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We're supposed to be going to visit my 90 year old Grandparents in a few days. Alex, who is now 8 months old, has managed to pick up a chesty cough. There's no signs of other symptoms - no wheezing for example, so we aren't worried about it being anything bad for him. I was wondering if taking him near my Nan, who is prone to catching chest infections and coughs every winter, would be a good idea. thoughts?
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rectal cushion posted:She might be ready to quit napping. How old is she? Whenever my son has been resisting a nap for an extended period of time, we're tried dropping that nap. He went from two to one naps at a year. At 2 years he stopped napping at home, but he still naps at daycare. He sleeps well and long at night though. I read this as "two to one naps a year" instead of at a year and I thought do you really even count them at that level of infrequency? Mr Darcy posted:We're supposed to be going to visit my 90 year old Grandparents in a few days. Alex, who is now 8 months old, has managed to pick up a chesty cough. There's no signs of other symptoms - no wheezing for example, so we aren't worried about it being anything bad for him. I was wondering if taking him near my Nan, who is prone to catching chest infections and coughs every winter, would be a good idea. I'm not a doctor, parent, or grandparent, but yeah I would at LEAST call your doctor and your Nan and see what they think.
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FishBulb posted:No it's not the same at all for little girls. The quandary of what I should do with my 4 year old daughter is mindboggling. It's going to be worse now that I have 2 of them to take care of. What happens when my little one is 2 and still needs help but my other one is 6? 6 seems too old for me to drag into a men's room but I'm not going to just leave her in a hallway. I was going into a public bathroom once, and a fellow was standing outside the ladies with his 5-6 year old girl who was needing to go. He had a younger child with him too, and seeing as they were in front of me in the line I asked if he wanted me to watch out for her while she was in there and he was quite happy about that, I think she was a bit nervous about going in alone. I held her stall door closed from the outside (so she couldn't lock herself in) and helped her wash her hands before delivering her back to her dad. Easily sorted. Then it was my turn to use the facilities. Also, seahorse is super fantastic. The little dude has started going to a daycare run by a friend of mine in her house 1 day a week while I'm working. Magic Seahorse goes along too to help him sleep if needs be.
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AlistairCookie posted:As for public restrooms, we only have the super-pimp family restrooms at the mall--exactly like the one iwik talked about. It's awesome. Is it strange that one of the reasons I look forward to potty-training our little girl is the fact that I have an excuse to use the family restrooms I see at the malls (when we're out as a family)? I imagine they're cleaner than the men's room--or at least have less vandalism by people over the age of 5. Beyond just, y'know, not having to change diapers anymore.
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Eggplant Wizard posted:I'm not a doctor, parent, or grandparent, but yeah I would at LEAST call your doctor and your Nan and see what they think. Seeing as my Nan is stone deaf and talking to her on the phone makes everyone in a 5 mile radius know my side of the conversation this could be difficult. But problem resolved as I got a message via my Mum that Nan has a chesty cough right now and doesn't want Alex getting it. Axiem posted:Is it strange that one of the reasons I look forward to potty-training our little girl is the fact that I have an excuse to use the family restrooms I see at the malls (when we're out as a family)? I imagine they're cleaner than the men's room--or at least have less vandalism by people over the age of 5. I'll be buggered if I can remember where I read it, but I'm sure I read that the mens room was most likely to be the cleanest. Or in other words, wipe down every surface wherever possible and assume it's covered in every bodily fluid possible at all times.
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Axiem posted:Is it strange that one of the reasons I look forward to potty-training our little girl is the fact that I have an excuse to use the family restrooms I see at the malls (when we're out as a family)? I imagine they're cleaner than the men's room--or at least have less vandalism by people over the age of 5. I've seen people coming out of those bathrooms after obviously having just been sexing it up in there so I don't know if it's cleaner, really.
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ghost story posted:The real puzzling bit is that she rarely acts overtired. She should be melting down everyday because of the nap situation but she doesn't. She's happy reading/chewing books, playing on her mat, tummy time until she scoots and gets herself stuck, and other baby things. My first kid didn't sleep well for the first year but his behavior didn't reflect it - he was generally very happy and energetic. He wasn't a consistent napper, and was often up from 9am-9pm with only one 30-minute nap, and then was up several times in the night. Our pediatrician said he was a "lean, high-energy baby" and wasn't concerned about it at all. Thankfully, things got better after he was a year and he now naps most days for several hours and sleeps 10+ hours through the night. Axiem posted:Is it strange that one of the reasons I look forward to potty-training our little girl is the fact that I have an excuse to use the family restrooms I see at the malls (when we're out as a family)? I imagine they're cleaner than the men's room--or at least have less vandalism by people over the age of 5. I have heard from several moms currently going through the horrors of potty-training that they miss the ease of changing diapers. Now they have to worry about things like carrying around extra outfits (in case of accidents), how close the bathrooms are at any given moment, what kind of toilets to expect, dozens of false alarms a day, etc.
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On the lines of potty training, we started a whole three days ago, so I'm new at this. We have her in pull-ups and we ask her once an hour if she needs to potty, wants to potty, or has pottied in her diaper. I think I'm supposed to be setting her on the pot hourly or more, but I don't want to force her to do that. I also don't know how to get her clean. She had an overnight poop, so I stuck her on the potty this morning and nothing happened, but then I had to wipe the diaper-smooshed badness off her, and she was not having it. Wouldn't stand up, wanted to sit on me or the floor, and when I leaned her over to wipe her it was like I was pulling out her toenails. I hope that potty-poops will be less smeary, but I'm not sure that will be true. So, how do you get them to have a sit regularly, and how do you get them clean after?
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Melliemel posted:On the lines of potty training, we started a whole three days ago, so I'm new at this. We have her in pull-ups and we ask her once an hour if she needs to potty, wants to potty, or has pottied in her diaper. I think I'm supposed to be setting her on the pot hourly or more, but I don't want to force her to do that. When they poo in the potty generally it doesn't get all smooshy because they're not squishing it about. You still need to wipe them but it's pretty much the same as wiping yourself after doing a poo. I find it easiest doing it when he takes his potty through to the bathroom (routine is if he does anything in the potty lots of woohooing, then we carry it through he pours the contents into the toilet then flushes and washes his hands). I've been leaving Connor naked from the waist down for the first few days just so he sees when he is peeing and gets the connection. It's not going particularly well at the moment but that's my fault more than his. The health visitor suggested putting pants on him underneath his nappy so he feels the unpleasantness of wetness and is more motivated. As to how to get them to sit still - buggered if I know  I've resorted to letting him play fruit ninja on my phone while he sits there but everything we've tried only works for a day or so before the novelty wears off.
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We started with constantly asking. ALL THE TIME! Also just sitting Cilly on the potty all the time. We read lots of books, did lego and some playdoh whilst he sat on it. We started regulating drinks so that there wasn't a cup of water lying around all the time and that he only had liquid at snacks, meals or when he asked for it. And then just popped him on the potty about 15 minutes after he'd had a big drink. As for the wiping. We do "touch your toes". That seems to work for us. I think it helps to let your kid flush the toilet, get out a new pack of wipes from the cupboard and stuff so that they're more involved with the whole potty training thing.
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Does anyone have experience with kids with hip dysplasia? My daughter was diagnosed today with mild dysplasia in her right hip. We are going to see an orthopedic specialist, but most likely she's going to have to wear a Frejka's pillow for 6 weeks. So it's kind of a bummer, but absolutely not that bad at all - have anyone here been through it? How big of a hassle is it? Any tips or tricks I should know about?
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rectal cushion posted:Does anyone have experience with kids with hip dysplasia? My daughter was diagnosed today with mild dysplasia in her right hip. We are going to see an orthopedic specialist, but most likely she's going to have to wear a Frejka's pillow for 6 weeks. So it's kind of a bummer, but absolutely not that bad at all - have anyone here been through it? How big of a hassle is it? Any tips or tricks I should know about?
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Hey I want to thank those of you that have posted advice and support in my other thread. I have some questions about napping. For the past week Ben has started pushing to stay awake when he should be taking his last nap of the day. When this happens he's almost impossible to keep happy for the last hour or two before getting ready for bed. I feel like it could possibly be due to his reflux since it's a little before his second dose that the nap should be happening. If it is not his reflux, should I try to push his earlier nap later a bit or should I keep trying to get that last nap out of him? Oh I forgot to mention he is 6.5 months old.
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With my daughter I just go with the flow for naps. Around 6 months or so she started really reducing her nap time, and sometimes only taking a very short nap in the afternoon and then would be far too cranky as it approached bedtime. It was a fairly short period though, she adjusted to staying up longer at a time, which seems to be what she prefers. She's 9 months now, today she got up at 07:00, 10 minute doze in car at 10:30, then went for a nap 14:00-16:30, and bed at 20:00. That's fairly unusual for her though; on a normal day she would be up at 07:00, 1 hour nap around 10:30, then maybe a further 1 hour nap at 15:00, and bed around 19:00. If she doesn't want to nap though, I don't push it. And some days she just goes to bed a bit earlier or later than usual. We aim for 19:00 but it's flexible (like today it was 20:00 but yesterday it was 18:30 because she had napped less).
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Fionnoula posted:My only experience is with a kid who wasn't diagnosed until it was too late for bracing to fix it. My experience as the mom of a kid who has had a lot of appliances stuck on him in his lifetime is that they get used to stuff REALLY quickly. It'll be more of a hindrance to you than to her. The good news is that 85-90% of kids who are diagnosed early and properly braced in the critical period have their problems resolve completely and never need further treatment. Yeah, I'm so glad they caught it early! It's very mild, they had to ultrasound her hip to see it at all. Also, she peed on the doctor who examined her 
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How many naps does Ben have at the moment? Maybe pushing back the nap before so it's like combining the two naps into one might work? Connor used to have two shortish naps at 10 and then at 2 but now he just goes for a long one at about half eleven. I can't remember how old he was though.
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He takes 3-4 naps depending on how cooperative he is when he gets grumpy and tired.
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My kids always seemed to do better with going by hours awake rather than set nap times. At that age, mine were taking 3 naps, and generally stayed awake for 2 to 2 1/2 hours before sleeping. I would start the nap routine at about 2 hours after waking up from the last nap.
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I usually just go by his cues. If it's been less than an hour and he gets grumpy about something I know he just needs a change of scenery or a diaper change or whatever. After an hour to an hour and a half awake if he gets grumpy it almost always means he's tired so he gets swaddled and rocked to sleep. The last nap that I was asking about goes the same way except that after he falls asleep and I try to put him in bed his eyes pop open and he won't go back to sleep. From then on it's a struggle to keep him happy, and when bed time rolls around he'll have been awake for around 5 hours.
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Maybe try starting it just a little earlier, like before he starts getting too grumpy. Sometimes there's a tiny little window of optimal sleep and anything more means overtired. And that window totally changes depending on age, milestones, teeth, etc.
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I have two questions. This is my son, he's 6 1/2 months old. He takes after me in that he is one shade darker than "albino". I have been taking him out all winter to walk the dogs and what not but now that spring is almost here I'm not sure what to do about sunblock. We live in New England so the sun isn't particularly strong. Do I need to start using sunblock to go out for 5-10 minutes while I let the dogs pee and run around? Am I worrying to much about my son combusting in direct sunlight? My other question is about introducing proteins. I'm vegetarian so I would rather not handle a ton of meat, and I make my own baby food (I will do what is best for my son but if I don't need to handle meat I would rather not). I've read that at 7 months you can start introducing yogurt, cottage cheese and egg yolks for protein. It seems young for any kind of dairy to me though, when did you all introduce things like yogurt and cottage cheese?
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There are sunblocks made from Zinc oxide and titanium dioxide that may be less irritable for young skin. But I think at 6 months its ok to use a gentle sunscreen. I would also get a hat to protect his face, as its probably most likely to burn. No advice on the food... we're not there yet!
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rangergirl posted:He takes after me in that he is one shade darker than "albino". I have been taking him out all winter to walk the dogs and what not but now that spring is almost here I'm not sure what to do about sunblock. We live in New England so the sun isn't particularly strong. Do I need to start using sunblock to go out for 5-10 minutes while I let the dogs pee and run around? Am I worrying to much about my son combusting in direct sunlight? My son is even paler (and blonder) than yours and we walk a couple of miles every morning. I don't use sunscreen or sunblock on him and he hates hats, so I keep him out of direct sunlight via his stroller canopy. Five or ten minutes without sunblock in indirect sunlight each day is actually a good thing for Vitamin D purposes. Regarding dairy and eggs, earlier this week, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology revised their guidelines to say that it's actually fine to introduce potentially allergenic foods as soon as the infant is consuming "first" foods just fine. They recommend introducing them one at a time, though, with a few days in between so you know what food is the problem. So, for protein, dairy and complete eggs (not just egg yolks) are fine. The only thing that you should avoid is allowing your son to drink cow's milk since that could replace formula or breast milk, which you want to avoid until after a year. At that age, my son also loved mashed up beans.
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rangergirl posted:My other question is about introducing proteins. I'm vegetarian so I would rather not handle a ton of meat, and I make my own baby food (I will do what is best for my son but if I don't need to handle meat I would rather not). I've read that at 7 months you can start introducing yogurt, cottage cheese and egg yolks for protein. It seems young for any kind of dairy to me though, when did you all introduce things like yogurt and cottage cheese? My daughter is 12 months old now. We started yogurt around 9 months and she loves it. We also give her egg yolks and started giving her full eggs around 10 months. They usually say hold off on the whites until they're around a year if there's a chance of allergy, but we don't have any in the family so we just went for it. She loves eggs. Even though I eat cottage cheese every day, we didn't think about introducing her to it until she recently and she also loves it. She's been eating cheese since around the time she had yogurt tho and also loves it. I think beans are ok from 8-10 months but we didn't realize that until recently. I wouldn't worry too much about protein though if he's still eating a lot of formula or breast milk.
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We've been giving yoghurt and cheese and small amounts of cows mik (in porridge for example) since 6 months, and she does just fine. She adores yoghurt and porridge. Egg we waiting til about 7 months (now 9 months) and she isn't the biggest fan
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Helanna posted:We've been giving yoghurt and cheese and small amounts of cows mik (in porridge for example) since 6 months, and she does just fine. She adores yoghurt and porridge. Egg we waiting til about 7 months (now 9 months) and she isn't the biggest fan We were the same with Connor and no problems at all, but there's no history of allergies in either of our families. I'd probably have been a bit more wary if there had been.
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rangergirl posted:I have two questions. This is my son, he's 6 1/2 months old. Tim is transparently pale--with the red hair and freckles and blue eyes. Liam is slightly less pale. My ped said gentle, kids or family formula sunblock was okay after 3 months. We use the Banana Boat family, tear free spray, SPF 50. It's a big, yellow can with a blue lid. It really is tear free, Tim has attested. I just liberally spray them down, willy nilly, since I know it won't bother their eyes. It absorbs almost immediately and isn't sticky. Daddy and I use it too. Since they never, ever hold still, it's money well spent that I can cover them in motion.  Regarding food, the previous poster was correct. All the food guidlines have been changed and now there is no more "off limits" food (unless your family has a history of allergies.) By 6 months, my kids were eating all sorts of stuff, with gusto. Cheese, yogurt, beans (they LOVE chicpeas!), whatever. Try pieces of fried tofu--I love the stuff dipped in sweet and sour, but he will love it plain. Or avocado--it's a superfood, already soft, and delicious. I also get the Morning Star Chik'n nuggets for the kids, not because we're vegetarian, but because they microwave in a minute and that's important when Liam is hungry.  They are pretty tasty, and the kids really like them. Also, Boca Burgers or Morning Star patties for the same reason. Tasty and fast protein, and the kids really like them. (Me too!) When Tim was about 1, he ate a Boca burger and half an avocado for lunch probably 4 days a week, for a really long time. Still a popular lunch!Also, your baby is adorable. 
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rangergirl posted:I have two questions. This is my son, he's 6 1/2 months old. Don't forget about vision protection! Get him a decent pair of UVA&B sunglasses and start working on him tolerating them as much as possible. My son and I are both quite pale, we do lots of sunhats, sunglasses (now he's got prescription glasses so he's got Transitions), and UV clothing. I'm not a big fan of sunscreen on him, he's got pretty sensitive skin and has had small reactions in the past.
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AlistairCookie posted:Tim is transparently pale--with the red hair and freckles and blue eyes. Liam is slightly less pale. My ped said gentle, kids or family formula sunblock was okay after 3 months. We use the Banana Boat family, tear free spray, SPF 50. It's a big, yellow can with a blue lid. It really is tear free, Tim has attested. I just liberally spray them down, willy nilly, since I know it won't bother their eyes. It absorbs almost immediately and isn't sticky. Daddy and I use it too. Since they never, ever hold still, it's money well spent that I can cover them in motion. I just want to echo the awesomeness of spray-on sunscreen, especially for babies. My son too is transparent and if it's more than fifteen minutes in the sun, he gets sprayed.
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Brennanite posted:I just want to echo the awesomeness of spray-on sunscreen, especially for babies. My son too is transparent and if it's more than fifteen minutes in the sun, he gets sprayed. I used to love the spray on stuff because of how easy it was but 1) you run out of it fast (duh, there's a LOT less) so you're using 2-3x more than you'd use in a lotion form and 2) you don't know how extensive the coverage is. I found this out personally the hard way and ended up with really awful sunburn last year during my pregnancy.
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Any suggestions on baby sunglasses that will actually stay on their heads? If Archer takes after me, he'll need super sun protection. Also, holy crap, he's graduated to the parenting thread.
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Seconding avocado as a food that babies love. It is soft and healthy and gets mushy enough that i fear choking less. I recommend giving them a slice on bath days, though; it is somehow the messiest food we've ever given Briar and it sticks to everything and when it dries it turns black and is harder to see. Might not be a big deal to you, but our highchair cover is black, which makes it invisible if you don't clean up right away (not a problem for me, but apparently a problem for my husband).
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For those advocating spray on sunscreen, I strongly recommend using a "pump" spray on rather that an aerosol spray. The active ingredients of sun-screen haven't been evaluated for their effects when inhaled in aerosol form, and there is likely to be some level of toxicity. quote:Since 2007, EWG has highlighted zinc oxide and titanium dioxide as among the best of the available sunscreen ingredients for American consumers. In the 1980s, mineral sunscreens made with these minerals were thick and pasty white. Today, sunscreen makers use particles of between 20 and 200 nanometers in size to create lotions that are nearly clear. Other stuff relevant to kids sunscreen: quote:Compared to other sunscreens, those with the words “baby,” “children” or “kids” in the product name are less likely to contain: Sources: http://www.ewg.org/2012sunscreen/sunscreens-exposed/nanomaterials-and-hormone-disruptors-in-sunscreens/ http://www.ewg.org/2012sunscreen/sunscreens-exposed/executive-summary/
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bamzilla posted:I used to love the spray on stuff because of how easy it was but 1) you run out of it fast (duh, there's a LOT less) so you're using 2-3x more than you'd use in a lotion form and 2) you don't know how extensive the coverage is. I found this out personally the hard way and ended up with really awful sunburn last year during my pregnancy. On this topic. I used to buy bulk sunscreen and just refill my sunscreen spray bottle with it. The trick is to spray it on like crazy and then just rub all over like you would if you were applying regular sunscreen. I haven't seen baby sunscreen in bulk though.
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GoreJess posted:Any suggestions on baby sunglasses that will actually stay on their heads? If Archer takes after me, he'll need super sun protection. Liam had these and I loved them. http://www.julbousa.com/baby/looping1/ Pricey, but I was very happy with them. They provided great eye protection, there's no right-side up, so I didn't have to mess with them all the time. His ophthalmologist recommended them.
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GoreJess posted:Any suggestions on baby sunglasses that will actually stay on their heads? If Archer takes after me, he'll need super sun protection. We've had good luck with Baby Banz. You can find them on babysteals.com a lot.
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On a side note, babysteals makes me irritated; it seems like a ton of the stuff is only for girls. Where's all the cool baby boy stuff?
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How young is too young for 'independent play'? We picked up a nice big playpen in a sale recently and have it set up with a nice soft duvet floor and a stack of baby toys in there. He's 24 weeks now and is shuffling along the floor so he can get around fine to the toys he wants. Is it terrible for me to pop him in there while I go off to do stuff (clean/shower/whatever) for up to 15 minutes at a time when he can amuse himself? All the toys are super safe with no bits that can fall off or anything. I normally pop him in his cot and/or do it while he's sleeping at the moment.
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iwik posted:How young is too young for 'independent play'? Not sure what the official word is on this but my daughter is seven now and we've been leeting her do independent play since just before six months. She'd go anywhere from 5-20 minutes before yelling out for us. Now she's seven months and will go playing for half an hour without us in the room, waaaay longer if we're there to smile and talk to her. Right now she's on the floor playing with her toys and having a ball.
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Yay, I felt kind of well, neglectful, because I was leaving him in there and walking away. But he has fun playing with his various little bits and pieces. My sister got him one of those activity tables (with the lights and sounds and buttons) which can be used either with or without legs, so we only have 2 on it so it's sitting at an angle to make it easier for him to play with. I dropped him in there today and he started playing with it, had a shower and came out to find him still playing. He was quite happy tootling around in there. I don't think he even noticed I was gone.
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