2 silly BLW questions

[PhDlifeNeedsaNewLife]

1. am I the only person in the universe who can't make a porridge pancake? Aitch said something like, make porridge, spread on a plate, let set in fridge. 24hrs later all I've got is cold porridge. What did I do wrong?

2. for the love of god people, HOW do you cope with the washing? ds is going through a change of clothes at every feed and all his shirts are stained with banana, avocado, sweet potato, and/or prunes. I'm washing every fricking day, sometimes twice - and there's only one of him! Is there some trick to avoiding the wreckage, or am I just supposed to not mind spending all my time pinging between the stove, the highchair, and the drying rack?

3. ds is eating lentils and prunes regularly - along with other fruit, sweet potato, rice pasta, weetbix, etc. He's still bfing a fair bit and drinking some water during the day, but he's is still very irregular - he won't go for two days then I'll get a single rabbit pellet. any suggestions?

4. is it wrong to let him go the day with the morning's prunes still in his hair?

thanks bigbad.

am okay with the prunes actually

didn't know if rabbit pellets were okay, given how much he's eating. wonder where it's going!

yes we're using real nappies too, part of why we wash a lot. ds hates bibs with a passion; only very occasionally get them to stay on. haven't tried the plastic apron for a while (provoked anxious sobs last time ) might try it again I guess.

guess what I meant is, my cold porridge is no more pancakey than, well, normal porridge. there is nothing to "cut", nothing for little hands to hold except the usual squidgey mess. I would've said 'yes' I was making it fairly thick except, obviously I'm not. [sigh]

RE the washing, what you need is a long sleeved bib with a plastic small bib over it. If the mess is isolated to the neck/chest area the small bib will catch it. I always roll up the sleeves too on the long sleeved bib as hands are easier to wipe than doing the washing. IKEA sell long sleeved bibs in the normal plasticky fabric, so you can just rinse them when doing the washing up, hang over tap/dry plates and bobs your uncle it will be dry for the next meal and NO washing.

slightly manic lol at notion of getting bib-hating baby to wear two at once!

right, i managed to master the porridge pancake after similar scepticism as to it's actual existance.

so, get a sideplate sized plate/dish with a good lip on it. sprinkle about a tablespoon of porridge oats on it and shake so its level, covering the bottom of the dish/plate but about 3 mm. then pour on milk to just cover the oats. give a little shake to even it all out. put in microwave. nuke for, say a minute. it should bubble and look like porridge mush, but keep nuking at 10 sec intervals and check each time. it will all go solid. cool in fridge and then peel off! ta da!!!!

dd hates them

OK - porridge pancakes - I believe I came up with the definitive solution on the blog. But I see you've posted on the forum...

Will he cope with a muslin tied round his neck? That seems to cover a fair amount of the spills (and also not caring too much helps)

Don't know about the rabbit pellets, I'm afraid, but there was a Big Discussion on this on the blog:
here and here

why not have him eat naked? far easier until he gets better at controlling his food better...then you introduce cutlery and it all goes pear shaped again anyway, but still, worth a try.

Put a thin layer of porridge oats into a small saucepan. Add milk or water to cover. Give it a stir, smooth over and cook. Leave it to cool and set. The fridge will speed this up. Then peel out of the saucepan. Ds thinks they are nice with philadelphia spread on them.

Def the long sleeved plastic backed bib thingies. It's like putting a shirt one and you can some some funky ones he might like

ikea's bibs are supposedly excellent and cheap, but when i was weaning dd we knotted a muslin round her (and either naked or in a vest).

2. get one of those tie on or poppered on long sleeved bibs (not velcro - ds just takes it off) some people swear by putting a shower curtain on the floor but ds throws too far for this to be effective.

3)some fruit can actually make them constipated especially banana. these are all good for constipation: lentils, chickpeas, raspberries, prunes, blackberries, spinach, pears, broccoli, strawberries, carrots, potatoes, apples, apricots, cranberries, asparagus, dates, figs, grapes, mangos, olives, papayas, pineapple, rhubarb, soybeans, turnips, watercress, raisins, plums, honey, cauliflower, beets, cabbage, peas, coconut, sweet potato.

4. no definitely not. or do what i do and wipe it out with a wet flannel

I still strip DD off to her vest when she's having something high-risk, she's near enough 18 months. Also always use the big bibs with sleeves. You can get more mileage out of them by putting a small bib on top. I had an eater suit for her to start with too, from Hippy Chick.

DD1 also has to strip off on occasion too!

oh yes, nobiggy, i'm really regretting not stripping 2 year old dd off before spag bol the other night. she's not quite got that spaghetti twirling to perfection yet, and her trousers took a beating...

If he really hates bibs, how about some cheap long sleeved t-shirts a size too big - sling one on top, take it off after meal, and sling in machine. Have a few on the go, and it doesn't matter if they stain.

Well, I've even been known to remove items of clothing before a very yellow curry. I my days of working away from home I'd often eat a curry in my hotel room just in my undercrackers.

You lot must have toasty houses. Too cold for naked eating just now in the House of Hab.