The CRESH spa and creche: we ALL deserve crap ham

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Enter all ye ESHes. We've been Barren, we've been Pregnant - now at last we are Child-Rearing.

• Come share your questionable tips on raising a real live baybee!
• Compete with Cunty to take control of the bad mummy crown!
• Eat crap ham - after all, you deserve it!

Wtf happened with my links there? Perils of trying to do them with a wriggly wailer in my hands, I suppose.

Hee hee, thanks for reassuring me of my being allowed to post in here Boxy Sorry to hear about your horrid hospital experience. I've had to visit the children's ward twice with smallboo, once at 10 days and once at about 11 months, both times they gave us a single bed with bars so I could stay the night (didn't have to the first time though thank goodness) when I told them we co-slept - made me realise how fortunate we are to have a fairly forward thinking hospital.

Btw my Joules-loving pals - online sale has started today - they've not rolled out the big discounts yet though.

we co-slept for first 12 weeks as he wouldn't settle any other way. He mostly slept in his sleeping bag on top of duvet.

We still do it if he's poorly or teething as he gets very clingy then. Now he's more robust he goes under duvet in his pjs.

light I use a vid or pics of Artie when expressing at work and it definitely helps.

Hello from coventry btw, am here on a [gasp] overnight trip with work. Won't somebody think of the children????? I actually did get a bit teary when leaving artie this morning though.

Ha ha! cossie's been sent to Coventry.

madam You are very welcome here!

I had a visit this afternoon from the Family Support Worker. She's going to close my file. So I guess that means she thinks I am not a danger to my children anymore?

lol fanny that's exactly what TGO said

well done on getting signed off. You clearly deserve nice ham after all.

Good news on the signing off fanny

boo you are definitely CRESH in my eyes but as I'm biased and new here myself glad to hear others think so too :o

Can I apply for the crown? I managed to drop Sprout when she was about ten days old. She did a full 360 forward flip (boarding practice?), landed head first on the side of the Moses basket abd luckily bounced back in rather than onto the floor. MW was on her way up the stairs atvthe time too but luckily it was my lovely undetstanding one, she just laughed. I have also got in and out of the bath with her on my own without assistance from my partner! A recipe for disaster apparently

Can I ask a completely random question? At seven months what were you eating? Meat or fish not a hit. Basically anything with fruit in it (even veg and fruit) is a hit but otherwise not. Should I worry my child will starve on fruit salad for rest of his life ???? Cauliflower cheese went down okish. Do they just learn to like it?

Good news, fanny.

They get there in the end honey. Just keep reciting "until one, food is for fun". Although I'm not sure what happens at 1!

I've just had to give a fruit salad meal too - after she spat out what I had cooked. She won't starve.

Well done for getting the men in white coats off your back fanny. Now if you could just get that ankle tag sorted before we meet next week...

Awesome fanners!

MB today had fast food aka jars as been out all day. Did have to tell him no when he decided that one dinner was not for eating but for spitting back out at me!!! This baby is definitely his father's son! Gonna be a little sod handful at times I'm sure.

Wrt food am just gonna dish up whatever whenever and See how it goes and if it's refused then so be it. My hv said that it's at 8mo they start forming habits. She said they wont starve themselves and to not serve anything else? Your thoughts?

Moo fruit a hit here too. Everything else is a bit suspect especially every lovingly prepared bit of food with chicken or fish in. However, crumpets, pita, whole pieces of veg go down well and of course strawberries of which we still have 100s from picking at the weekend. Just keep offering and one day he will realise that food = full tummy and will be wolfing it down.

Fan great news..

I am off out tonight. Don't plan on touching any cocktails ce coir though moo..

Good plan chaps thanks. I will stop worrying and just keep serving the foie gras.

okie I'd just like to remind you that you actually WANTED to buy one of those Flaming Lamborghinis at one point of the evening. I dread to think what could have happened after that. I fear you may have actually had to hold my hair back.

I'm home alone tonight as mr moo on works do - he was going to leave only but cleverly the boss has arranged a do on a boat which doesn;t dock until 11pm! ha ha.

Hey Honey, as others say, all babies are different, and will get the hang of food in their own time, but if MiniMoo has a bit of a sweet tooth prob worth starting at the sweeter end of the vegetable range - so carrots, sweet pots, butternut squash type stuff? We have the opposite problem round here...Squib has decided that solid food is A Good Thing and is now up to 5 ice cubes/large tbsps of grub a meal. Had meltdown at a friend's today when he had finished his leek & potato and wanted more, so we shovelled a third of a banana down him before he was happy. I'm more worried he's not getting enough milk, as daytime BFs are a pretty cursory affair these days.

It's funny how the rules change isn't it? Apparently, by the time I was 9 months I was just eating what my parents had cut up in little bits (probably salt and all) and drinking cow's milk... And there's nowt wrong with me

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Light how old is your little one? That sounds great - I can't wait until minimoo is eating with gusto. I've always been a good eater (too good) and my mum was feeding me brussel sprouts from a wee nipper. Mr Moo on the other hand is a fussy bugger and I pray the little man doesn't inherit his preferences.

He turned 7 months yesterday, but I started him on veggies at 5 months, so we may be a bit ahead of you timewise... He'll now eat pretty much anything we throw at him, but I've been a bit rubbish about getting protein into him as yet...

ah we are days apart then. minimoo was 7 months on the 11th.

I did try and start earlier due to his size, but it didn't bizarrely make a jot of difference and he was ready when he was ready. I tried butternut squash tonight with a wee bit of lamb in it, but nooooooooo. Strawberries a hit, as was crumpet and toast the last 2 mornings. hey ho we will persevere. I think I might try more cheesy stuff - broccoli and chicken and pasta in cheesy sauce...

Curly After 1 they start getting a bit more pickly because their tastebuds start to develop, damn them! However it's still worth offering them things they may have previously refused because sometimes it may be because they just don't fancy it.

Smallboo still isn't all that fussed about meat. He'll eat sausages (I tend to cook quorn ones because I like them), but that's about it really. Lately he's had no appetite, but will always eat olives and cucumber so at least I can get him to eat something healthy.

I haven't tried any red meat yet (except bits of ham), but he loves fish (we made fish pie and did him a separate portion sans salt), and we've given him a couple of bits of chicken off our plates. I'm a bit lazy and just have loads of frozen cubes of various mushed veggies in the freezer and I mix and match them. Lamb's quite a strong taste I guess...maybe try something a bit blander? But what do I know...

Someone told me strawberries aren't allowed? Something to do with the seeds in them and kiwis? I've already given him kiwi though and he was fine so might give em a go...

Thanks boo. Squeaks will eat pretty much anything on a normal day and she loves meat - always picks it out and eats it first.

I just kind of wondered if anyone actually takes a different approach to food from the day a child turns 1. So many of the "rules" change then and if we were to stick to them, from next Friday at noon Squeaks would get:
-Just cow's milk

• more salt
• a serious approach to eating

• lots of honey and strawberries

etc. Of course, it's gradual for most of us. But I bet there are some who stick to the letter of the baby-feeding law.

Squeaks adores strawberries. And she's had kiwi too. Not done any harm.
She had beef at six months - from my Christmas dinner plate!

Marvellous. Droid returned yesterday, and have just found a spot. Normal service resumes it would seem...

Arse. Have a gin lighty.

I'm in the midst of DROID II the revenge. It's shit.

No one told me about the bloody strawberries!!!!! What are they supposed to do? He seemed to like them and he's had loads from Ella's kitchen and also seeds mushed up. Oops.

I think I started giving him cows milk at 10 months ish - but he was still being breast fed then so it wasn't much, then when MrB started putting him to bed he would have cows milk in a sippy cup (when it was my turn to do bedtime I breastfed him to sleep until he was about 18 months or so) .

I think we were a bit cautious about strawberries at first 'cos of the seeds thing but I think you can tell when they're ready Light. I think doing BLW has really helped me to continue to have a relaxed attitude to mealtimes now -to not worry so much about what he is eating- I still trust that he knows what he fancies eating and needs. Of course we have some modicum of control because we buy and cook the food, but if he doesn't eat what we're eating I don't offer an alternative. I've got a friend with two teenage lads and she cooks 3 separate meals a night depending on what they fancy . There is no way that I'm ending up in that situation!

Back at age 1 though I think it's really helpful to view intake over the whole week rather than on a day to day basis.