http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/ No matter what size or shape your family comes in, feel free to share your experiences with others here. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:38:34 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/images/bellybelly2/misc/rss.jpg http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/ http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/116888-afraid-whats-come.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:51:22 GMT Well last year my grandfather had 2 "mini strokes", january this year he had another mini stroke.. and then in April this year he had a very large stroke that left him with a month in hospital and 3 months in a rehab centre. He has been home for only 3 months and the nurses have said he probably will not improve anymore. He lost all movement to one side of his body, his bladder does not work properly and he is only able to manage to drag his leg while he walks with a walking frame. He gave up trying to write, because he didnt think he could ever do it, and he no longer wants to go in his many sheds to do what he used to do in there. He is bound to a wheelchair and my nana is his slave as he would not let her leave him alone with anyody else becauses she helps him go to the toilet and reminds him to take his pills etc.. His memory is very bad too.
Well last weekend, he had another stroke. Not a bad one, but many of the things he has re-learnt to do he has forgotton again. He doesnt know the date, or simple things he usually would know.
I am afraid. My dad is afraid for his father and everybody including my grandfather is afraid.
He is a ticking time bomb. My mother and I have feared that next year we may not only have a new birth, but we may also have a death in the family.
We are a very close family and love each other very much and would never hope things would be bad, but it is very hard to come to terms with the fact that he WILL die, and in the near future. He is about 72, so not that old, but only a year ago, he was so fit and was riding motorbikes around. Its just so sad and hard. My granmotheris getting tired of him as he is so demanding. She said that she enjoyed her rest while he went to hospital on the weekend. I just dont know what to think. What to do, or how to cope with all of this. ]]> poopie http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/116888-afraid-whats-come.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/116791-how-much-do-you-use-weekly-bread-milk.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:33:32 GMT Was in another thread and got think how much consumable items do you use ? We go through just over 1 loaf dailey of bread 1.5 -2 liters daily depending on if we eat porridge in the week or not (porridge use less milk) pancakes for sundays. up to 2 LARGE boxes cereal and some porridge 1 tube of toothpaste weekly to fortnightly depending on if ds eats it or not other wize its every 3 days thats for kids adults use 1 every 3 weeks 1 roll to 2 rolls of toilet paper dailey. about 30 eggs every 4 weeks (we buy large tray eggs every 4 weeks) so how much do you go through? family of 6 so far soon to be 7 16 month old 4 year old 8 year old 11 year old hubbie and me and coffee bean in my womb hehe Was in another thread and got think how much consumable items do you use ?

We go through
just over 1 loaf dailey of bread
1.5 -2 liters daily depending on if we eat porridge in the week or not (porridge use less milk) pancakes for sundays.
up to 2 LARGE boxes cereal and some porridge
1 tube of toothpaste weekly to fortnightly depending on if ds eats it or not other wize its every 3 days thats for kids adults use 1 every 3 weeks
1 roll to 2 rolls of toilet paper dailey.
about 30 eggs every 4 weeks (we buy large tray eggs every 4 weeks)
so how much do you go through?

family of 6 so far soon to be 7
16 month old
4 year old
8 year old
11 year old
hubbie and me and coffee bean in my womb hehe ]]> squidipa http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/116791-how-much-do-you-use-weekly-bread-milk.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/116777-how-do-you-juggle.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:28:02 GMT Just wondering how others juggle kids bedtimes and adults dinner times :juggle:
At the moment getting DD into bed is a bit like a wrestling match. In a perfect world she would go to sleep at 7 or 7.30 it's far from a perfect world and the reality is she falls asleep 4.5 hours after she last woke up, which is fine if it was 3pm but sometimes she falls asleep in the car in the afternoon and I can't get her to bed before 8.30, or this week's record, 9.45.
She has her dinner at 5.30, and the Bear usually gets home between 7-8pm. I find that getting her settled is so demanding (and dementing LOL) that I can't really focus on cooking a meal at the same time.
Any suggestions folks? ]]> thepixie http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/116777-how-do-you-juggle.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/116665-im-going-my-sisters-formal.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:27:20 GMT Soooo my lovely sister B (15) is attending her YR10 formal early December and apparently they get to take 2 'adults' with them (theoretically mum & dad i think).

My sisters dad has been split with our mum for a few years now and has hardly seen the girls since so my sister (who was too shy to ask - bless) asked mum to ask me if i could go with her! I nearly burst into tears at the thought she would actually want me there!!

Such a sweetheart! Cant wait to go! :dance:

Obviously her dad is POd but she had the guts to say she didnt want him there she wanted mum and me! Makes me realise how much my little sisters look up to me! Now im a blubbering mess after typing this LOL.

(:crossfingers: its pg hormones as im at the end of my TWW hehe ;)) ]]> Ammaki http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/116665-im-going-my-sisters-formal.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/116564-my-dear-son-4-driving-me-mad.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:29:03 GMT just a vent more then anything. i have a 4 year old DS, and whilst i love him dearly, he is really trying my patience right now. i have a 1 mnth old DD, and my DS has been good with her, not jealous and just adores her. however, he will purposely be naughty and not listen to me while i am trying to either feed her (breast feeding) or get her to sleep. basically anytime he knows i cant do anything about it. its completely got me going insane and i feel like im spending my days being angry at him. arrrrgggghhh just a vent more then anything. i have a 4 year old DS, and whilst i love him dearly, he is really trying my patience right now. i have a 1 mnth old DD, and my DS has been good with her, not jealous and just adores her. however, he will purposely be naughty and not listen to me while i am trying to either feed her (breast feeding) or get her to sleep. basically anytime he knows i cant do anything about it. its completely got me going insane and i feel like im spending my days being angry at him. arrrrgggghhh ]]> melbrodhi http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/116564-my-dear-son-4-driving-me-mad.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/116437-how-often-do-you-let-your-kids-play-actual-dirt.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:22:31 GMT I'm hearing more and more often the benefits of letting children play in dirt. From increasing immunity to ingesting micro-flora (healthy bacteria) that medical experts now think is vital to health. I'm hearing that the human oragnism was designed to live with other organisms. There is even a thread in BB on how having a certain type of worm in your gut alleviates wheat allergies. It all makes sense to me.

But to me it still seems that most kids are discouraged from getting dirty. Astro-turf has replaced grass and soil at so many childcare centres and schools. Everything must be clean and sterile.

I understand the need for infection control... I'm not disputing that. However I also believe that kids should be allowed to get dirty in good CLEAN dirt. I would say that it is less toxic for a child to play in a digging patch at home that it would be at the local Maccas play centre that is so often situated right next to where the cars are queuing for their take-away... think of all those fumes! Think of all the heavy metals that have accumulated on the equipment after day after day of exposure to exhaust. Yeuch!

Do you have a digging patch at home. No, not just sand. Or do your kids help in the vegie garden?

We have a digging patch that we occasionally top up with sand... but as well as that my boys are allowed to roll their toy trucks etc through certain areas of our garden that haven't been planted out yet. There are at least 3 areas that they are allowed to dig in actual dirt. Yep, they get filthy but we don't have any allergies or more than the occasional cold in our house. They also help in the vegie patch looking for spuds etc when they are ready.

Dirt has such amazing play value for a kid, and it's free!!! Hear the squeals of delight when they find a worm! Our kids have also found strange items: old coins, bits of crockery, an old medal.... they are always looking for "treasure". Besides their train sets i reckon digging in the dirt has given me the most precious time in that it has fully occupied my boys in a positive way... they don't seem to fight over dirt LOL unlike a particular toy, there's always enough to go round! :D ]]> Bathsheba http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/116437-how-often-do-you-let-your-kids-play-actual-dirt.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/116286-parenting-whilst-sick.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:43:16 GMT Just wondering how the rest of you cope with parenting whilst you are ill.

I get very conflicted on what is the best thing to do. I find if I just try to rest, then I have to deal with tantrums about not going to playgroup or doing anything fun. If I try to soldier on, then I just get cranky, which often means leaving the said playgroup early, which means more tantrums, along with the risk of killing us, as I really to tired to drive anywhere.

We tend to have the TV on a lot, so that is lost as a distraction for DD1, if anything it will mean another tantrum if I dare change the channel to something I would like to watch whilst vegging on the couch.

I could have asked DH to stay home, but the last time I did that he got to nap on the couch and I didn't. DH napping on the couch is just stressful, as it means I have to keep the kids away from him, otherwise he gets grumpy :rolleyes: So just extra work for me. Also he does not pick up the slack, like washing up or folding clothes. Him being home just creates extra work.

So what do you do? Soldier on, or just try to rest and ignore the tantrums? ]]> Astrid http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/116286-parenting-whilst-sick.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/116077-have-you-ever-broken-promise-how-did-you-fix.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:54:34 GMT At the moment there is a festival on here that comes at the beginning of November each year & there are fireworks on the two Saturday night it runs. Tonight is the last night. I promised Zander we would go, but now I don't think we can :( Aaron was supposed to go to a bucks night, but he's too sick now so he's staying home (in bed at the moment) and Juliette is also sick. I now feel like I'm getting it too, sore throat is coming in, so it's really not a good idea for me to go out have & have a late night when I'm coming down with a cold.

So what do I do? Do I tell him we can't go or just hope he doesn't realise? We can hear the fireworks from our house, but he will be in bed by then & more than likely asleep. How do I make it up to him??? ]]> Sarah_H http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/116077-have-you-ever-broken-promise-how-did-you-fix.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/115892-too-young-leave-overnight.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:19:05 GMT Hi everyone
Before DS was born, DH and I were avid music festivalites and were planning to head off to one in March for our wedding anniversary (we're a little unorthodox :dance:). DS will be almost 10 months by then and DH doesn't seem too fussed about leaving him with his Grandma for the weekend but I can't help but feel a little guilty. Is he too little to be away from us that long or am I just being silly? When did you leave your little ones overnight for the first time? ]]> allycat06 http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/115892-too-young-leave-overnight.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/115707-mamas-domestic-workers.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:28:56 GMT I wanted to start a thread where I can spew my guts about my feelings around having a domestic worker :redface: Ok now I know there are some of you going: " :rolleyes: what are she complaining about" but hear me out. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has someone at home (nanny/au pair) that takes care of her kids.

I work half-days, take lunch and then I work in one of our three shops in town. Not set hours, because I still have to find time to do shopping, pay bills, run errands, gym etc. We get up at 5:30am and go to bed at about 23:00. And not one of my kids sleeps through. Since ds was born it worked out cheaper (locally) to hire someone that can take care of my kids, cook and clean - in that order, than paying for daycare. I was estatic about it, because now I get so see so much more of my kids. I can take dd along when doing errands, play with ds in the afternoons (if I get a spare minute) and just have them bugging me ;)

BUT and here it gets a bit selfish. I think it's starting to get too me. I feel guilty about taking a nap on Wednesdays (no errands) I mean sure, I hired her to take care of my kids, but what type of mother takes a nap when her almost 3 year old is telling her : "I missed you mommy ... sOOOOOO much" :doh: I feel guilty that I have to run in and out of the house for gym. And I deserve to gym, I deserve some sewing time, I deserve to take care of myself too. But it breaks my heart to hear ds crying everytime I leave the house.

Ok, my kids love the nanny. She is a god's send. She handles my kids is such a soft manner, that it baffles me. My dd even sometimes absentmindedly calls me by her name *what smiley can one use here? :shakehead: :doh: :redface: :lol: * I give my kids loads of attention. From 5:30am - 8:am and 17: 00 - 20:00 it's our time. We dance, play games, bath, read stories. Yes, sometimes I have to cook during this time, or have other "house" stuff to do - give attention to the Man. But I spend quality time with my kids.

See if they were in daycare ... it would not bother me, because they were not at home, kwim??? But they are home. So I just want to know how other woman cope with these feelings. How do you justify yourself taking a nap when you could be spending precious time with your kids??

Oh geeze, this was a rant ... mods can move this if it's inapropriate (sp) - spelling is bad today LOL -

Thanks for listening!! ]]> Nadine216 http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/115707-mamas-domestic-workers.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/115687-getting-newborn-sleep-toddler.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:53:22 GMT So, how do ya do it ladies?

DD (22 mths) tends to be her noisest when I'm trying to get DS (3 mths) to sleep. Regardless if I give her snacks, toys, TV time. I've resorted to going into DS' room and closing the door - yet she still bangs on the door or plays right out the front of it.

I'm trying to spend heaps of time playing with DD so she isn't left out and so she knows she has a special place in the family - and we do have our special outdoors time in the later afternoon in addition to playing inside.

Please part with your tricks to occupy your toddlers :pray:. ]]> leesa http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/115687-getting-newborn-sleep-toddler.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/115675-expecting-kids-contribute.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:24:25 GMT The other day I told dp that when the cubs are older I would like them to cook 3 meals per week; 1 each and one together.
He looked incredulous and said "you mean when you're working?"
Well, no, not especially. I don't see the term sahm mum as being another word for underpaid housekeeper; my job is to nurture and to teach. I figure this will be one way to teach them to contribute to the family, to co-operate, to take pride themselves, cohesion, that cooking can be fun, all sorts of things.
DP's mum never had them do anything at all in terms of chores or housework or cooking (or even their own laundry) and even though dp is himself a domestic god, his brother who is 32, has only moved out of home this week and is also a qualified chef, has never done a lick of housework, dishes, or even cooked a meal for his parents.
Not that I think one absolutely leads to the other, but surely it could be looked at as a contributing factor?
I dont know, am I alone in this? Or am I kidding myself?
Thoughts, if you please ]]> littlelara http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/115675-expecting-kids-contribute.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/115643-need-help-please-addressing-drug-use-sister.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:07:54 GMT Hi girls .... I have just found out that my sister (three years younger than me at 28 years old) is using some pretty heavy drugs. From what I can gather, nothing is off the table. I know she is using cocaine and acid so who knows what else she is pumping through her body. She also has Type 1 Diabetes. This has come as a huge shock to me because I always thought she was a good girl. I knew she liked a few drinks with friends of a weekend but never thought in a million years that she would be stupid enough to go this far. She has recently broken up with her boyfriend who was 8 years younger than her so she was in a crowd of friends who were very much younger and no doubt, a bad influence. She is still good friends with him so is still in this same circle of friends. I dont want to tell our parents because they are so proud that they have raised two good girls so dont want to shatter their belief so I want to handle this myself. I will resort to threats of telling Mum and Dad if I have to (this would kill her) but just not sure of how to raise the issue with her and how far to go without alienating her. Any tips ???? Thank you !!!!! Hi girls ....

I have just found out that my sister (three years younger than me at 28 years old) is using some pretty heavy drugs. From what I can gather, nothing is off the table. I know she is using cocaine and acid so who knows what else she is pumping through her body. She also has Type 1 Diabetes.

This has come as a huge shock to me because I always thought she was a good girl. I knew she liked a few drinks with friends of a weekend but never thought in a million years that she would be stupid enough to go this far. She has recently broken up with her boyfriend who was 8 years younger than her so she was in a crowd of friends who were very much younger and no doubt, a bad influence. She is still good friends with him so is still in this same circle of friends.

I dont want to tell our parents because they are so proud that they have raised two good girls so dont want to shatter their belief so I want to handle this myself. I will resort to threats of telling Mum and Dad if I have to (this would kill her) but just not sure of how to raise the issue with her and how far to go without alienating her.

Any tips ????

Thank you !!!!! ]]> Deltadawn http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/115643-need-help-please-addressing-drug-use-sister.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/115484-dreamworld-theme-park.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:46:47 GMT We have a 4yo and 2yo and have been thinking of taking them to Dreaworld. Does anyone know if it is worth going for these ages? We have a 4yo and 2yo and have been thinking of taking them to Dreaworld. Does anyone know if it is worth going for these ages? ]]> BekZ http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/115484-dreamworld-theme-park.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/115409-having-3-kids-really-bad.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:28:26 GMT I've told a few people I am thinking about going back for no.3. Every time I've told anyone all I've heard is negative stuff about having 3 kids. How if I have 3 then I will HAVE to have 4. I don't want 4, I only want 3 plus dsd's. My brother went on for about an hour on why you can't have 3 kids. I was excited about going for number 3, now I just feel guilty about it.

Anyone here have 3 kids? Are you happy with 3? Is it really as bad as people say having 3? Is 3 much harder then 2?

Thanks for any replies. ]]> Mum2 http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/115409-having-3-kids-really-bad.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/115368-my-awesome-my-dear-husband.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:12:49 GMT I must admit when I got pregnant, I had doubts about how DH would cope being a Stay At Home Dad.

I worried that he wouldn't be able to tend to the baby's needs, do general housework plus run his own business - AND have time for me (us).

Now, 18 months down the track, I'm finding myself amazed at how well he's doing. He's not perfect (who is??) - the house is still messy (but not dirty), he doesn't get everything done every day - but most people comment on how happy my DS is (and he IS!), DH and I can still have time for ourselves and for us (although not quite as often as I would like!) and our boy fills our life with joy.

I work full-time and find myself in the position that most Dad's do... not sure how I fit in. I recently made the decision to be the 'fun' parent and indulge DS when I can and spend very special time with him on a daily basis. I'm nearly always the one that baths him and we both really enjoy that time. I don't tell him to do this, do that - that's what DH does! Although I still am part of the discipline team, I'm the soft one that he can sometimes smile at and I'll give in! Only on the small stuff that doesn't matter though!

I'm much happier now I've found this 'place' and although I'm usually a control freak - I'm finding myself being able to let go and follow DH's lead.

Note to self: let him know how appreciated he is... hmmmm.... :) ]]> Nettie http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/115368-my-awesome-my-dear-husband.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/115363-grandparents.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:36:42 GMT Hi all,

I had a wonderful r'ship with my mother but things have always been great if they were "her way" - so the first few years of my marriage and my young childrens lives was very painful with lots of tears if I tried to do things the way I wanted. Me being a new mum back then was incredibly difficult but I've now developed, thankfully, a much thicker skin. Now its if you don't like it mum, sorry but that's your problem.

I visit her once a week with the children after scheduled tutoring, we stay for about 2.5 hrs and the kids really enjoy their time - I'm very happy for them, esp as I never had grandparents growing up. Now to cut a long story short, my mum in between jokes and sarcasm, threatens me that if I don't let her see the kids, she can take me to court, and she talks about her "rights" as a grandparent. Think Marie from Everybody loves Raymond:rolleyes: I really hate it this r'ship has deteriorated, but she just won't let go :cry:

She is doing the emotional blackmail thing with me, but it really makes me resent her - today she made an ultimatum that she wants to look after the kids once a week so I said their tutoring day is a good day, after tutoring (finishes at 11am) you can take them until 5pm. So I don't know if this belongs in the boohoo room but my question does she have legal rights if she were to follow through with what she says? ]]> sista http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/115363-grandparents.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/115219-cubby-house-furniture.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:09:26 GMT What do you guys have in your cubby houses?

Our little monsters are getting one for Christmas & I've been thinking about what to put in it. Should we have a kitchen or table & chairs, something else? It's 1.5mx1.5m.

TIA ]]> Sarah_H http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/115219-cubby-house-furniture.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/114991-confused-about-ttc-3-a.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:49:59 GMT This is going to come out as a jumble, but it is doing my head in so I just need to get it all out.

Earlier this year DH and I decided that we would have a 3rd child, after having DS I was certain that 2 was enough, even though we had reviously discussed 3. DS was a difficut baby, and DS and DD are only 18 months apart, so it was hard going in the early days and I was pretty sure that I didnt want to go through that again.

As DS got older I got back the urge to have another child, that undescribable longing to do it all again. It took a while for DH to come around to the idea, but eventually he did and we decided that we would start trying towards the end of this year (so nowish).

All is good and we have started TTC #3, but part of me is wondering if it is still the right thing to do- life is starting to get easier as the other 2 get older, I have what i think are good prospects at work, we have just bought our first home- I will be working more days next year meaning more money to do things. I have spent this year really focusing on getting fit and healthy and I am scared of undoing all that hard work.

I am scared that if I dont have #3 I will regret it, but I am also worried that I am doing it for selfish reasons, is the fact that I feel like I still need to have another child a good enough reason to do it. Of course if we were to get pg, I would be happy and love the baby, but I just dont know if it is the best thing to do right now. I know we could leave it and wait a year or so, but because DD & DS are so close in age, I dont want to have a big age gap with the third.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh so confused! ]]> *Ali* http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/114991-confused-about-ttc-3-a.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/114909-4yo-sleep-issues-night-terrors.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:24:30 GMT DD2 has been waking at the same time every night for about 3 or 4 weeks now.

It started when she had a sore throat. I was a bit worried & kept a close eye on here coz she's had tonsilitis & glandular fever recently, but she never got feverish & stopped complaining about the sore throat a few days later.

Since then she's still waking at the same time every night winging & crying, but isn't awake enough to know that I'm speaking to her, or settle down. She cries as if she's hurting, but won't tell me why, or whats wrong.

I can't put Jesse to bed til after she does it, coz she wakes him up. Its really getting frusterating! She's a very loud child & her crying is even louder!

Do you think its night terrors? DD1 had a few at about 18 months old, but she was younger, more hysterical, & they were random. Not he same time every single night.

Could be her sleep cycles for some reason, since its around 2 hours after she goes to sleep, but she only does it once over night...

Maybe just habit? But 3 nights of a sore throat wouldn't keep her doing it for this long would it?

Maybe I should give her some panadol before bed & see if it helps in case she actually is in pain for some reason??

I'm confused, frusterated & tired! Help? ]]> bjrose http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/114909-4yo-sleep-issues-night-terrors.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/114878-help-how-stop-my-little-biting-monster.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:03:42 GMT Hi everyone,

My DD is 8.5 months old and now has 8 teeths, crawling & standing on furniture. As any babies, she LOVES to put stuff in her mouth but lately, she has started to bite us and yesterday DH pointed out that she also she has taken to biting her toys..you know tries to take a chomp out of her softer toys and even tried to bite her highchair... My DH's auntie is an early childhood nurse and recommended that whenever she bites us, we put her down and ignore her, so we have given that a go but the problem is that
A- She just moves onto the next toy/thing and does not appear to be worried about being ignored.
B- You can't ignore her for too long as she gets into everything and needs to be supervised.

We are looking for suggestion as she bit her godfather this week-end too. I know she doesn't mean to hurt us but I am curious to see what everyone has done with their little biting monster. She usually bites us on the shoulder when up and recently started climbing the back of our legs, hanging onto our pants and has bitten DH's leg too.

My thoughts have been to say a firm No- NO biting Sammy and put her down and semi ignore her...cause she knows and kinda understand the word no. MIL said, bite back but I think she is too young for that just yet ;-)

Would appreciate any help/advice you've got :)

M ]]> sydney moose http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/parenting-family-life/114878-help-how-stop-my-little-biting-monster.html