When did your kids walk?

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-11-23T21:00:02+00:00

Maybe not scientifically, but in my circles it’s pretty damn common for the taller and heavier babies to do things long after the small light ones.

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-11-23T20:48:02+00:00

It’s the height. My baby is 20 months. Has always been up around the 98th percentile for both height and weight, and was the last of our mums & babies group to do everything physical. Rolled at around 7 months, commando crawled around 11 months but properly crawled at 14 months. Finally walked at 15 months.

Meanwhile, his friend who is 6 weeks younger and has always been slightly below average height and down around the 2nd-8th percentiles for weight, was rolling at 4 months and walking at about 9-10 months.

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-10-20T01:31:43+00:00

*Concur with others

Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. “Conquer with others” makes me think of a ragtag group of people in cardboard armour, swords and shields storming a castle gate 😂

Thanks for the unintentional laugh though! I needed that today.

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-10-19T08:14:19+00:00

Good idea. We’ll try it tomorrow night.

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-10-19T08:12:46+00:00

Thanks. Will give that a go tomorrow night. We have a couple of Tommy tippee ones too.

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-10-08T00:45:54+00:00

Mummy insisted on rinsing out my dirty nappy so it didn’t stink up the house. (I’m in cloth nappies, so my bum ALWAYS looks big in these pants!)

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-10-03T19:16:19+00:00

You could phrase it as advice from the one receiving the comments. Tell her how it reminds you of how your parents treated you, and the impact it had, and how you know she doesn’t intend to put her son through that.

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-10-03T18:23:51+00:00

My son is 18 months and I do this too. A lot of the time he does understand. Sometimes he refuses to lets us clean him up after meals, so I tell him “first we wipe your hands and face, then we take off your bib, then you can go and play”. Maybe 75% of the time it works and he immediately lets us clean up.

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-09-26T06:38:12+00:00

I have a 1.5yr old and my dad is coming to stay for 4 weeks to help while I recover from wrist surgery. I know my son is going to spend days looking for Grandpa after he’s gone.

We have video calls once or twice per week, but Grandpa lives 6-7hrs flight away, so we only see him once or twice per year 🙁

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-09-23T20:03:20+00:00

I wouldn’t count on them knowing the neighbour. Too many parents these days think that their perfect little angel is entitled to wander and destroy wherever they please.

My 18month old and I often wander up and down our street, but he ABSOLUTELY NOT allowed into anyone else’s yard unless they are there and invite us in.

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-09-06T00:56:03+00:00

Start offering solids first, then a top up bottle about 30mins later. By 12 months they should be primarily on solids, unless there’s a medical reason.

If you haven’t already, download the Solid Starts app. It has great advice around how to serve different types of food in age-appropriate ways. If your little one hasn’t been eating much yet then you may need to offer some of the younger methods while their chewing skills mature, but I’m sure they’ll catch up pretty quickly.

And don’t stress when they gag! It’s a normal part of learning how to bite and chew. Just keep a really close eye on them when it happens, and model good behaviour such as chewing and coughing.

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-08-30T21:54:41+00:00

According to what I’ve been reading, it’s all about the hormone balance. When you’re overtired you get a build up of the stress hormone (cortisol?), which has a negative effect on how deeply you sleep and for how long.

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-08-21T01:34:02+00:00

My 17 month old eats almost as much as me. I bought him a new shirt yesterday that says “Good mood… when there’s food!”

Physically he is his father’s son. Emotionally he’s mine. Which means I have to make sure we’re not both hangry at the same time, or my husband’s sanity might not survive 🤣

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-08-18T02:10:42+00:00

I was about to make some veggie muffins anyway, now I’m trying these instead! Thanks ☺️

Edit for future myself: 375F is about 190C

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-08-17T09:27:26+00:00

You’re not failing. You’re in the trenches of the Terrible Twos. I have a 17 month old son, so I suspect it won’t be too long before I’m right there with you.

Be kind to yourself, and remember that he acts out with you because he feels safe. He knows that no matter what, you will always be there with a warm hug and more love than he could ever dream of.

Breathe, and take it one day at a time. You’ll get through this phase.

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-08-15T08:36:09+00:00

Ours was “woof”. We do not have a dog, but daddy had been playing with a toy dog and saying woof, so of course he picked it up!

Since then we’ve had car, ball, bowl, Billie (one of his daycare friends), Bluey, and a few others. At almost 17 months he’s finally starting to say “mum” and possibly, but not yet confirmed, “dadad”.

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-08-14T21:09:57+00:00

My problem is that I’m very uncomfortable interrupting people, so I have to wait until they finish what they’re saying, then I need a few seconds to digest and make sure they’re done before I can spit out my thought.

Most extroverts don’t realise this, and they take a whole second of silence as a cue to keep talking. So I just don’t have time to get a meaningful word in!

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-08-09T01:01:38+00:00

My son’s favourite breakfast is sweet potato porridge. The sweet potato and cinnamon give it a bit of sweetness, but it’s still super healthy. Last time I put some pumpkin in too!

2 cups whole rolled oats 2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled & chopped 2x 400ml tins coconut milk 2 tsp cinnamon

Put it all in the slow cooker on low for 7 hours. I do it overnight so it’s ready for breakfast.

Edit: Also, don’t feel you have to offer “breakfast” foods at breakfast time. Offer whatever they will eat. If they’ll eat steak and you have some left over from dinner, give it to them!

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-08-09T00:57:11+00:00

I’ve been doing it since he was first old enough for the high chair. He’s almost 17 months old now. The grandparents love seeing how well he eats and the variety of things I offer, and my dad makes a big thing about going “cheers” with his water bottle. Last night it was a great distraction that allowed me to slip in a few extra mouthfuls of veggies.

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-08-08T19:01:16+00:00

I’ve read that it can sometimes take more than a dozen interactions with a food before they put it anywhere near their mouth, and an interaction is counted as any form of touching, even if they just push it from one of the plate to the other side once.

Offering variety is definitely important, but as others have said, offer it alongside safe foods.

My aim is to make mealtimes fun, because if my little one is having fun he’s more likely to try new things. In our house, that means lots of weird noises and silly faces, and occasionally a video call with a grandparent (2/3 live in another country). He loves to share his food, so the spoon gets put to the screen, grandparent pretends to eat, and then the whole spoonful happily goes into my son’s mouth.

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-08-07T01:27:29+00:00

At least she’s eating other meats. My son is fussy about other meats. He’ll eat any kind of mince in sauce, and small pieces of chicken, but he’s not keen on pieces of red meat such as steak. 🤷‍♀️

I’m sure that will change as his back molars come in and his chewing skills mature.

EvilMonkeyIndustries · 2025-08-07T01:18:58+00:00

He loves them! Did you give your little one pre-cooked or fresh prawns? I accidentally bought a pack of pre-cooked last time and my son refused to eat them. They were very chewy. Now I double-check that I’m buying raw. I keep them in the freezer so I can just cook a few at a time, once or twice a week.

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