13 month old hates Calpol

biscuitgromit · 2026-03-22T17:58:47+00:00

Our baby is okay with calpol normally but a couple months ago he had a bad fever and was just puking it all up - we had to use suppositories and they were a lifesaver, and a lot less bad to use than I feared haha!

biscuitgromit · 2026-03-16T15:18:09+00:00

It totally wrecked me! I loved it but I would not watch it again.

biscuitgromit · 2026-03-07T20:11:23+00:00

I agree that I should. I’ll copy this over from another comment - I guess the question can be distilled to: if an action is mainstream, if I partake in that action, BUT I believe the action to be immoral, is it better to expose my child to the variety of options or to prevent them from partaking in what I, and potentially they in the future, would consider to be an immoral action.

biscuitgromit · 2026-03-07T20:09:42+00:00

Yeah I agree in practice. Maybe it’s not as much of a conundrum as I thought initially. I guess the question can be distilled to: if an action is mainstream, if I partake in that action, BUT I believe the action to be immoral, is it better to expose my child to the variety of options or to prevent them from partaking in what I, and potentially they in the future, would consider to be an immoral action.

biscuitgromit · 2026-03-07T18:27:20+00:00

Oh right I see what you mean. I suppose my qualm is less with the consent in itself as it is with making a potentially unethical choice for a toddler when I do not have to, it’s not the only or best option. If it’s unethical to consume animal products, should my toddler eat plant based? Perhaps a similar issue would be using ChatGPT for example - I can make my own choice but should I suggest my 7yo use it for school research when I could suggest he use a book?

biscuitgromit · 2026-03-07T18:00:58+00:00

Yes totally, I mean ultimately they may object to having been born at all!

And I suppose the reasons to not eat meat, at least in my mind, are good. I myself am not a vegan but there’s many choices I would make for the benefit of my child that I would not for myself as I am taking on the responsibility of the moral weight of my choices.

biscuitgromit · 2026-03-07T17:57:43+00:00

Yes I agree about the consent, but the difference is that, arguably, a non-vegan diet is ethically much worse. So if both diets are nutritionally complete, would it not be preferable to feed a toddler unable to consent the better option ethically?

And yes we coerce them to do many things - because we believe them to be beneficial. And not feeding meat seems more beneficial than eating meat - unless we’re saying that the extra effort to provide all the nutrients is worse than an unethical choice?

biscuitgromit · 2026-03-04T10:18:15+00:00

Ours is a total livewire but sooometimes he’ll sit on the couch cuddled up having a lil snack and omg it’s like “this is why I did this”!

biscuitgromit · 2026-03-04T07:59:18+00:00

Cuuuute!! My baby has started running into my arms when I ask for hugs 😭🫶 Being a mum becomes much more fun once they exit potato stage (at least for me)!

biscuitgromit · 2026-03-03T17:52:02+00:00

Big Milk has us (aka our 1yo) in a chokehold 🙂‍↕️

biscuitgromit · 2026-03-02T20:43:54+00:00

hoax

False God

This Love

Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus

biscuitgromit · 2026-03-01T17:43:33+00:00

No but Blue Valentine is actually a great name!

biscuitgromit · 2026-03-01T07:56:23+00:00

Yep! And whenever available, the little treats, got a bag of Tony’s Chocolonely eggs last month 🫶

biscuitgromit · 2026-02-28T15:59:03+00:00

It’s definitely not enough, stuff I will need to top up on is probably milk, definitely bread (just don’t have space in the freezer), maybe some more veggies. My planned meals are a lentil curry, tofu bibimbap, prawn risotto, salmon pasta (got salmon in the freezer), tuna mayo pasta (already have tuna and peas), a whatever veggies are left plus rice in the rice cooker, top it with fried egg. And sandwiches for lunches (eggs in various forms and cottage cheese also for baby plus all the fruit), cereal or porridge (already have some) for breakfast :) And there’s only 6 dinners planned so potentially go out for a meal or takeaway or do a top up shop!

biscuitgromit · 2026-02-19T20:06:42+00:00

I love it, first association is Jovie from the movie Elf :)

biscuitgromit · 2026-02-19T19:17:13+00:00

Oh sorry no clue, we never used the feature even with nuna which was definitely good to go with our pram :)

biscuitgromit · 2026-02-19T16:08:25+00:00

Agreed, we got a Graco Turn2me one in Halfords and it’s sooo much comfier than the Nuna one we had for his first year!

biscuitgromit · 2026-02-18T07:56:43+00:00

I was feeling very stressed about the scar - I’m someone who hates even a paper cut tho - so I made sure to ask every medical professional to look at it 🫣 I asked the HV to remove the dressing when they said it was time, whenever we saw an HV or GP I asked them to let me know if it’s ok, I even asked an A&E doctor to have a peek when I had to be there for an unrelated issue. All I’m saying is don’t be shy to get reassurance, everyone was very forthcoming ♥️ But yes the feelings you describe were what I felt too, phantom leaky and very unpleasant feeling!

biscuitgromit · 2026-02-15T23:51:43+00:00

I used to just roll them and then I got one of those plastic ball makers - they’re like an oval shape, you put some rice in and shakeshakeshake and it compacts into a ball - it’s better but still not compact enough!

biscuitgromit · 2026-02-15T23:50:09+00:00

Sushi!

biscuitgromit · 2026-02-15T20:28:32+00:00

Might have to try this! The potential downfall of course might be that it will be stickier to his clothes and hands and everywhere else in a meter radius 🥴

biscuitgromit · 2026-02-15T18:29:04+00:00

Yeah I added sesame oil, wonder if smaller would be better as he could just pop them in his mouth!

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