November 2012 - Bring out the paddling pools

[StuntNun]

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Vq. So early. We made it to 4.45 but mostly A goes back to sleep after milk. Today I've managed to get him back in his cot but now I can't sleep!

So I was thinking. On the babies birthdays do you do anything at nursery? As kids we took In sweets. But is there something for nursery?
Yep that is what is keeping me awake

And Vq the nursery doesn't like shaved off hair? I know my school doesn't like it either however can't believe a nursery is apposed. Surely a good thing? One less kid who can get nits? At the boys nursery there are three boys who have long hair which is tied up. They are Sikh so will eventually wear turbans. I did think its
extra work for nursery workers as they are constantly re tying their hair. Strangely I didn't see them re tie a girls hair at all during our settling in visits.

I guess it depends on the nursery and the nursery worker GT - DD often comes home with a French plait or bunches put in by her key worker.

for everyone awake early. Hope O has a wonderful time at nursery Lily - and you can look forward to a regular few hours to yourself.

Any tips for what to give J as an egg challenge? The dietitian said to do a challenge due to his percentile drops but I can't think of anything with well-cooked egg but no dairy. Can you make cake with Pure Sunflower instead of butter?

How about loking at dairy free recipes? Lots have eggs in. Or give him a bite of an omelette. Just a bite with his normal food? My girls love omelette mushed up in ratatouille.

Yes Stunt. I would try a mouthful of sponge cake, and see what happens.

Egg noodle?

Countdown begins then eh vq

Oh I love Ibiza zamboni. Have a fabulous time.

Looking after my friends 4yr old today. Think I'm going to take them to a farm. It's due to rain but I can't think of what else to do with them. I can't stay in all day and the farm does have a couple of indoor play areas.

Stunt yep I regularly bake with Pure sunflower or Vitalite. Good luck.

We had a dairy trial yesterday, a plate of fish pie that was made with one shellfish stockcube (in the whole massive pot!) that contained lactose from dairy - he was refluxing all night poor little soul, worst cough, really upset, sour breath and utterly knackered and sorry for himself when he got up. So dairy is still a no no here. I'll keep trying traces but he's definitely still reacting.

That's crazy YW, what an extreme reaction. J seems able to tolerate small soya quantities (apart from the blasted Pom Bears) but dairy is a definite no no. His last egg challenge was promising and he still had dairy and soya in his diet at that point so it will be very interesting to see the effects of this trial.

I know, his reaction is much better than it was though. He only woke once last night in discomfort, we could see and hear on the monitor that he was in discomfort (wriggling, groaning, hacking cough, audible refluxing) but it was only bad enough to wake him once. I think as he's cutting two teeth the reaction was exaggerated, but I'd made the pie before I realised the cubes contained lactose so figured we'd make it a trial. He can handle soya pretty much universally now except for evil fecking Pom Bears! What is in those bad boys?

Nursery was disaster. She got hit, pinched and bitten. Hoping for a better day tomorrow.

Oh no Lily and YW.

lily that sounds a bit excessive. All by one child? Poor old O.

yw at what point will you decide that's it he is lactose intolerant? I suspect that DD1 is generally more intolerant to soya than we realise, she has just rice milk and other than that no one worries too much these days. However, it is my experience that she sometimes gets apparently unexplained tummy cramps I think she has prob had something with soya in it. That has made me think actually.

Keep meaning to do some fish pie in portions so I can grab it out of the freezer.

We were planning to take DD1 to the theme park today but realised last night that it was closed.

So we went to our local small animal and forest play park, which she enjoyed.

Bearing in mind this was 25 km from where our weird friends (awkward party people) live we were surprised to run into them yet again.

Amusingly just before we ran into them we ran into his hr manager (and dh's former hr manager) so had to warn awkward friend she was about as he was "off sick" today.

Hoping that we will not have to endure them again at any point soon. It's v weird.

lily a certain amount of violence between toddlers is normal at this age. I assume nursery explained what happened and how they deal with it? O will eventually give as good as she gets, which sounds scary but is the way toddlers communicate unfortunately. Tomorrow is another day.

3 children. o is a very very shy and gentle child, they quickly realized that she wouldn't hit back. the nursery teachers were great amd the discipline was just fine. oh well,tmrw is another day.

Wanda as far as the dietician can ascertain J isn't lactose intolerant (so long as the lactose is not dairy derived) it's the dairy not the lactose per se he reacts to. This is because breast milk has lactose in it, and once my diet was clear of dairy he never reacted to my breast milk. A lactose intolerant baby would react to BM. They can develop secondary lactose intolerance but as of March when I weaned him, he didn't have any issues.

Hellooooo?

I have stopped having cows milk, other than the odd yoghurt and cheese. It means I now eat cereal with oat milk, and don't have to stifle a gag as I finish up the milky dregs

Lily I hope tomorrow goes better for O. F is similarly genteel, and she has found herself a couple of like minded souls to hang out with at nursery.

J is a little thug sometimes, and a soft gentle thing too. Poor little O. I do hope the other kids are kind to her tomorrow. It is a phase that passes quite quickly thankfully.

YW Poor J. Damn teeth always make things worse for my J too.

PR naughty man for phoning in sick!

GT the nursery object as he has such thick curly hair and they like it. I don't. It doesn't help that my girls call him baldy.

Hopefully J will sleep better tonight.

Evening evening evening

That reaction does sound hard going but I am glad it is better than previous. Poor wee bear yw

It is so hard when you think they are being overwhelmed lily. She is a very smart cookie however, and I would be sure that she will work out how to cope. P isn't a hitter or pusher but she is a tell-tale! She can point and stare with the greatest of indignance.

The days have surely come ticking by vq. I am so very pleased for you - I get a wee excited feeling whenever I drive past your house!

Other than cheese (which I am well aware is a fairly large 'other') I would be delighted to never have cow's milk. I hate the phlegmy feeling it leaves. Mind you, I have been a bit relieved to note that p has started asking occasionally for milk to drink. She prefers it slightly hot - mixed with boiled water. I don't know why it bothers me as she has cheese and yogurt in abundance.

Oh, and in my excitement in costco yesterday I grabbed some children's vitamins. I have never given her them before and have no idea if she needs them. DH vaguely remembers the HV muttering something about vitamin d but generally ignored her so has no idea if it seemed like a good idea. Anyway, I have read the instructions now and the dashed things are for 3+. What should I do with them? They have been opened now - can I give them to her or should I pass them on?

I can't believe how many haircuts there have been! P will be about 15 by the time she needs a hair cut. Her cousin had his first one the other day

Pass I do occasionally give S those - because we have them for DD and as S is almost as tall and weighs as much I think it's prob ok (happy to be corrected by medical/more knowledgeable peeps) - they both love their "sweet" and think they are getting a treat and it's useful for bribery. But isn't every day, probably every 3 or 4.

Pass we reckon L will just stay bald and look like his daddy. All his buddies have hair!

L totally rocks the bald look, pikz!

That is helpful zamboni. We gave her one and she had a meltdown because she wanted another one. She is outside a lot so I am not sure she really needs vit D. I will maybe look at the supermarket ones and see how the constituents vary. She isn't massive still so she is a fair way from a 3yo.

The main reason he gets them is of course because it is impossible to give one something without the other one wanting it.