The Newborn & Toddlers Off-Topic Chat Thread

IvyTheTerrible · 08-04-2014 10:08AM

It was my OH that encouraged me to get out when L was new! I found it completely overwhelming and scary. I only went out with him for a long time when he was a month old. In fairness, there WAS a major flu epidemic here at the time and the doc and midwife had told me not to bring him to crowded places until the epidemic died down.

iguana · 08-04-2014 11:11AM

S is getting his pre-molars and it's destroying his sleep. He keeps waking up with a scream of pain and I barely get him back to sleep when it happens all over again. We practically had a wrestling match in the early hours of this morning while I tried to give him some paracetamol and he didn't know what I was doing but objected very strongly. Finally managed to get it into him while he was roaring with displeasure, making me feel like a monster and then got him back to sleep for a couple of hours.

But (not to be a celebrity grief tourist) I couldn't help but be glad that even though teething pain was upsetting him, he at least has me to comfort him, unlike the two Geldof-Cohen boys.

Neyite · 08-04-2014 11:41AM

I know.:( When I heard my little one go "mama?" when he woke up, I thought of two little boys who will be very confused when they say that and she doesnt come into them. I hugged my wee man a little tighter this morning.

Nead21 · 08-04-2014 12:21PM

Neyite wrote: »

I know.:( When I heard my little one go "mama?" when he woke up, I thought of two little boys who will be very confused when they say that and she doesnt come into them. I hugged my wee man a little tighter this morning.

I feel the same, it's terribly sad for them. Her youngest is the same age as my little man

iguana · 08-04-2014 01:36PM

Oh

. Just read that the poor woman killed in the Luas crash yesterday had a 2 year old daughter. Another poor baby missing her mum.

Rachineire · 08-04-2014 01:49PM

Neyite wrote: »

I know.:( When I heard my little one go "mama?" when he woke up, I thought of two little boys who will be very confused when they say that and she doesnt come into them. I hugged my wee man a little tighter this morning.

I heard about it at work and I couldn't wait to get home to hug my little boy. I feel so sorry for her little family

Chattastrophe! · 09-04-2014 09:22AM

Does everyone use the microwave to heat bottles? My son takes them at room temperature, so we just boil the kettle and stick the bottle from the fridge into a mug of boiled water for a few minutes. Would be so much faster and easier if we could just stick the bottle in the microwave for a few seconds ... my boyfriend disagrees, because of the danger of hot spots, but sure if you just made sure to shake it wellI it would be fine?

Also - stupid question - do you take off teat and lid to heat in microwave?

cant26 · 09-04-2014 09:36AM

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

Does everyone use the microwave to heat bottles? My son takes them at room temperature, so we just boil the kettle and stick the bottle from the fridge into a mug of boiled water for a few minutes. Would be so much faster and easier if we could just stick the bottle in the microwave for a few seconds ... my boyfriend disagrees, because of the danger of hot spots, but sure if you just made sure to shake it wellI it would be fine?

Also - stupid question - do you take off teat and lid to heat in microwave?

No my son is almost 11 months and I pop it in a steel jug of boiling water for a few minutes. I always planned on using the microwave but when I changed from avent bottles to tomee tipee CTN I found the bottle would be fine in no time.
As he got older he became a bit more patient! The early days of waiting for the kettle to boil with a screaming baby were tough.

nikpmup · 09-04-2014 09:36AM

Right, I'm gonna get lambasted for this one..... *whispers* I microwave!!! For the record, the HSE guidelines say not to because of hotspots, but I do it anyway! I give the bottle about 40 secs on half power, minus lid & teat, put the lid back on and shake the beejeebus out of it., and wait a minute or so and shake it again. And I always test it on my wrist. I only ever heat to to room temp, just take the fridge chill off it.

I figure that if the advice is to stir his microwaved food to remove hotspots, the same applies to milk.

Chattastrophe! · 09-04-2014 09:53AM

OK I just rang the SMA helpline to see what they had to say ... I knew the answer would be "No", but I wanted to find out the reasons for it, if it was just because of hotspots or was there anything else.

The woman said they don't advise it due to the milk being heated unevenly, danger of hotspots, bla bla bla.

So I said, "But surely if you just make sure to shake it really really well and test it before giving it to the baby, it'll get mixed evenly throughout ...?"

She laughed and said, "Well, you know I can't tell you to do that, but ..."

So I asked were there any other reasons not to microwave apart from hot spots, and she said no, that's the only reason they don't advise it.

Yeah ... I think I'll probably just do that from now on.

Pain in the ass waiting for the kettle to boil and for the bottle to heat up when he's looking for it NOW!

Roesy · 09-04-2014 09:57AM

We just keep a flask of hot water ready so we're not waiting for the kettle. Saying that she rarely feeds in the middle of the night anymore. If she did I might be tempted by the microwave method, as nikpmup says, there seems to be no problem with microwaving their food.

Neyite · 09-04-2014 09:58AM

I microwaved, but always always shook it well, and tested it on my wrist.

In the early days, I did sit the bottle in a jug, but discovered that a warmer bottle makes him sleepier at bedtime so that swung it for me.

yellow hen · 09-04-2014 09:59AM

nikpmup wrote: »

Right, I'm gonna get lambasted for this one..... *whispers* I microwave!!! For the record, the HSE guidelines say not to because of hotspots, but I do it anyway! I give the bottle about 40 secs on half power, minus lid & teat, put the lid back on and shake the beejeebus out of it., and wait a minute or so and shake it again. And I always test it on my wrist. I only ever heat to to room temp, just take the fridge chill off it.

I figure that if the advice is to stir his microwaved food to remove hotspots, the same applies to milk.

We used to try heat the bottle in boiling water but once our little guy decided he was hungry he would scream the house down. Eventually I caved and popped bottle in the microwave and I've never looked back to be honest. Once it's given a good shake, I honestly can't see the problem.

Xdancer · 09-04-2014 10:03AM

I always microwaved them. As long as they're shaken afterwards there shouldn't be any hotspots.

The_Conductor · 09-04-2014 10:12AM

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

Does everyone use the microwave to heat bottles? My son takes them at room temperature, so we just boil the kettle and stick the bottle from the fridge into a mug of boiled water for a few minutes. Would be so much faster and easier if we could just stick the bottle in the microwave for a few seconds ... my boyfriend disagrees, because of the danger of hot spots, but sure if you just made sure to shake it wellI it would be fine?

Also - stupid question - do you take off teat and lid to heat in microwave?

We got a little Avent bottle warmer for less than a tenner on sale. There is a dial that you can set the temperature to- and when you come back 7-8 minutes later the bottle has been heated accordingly. It did need to be constantly refilled with water, and descaled, which meant it was more trouble than it was worth- though it was an interesting little gadget for a while.

Millem · 09-04-2014 11:05AM

I use the tommee tippee machine and it heats bottles to body temp. My babs would literally scream the house down!

yellow hen · 09-04-2014 11:59AM

The_Conductor wrote: »

We got a little Avent bottle warmer for less than a tenner on sale. There is a dial that you can set the temperature to- and when you come back 7-8 minutes later the bottle has been heated accordingly. It did need to be constantly refilled with water, and descaled, which meant it was more trouble than it was worth- though it was an interesting little gadget for a while.

My sister gave us one of those but 7-8 mins with a baby crying is like a lifetime. The microwave was 30 seconds so there was no competition!

The_Conductor · 09-04-2014 12:15PM

yellow hen wrote: »

My sister gave us one of those but 7-8 mins with a baby crying is like a lifetime. The microwave was 30 seconds so there was no competition!

Ours were tiny- our little guy was being fed every 40 minutes when we first brought him home- so scheduling heating a bottle was easier- we weren't feeding to demand. We were also using the glass Nutriprem bottles- so even when we were sleep deprived zombies, we didn't have to mix formula etc

It all depends- some people are happy with microwaving- others like me- hate microwaves, fullstop. I don't use one at all- I'd much rather heat things by almost any other method. I guess I'm old school.

January · 09-04-2014 12:19PM

I microwaved... will microwave if I switch to formula on this one too. Used a bottle warmer on the first until she was about 8 weeks...

Just shake the bejaysus out of it.

Synyster Shadow · 09-04-2014 12:57PM

Same I use microwave at times. My little guy isn't a hungry baby but when he wants his bottle he won't wait

Sligo1 · 09-04-2014 01:04PM

I'm lucky... Both mine take bottles straight from the fridge... Wohoo

yellow hen · 09-04-2014 01:17PM

The_Conductor wrote: »

It all depends- some people are happy with microwaving- others like me- hate microwaves, fullstop. I don't use one at all- I'd much rather heat things by almost any other method. I guess I'm old school.

It'd be very dull if we were all the same!:)

Suucee · 09-04-2014 02:01PM

Sligo1 wrote: »

I'm lucky... Both mine take bottles straight from the fridge... Wohoo

Oh might try this. L is so impatient. When hes hungry he wants it 10 mins ago. I microwave for 25 secs and its still a little cool and he takes it no prob.
My daughter was a disaster to get a bottle into and we tried everything eventually discovered that she prefered it cold but didnt realise that until she was 5 months.

Emmadilema123 · 09-04-2014 03:21PM

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

Does everyone use the microwave to heat bottles? My son takes them at room temperature, so we just boil the kettle and stick the bottle from the fridge into a mug of boiled water for a few minutes. Would be so much faster and easier if we could just stick the bottle in the microwave for a few seconds ... my boyfriend disagrees, because of the danger of hot spots, but sure if you just made sure to shake it wellI it would be fine?

Also - stupid question - do you take off teat and lid to heat in microwave?

I had a bottle warmer and it was muck so went for microwave too. Never had any problems

Suucee · 09-04-2014 03:57PM

Suucee wrote: »

Oh might try this. L is so impatient. When hes hungry he wants it 10 mins ago. I microwave for 25 secs and its still a little cool and he takes it no prob.
My daughter was a disaster to get a bottle into and we tried everything eventually discovered that she prefered it cold but didnt realise that until she was 5 months.

No joy straight from the fridge. Thought he was gona eat my hand . But popped in microwave for 20 secs and drank it. Eventhough it was still cool . Ah well. 20 secs wont kill me.

iguana · 09-04-2014 04:55PM

We don't have a tv service so the kids tv S watches tends to be from dvds I buy or stuff I pick online. We're at my Mum's today and RTE Jr is on and I have to ask; What the actual F@ç* is In the Night Garden?!!!!!?????

I've had a rotten migraine for the last few days and am wondering if the painkillers I took are making me hallucinate. This show is like a bad acid trip (or at least what I'd imagine a bad acid trip to be, never having had one).

The_Conductor · 09-04-2014 04:58PM

iguana wrote: »

We don't have a tv service so the kids tv S watches tends to be from dvds I buy or stuff I pick online. We're at my Mum's today and RTE Jr is on and I have to ask; What the actual F@ç* is In the Night Garden?!!!!!?????

I've had a rotten migraine for the last few days and am wondering if the painkillers I took are making me hallucinate. This show is like a bad acid trip (or at least what I'd imagine a bad acid trip to be, never having had one).

Wait until your 3 year old has an ear ache, and its 4AM and he won't sleep, and wants to watch 'In the Night Garden' and starts giggling about the 'Ninky-Nonk'- thats when it gets really surreal........

If they liked 'In the Night Garden'- Tesco and a few other places might still have the DVDs..........

I'm going to have 'Ooops, my name is Upsy Daisy'...... in my head for the rest of the afternoon........ damn you.........

nikpmup · 09-04-2014 05:19PM

iguana wrote: »

We don't have a tv service so the kids tv S watches tends to be from dvds I buy or stuff I pick online. We're at my Mum's today and RTE Jr is on and I have to ask; What the actual F@ç* is In the Night Garden?!!!!!?????

I've had a rotten migraine for the last few days and am wondering if the painkillers I took are making me hallucinate. This show is like a bad acid trip (or at least what I'd imagine a bad acid trip to be, never having had one).

I think ITNG is one of the least offensive kids shows out there! It's not too loud or colourful, and all the noises are gentle and tinkly!

My niece & nephew loved it.

Neyite · 09-04-2014 05:19PM

ITNG has to be a show that was dreamt up on acid. No other explanation really.

nikpmup · 09-04-2014 05:24PM

Neyite wrote: »

ITNG has to be a show that was dreamt up on acid. No other explanation really.

Oh, totally. But it's a sweet, nice trip

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