Yes - I always use myself as an example of someone who was incredibly fussy with food, (and in fact then had an eating disorder in my 20's) and now eat very healthily and normally (well I eat like a pig, I love my food).

I think for a year I survived on fruitcake and scrambled egg so my mum says .

My parents were very into the right foods and my mum's a great cook, so it isn't the parents.

There is hope

Ninja
i liked your all meat no veg, now no meat all veg-ness. I feel there might be hope.

I know what you mean - ds1 behaviour is very good, he just hates it. He finds it very voring most of the time and as for testing him!....well, its mad

Toby now has a REALLY sore bottom...can I put hydrocortizone on it til monday when I can get to a GP?

Hi becaroo - yes DD1 is a May baby and she likes nothing better than to dress up or play with dolls. She's not bad at school in that she likes to obey the rukles, but SATS are just crazy.

I keep hoping they'll just abandon them at the last minute.

ninja Gosh, what a bad time you are having at the moment....sorry to hear about your grandma. Glad dh is being nicer to you though.

I am horrified at the thought of SATS tbh....ds1 is a summer baby (is your dd?) and it has really been an issue for him as some of the kids in his class are 9 months older than him. He has always seemed "younger" than his peers somehow...he doesnt like a lot of the stuff that boys his age are "supposed" to like eg: super heroes like power rangers, computer games, rough play...he just likes watching TV programmes about animlas (the fiercer the better!) and machines, playing outside with his dad and lots of make believe about being jungle animals (I am often to be fund on the floor pretending to be some sort of creature!)

I really dont see the point of testing them so young...its ridiculous. The head knows my feelings about it, but she is all for testing as the better SATS results the school gets, the more funding

Toby has been sick this morning...brought his milk back up straight away and has had the runs since yesterday but he is cutting a molar...could that make him sick do you think? He has also caught ds1's cold too....looks like its going to be a fun weekend!!!!!

DG I can really sympathise with your feelings on co sleeping (and about the mc too...I am so sorry) I think you were very brave to try CC - I know I ever could, I am such a wimp.

Re: eating at the table...Toby eats all his meals at the table (in his highchair) but ds1 has his breakfast in front of the TV!! Just not worth the battle at the crack of dawn to get him to the table!!! He does eat his other meals at the table though, but he is 6 - dont worry, you have plenty of time to get him to eat at a table if thats what you want x

New Moon was FAB...it was a bit weird swooning over such young men, but I dont care...go team jacob!!!!!

Hope your ok ninja, you sound like your having a tough time.

My night away tonight, shame about my broken foot. Have a good weekend girls catch up with you monday xx

Oh yea and H being nicer, but tbh I haven't had the energy to ask him what's going on.

Oh no - this has dropped off my 'I'm on' threads.

I just can't seem to catch up with myself.

It was Grandma's funeral last Friday and what with all the sorting out my mum's house beforehand (it's like one of those TV programmes it's so full of clutter) and spending the weekend there. A vomiting bug going through the family and M seeming to be teething again (she's been up 4 or 5 times in the night) I'm just so tired.

Anyway, it's the weekend and DD1 is asleep so here I am.

Eandz just to reassure you that as a child (up 'til 18) I ate no veg except for raw carrots, and now I'm a vegetarian with a varied diet. It's really not worth getting too worried about (although I'd avoid the salty pringles). Have ou tried smoothiing fruit to make a drink? M eats lots of veg - well she puts them in her mouth then spits them out .

becaroo glad to hear about your ds1 - Dd (who's the same age) is still struggling with her literacy, but she does seem to be putting in finger spaces finally, so it's possible to make out some of what she writes. It's scary that it's SATS at the end of the year. Not that I ut any store by them, it's just the idea that they're ready to be tested

Star glad to hear the SWs are being more resonable...

M keeps trying to turn the computer off so I might have to post this before she manages - she's lost so much of my work sneaking up on me and pressing the off button

Oh and eandz lovely to see you back! Quite often I feed DS dinner in front of the TV [baaad mummy], but he's suitably distracted enough to just open his mouth when In the Night Garden is on. It's bad but sometimes (well most of the time) I can't deal with trying to keep him in his highchair for more than five minutes while he arches his back and climbs out and throws/spits food everywhere. Yet tv dinners go down without a fight. I know, we're supposed to socialise them into eating at the table. But I hate eating alone at the table so I can't really expect him to love it.