl start training him to fetch drinks, tissues, breast pads, clean nappies, bananas, oatcakes and so on right now

yes well....you know some children do do it....so people claim

Tatties dp gets up at 6.20 and has to go straight down and get off to work. He does take ds down at the weekend. The time I have with ds in the mornings in bed is important to me though, I wouldn't want dp to take him down more often really. I just think can we have proper time together with a squalling newborn in the bed and also I may be grumpy and desperate for another half hour. Ds gets upset if I say shhh we are going to sleep a bit more. Although I did get an extra 20 mins the other day by telling him to go and get 4 satsumas and eat them in his room looking at stories. My god the state of his poor bowels later though

LOL FK I have been doing that! He gets me tissues as I have had a cold, plus goes down and gets a plate of fruit for us both

fabulous stuff