Posts by beckington

Thanks for the comments. I guess what really makes me feel uncomfortable with these situations is the way the parents handle it - I can understand them not wanting their kids to think it's OK to take a toy from someone, I can understand...

Hi (delurking again...) Just wondering how you handle interaction with other kids at playgroups. The main problem I'm having comes when a child takes something away from Alex (16 months) and the mum intervenes and disciplines her...

Yup, my one-year old is still drooling like crazy! Oh, I dream of the day when he'll only need to wear one shirt a day!! Charmaine

Hi Thanks for the reply. The mother's helper will probably be 16-20 years old, though might also be an older person, not sure yet! Thanks for the link - was helpful. I guess I'm not sure of how to do this because I'm not sure I want...

My son Alex just turned one a few weeks ago - he's crawling like mad and cruising, but not walking. He doesn't talk, though he babbles constantly in language I don't understand!! He'll babble mamamamamamamama or dadadadadadadadada but...

H everyone I work part-time from home and am thinking about getting a mother's helper to look after my son Alex (12 months) for two afternoons a week. So far, what we've been doing is having my husband look after Alex for one day a...

Uh, I might be a bit thick here, but what are soakers? : I've got the idea they have to do with cloth nappies, but not sure what - are they a cross between shorts and a wrap? I use cloth nappies but haven't come across that term before -...

Ah, new teeth - yes, we have those. Possibly that has something to do with it. Oh, that would be great - because then I'm thinking when he gets used to his new teeth he'll get over the biting and stick with the kissing (I loooooooooooove...

Kerry said: Quote: but I just want to take a moment to say, How cute is that when babies show so much passion? Yes, you are very right - it is very cute. Thanks - I needed to be reminded of that! What a sweet thing...

Hi everyone Not sure what to do about this - my son (1 year last week!) has just started biting us when he is giving us hugs and 'kisses' (big yummie sloppy ones ). He's bit my stomach, my neck, my shoulder, my cheek , and it hurts!...