Thread: Weaning a kid away from Thai style parenting

If you have to ask....you don't deserve one !!!!

Originally Posted by Takeovers

True, all of the above, plus the feeling that it is worth it ten times over. Thats what I and countless other parents have experienced. That may be rationalizing but it works very well.

totally mate
but thats not a cost
the pleasure and pride is definitley in the profit column

Originally Posted by ChristySweet

I would wean him off milk, and powdered milk is so processed as to be harmful in ways we may not even know about aside from possible contaminants .. Natural is best.. Lots of veggies green leafy ones particualrly have all the calcium he needs without the fat .

I was listening to what you had to say, but then you came up with that Vegan shit and you left my verbal intercourse group and walked out into the silent zone.



But before you go, could you tell me why milk in not natural?

Originally Posted by blackgang

Originally Posted by ChristySweet

I would wean him off milk, and powdered milk is so processed as to be harmful in ways we may not even know about aside from possible contaminants .. Natural is best.. Lots of veggies green leafy ones particualrly have all the calcium he needs without the fat .

I was listening to what you had to say, but then you came up with that Vegan shit and you left my verbal intercourse group and walked out into the silent zone.



But before you go, could you tell me why milk in not natural?

Perhaps she is refering to Mother's {human} milk, less bovine hormoned enriched milk.

Well, we've had the little monkey for about a month now, so I'll give an update to anyone who's interested.

1. He's a victim of the 'I want - I cry - I get' syndrome.

He still gets a bit teary, but immediately stops when I'm near him. It seems he wants to show me how 'tough' he is, which is bloody weird, but it works.

2. The grandparents used to give him milk all through the night whenever he woke up, which seems to be every 30 mins or so. Also, milk seems to have been used as a substitute for food most of the time. The milk they gave us was shitty soya milk with a sugar content of 10%. I have noticed that he is very mucusy and I believe the large quantities of milk are at least partially to blame for this.

He only has one carton (225ml) of milk a day now. Sometimes with Ovaltine, sometimes it's choccy milk. He isn't at all mucusy now and is eating 90% of what we eat. He sits on the rug with us and sorts himself out (makes a fucking mess though ).

3. In a one roomed house, it is quite natural that the family all sleeps together. We don't live in a one roomed house, so that is going to stop too. Not yet though, as the poor little mite needs to settle in first and get comfortable with his surroundings and more importantly, get used to me.

He has been sleeping in his own room since about 2 days after I started this thread. He sometimes wakes up once in the night; if he wants water, I'll give him some. If he's just being grizzly, a gentle 'bpai non, ja' sends him back to bed without me even having to get up. If Mum does it, we have a right old song & dance with trying to get him to sleep (so she doesn't any more).

4. He can barely speak, which for 18 months is a bit poor.

He's hugely more vocal now. He still speaks Swahili or something, but he talks to us a lot (and vice-versa), which is very encouraging. The Midget bought a simple alphabet puzzle the other day. She's doing quite well with it...

5. He still wears Pampers in the day time.

We tried letting him go commando, but he pissed everywhere. He watches me in the shower and when taking a leak sometimes and we have bought him a potty. He doesn't like the potty yet, but it is there in the bathroom and I'm sure he'll start to copy me soon and use it occasionally.

Overall, I'm really impressed with the way he has adapted to living in a civilised household and more so with the way he has started to bond with me. We went out to the local shop on the Wave yesterday, which would've resulted in gallons of tears a few weeks ago, but he was fine and wandered around the shop showing me all the bargains to be had, but without touching anything.

Very proud of the wee lad.

Well done.
When you going to make your own kid?

Originally Posted by Travelmate

When you going to make your own kid?

I'm not. There's enough kids around without me being a selfish kunt and bringing in any more.

Continue the family tree perhaps? MTD lives on, and all that..

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

...is eating 90% of what we eat. He sits on the rug with us and sorts himself out (

Contradicts somehow with the civilized household claim:

Overall, I'm really impressed with the way he has adapted to living in a civilised household and more so with the way he has started to bond with me.

Good to see though that everything seems to head for the better with him.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Very proud of the wee lad.

Sounds like you're doing a sterling job. Well done.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Overall, I'm really impressed with the way he has adapted to living in a civilised household and more so with the way he has started to bond with me. We went out to the local shop on the Wave yesterday, which would've resulted in gallons of tears a few weeks ago, but he was fine and wandered around the shop showing me all the bargains to be had, but without touching anything. Very proud of the wee lad.

Of course he will bond with you. He is just a baby and you are now his father figure. All little boys need that, desperately. Everyone, especially fatherless babies need someone that they can look up to and depend on. And a big strong, tall, kind man, would be the best he could get.

Originally Posted by Fabian

Contradicts somehow with the civilized household claim:

Get a table and chairs Marmite, if you want him to be really civilised. He will still make a mess though; they aren't born with good table manners.

Originally Posted by Lily

kind man, would be the best he could get

Bugger!

Originally Posted by Lily

Get a table and chairs Marmite, if you want him to be really civilised.

I have, but the table is too big for him and besides, it's now my computer desk.

Okay. I will take back the kind man, taking the kitchen table for your own use, but seriously, to get a kid when he is still a baby is quite different than taking on a child who has known their own father and has lived with their mother, giving that child all their attention for years.

You will grow to love him and think of him as your own. Lots of people father children, but that is not what makes a parent.

Perhaps we need to teach the father how to eat at the table first.

Cheer Lil.

I like this kid. He just spilt a bit of water on the floor (he drinks from a proper cup, you see). Mum gives him a cloth and he clears it up.

Just got to train him up to do the dishes and laundry and we're sorted.

^Good luck with that.

I never managed to get mine to, but anything is possible.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Just got to train him up to do the dishes and laundry and we're sorted.

Marmers you got it wrong. It the women that are suppose to do these kinds of jobs in the house. Boys get to go out and learn to hunt and fix things.
When I have my own laddie. He will be trained to be one of the best rugby forward known to man.

Keep doing what your doing Marmers.

Geeez....so my post gets deleted....can't handle some reality huh....whimps.

Originally Posted by Nawty

Geeez....so my post gets deleted....can't handle some reality huh....whimps.

Not by me.

I leave your posts alone so all can see what a prize wanker you are.

Not very nice to call me a wanker....I have feelings also you know.

Originally Posted by Nawty

Not very nice to call me a wanker....I have feelings also you know.

By the way, how long you going to stay in that box? Must get awfully cramped, yes?

get him a high chair asap marmers. You sure as hell dont want to be chasing him down the street with a bowl of food. Nice job you are doing mate.

I like me box.....it helps with the diet.

Did you know that certain animals do not grow any larger than the immediate environment they are in.....fish for example...