June 2008-keeping little hands off mummy's creme eggs

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New thread here

I've just noticed how close to the end of our thread we are !

Bereft of ideas for new thread title I'm afraid!

(Although given the above post maybe "June 08 - if your name's not on the list you're not coming in", would be appropriate! )

Other threads can be weird - people forget their manners and they get overconfident if they think they can say horrid things and no one will pull them up on it. They should just give you their advice or not say anything! I think if you want to stop the TV during meals just turn it off and explain no tv while you're eating. He might not eat for a few days but you have to be consistent. It is hard - like today E had a meltdown before lunch because I caught her emptying all the books off the bookcase in her room - I said 'Oh Esther no!' (in exasperated rather than shouty voice cos I was tired) and moved her away. Well she hates being told off so she sobbed her heart out for ages and wouldn't sit in her high chair. She kept saying 'watch Igglepiggle, watch igglepiggle'. Well I don't normally let them watch tv while they are eating but I gave in that time cos it was just the easiest thing to do.

Great news on M's weaning Eddie - he sound perfectly fine to me

Amber, like Luke I wouldn't be able to put T in a corner or on a step either, he'd never stay there. So I have to use his room with the gate shut or the cot. Time out really does work if you are consistent (remember to always give a warning first) but you have to believe in it yourself too - if you think it is a bit of a joke he will too.

I will look for that NurtureShock book in the library - sounds really interesting. I am reading Elizabeth Pantley's No Cry Discipline Solution atm, I saw it at the library and thought it looked interesting. I am not sure what is 'no cry' about it tho - it is all the normal discipline measures like time out etc. Although there is a strange chapter on how to control your anger . I'm not sure I ever get that angry with the DTs.

Glad you are enjoying the Ina May Gaskin book as well, Spider. I thought the birth stories got a bit repetitive... I enjoyed the second half of the book a lot more and got a lot more out of it. I hope you will too. The Lamaze book Giving Birth With Confidence is also a really good book for expaining the physiological side of labour and birth and how such big babies come out of such small holes .

Sybil, yes I thought that was me you were describing there with the driving. And Essie I do that thing as well where you block the outside lane if it is going from two to one!

Hmm - I cannot really comment too much on quality of driving seeing as I failed my driving test but I am fairly sure that I will be a road rager when I get my wheels!

Neenz - definitely going to do the discipline with warning and cot. Strangely he has been really good since I posted about nursery.

Eddie - weaning already? Where does the time go? I was thinking about weaning today when I was looking through some old pics of Luke. It was a bloody nightmare if I remember correctly and Luke wouldn't eat anything while everyone else on the thread had babies scoffing three course meanls(well that's how it felt anyway!). Do you remeber Hedgehog and her menus she fed her Isaac? OIt was always take aways. I remember trying luke on sweet potato puree and Hedgehog was feeding Isaac a vindaloo! (joking obviously it was just a korma )

I agree about other threads on here. The thing is it's all so politically correct so you daren't say anything remotely contentious (unless you fancy a ruck!). It gets on my nerves so I stay away unless it's a question on ants like my last non June 08 entry! I did say they were yellow ants though so amazed I haven't been blasted for ant racism.

Talking of centiles, I weighed Luke yesterday and he was 33 lbs. I have lost my book so can anyone tell me if that's right or not? He's very tall and has the feet of a 3 year old so wouldn't surprise me if he comes up big.

Had a shite day today. Mabel kitten has had a bad reaction to her stitches from her spay and had to go to the vet. Plus our new living room furniture arrived which we have been waiting months for and I had to send the lot back 'cos it was poor quality. We had it made to match the sofa we already have and the leather was terrible and it was dirty and one bit had a scratch. How do they think that's acceptable? Really

Anyway - enough from me - laters.

Funny, Eddie, I was just thinking - the June 2008 clique - as a minimalist thread title...same idea!

I've just been drinking champagne (ish) in my office with my female colleague. The boys in my dept (we call them the alpha males) are rather cliquey and lots go on that us girls aren't involved in (it's just the two of us). Anyhow, we're teaming up and I love her, we really get on well. So I told her about my grant and she pointed out that only the girls have been successful (she has got RGs too) and they're going to be soooo pissed off. So she brought me a bottle of light fizz! Lovely. But a non-productive afternoon...

Neenz that's what I thought/knew, and basically just wanted some backup and reassurance that he wouldn't stop eating for ever more. (As you all know, quite a preoccupation of mine...yes, he's undersized...) But we're going to brave it out this week and break the habit. He's ever so naughty about it, because on Tuesday, he came to the table and started eating, but stopped half way and demanded to have his food in the other room. We ignored for ages but eventually gave in (now we're stronger and it won't happen again) but he was clearly hungry, took the edge off it and fuelled himself for the fight. Quite cunning really. He had all his food at the table last night but didn't actually eat very much main course. But not because he was demanding to go through, just he didn't want to eat it. Fair, I suppose: I'm not always hungry.

Right, off home now.

I love the fact he had a main course! What was the starter? And did you serve and amuse bouche inbetween?!!

Amber, weaning is a bit of a PITA here tbh! A was soooo easy to wean, M not so . But we're getting there, and are trying not to sweat it too much.

Drinking champagne in the office takes me back - used to work in an office in Westminster where we drank alot of champagne! Many an afternoon phone call made while more than a bit pissed!

I have to admit I'm really bad when it comes to tv and telly. Ds1 had reflux and was sick with meals until he was two and a half and we were told to let him watch tv to get his mind off the food. It worked really well and now I no longer see tv at teatime as a bad thing, so J gets it every day. It's much easier to stop bad habits when they are old enough to reason with.

Sorry to hear about your driving test Amber, fingers crossed for next time. And well done M for hitting that 2nd percentile!

Eating battles here too, Ethan isn't good at eating meat and is only slightly better with veg so tonight he reckoned he'd finished his meal because he was just fed up with it.So I kept saying that he wouldn't be able to have pudding(rhubarb and ice cream), but no he was resolute so we all had ours, he still wouldn't give in, I only wanted him to eat about 3 more morsels of chicken and and a bit of rice. He was obviously crying and creating through all this, I kept giving him a chance to eat but no...So we all left the table and I got him out of his chair, and he just stood crying whilst Ds2 thought it was so sad.eventually(about 5 minutes)he started crying for me, then he ate all his chicken and rice and veg, then wolfed down 2 bowls of rhubarb.Tristan was so upset as he thought ethan didn't understand but he knew perfectly well what was going on and the consequences, let's see what happens tomorrow!

Deb - You are my new guru. I gave in after C had eventually eaten one more piece of pasta tonight! There was no way she was going to eat anything else, so she evntually had a little bit of ice cream (the bribe for eating the bloody pasta) and cheese. and then a yoghurt. Oh well, no worries about calcium I suppose!

Well done Deb! I also bow to your powers!

Thanks Biscuits and Amber , I didn't go as far as trying to get him to eat the broccoli though - I knew how far to push him!

New thread here!