July 2010 babies!

My two have given up on stories at the moment, they just can't sit still! It's weird cos DH has been reading them stories before bed since they were 3 months old.

We're getting there on the potty training front too - and without me trying (cos I keep putting it off). Lexi told me she'd done poos the other morning (which is normal), I checked her nappy, nothing but she kept insisting so asked if she wanted the potty, she giggled. Sat her on it and ta da - poos!

Aww, thought you were updating cos you had some news to share!

James broke his little tea cup, that is the end of that. Only got it because it was in the charity shop for 50c!

Hibiscus, James also spills drinks on purpose. He has a nice drink bottle with big straw type thing but sometimes not keen for some reason.

Yay for success on potty those of you above. Still putting James on it but some days not so often, he is in nappies though again and take it off to put him on.

JaneS, I've looked at a book with them while they have their milk for rhe last two nights and it has improved things a bit! So thank you!

Chex, also meant to say a big Thank You to you for the advice about brushing their teeth first before letting them have a go by themselves. It took them a while to get used to it, but it has made a huge difference! It's still not 100% perfect but from not being able to brush their teeth at all we have now a success rate of perhaps 7 out of 10. They let us brush their teeth now, it's just the quality of the job that's not ideal.

I sometimes give James or he takes from dishwasher real cups, he also has broken a few. Is getting good at breaking things in general including ripping his books

Danda have you tried something like weetbix? do they eat much bread?

Other than the things you already mentioned, Danda, my doctor recommended beetroot (I wonder whether that includes drinking the juice if you use those from the tin?). Dried fruit ( includes raisins) need an extra intake of water or they dry you out. So if constipation is a problem I wouldn't give raisins also because they contain a lot of sugar and sugar is a number one culprit for constipation. Banana is really bad for that reason too. I think prunes are ok because they are fibrous. You could also pre soak the prunes overnight and add them to the porridge. Poor wee poppet I hope it resolves itself soon.

Danda we have a complete anti-vege kid here too! we did BLW and everything, but still won't touch them. I'm hoping its just a phase, as he's quite fussy with a lot of things, they all get called 'hot' and he just won't even try things. He'll surprise us occasionally, the other night we had a creamy mushroom chicken dish and he ate the lot all by himself, which was good as it had onions in it, but thats a rarity at the moment. so hope its just a phase!

Hope your girls constipation improves!

Jane, I hate the feeling when you Wonder whether you should have done things differently. I wonder whether my girl got stung by a wasp today as she started to scream and I saw a wasp flying away from her face. We couldn't detect a sting, but she was screaming in shock/pain? for half an hour. I felt so guilty because I had chased away the wasp from their food bowl, but then not thought about making sure the wasp doesn't go near my eating girls.

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My girls love feijoas, they are quite gritty and I would think that they loosen things up a it.