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When ours were small they generally had whatever we were having but pureed in an electric blender, initially finely to baby food consistency (a little water added to get this) and as they grew older blended for less time to get a coarser chopped effect. An advantage of this is they get used to eating lots of different flavours and are more likely to grow up with a wider palette.

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Originally posted by Dafyd:
It's less faff for us cooking, and she knows that the stuff on her plate is the same as the stuff on Mum's plate. (Tthe stuff on Mum's plate is more interesting than the stuff on her plate even when they're exactly the same.)

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Originally posted by Oferyas:
Our son at that age was very fond of curry and rice. (Won't touch it now!)

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Originally posted by Keren-Happuch:
Still, fish pie, and fish in general, is good. You can make a bolognaise type thing with tuna instead of mince. A baked bean minestrone pot thing worked well at that age. Can post recipes in Heaven to save annoying the AS hosts.

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Originally posted by Keren-Happuch:
Still, fish pie, and fish in general, is good. You can make a bolognaise type thing with tuna instead of mince. A baked bean minestrone pot thing worked well at that age. Can post recipes in Heaven to save annoying the AS hosts.

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Recipes in Heaven would be good. Thank you.

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Originally posted by Viola:


Unless there is rhubarb crumble on my plate. That was hilarious - but not for the toddler.

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Sounds interesting, I'd love to know what happened....unless it was

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Unless there is rhubarb crumble on my plate. That was hilarious - but not for the toddler.

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Sounds interesting, I'd love to know what happened....unless it was

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We are just starting potty training. Does anyone have any tips?

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• a week or so about being a "big" boy or girl now
• take them with you to buy the underpants and let them choose
• for 1 child you'll need around 12 pairs of pants
• mark it as a "special" day at breakfast, then nappies away!
• with summer weather make all play outdoor or around area near downstairs loo - washable floors, see!
• let them play in just underpants and T-shirt - its a big ask to expect them to cope with trousers or skirts as well
• HUGE praise as and when they go on the potty or ask for the loo
• NO BIG DEAL if they wet themselves
• after about 2 weeks you should have a dry toddler during the daytime

• before discarding the overnight nappy ask if they can try going through the night without "having" to wet it; don't attempt commando night times until you've had 4 dry nights in seven
• wait at least 6-8 weeks before attempting dry night times
• during these 6-8 weeks alter the night time routine so that last drink is taken earlier
• make tooth brushing then loo the last two actiivities before bed
• when you put to bed remind them that if they wake up NEEDING TO PEE they can call you (reinstate baby alarm for this purpose)

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Originally posted by L'organist:

To help with this, beg/borrow/buy from charity shop old towels and make triple thickness strips to go across the bed - only the worst wet will penetrate right through.

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Originally posted by the famous rachel:

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Be as relaxed about it as possible and remember that every child is different. Nenlet2 was over 3 before he got it and one friend said to me she was sure once he did it he'd do days and nights simultaneously. Sure enough, she was right! The trick seemed to be to get Mr Nen to take him to the toilet and demonstrate - there must have been some sense of "You haven't got one of these, how would you know how they work?"

Nenlet1 did day times very tidily at a much earlier age, she was just ready to do it earlier.

And I suspect your mum was a more enlightened generation but you don't always have to take on board what parents say. My mum always insisted I was clean and dry at a year.

Nen - who must have spent the first year of life with a potty strapped to her backside.

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Nenya

There is a reason why children born in the 50s and 60s were dry earlier - terry nappies.

Wet terry nappies = nappy rash, guaranteed.

And would YOU want to wander about with great swathes of soaking wet towelling around your nether regions? Me neither.

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I completely agree. I started Nenlet1 with terry nappies (my mum having done the usual "mum" thing in those days and bought me two dozen when the baby was on the way ) and she got nappy rash that wouldn't clear up. It was the doctor who advised me to start using disposables - which wouldn't happen now as terries these days are a lot more user-friendly.

I still maintain I wasn't properly toilet trained, just made to sit on the potty at very regular intervals. In fact I can still remember it - straining to "go" in order to please my mum.

Nen - TMI.

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Originally posted by Nenya:
Be as relaxed about it as possible and remember that every child is different. Nenlet2 was over 3 before he got it and one friend said to me she was sure once he did it he'd do days and nights simultaneously. Sure enough, she was right! The trick seemed to be to get Mr Nen to take him to the toilet and demonstrate - there must have been some sense of "You haven't got one of these, how would you know how they work?"

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He's keen to go into pants, but I don't want to end up having to force him back into nappies because the poo situation is unbearable!

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Anyway, I am considering some form of cloth training pants. Does anyone have any experience of these. I found some really clever looking ones on the web, with variable thickness liners, but they seemed to be more than £15 each (!) so I won't be buying them!

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Anyway, I am considering some form of cloth training pants. Does anyone have any experience of these. I found some really clever looking ones on the web, with variable thickness liners, but they seemed to be more than £15 each (!) so I won't be buying them!

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We potty trained by going cold turkey with underpants during the day- I read somewhere that using pull-ups or other absorbent training pants just confuses the child because they feel too much like a diaper.

It worked quite well for daytimes, only took about four days for him to catch on, but a year and a half later he's still not dry at night! I understand boys do often take longer though.

We did use extra-absorbent underpants like
these. They are just like regular underpants only about 3x thicker down the middle. Thin enough so the child definitely feels it if they have an all-out accident, but thick enough to soak up a little drippage. Plus they are cheap.

Dafyd, we had a book called Whole Foods for Babies and Toddlers from La Leche League- it has a bunch of recipes for the whole family, with options to make them simpler for younger babies. When I searched the title on Amazon several similar cookbooks came up as well. Hope this helps.

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I wish I'd had L'organist to advise me when we were going through the potty training stage...

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Gosh, thanks. We just muddled through really, and having a pair does have the added bonus of competition between the two.

The only other hint I can give: don't leave grapes lying around - mine got through nearly a kilo between them one morning and the rest of the day was spent practically chained to the loo

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When they are young (and it can go on even until they are at school) they suddenly realise that they have to go NOW, and that is quite normal...

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When they are young (and it can go on even until they are at school) they suddenly realise that they have to go NOW, and that is quite normal...

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When they are young (and it can go on even until they are at school) they suddenly realise that they have to go NOW, and that is quite normal...

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Originally posted by the famous rachel:
We, after initial success, hit total resistance, and so we have put him back in nappies and stopped for a bit. It's going to have to be done sometime though.

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