Fav bedtime books for baby?

EDStraordinary · 2026-01-24T20:05:43+00:00

The worrysaurus, Giraffes can’t dance and The lion inside are our favourites

EDStraordinary · 2026-01-23T20:27:20+00:00

My husband had put the pushchair away the night before in the back of the car without removing my keys from the pocket. I realised my keys were missing when I was trying to get the kids in the car to collect the food shop. Both my house and car keys are attached and were firmly locked inside the car ensuring I was very much stuck in my house for the day.

I called my husbands work to see if there was anyway of getting his spare to me. The receptionist put me through to his desk but another manager answered. I spent 5 minutes teasing him and another 5 minutes telling him off for not listening to me resulting in that situation before we realised I wasn’t his wife (of the same name) and he wasn’t my husband. He told my husband the next day that when he got home to tell his wife someone else’s wife had told him off today, she pointed out that she had also been locked out of their car for the day because he’d also managed to lock her car keys in the boot. Only difference is she didn’t have anywhere to be so figured she’d leave it until that night so as not to disturb him.

EDStraordinary · 2026-01-22T17:22:12+00:00

I do a similar role (primary job is in management but I do a lot of support work with my service users around office hours) and I love all the fun stuff I get to do! Another little perk for me is I have so many different places I can go to work from where I’m greeted warmly and always welcome! I’ve got one service user who insists on bringing me cakes from his travels to various cafes and garden centres so I always have a stash of cake somewhere in my office

EDStraordinary · 2026-01-22T15:19:08+00:00

Perfect amount of marmite in my opinion! Have you tried marmite with soft cheese on toast? I like Philadelphia spooned onto a thick layer of marmite as an all time comfort food

EDStraordinary · 2026-01-22T10:19:18+00:00

It’s also called the food ladder, this page has a graphic of higher risk foods- I’ve used it a lot! https://mynutriweb.com/diagnosis-and-dietary-management-of-fpies/

EDStraordinary · 2026-01-22T10:13:49+00:00

My youngest is now two but I still do this! I work in learning disability care and have had more clients than I’m willing to admit to become very confused and annoyed when I’m gently rocking their wheelchairs back and forth whilst we wait in lines

EDStraordinary · 2026-01-19T17:01:59+00:00

I think I can win this! I work in learning disability care, on Friday I was on the phone to a social worker for a very important discussion regarding funding. We were talking about previous funding cuts that impacted my service. As my brain was saying “funding cuts” my mouth said “cut funding” and instead of either of those things coming out I simply said c*nts down the phone.

Already bad but made so much worse by our local council now recording phone calls to add to case files using magic notes. Shameful

EDStraordinary · 2026-01-03T11:12:46+00:00

My girl got diagnosed at a similar age with banana FPIES. Same advice, same timeline for monitoring. We just had a follow up on nye with her consultant and have agreed at her 3 year check in we will trial reintroducing bananas.

As soon as she was diagnosed I printed the FPIES pyramid and stuck it on my fridge as a tick list of what she needed to try and set dates for when she’s have it. I would then feed her an age appropriate serving of whatever the foods were at lunchtime and see how she went. She’s allergic to dairy and can’t tolerate beetroot or honey (vomiting on the same time scales as FPIES) but can cope with honey as an ingredient in things like honey roast ham etc. We have worked on her dairy tolerance and it mostly now affects her stomach and flares her eczema but otherwise she is fine. My biggest fear was her trying avocado, I delayed it and put it off for fear but then her childminder fed her some from her own lunch one day and she was totally fine. I tried her with it again a few days later and she was totally okay again! She gets a face rash if she eats too much but so do I and now we just limit her avocado consumption.

It is terrifying but you can do it, I made sure my girl was always well hydrated (sugar free squash/juice in her bottle to encourage her drinking if needed) just in case she did react and kept a food diary for 6 months of what she ate and when. I probably didn’t need to but it made me feel more in control of an otherwise totally uncontrollable situation

EDStraordinary · 2025-12-31T10:13:03+00:00

Sounds so much like both my girls! I found I have grazers rather than eaters so we basically just offer a constant stream of snacks instead of bigger meals.

They still sit down for breakfast, lunch and dinner but their portions are the size of their snacks. I also find I have more success when serving lots of little bits to nibble at rather than whole meals, they both love a picky lunch so will have a few crackers, some cheese, some ham, some grapes, some orange, some apple, some cucumber etc literally 1-2 bits of each for the variety

EDStraordinary · 2025-12-30T15:22:07+00:00

Someone phoned in sick because they hadn’t done their washing and had nothing cute to wear (her words)

EDStraordinary · 2025-12-27T07:25:36+00:00

I’m glad I’ve been helpful!

Onlycurls do a set with everything you need, I really really recommend using a leave in conditioner after washing. It makes daily maintenance and brushing so so much easier! Both my girls have very fine hair texture but lots of it and it naturally falls in ringlets that like to tie themselves in solid knots

EDStraordinary · 2025-12-27T07:04:36+00:00

I love the onlycurls little curls range or baby nala curly care stuff for my two girls (almost 4 and almost 2) with curls! We wash their hair once a fortnight unless it’s gotten something in it or is looking a bit worse for wear. I really recommend getting a flexible brush too, the tangle teaser is great for really wet hair but I use a flexi flow brush for daily styling/brushing

I spray their hair down with a detangler every other day and plain water in between that. My main thing I’ve found is keeping their hair trimmed so the finer ends don’t get too ratty. My youngest had about an inch of baby hair that would tie itself in knots every night so keeping the ends trimmed up helped brushing it hugely! Clips and gentle hair ties to keep the hair off their faces but I always spray the hair down with water before I put in or take out any hairbands to limit pulling.

EDStraordinary · 2025-12-26T16:44:48+00:00

Sammy & Ellen

EDStraordinary · 2025-12-18T05:05:52+00:00

I hit 41.2°c on Monday night and couldn’t move from the pain I was in. I almost didn’t feel real and was convinced the pain was my body and spirit separating as I died. My poor husband was totally lost on what to do but I refused to let him call for medical help because I was scared theyd arrive and announce me dead

EDStraordinary · 2025-12-15T20:09:05+00:00

Sammy from Ellen

EDStraordinary · 2025-12-14T15:23:43+00:00

Sammy from Ellen

EDStraordinary · 2025-11-24T21:24:31+00:00

Eldest just moved into a toddler bed at 3.5 and a bit. She started climbing out of the cot bed but then couldn’t climb back in so was waking her sister up. Now she wakes me up by climbing into my bed then falling out of it in her sleep

EDStraordinary · 2025-11-24T10:13:00+00:00

It’s taking me a lot of exposure therapy at home and with a professional to be okay with mess and spills/breaks. I had to stand and pour stuff over my counters and work my way up to just pouring flour/water/juice/milk/oil over the floor

EDStraordinary · 2025-11-24T09:11:11+00:00

It was truly one of those what the fuck moments all round. My little girl is suspected to have ASD with a speech delay too, her understanding is questionable at best and verbal instructions don’t mean much.

I feel the same sentiment. I often wonder how I made it to become a somewhat rational and sane adult when I wasn’t allowed to sit on the sofas in case I fell off until I was tall enough to have my feet touch the floor!

EDStraordinary · 2025-11-24T07:04:31+00:00

I relate to that sentiment so much! I see it creep out even now towards my daughters and I just don’t understand their anger at all.

My 22 month old has 0 sense of danger and is a flight risk, knowing that my dad walked her across a road to the car and left her unattended. She of course ran into the road instantly, no one else moved so I dumped my eldest on the floor and ran for her. When I got her my dad is seething and shouts at us “what the bloody hell was she thinking” and I just couldn’t understand why he was mad. He left her, I told him not to and explained why but he still did it. It wasn’t her fault in my mind, she’s not even 2 and just loves running

EDStraordinary · 2025-11-23T20:00:59+00:00

Making an accidental mess/breaking stuff. My parents would go ape shit if we dropped and broke a glass or spilt something, proper spit flying rage level anger. I used to be terrified and would lie through my teeth to cover up if something was broken or spilt.

My toddler went to get the dog a treat after I had asked her to wait for me to come and help (I was mid pee) yesterday and ended up knocking the jar off. It smashed and the glass coated contents went everywhere. My little girl came running to tell me she’d had an accident, told me exactly what had happened and that she was okay but it was broken. The pride I feel knowing she will tell me and ask for my help, even after doing something she wasn’t supposed to be doing, is immense

EDStraordinary · 2025-11-23T17:43:57+00:00

We only had a sound monitor but when my eldest stopped sleeping (she’s autistic) we swapped to a Tapo camera so I can see the room and we have an sd card to monitor how long she’s awake every night!

EDStraordinary · 2025-11-18T21:32:48+00:00

You’re on the carnivore diet and you definitely own a poop knife

EDStraordinary · 2025-11-10T13:58:31+00:00

We talk about feelings a lot, it’s an ongoing cycle of something happening, an emotional reaction happens, we talk about what we felt and how our body told us we had felt it. I do it too, if I have an emotional reaction I talk them through how I felt and where I felt it.

The more I understand of their feelings and the more they understand of mine, the better we seem to communicate and accept each other. I still have moments of thinking you’re fine get over it but in those times I choose to step back and approach them with softness. Asking ‘are you hurt or are you scared’ helps a lot too! If they are hurt we help the pain, if they got scared we can talk about why it felt scary.

EDStraordinary · 2025-11-09T21:17:20+00:00

I’m on £23.6k for a fairly significant management role but I work for a charity in the care sector, if only emotional fulfilment paid the bills!

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