Hello - where can I buy the Auld Alliance books? They sound fab. Sorry for not registering the breast fed dog, Auld - had to go out and meet boss for doom and gloom chat.
And I've only just managed to get the boys to bed - DS1 got his stories taken away for being naughty (1-2-3, Boff!) and Orbit is cutting that second tooth and had to have Calprofen, but he hates it so I have to practically ram it down his throat which is never fun. And he screams. He already screamed the place down earlier when he did a spectacular face plant from sitting and caught the corner of his eye on the phone book.
Did do one story for DS1 in the end, and he was very sorry for being naughty, and asked me to sing him the sunshine song (I sing 'Sunshines, you are my sunshines, you make me happy, when skies are grey etc' to both boys) and he clutched me round the neck really tightly while I sang and said 'You're beautiful Mummy, I love you'
How much of a terrible shouty parent do I feel now?
bebemoo I recommend the BLW book if you're thinking of doing it, but basically give them anything you're eating that isn't a choking hazard or too salty. So with the ham sandwich, give Moo the bread and butter (unsalted butter) but not the ham (too salty). Up to you when you introduce sugary things, we didn't until DS1 was about 12 months, I think, and then only very sparingly. Choking hazards are anything that might break off into tiny chunks, like raw carrot or raw apple, or tiny things like raisins or peas. The theory is though that by the time their fine motor skills are good enough to pick up a raisin, they're able to handle chewing and swallowing it.
Good beginning foods are steamed carrot sticks, steamed broccoli florets, rice cakes, ripe pear, cucumber sticks, chunks of chicken or steak (from a pie, for example), banana, etc etc Anything runny like porridge or yogurt put in a bowl and load the spoon, but let Moo take the spoon and put it in her mouth (or in her hair, ear, etc at the beginning!).
Boff am of your nanny. If I let you borrow my cleaner, can I have a lend of your nanny?