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Wow 4 surprises! That's amazing! Turns out I was just really late - AF arrived today

4 surprises. wrote: I'm never late and when I was 5 days late this time yep positive. I would re test or just wait. Ar ed you trying? I am trying, but not very hopeful. I think I will wait unt...

I love sausages done in the slow cooker! This is my fav recipe for sausages: http://fresh.co.nz/devilled-sausages-in-the-cro...

I took my hubby's name. It's so much nicer than my maiden name, which is foreign and had awful connotations! Plus, as a teacher you are called by your last name, so I was constantly remin...

Anirtak wrote: Do you try giving food before bottles? DS2 is a little bit older than your son but he has two bottles a day - one when he wakes up and one before bed. The rest of the day he eats nor...

OC1246 wrote: Hi there, has he been eating with you at meal times or by himself? The playing, biting and spitting out is very normal - it's how they learn to eat. They need to be allowed to do...

Mum Of 3 Cuties wrote: To be honest there was nothing in particular that we did because our SLT was useless. In the end through a process of eliminations we worked out that other than his bottle...

Mum Of 3 Cuties wrote: You might need to enquire about a referral to an OT or dietician to investigate oral aversion. Once of my boys had a problem with eating and we discovered it was oral aversi...

Mum Of 3 Cuties wrote: I agree with Nai. I would try and drop the afternoon tea bottle and reduce the amount in the others. DD (22mths) still enjoys her milk but we have dropped the amounts drast...

Meal times for him go like this: I give him a finger food thing (which he plays with, bites and spits out before swallowing) try to give him some sort of spoon food (which he absolutely refuses) th...

Mumof2hunnys wrote: Hi Mel He isn't hungry as he is having way too much milk. 250ml a day is enough at that age. 250ml? Really? He doesn't swallow solids, so he's literally starvi...

Nai&BE wrote: Hey Mel is there a reason why he still needs to be on the formula? Id say hes probably having too many bottles as well. Could you try just a morning and night bottlr but after his...

Tickled*pink wrote: How much formula is he having a day? He's having 3 x 210ml bottles (one when he wakes up, one before his 11:30am nap, and one at bedtime) plus a 150ml one at around 2/3pm.

I think it's a bit different for me. For MC 1 he was so excited, rushed out and bought me flowers and wouldn't let me do a thing. For MC 2, he was relieved that I'd managed to get p...

I have been on TV a few times. When I was a kid, I was in a few episodes of a Bible story programme. But more recently, I was on 60 minutes, in a segment on binge drinking! Haha! It was my hens&...

I have a Tyler and Nathan and Levi were the other two names at the top of my list!

My DH sounds a lot like yours! He said no to just about every name I suggested, and offered no suggestions of him own. He was really funny when we were choosing. I'd say a name I liked, then ...

It was lovely to meet you too Hopefully we can all have another catch up soon. It would be great if some more Auckland mums could join us next time!