Snacks

What healthy snacks are you offering/ planning to offer between meals? Cleaning up after breakfast, lunch and dinner is chaotic enough so I’m looking for low mess options

I know snacks aren’t needed until babies are 1, just looking for some ideas

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Would you be happy to watch someone else's child for a few minutes while the Mum changed their other child's nappy?

I took my 3yo and 6mo to soft play today. At one point, my baby needed her nappy changed. Rather than dragging my eldest away from play, I asked a couple if they would be happy to keep an eye out for a few minutes. They were lovely and happy to. He was playing independently, it was basically just to stop him running away/anyone taking him to be honest!

Do you think that's an okay thing to ask? Up until today I'd been avoiding taking them both somewhere like this due to this very scenario - my 3yo at a stage where I really couldn't rely on him happily coming to the toilet when I asked.

Weaning

My little one is just over 6 months and we have been weaning for around a week now (just singular vegetables, porridge etc.)
I have looked online and it says that she should have 1-2 tablespoons a day however, if I give her that she is screaming at the bowl and spoon. I am having to distract her with a toy to take the bowl away.
When did you start upping the amount and frequency of food ?
I don't know if she is wanting more just because it is a new thing or if I should be giving her more.
I know food is just for fun at the moment so I don't want to over/under feed her.

Will they be ok?

I have decided to leave my husband. I have two kids with him 4 and 6. My only experience of things like this is that this will be life crushing for my kids.

He wasn’t physically abusive but he is an alcoholic. He lost three jobs in the last 9 months and has been hiding his drinking during this time. We’ve been together 8 years.

I’ve been knowing this is coming for a while. During some very hard times in our life he wasn’t able to be there for us and has not been able to keep himself healthy or mentally well for our kids. Our last straw was not being able to make rent this last week.

Tell me, are my kids going to be ok? Have I just signed them up for a life of brokenness?

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Would you be happy to watch someone else's child for a few minutes while the Mum changed their other child's nappy?

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Will they be ok?

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