Jellyfish, good to see you back in here. I have been thinking of you and Immy - hope that everything is going well in your neck of the woods
We had a fantastic weekend and little miss got to play with some other little people which she absolutely loved. She had a huge play in the rain and was chasing my cousin's DS up and down the side of the house on wet cement I am so surprised she didn't have a fall, but her walking has just taken off and they had such a ball splashing in the puddles. We also had a go on a slippery slide at a kids playground which she wasn't too sure about, but she got so excited watching another little girl go down it.
Corelly - That is fantastic that your DD is out of her brace. I bet she loves the new range of movement.
Hi to everybody else!
PS. SP - that is so cute that miss T was trying to kiss the other kids.
hi all,
good to hear that everyone is doing so well. looking forward to our first birthdays! :-)
just a few questions..
1) are you getting your bubs the swine flu shot? i dont know what to do about that?
2) are you gonna give them some choccy at easter? or are they too little?
3) do you reckon i can try chels on some watered down cows milk? or should i wait the extra month?
i am gonna make some cupcakes with hannah today and i am gonna give one to chelsea to try.. i hope she doesnt have a reaction to the egg in it.. it would be so good if she doesnt!!!! *fingers crossed*
Hollo, We will not be getting the swine flu vac, i wont be getting it for myself so i wouldn't do my girls.
I guess with the Choc it's really your choice, People give their 6 months old choc custard.
I think K will have a small amount granted Maddi leaves her any lol
Not sure with the cows milk.
Good luck with the cupcakes finger crossed Chelsea doesn't have a reaction.
Question for you Did Hannah have a reaction to her 12 month needles?
thanks for the answers :-) no, she didnt have a reaction to her 12 month needles. we had to stay in the office for 30mins though just in case. (you are asking in regards to her being allergic to egg and the MMR being made with egg and so can cause reactions??) we have the same issue with the flu shots however as she has pretty much grown out of it i dont think that would be a problem.
my gut instinct is not to get the swine flu shot (none of us get any kind of flu shot) but i really do worry a lot that they will get swine flu. its hard to know what do do when it seems that every GP, nurse etc has a differnt opinion on if it is safe or unsafe. ARGH!
We're not getting swine flu vacs either. We don't really come into contact with lots of people to be able to catch it.
No chocolate here on easter either. I just don't think she needs it and neither do I We're going to go with a couple of new books instead. Although little miss seems to have a bit of a sweet tooth already - she managed to take the lid off a container and grab a chocolate biscuit and take a huge bite out of it in one foul swoop before we could do anything 2 days ago.
I'm not going to bother with cows milk as a drink. DD is quite happy to drink water all day, which I think is better for her anyway. I'm sure that it would be fine to give Chelsea some watered down milk.
Are you going to make cupcakes using the whole egg or just the yolk. Fingers crossed that you don't get a reaction.
well i was asking about the cows milk so i dont have to buy formula anymore. :-) we do mainly breastfeed but dont want to go much over 12 months with that. i did hannah til 17months and she didnt start sleeping better til after we gave it up. chelsea is constatly on booby overnight.
i think i am going to use the whole egg. the recipe only calls for one egg so it will be a small amount in the cupcake. i am nervous.
Yep Hollo that's why i was asking
Honestly i would give full cream milk if you don't want to give formula anymore. Heaps of mum add it to breakfast etc so i can't see it doing a lot of harm. Not like you'll be giving her huge amounts.
Hi Hollo Im in similar situation to you..still BF maybe 4 times a day..but if i go out for the day I will take formula with me..its just easier sometimes and DD does love it. I will put cows milk on weet bix in the morning but they do recommend whole cream (i only have lite in the house so i use that). I dont like the idea of replacing 4 feeds a day with cows milk though??? maybe thats just me! I have grabbed some whole milk when out and given her when i havnt taken formula..didnt have any issues. I actually dont think formula works out very expensive anyway! get a lot of bottles out of 1 tin!..My sis however who has 4 kids says when i stop breastfeeding DD can just have straight cows milk instead...none of her kids ever had formula. At least with formula i have my mind at ease that at least she is getting the added nutrients that the cows milk does not have added.
Sorry if i don't make sense i think i rambled
Hollo, I havent thought about the swine vac. Spose I should....
I wouldn't replace all her feeds with milk just yet. Stick with the formula or bm. But cows milk is fine in small amounts at this age. The recommendation is to not use cows milk as the main drink until 12 months or over. After this they only need three serves of dairy so bottles of milk aren't necessary. Just a drink in a sippy cup for lunch eg then the rest of dairy from cheese or yoghurt. That's just an example. I wouldn't even worry about watering it down but totally up to you!
As for chocolate, we won't be giving either girls any. I still think 2 is a little young for chocolate. She won't know the difference if she doesn't get it because we don't really do anything for Easter. Next year will be different because she'll prob be more aware of Easter so she might get a small egg. But that's just my opinion, I don't have a problem with other people doing differently. This is just the plan in our house
needles!! That came around quickly!!
I thought Hollo was just going to replace the odd formula feed with cows milk as she plans on b/fing to 12 months.
Anyways hope Chelsea's first cupcake went well
yep, i only give her a formula feed before bed and if i am out doing something DH will give her a formula feed. usually have to through a lot of the formula away cause you can use it after it has been open for 3 weeks! so thats why i was thinking i would do the cows milk thing.
she had a tiny taste of cupcake and she seems ok so far, might give her a bit more tonight and a whole one tomorrow! still nervous LOL
We have all had the swine flu needle here. Ella has the second part with her 12 month vaccinations so shell have to have four needles on the day, poor thing im sooooo not looking forward to the 12 months needles. All her little friends have been quite sick after them!!
Anyway i thought we should have the swine flu needle her as im a nurse i was worried about bringing it home to my family and exposing them
We have given Ella chocolate already she has had a freddo , she made more of a mess than anything. I have a little basket with a bunny on it and am going to put some little ones in it for her. I dont want her to have too much
Ella is 10.1 kg and 78.5cm this week, hard to believe how much she has grown the past year and we got walking everywhere yest, she has taken steps but yest she just took off
Sorry for the selfish post gotta go Ella is awake
I can get her to breast feed off me in the day she is such a busy body but shell happy drink in the morning and before bed so have been giving a bottle in the middle of the day anyways we bought some toddler gold to use after 12 months i didn't think there was much value in full cream milk for them, id like to know she getting some extra nutrients, its all so confusing
chels is 9kgs. when we weighed her the pharmacist said she is going well cause the norm is 10kg at 12 months. chels is only 11 months. having said that, i see plenty of kids way bigger than her and just about everyone comments on how little she is.
gave her a whole cupcake today and she didnt have any reactions. i am wondering if she just isnt super sensitive and didnt react cause there was only one egg in the whole mix. i wonder if i should make muffins or something with more than 2 egss in it and see how that goes. maybe that zuchinni slice! :-)
Hollo, i get tons of comments about how little Kodi is. I can see K being very skinny unlike her chunky big sister.
Hollo sounds like Chels isn't allergic to egg, fingers crossed she goes well on the slice or muffins
Kodi has had chocolate & not because we gave it, but because Maddi thought she would share it lol
Hasn't done her any harm so i don't why she can't have some more for easter.
Kell yay for Ella walking, Wow she is one tall girl. I think she may even be taller than Maddi was at that age & Maddi is the size of a 3 yr old now lol
Yep Maddi was 76cms at 12 months.
Last edited by Khaleesi; March 5th, 2010 at 05:11 PM.
I'm average but my partner is very tall, so guess she is going to get her height from him. She is so much like him that dosent surprise me, i don't even get a look in!!!!
I am so surprised she didn't have a fall, but her walking has just taken off and they had such a ball splashing in the puddles. We also had a go on a slippery slide at a kids playground which she wasn't too sure about, but she got so excited watching another little girl go down it.
We're going to go with a couple of new books instead. Although little miss seems to have a bit of a sweet tooth already - she managed to take the lid off a container and grab a chocolate biscuit and take a huge bite out of it in one foul swoop before we could do anything 2 days ago.
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