The Newborn & Toddlers Off-Topic Chat Thread

caprilicious

Play Bunny wrote: »

thanks cap, still thinking of names keep changing my mind lol, as for potty training the potty isnt out 24/7 at the mo she keeps telling me she has pee'd and its to late so trying to get her on time, tough oul going all the same, ive until end of june to get her sorted cant wait for it to be done anything else i dont mind doing

have u had an oppertunity again to find out ur baby's sex?

That's brill that she is aware that she's wet herself and is telling you. our little madam used to tell us when she had done a dirty nappy, but she hates having her nappy changed so now she wont tell us at all!

No, haven't had a scan since so still in the dark about the sex! I really hope when I look at baby the perfect name will spring to mind, because I have no inspiration at the moment!!!

Leztanelly

Hello all

Before I start, congrats to all for your little bundles who are quickly growing before your eyes.

I'm so sorry pester you all. I've been trying to figure out how to start a thread/sub forum. Similar to this, but off the topic chat for toddlers-schoolies. How they are progressing & how we parents are doing. You know handling the continuing challenges. This would be of course just like this sub forum, a safe place to laugh at our little one's adventures, cry with them when they are sad and even let of some steam when things can sometimes get a bit rough.

I originally started a thread and few people responded saying it would be a great idea to start a sub forum for this category. So whilst I realize this is for newborns - toddlers I figured some of you may have more than one child one of which are this category or about to enter it. If your nodding your head with me, along with others how have also said "yup great idea". Here's the thing I have no idea how to create a sub forum....

Hence me pestering you. So on that note I leave you all to you little, little, little people and hope you can help me? Do any of you know how to create a sub forum for toddlers to grammar school?

Thanks so much and again congrats.

Moonbeam

You can not create a sub forum only the Admins can..

If you would like to request one go to Sys > Forum Requests.

I also do not get what you want the forum to be about..? 3/4 year olds?

Cat Melodeon

Haven't been on for a while, hope everyone is good!

Cbyrd, what a scare. I live in terror of something like that happening to us. I'm an okay driver but the roads around here are pretty crap, always covered in mud from farms etc and I'm like a granny going round bends I'm so scared I'll skid! Hope ye're all okay and that the pain disappears fast for you.

Hannibal, we had our first chuckle here too, actually on her 3rd month birthday! It was very random. I was carrying her into the bedroom where hubbie was playing with toddler and I banged on the door as I came in (scary monster style) and the next thing baby threw her head back and roared with laughter, a real belly chuckle. It was hilarious - we were banging on the door for about half an hour, she laughed each time! But not a hint of a laugh out of her since, I think that was our quota for this month!

Tigeress

Cybrd so glad you're ok hun! What an awful scare! So lad re boys are fine too hope the painkillers work & you're back to normal in no time xx

Hannible & Cat Congrats on the first giggles hehe

Playbunny Congrats a little boy! So exciting!

Nathan turned 7 weeks yest flying through! Getting loads and loads of smiles hehe I just love it! I do have a Q though.. He has bad cradle cap the Doc told me to put olive oil on every second day & brush out, I've been doing it for just over a week now & it seems to be getting worse than better.. Any advise? I heard there is some special shampoos you can get to help too so I'm going to the chemist tomorrow to get one.. I know it's not annoying him but I feel like crying while trying to brush it out his scalp gets so red so quick & I'm terrified of hurting him.. I even got my Mum to do it once for me cause I started welling up..

January

Ellen had bad cradle cap, we used baby oil, let it soak in for a while (even overnight if you can) and then got a plastic lice comb and scraped it out. She didn't seem too bothered by it, but she is older than Nathan (she's 4 months now). It got rid of nearly all of it in one go. I wouldn't use the shampoo's they just seem to be a quick fix (used them on Addison until my mum took hold one day and sorted it with the baby oil and lice comb), his head will get red but unless it's hurting him I wouldn't be getting upset. Sometimes mammy just has to be strong and do it, it's better in the long run

Tigeress

January wrote: »

Ellen had bad cradle cap, we used baby oil, let it soak in for a while (even overnight if you can) and then got a plastic lice comb and scraped it out. She didn't seem too bothered by it, but she is older than Nathan (she's 4 months now). It got rid of nearly all of it in one go. I wouldn't use the shampoo's they just seem to be a quick fix (used them on Addison until my mum took hold one day and sorted it with the baby oil and lice comb), his head will get red but unless it's hurting him I wouldn't be getting upset. Sometimes mammy just has to be strong and do it, it's better in the long run

Thanks January I might give the lice comb a go if it doesn't start to settle in the next few days.. I combed more out this evening with the newborn brush & he wasn't impressed I gave him a bath afterward though & he loves his baths so I think I'm forgiven for now hehe.. I never thought of the baby oil! Is it better than the olive oil?!

January

I always find the baby oil more slippy than vegetable/olive oil, for some reason!

Hannibal Smith

Our little guy has cradle cap....we've tried everything, nothing will get rid of it. He has a bath every second day and we've used the oil trick we've tried not using anything in the water, tried using johnsons in the water, I've rubbed his scalp while he's in the water and it's wet....nothing will get rid of it. I can actually see his scalp drying up as soon as he's out of the bath. The PHN suggested some special cradle cap shampoo but apparently you can only use it twice a week?

At this stage I was going to just let him grow out of it....but I'm a bit concerned by January's 'better in the long run' comment...it will clear up won't it? :eek:

Hannibal Smith

January wrote: »

I always find the baby oil more slippy than vegetable/olive oil, for some reason!

Oh....I haven't tried baby oil...I'll give that a go!

How Strange

Yep we used baby oil too and I think someone on here recommended picking at it the next day although a lice comb would probably be just as or even more effective. We used to slather the baby oil on at bed time so it had all night to absorb.

Hannibal Smith

How Strange wrote: »

Yep we used baby oil too and I think someone on here recommended picking at it the next day although a lice comb would probably be just as or even more effective. We used to slather the baby oil on at bed time so it had all night to absorb.

I was told never to pick it!

January

I picked it all the time :eek:

Hannibal Smith

January wrote: »

I picked it all the time :eek:

:eek: Nooooo! :eek:

Haaahaaa...well I'm only going on what the GP and PHN said...you know yourself another professional could tell another mum something else....but they all said to me not to pick it.

Lola92

We used baby oil/olive oil and let it sit in for a good hour or two. Then brushed it off with a soft baby brush in a circular motion, kind of like an exfoliator. Worked fine for us although Ella never had a huge amount of cradle cap.

cbyrd

Don't be afraid to scrub baby's head when you're washing it.. it's well able to take a scrubbing from the pads of your fingers.. i have to say out of necessity i've washed mine with pantene. . :eek: he had a little on the top of his head and rather than leave the 2 in the bath or take him out and run down stairs i used the pantene scrubbed for a min or 2 and he's no sign of cradle cap since..

Youngest cbyrd laughs out loud when i put a cold wipe on his bum.. its hilarious :pac:

chillichick

Hi all I am new to this thread following boards parenting since I was pregnant.It is great reading all about the new babies and parents.I had a little girl Isabel who is now 4 months old.just popped in to say hello to all.

January

chillichick wrote: »

Hi all I am new to this thread following boards parenting since I was pregnant.It is great reading all about the new babies and parents.I had a little girl Isabel who is now 4 months old.just popped in to say hello to all.

My little girl is 4 months old now too Welcome to the forum!

chillichick

Ellen is your little girl lovely name January.Did you start her on the baby rice? i started feeding my little one last week as she was fed up of the bottles.
She is great eating sunshine orange breakfast and her little dinners much more settled in her self now.
god time has gone so fast never thought I would get here the first 3months are so hard especially when you first time parent.

caprilicious

chillichick wrote: »

Hi all I am new to this thread following boards parenting since I was pregnant.It is great reading all about the new babies and parents.I had a little girl Isabel who is now 4 months old.just popped in to say hello to all.

Welcome Chillichick! Such a gorgeous name for your little girl

I found pure olive oil worked brill for removing cradle cap, baby smelled like chips though after it :pac:

I was also told not to pick at it, though the advice definitely seems to change every week when it come's to babies so I think whatever works for you!
I think it is because picking at it is supposed to leave it raw/prone to infection, though not sure how true that is.

I used the olive oil and a soft baby comb when she was younger, but as she got older she hate's having her hair brushed so I just left it be & she has hardly any these days, it has gone by itself.

chillichick

little girls really don't like to be poked at.
my little one hates getting dressed or undressed or washed haha.
she just wants to be left alone lying on the floor playing or watching Peppa.

January

chillichick wrote: »

Ellen is your little girl lovely name January.Did you start her on the baby rice? i started feeding my little one last week as she was fed up of the bottles.
She is great eating sunshine orange breakfast and her little dinners much more settled in her self now.
god time has gone so fast never thought I would get here the first 3months are so hard especially when you first time parent.

She's not on the spoon just yet, but I did buy a box of baby rice today! I'll probably start her on Saturday, she has a busy day tomorrow, her god parents are bringing her out to buy her her christening present (or presents if I know them like I know I do ).

Cap, Addison HATES having her hair brushed too, she wakes up in the morning and tells me "Mammy, I don't need my hair brushed today"... poor thing screams. Saoirse loves it though, but that may be because she has no hair haha

liliq

Oops! I'm a cradle cap picker as well! :eek:
As well as dousing his head with olive oil, and giving it a rub with a sponge in the bath...
There's still a bit there but I haven't tried overlyhard to get rid of it cos it's never been that bad. :rolleyes:
He's started on the "solids" as well... skipped the baby rice and just went straight to veg. 5 months tomorrow so another 2 weeks and I'm going to switch to baby led weaning techniques. All the purees in the freezer will probably have been worked through at that stage as well!

How Strange

Wow liliq 5 months already! For baby led weaning 6 months is considered the minimum as its something to do with the tongue thrust which stops at 6 months. I was dying to start my fella on blw from 5 1/2 months but that was the general advice I got. I used to let him suck on a peach, pear, plum or another soft ripe fruit from 5 1/2 months; I'd hold it and he'd grab onto it and suck all the juices out. He used to get so excited and by that stage I really wanted to start him on solids. If I'd intended to do purees I'd probably have started by then. Starting on solid food is such an important milestone especially for the parents. At 7 months he wrestled (and won) my husbands cousin for a piece of ham roll and shoved it all in his mouth. It was the funniest thing I've ever seen.

Moonbeam

my older girl would lunge at people or their plates and steal their food,my baby had no interest until about 7 months.
We never used baby rice.
The little feeding nets are brilliant,you can stick fruit in it and they an chew on it themselves.

chillichick

how strange that is so funny about the roll shows how determined babies are to get what they want.

my little one was the same before i started feeding her nearly grabbing stuff off my plate and she is only 4months haha!
love feeding her and seeing the faces when she tries something new.

Hannibal Smith

The baby oil worked a treat!!! I swear I've tried everything.....but put the baby oil on after reading January's post yesterday....left it on till about 5pm....and combed it out with a baby comb and brush....I thought he'd howl...but he loved it...was smiling and goo-ing up at me so I kept going! Nice one!

Little fella will be four months next week....he's dying to start on the solids by the looks of him...he watches us like a hawk when we're eating...but I'll give him another few weeks.

Rubberlegs

Hi all, been nosing here for awhile now:). My little woman is just over 4 weeks now. She's my 3rd girl, her big sisters are quite a bit older than her at 11 and 18, so it's really like starting all over again! Tried to breastfeed while still in hospital but discovered she's tongue tied, which made it really hard for her to latch on. I swear I never realised being tongue tied was an actual condition:eek:. We are not having the best of days today. I have her on Aptamil. She's a very windy baby, I am using Infacol on and off to try and help this. Today she's looking for a bottle every 2 hours, then falling asleep after very slowly taking 2ozs. So I'm changing her to try and rouse her a bit to take more. Swear to God, some days it feels just like one long endless bottle, it takes so long to get her to take one, it's nearly time for the next. Whereas on a good day she takes 4oz bottles, and goes longer in between. I've heard Aptamil makes babies windy ?? But on the plus side, she sleeps well enough overnight, maybe 5 to 6 hours. Sorry for the whinge, she's lovely, and I think I'll keep her now ha! Just having a day where I don't know if I'm coming or going....

Tigeress

Thanks for all the advise on te cradle cap ladies trying the baby oil as we speak hehe! Will try brush it out later tonight.. I moved my little man onto Aptimil Stage 2 for hungrier babies, he's 7.5weeks now & go's 4 hours between feeds during the day & taking between 5-6 ounces a feed he's a little monster! He's filling out his 3-6 month clothes now Eek! Hopefully this new formula will get him sleeping through the night for me now I can't believe how quickly it's gone so far! Feels a life time ago since I was pregnant!

chillichick

hi 73cat my little one was on aptimal stage 1. she was very cross and windy on this so we changed her on the comfort aptimal what a change she was like a different baby. we never tried any of the infacol or anything like that just went on to the comfort straight away.

she used to have her horror evening where wed walk the floors with her trying to settle her to no avail.shed be screaming and screaming!!now she goes down to bed in the evning with a smile.

hope everyone is enjoying motherhood it is wonderful pooey nappies and sleepless nights and all haha!

Tigeress

chillichick wrote: »

hope everyone is enjoying motherhood it is wonderful pooey nappies and sleepless nights and all haha!

Hehe aren't those lovely presents in their nappies so wonderful

Tigeress

My head is melted we changed N to Aptimil Stage 2 which is going well the prob is we have Doctor Browne Bottles & No.1 teeth kept getting clogged by the formula so we upgraded to level 2 teeths & the formula comes out for about half the bottle & then clogs so I have to keep taking it off him to unclog it & he goes nuts cause he wants to drink the bottle but can't get it out I don't wanna change bottles as these bottles are working great with reducing wind & are pricey! I think we may have to switch back to Aptimil 1... Sorry for rant it driving me insane

Hannibal Smith

Tigeress wrote: »

My head is melted we changed N to Aptimil Stage 2 which is going well the prob is we have Doctor Browne Bottles & No.1 teeth kept getting clogged by the formula so we upgraded to level 2 teeths & the formula comes out for about half the bottle & then clogs so I have to keep taking it off him to unclog it & he goes nuts cause he wants to drink the bottle but can't get it out I don't wanna change bottles as these bottles are working great with reducing wind & are pricey! I think we may have to switch back to Aptimil 1... Sorry for rant it driving me insane

Tigress I feel your pain....our fella's on Aptimil comfort and I'm thinking of changing because the teeth keep clogging. It is so annoying :mad:

chillichick

do you heat up your bottles .baby is on aptimal comfort its thick like the stage 2 we have to heat up the bottles to thin out the milk to come out the teat.

Tigeress

chillichick wrote: »

do you heat up your bottles .baby is on aptimal comfort its thick like the stage 2 we have to heat up the bottles to thin out the milk to come out the teat.

I started warming them the last 2 bottles & it seems to work.. Hopefully they won't get clogged anymore
It's a pain lol

lynski

Leztanelly wrote: »

Hello all

Before I start, congrats to all for your little bundles who are quickly growing before your eyes.

I'm so sorry pester you all. I've been trying to figure out how to start a thread/sub forum. Similar to this, but off the topic chat for toddlers-schoolies. How they are progressing & how we parents are doing. You know handling the continuing challenges. This would be of course just like this sub forum, a safe place to laugh at our little one's adventures, cry with them when they are sad and even let of some steam when things can sometimes get a bit rough.

I originally started a thread and few people responded saying it would be a great idea to start a sub forum for this category. So whilst I realize this is for newborns - toddlers I figured some of you may have more than one child one of which are this category or about to enter it. If your nodding your head with me, along with others how have also said "yup great idea". Here's the thing I have no idea how to create a sub forum....

Hence me pestering you. So on that note I leave you all to you little, little, little people and hope you can help me? Do any of you know how to create a sub forum for toddlers to grammar school?

Thanks so much and again congrats.

like the other poster said you have to contact the admins, but it has my vote, it would be great to have the toddlers to teens in their own forum

The_Conductor

Tigeress wrote: »

My head is melted we changed N to Aptimil Stage 2 which is going well the prob is we have Doctor Browne Bottles & No.1 teeth kept getting clogged by the formula so we upgraded to level 2 teeths & the formula comes out for about half the bottle & then clogs so I have to keep taking it off him to unclog it & he goes nuts cause he wants to drink the bottle but can't get it out I don't wanna change bottles as these bottles are working great with reducing wind & are pricey! I think we may have to switch back to Aptimil 1... Sorry for rant it driving me insane

We gave up on Dr. Brown's bottles early on with both of our two, and switched to Nuk- and haven't looked back. There are other options out there- just because the Dr. Brown bottles don't work with the Aptamil formula- doesn't mean you should start heating the formula to try to homogenise it. Also- the different Aptamils are formulated differently to suit the early developmental stages that babies or toddlers go through- its not a good idea to revert to a previous stage just because of mechanical issues with the bottle.......

caprilicious

I found the Dr. Brown bottles great for the first few weeks but a complete pain in the ar$e to clean/sterilise with all the bits & pieces on them!
Philips/Avent do an anti colic teat that I found equally effective, much cheaper & less work cleaning!

I started my little girl on Aptimil but found it did make her very windy, I changed her to sma instead and there was such a big difference, she wasn't windy any more.

doubletrouble?

i think most formulas tend to clog up teeth at some stage due to them not dissolving properly . we had major problems with the nutriprem . we tried warm and hot water straight from the kettle and nothing worked. last week i took out an old smoothy maker we had. and problem was solved straight away. i leave it to blitz for about 5 mins and no un-dissolved bits. plus the noise of it tends to quieten down the twins.

chillichick

this all sounds like an experiement haha making bottles and changing formulas.thank god its only a year of it! Public health nurses around ireland would not be impressed with this forum with our ways of making bottles.

The_Conductor

In our case- both our two seem to like their milk chilled- so I keep a bottle of ice cold water in the fridge- and even a simple shake of the bottle seems to be sufficient to mix it up.

January

smccarrick wrote: »

In our case- both our two seem to like their milk chilled- so I keep a bottle of ice cold water in the fridge- and even a simple shake of the bottle seems to be sufficient to mix it up.

Is Junior still on formula?

The_Conductor

January wrote: »

smccarrick wrote: »

In our case- both our two seem to like their milk chilled- so I keep a bottle of ice cold water in the fridge- and even a simple shake of the bottle seems to be sufficient to mix it up.

Is Junior still on formula?

Yes, Aptimel 1+
He's only on the 2nd percentile weightwise (and the 9th percentile heightwise) so the public health nurse advised we continue with formula as a supplement to his regular diet. His regular diet isn't bad, he loves chicken curry, pasta bakes and youghurt- not a big variety, but he's getting there.

He'd eat nothing but chocolate if we let him- and he always demands milk first thing in the morning, I'm still working on cereals. He used to love jelly but seems to be fed up with them now.

Hannibal Smith

smccarrick wrote: »

Also- the different Aptamils are formulated differently to suit the early developmental stages that babies or toddlers go through- its not a good idea to revert to a previous stage just because of mechanical issues with the bottle.......

So you're supposed to keep buying new bottles to find one that works? I don't think so

cbyrd

Tigeress wrote: »

My head is melted we changed N to Aptimil Stage 2 which is going well the prob is we have Doctor Browne Bottles & No.1 teeth kept getting clogged by the formula so we upgraded to level 2 teeths & the formula comes out for about half the bottle & then clogs so I have to keep taking it off him to unclog it & he goes nuts cause he wants to drink the bottle but can't get it out I don't wanna change bottles as these bottles are working great with reducing wind & are pricey! I think we may have to switch back to Aptimil 1... Sorry for rant it driving me insane

We had our 2 on Aptamil stage 1 and then up to 2 we use the tommie tippee bottles and just went up from no. 1 teat to no.2 never had an issue with the teat clogging even if i put the formula in with cold water and just warmed the bottle for 30 secs in the microwave. Even when we tried the comfort formula with our 2 year old..

galah

hey all, just getting a look in - it's been so busy around here, hardly ever get to write these days!

silly question, but why would you move up to Aptamil stage 2 already? Stage one is for kids up to 12 month, isnt it? Just curious...;-)

we're flying it, baby E is 12 weeks tomorrow - crazy how the time flies. Plenty of smiles and giggles, funny sounds, and nasty nappies ;-P

cbyrd - god, hope you've recovered from the shock - sounded like a nasty accident, you poor thing! Glad you all escaped without a scratch though, very lucky!

hope everyone else is doing well as well!

Rubberlegs

chillichick wrote: »

hi 73cat my little one was on aptimal stage 1. she was very cross and windy on this so we changed her on the comfort aptimal what a change she was like a different baby. we never tried any of the infacol or anything like that just went on to the comfort straight away.

she used to have her horror evening where wed walk the floors with her trying to settle her to no avail.shed be screaming and screaming!!now she goes down to bed in the evning with a smile.

hope everyone is enjoying motherhood it is wonderful pooey nappies and sleepless nights and all haha!

Ooh, I've never heard of comfort aptamil. All my bottles are Avent, and my sis in law advised to get Nuk bottles with the orangey latex orthodontic teat. Got one only, they are like gold dust apparently in my town. It's a tall thin 8oz one. She drinks Ok out of it but hard to tell if it's doing any good when only have the one. A friend advised the Dr. Brown bottles, with a bag in them? Sounds like too much faffing about to me! I'm still using
Infacol too. Sis in law also advised changing to SMA if all else fails. Going down to PHN on Thurs, had to buy another tub of aptamil today as tub I had wasn't going to last till I saw her:(. Anyway its all too much information overload right now. I have severe baby brain, and feel like I have totally lost my social skills:o

Moonbeam

Don't worry about him sleeping through the night he is still very very young.

chillichick

well 73cat have the advent bottles aswel the ones with the anticolic rings.never changed bottles just decided to change to comfort formula straight away and see before buying new bottles and the formula made all the difference. you must see big difference in when you had your last baby.all the gimicks on the market now for babies.

Rubberlegs

chillichick wrote: »

well 73cat have the advent bottles aswel the ones with the anticolic rings.never changed bottles just decided to change to comfort formula straight away and see before buying new bottles and the formula made all the difference. you must see big difference in when you had your last baby.all the gimicks on the market now for babies.

Yes, I've the anti colic rings too. A lot of changes alright in the last 11 yrs!! What sticks out most is the advice now on only making bottles when they are needed. That is a another thread though! I definitely don't have the energy I had in my 20's either, the getting up for the nighttime feeds is killing me!!