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I don't think it's till after 9

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Baby swimming ideally requires a hydro pool Superkids swim school do baby swimming round and about - beckenham for eg as well as preschoolers at nunhead and other venues

I got a mailing offering 12 months for 9 ... So less than ?80 We have various places we stop to break journeys eg in our annual trip to Wales ... So it might be worthwhile for that alone

Anyone have family membership? Comments? Thanks

I fancy disco kids!

He probably still is about 7/10 on the fussy scale, if 10 is maximum. But it's a big improvement

Usually, not starkly !

Jacks, my oldest is 10 and this weekend was the first time I could pick a couple of (newish) things to cook without fearing he would throw a wobbly. Things that gradually tempted him Younger siblings trying stuff Having a friend round for tea Just 1 or 2 'different meals' Pw, starkly at the weekend when we all sit down After school/tired days food is predictable Letting him exercise his slight OCD re things not touching each other, other children not touching his food, washing his plate himself (gosh he does sound fussy!) All children to help cook, lay table, clear up after Ensuring they appreciate the effort involved in cooking for them Several dishes /meze style so no individual item requires a stand off Small portions Make sure new food is tasty (slightly sweetened got them all into squash and parsnips) Eating out Takeaways Less stress if you haven't slaved over it yourself Odd things like spicy tofu from the Chinese went down well, bizarrely Talking about new things, generally Discussing healthy eating, moderation, variety Patience Patience Patience

Ps He is reasonably tall, rarely ill. So it can't have done him too much harm. And let's remember this is a vegetarian child who still won't eat most types of cheese, many nuts, any pulses except in hummous ...

Ds1 he had school dinners for 18m, with me regularly being infirmed he had eaten just salad or veg plus pudding. Eventually I stopped wasting my money and started making packed lunches. A tedious task and very repetitive as the only sandwich filling he likes is hummous. Can't win.

No 1 child has always been the same with potatoes. I got him into to mashed sweet potato though (with a drizzle of honey) then mixed half and half with mashed potato. He will now eat one small dollop of mash. Which is progress

It's definitely a stage, the fussy eating. Of course everything is a stage, but somehow when it's our lovingly crafted meals that are being rejected, and social occasions are fraught (hah, only the last two years have we survived Christmas Day without veggy sausages!) it's hard to relax and trust it will come right. I certainly suffered for the best part of 9 years. And even now sauces, pizza are not on child no 1's menu. But I am gleeful Mashed potato! Curly kale! Leeks and cabbage Baked squash Asparagus Stir fried sugar snap peas Spicy tofu Even the fussiest child eventually tires of pasta with butter and fish fingers, it seems. I fear only for the future sustainability of Birds Eye!

Taking them into the toilet to wipe and clean up and putting paper/toddler wipes down the loo together saying bye bye poo can be a start

Yup, I go there a lot :-)

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Avp sports/scamps? Can you settle for mornings? In which case try magic moments cr?che?

It can be misleading if one part of the process seems really easy and instantaneous. And while some children really do DIY and are Dey and clean day and night almost in a flash, there are others who regularly poo themselves for months after the first wee has been extracted into the loo! (She says, shuddering in memory, and remembering the daily 'poo in pants ritual' that accompanied twin 1's start in Heber nursery - took a whole term to get past that, reliably)

It's still early days. Go prepared in case of accidents, and go for a short sit on the toilet once or twice a day and it will click before too long.

I am not posting out of smugness (a la 'of course ignatius really loves sprouts') but just to give hope to others still in the trenches

Does she go at a regular time? If so, set up a habit of sitting on the loo or potty for 10 minutes at about the right time, with a special book or toy?

For anyone in despair over a fussy toddler. My no 1 child has always been the fussiest child you could imagine. Has some sensory issues too, and is veggy like me. At the age of 4 he would eat only about 10 things and they had to be EXACT and not touching (particular shape of pasta, no sauce, particular type of veggy sausage etc, one of a small list of approved veg. Roll forward 6 years and 3 more children who didn't inherit the same extreme fussiness (or blw combined with very laid back approach might have swung it, and peer pressure) This weekend I bought the ingredients for two new meals, feeling fairly confident most children would eat enough to get by. So nice to be brave enough to experiment. Yesterday made lamb stew, a chick pea stew, both with load of veg.ashed potato, roasted squash with Halloumi and stir fried leeks with cabbage. A mixture of new things and familiar ones. After a bit of fuss from a couple of them, (baby sobbed 'I don't like it! Until he saw everyone else was eating it, had it moved to a different bowl and served himself lots of cabbage) Twin 2 also moaned but then went on to eat most of it, giving left over lamb to twin 1 who scoffed away (he likes meat) leaving just a few chickpeas which the baby pinched. Oldest mr fussy grumbled but ate a small portion Of everything veggy. Mr f, learnt from experience not to turn his own nose up, ate it all with extreme enthusiasm. I say all this just to give you hope! I am Making Thai noodles tonight with either Thai style roast chicken or tofu and veg sate sticks. It's amazing to be able to cook a bit of variety. Hang in there, those of you with fussy toddlers. Time heals all, just get by until they teach the stage where they are less rigid. I adopted the approach of cooking enough things that no one would starve but I didn't go Mad with the monotony, then letting them Mostly serve themselves with a bit of tasting small bits. So much easier when you have several Children and the focus is less on the one child and their plate.

I got a lie in, followed by 4 children leaping on me with cards and posies. It all went well for about 2 minutes then a scuffle broke out on the bed. For some reason the little one was dripping wet.

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