The CRESH Creche and Spa - future home of all ESH

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I liked the CRESH acronym more than FESH so have used it. Welcome all ESH to your final stop on the journey. Rest your aching lady bits, try one of the many gin based cocktails, and try to molest the gorgeous waiting staff.

curly when JB flew klm with bear we read t&c, bear was entitled to hold baggage and also parents entitled to changing bag on top of normal hand luggage. As he was carrying bottles they made him taste, jar too big but security ignored in light of unbroken seal.

Mostly it is Drom, but it doesn?t work for everyone. I think it depends on how many night feeds you do or summat.

muse imo you are doing the right thing. She will naturally decide when it?s time to sleep earlier. Artie certainly did. Clusterfeeding is good, as like you have discovered it tanks them up for the night. You just need to get him to run around after you while you sit on the sofa watching telly. And become an expert at eating one handed!!

I am already an expert at eating one handed. Although she does usually let me eat my dinner now. Since we got her a highchair she likes sitting with us at the table and watching. As long as I don't leave dinner too late that is.

Right, I am meant to be going to the local park to do some buggy fitness class. Assuming it does actually exist, I didn't get round to checking.

Morning y'all,

Have had a lovely weekend with HI and MB. So nice. Looks like things are on the up. Let's hope they stay that way. Had three full days of dining in and out with friends and generally enjoying time together as a family.

MB still stuffing his chops and is now into toast and had Weetabix and banana today which he was not too fussed about so will try with apple or pear next time. Wrt to junk/fast food aka Ella's pouches and Shiz I reckon he should be on stage 2 which includes meat and is textured but the packs say not suitable before 7months. He is 6mo and one week. WWYD?

do it, it's just the texture and if he's ok with fingerfood etc it will be fine. TBH they're not much more textured anyway!

Do it. Rastus eats the 12 month+ ones. Tis only a guideline. They don't have massive chunks in anyway.

I was wondering about the salts rather than lumps - anyone know? Most of the time he gets homemade and am blending less and less.

What sort of texture are the 12m ones CU? The stuff we make Artie at home isn?t as runny as the 7m stuff we buy.

Certainly for the 7m, the salts won?t be any different to the first stage stuff, not sure about the 12m

Actually only a bit lumpy, nothing dramatic. Rastus has 5 teeth though, which he loved to rmploy at any opportunity . I made him a lightly spiced biryani last night with basmati rice - went down an absolute storm

I gave him broccoli last night, he gave me pretty much the same look his father does when I smuggle it in to food.

Broccoli, mash, bit of browned mince, spoonful of low-sugar, low-salt baked beans. Trumptastic.

Anyone having booger issues? We have two green rivers of snot - was wondering if it's pollen related. 'Tis truly a beautiful site.

We resumed relations at 2.5 weeks I think it was, despite my cervix/vagina playing no part in the birth - it did feel a bit "different" inside at first from my pov. Felt like things had moved. Everything back to normal now though.

medee You're the expert - if I were to buy the cbfm from amazon, does it come with a thermometer & bits or do I need to go and buy a load of other kit seperately?

Fanks peoples! Stage 2 it is! I've also got him some DNA my stuff like the carrot puffs which look like wotsits and Ella's cookies. They also say 7mo on. Only finger food he has had so far is toast. Gonna try cucumber later - how thick should the strips be?

Off to baby massage again. Let's hope it actually runs today as only I pitched up last week!

Squeaks has no teeth but happily eats all sorts. Last night it was a home made sausage casserole thingy: Balls of sausage meat, diced carrot, spud and parnsip. She scoffed the lot using her fingers, then nabbed some pitta bread.

Cherry tomatoes and grapes also go down well. I honestly don't know how she does it.

And yes, alps the snot taps are well and truly on constant. I've stopped looking for reasons. Could be pollen, could be bog standard germs. She's also dribble tastic (the raspberries are back) so I am covered in slime most of the time. She wakes up in the morning* with a face/head covered in snot crust. Yuk.

*morning, night, middle of... coughing again and sore gums

Organix carrots sticks are a clear fave here. And whole banana. silv Cucumber never really gets eaten, just gnawed on.

Artie loves cucumber, but mostly it just gets sucked to death (no teeth)! I just do the stips so they fit in his fist iyswim.

Alps from what I remember the cbfm monitor comes with a pack of sticks to piss on. They you have to buy additional packs if you don't get a win. Cheapest place was Amazon.

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no thermometer with it. I think Okie is right, it comes with a pack of sticks, then you buy extra packets. And yes, Amazon def the place to buy it. Sometimes comes up on Ebay too.

sorry alps, forgot to say thanks for the travel tips. Ours states explicitly that infants do not have a hand baggage allowance. But do get 10kg hold allowance that you don't pay extra for plus two of pushchair/travel cot/car seat for free. All her stuff for during flight can go as SFFs hand luggage. Mine will be full anyway with all my drucks etc! And on the thermometer front I got a Baby Mad one for v little on either Amazon or Ebay.

Lost Ebay auctions, but had just ordered sling- looks like we are in for another evening of constant soothing.

Anyone else following Annabel Karmel weaning guide? Some of the recipes are mad! Talk about corden bleu!! I'm going to attempt to try the meat recipes and make them thicker than the previous purees I've done.

When you cook and then freeze meat stuff, after I defrost overnight can I microwave the food ? If so for how long? The book doesn't tell you.

Well i always did, but make sure it's piping then leave to cool.

Betweem 30 and 45 seconds

yes I do, um just till it's hot! about 30 secs?

How long is a piece of string? Depends on the strength of your microwave, size of portion & temperature. I just shove it in and touch the bottom of the pot, stir, shove it back in until it's steaming, then squish it up high around the sides of the pot so it cools quickly. Don't let him see it in preparation - your life will not be worth living!

Tonight he's having mum's homemade bolognaise (need to get rid of all the slighly limp veggies in the fridge), I will not blend any of it. He's also having pasta swirls rather than spaghetti - he sucks them in and then chomps until they're dead.

I ordered the Shag Dictator from Amazon. I see they also sell the male testing kits for concentration and mobility. (Given his father's attention span, concentration may well be an issue! ). Did any of you manage to get them to JIAP for a home test?

Alps the threat of having to JIAP micraculosly resulted in a win for me. Funny that...

lol, it did for us too!

Horsey ESHes - am I hopelessly out of touch or would you spend 75 cocking quid on a polo? Joules