[Closed] What to do with our baby...

Send her to TFTuned for a PUSH upgrade - worked a treat for ours

geoffj - Member

Right, I've had nearly 24 hours to chew this one over and this is what I think now!

Miss madam IS making a fuss about being left too long on her front or her back because she is not used to it. This is because she hasn't learned to deal with being on her front or back for very long. This is because when she moans at being on her back (or front) for too long, mr or mrs molgrips picks princess up and gives her a cuddle.

So one answer is to leave her a little longer (each time) on her front (or back) with toys to stimulate her. Give it a few days and she will be happier on her front (or back) for a longer period.

It's tough love time I'm afraid.

OR you could design / commission a larger than average doorway bouncer / activity centre / play nest and see how you go with that.

[b]But this really is about attention and manipulation and not about special seating arrangements - sorry![/b]

What do I win?

As a father of two boys 12 & 10, what he ^says is right

It might be worth adding that it is only now that our first born is 4 years old and we have the experience of looking after out second, and now third baby that we have realised that the oldest was spoilt rotten as a baby. I expect that this is quite common for first babys but sometimes quite difficult to spot your own mistakes.

I really can't accept that there isn't a single toy in existence that is suitable. In fact - I was in TK Maxx a couple of weeks ago looking for stuff for our two (15 weeks today). I was looking for something 'transitional' - so when they can still up it would grow with them. I came across one thing which allowed them to lay on their backs and press the buttons etc, but as they get bigger, it is adjustable so they can sit up (still supported) then eventually sit unsupported.

How about looking at specialist twins sites - there may be things for twins that would adapt for one fat baby?

I haven't read all this, but I gather it's about seating not parenting. Secure the gigantic howling stoater to a table leg with a couple of bungee cords, give it a marrow bone to gnaw on and play it U2's greatest hits quite loudly on repeat. It's only going to be there for a couple of hours, and it has all manner of sensory delights to savour while you do your chores. 😀

gigantic howling stoater

.......... send her to a nursery - let them figure it out 🙂

Sorry its a case of unbreaking all the patterns they (and you)build up, had to do it with mine, now going through the fun that is potty training!

Totally agree with geoffj.

Secure the gigantic howling stoater to a table leg with a couple of bungee cords,

Clingfilm works better..

This is the bean bag I mentioned...
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Can have the overhead thing removed later on too, so they can use it as a seat.

don't use TV to entertain, and animated cartoons completely banned (watch what happens to the kid when you turn them on)

Jesus, My kids are brought up on Tom and Jerry and Bugs Bunny, not seen any movement towards alcohol abuse or glue sniffing, I do get the odd comedy ironing board moment and Abbie does try to push my head into milk bottles though!!!

As for Little Miss Molgrips, she needs floor time, as apparently there is nothing on the market to support her weight, apart from her parents.............

I'm with Geoff, tough love time(speaking as a father of 2 kids), one just turned 3 and Jamie is 9 months and is in 18 month-2 years baby clothing, he never liked being on the floor, he got used to it pretty quickly though

Chris

I've read snippets of this, but just wanted to suggest something like this?

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It doubles as a play nest as well, various places from M&P, to Mothercare and ELC all do their own versions.. Just an idea as it may help her sit up unaided without falling over?

Or howabout...
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And nice neutral colours too as not to upset the OP and their aversion to bright vibrant colours that might accidentally stimulate their child. 😉

To completely skip over whether you're right or not, a solution may be a baby walker - Mini-clubber loved his and would happily spend 15+ mins running around the house in his (we have wood floor - carpets may not be any good) which was a life saver - he's another very tall kid (over the 99.6th percentile) and he also early to walk, etc.

YMMV obviously

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You've not read the rest of the thread, have you, clubber?

I read a bit at the start up to where it decended into "your kid's a brat" and "no she's not" 😉

Care to summarise?

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-to-do-with-our-baby/page/2#post-691796

So - some reasearch says they're bad. If there's one thing I've learnt about kids and research it's that almost anything will have reasearch both for and against. Common sense required I reckon...

(and FWIW, the reasearch says 20 mins is probably fine and I wasn't advocating leaving babys in a walker for a couple of hours. Who knows, mini-clubber may have awful back problems later in life but I suspect that he won't and he walks perfectly well with a normal baby stance)

iDave - Member

TS, can't you get it? Nothing which has been of use to any other child in existence is of any value in this situation. We're dealing with a whole new kettle of ball game.

There's only with thing for this situation then SEGWAY!

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At last some serious advice for a concerned parent.This is STW at it's best.

You can certainly spot the new parents from those of us that have been through it in this thread. Gaffa tape and valium is the only solution.

Zip ties and taser.

What happened to molgrips?

He has put it down and allowed it to cry quietly until it learns self-discipline. 🙂

Good god, what will we do when it's Hora's turn? 😀

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OK, I think I understand where molgrips is coming from.

When my oldest was born (a long time ago) he was a big chap and got very frustrated cos he couldn't really move. Didn't really do crawling (think beached whale), couldn't really sit unsupported either.

He needed to be entertained so I just used to sit him in a bouncy seat (cradle?), not sure whether these still exist though. Alternatively use the car seat and just move it around the house with whoever is in charge.

And as for that pic above, my son was a tad smaller. But he's now 6'4" and skinny 😀