Yeah, you read it right, I bought a pair of handcuffs for Baba. The baby is now the proud owner of some menottes so that I can tie him up at lunch and dinner times. Remember my post about weaning being an art and how jolly I was about it? Well, the picture is totally different now…
Baba is turning into a real little cochon when he eats and I am sick and tired of it. Literally, he won’t stay still when I feed him any solid food. As we are merely having soups, mashed fruit and vegetables and other easy food that doesn’t need chewing, the experience is a proper mess every time….
It looks pretty much like that indeed. Not to mention that he also manages to spit it. Therefore, I am sometimes myself covered with it. Not that I mind a free carrots’ mask. It supposed to be good for your complexion but I think I am fine to do that myself with some proper beauty products. Another thing he likes doing, which doesn’t help? Monsieur decided recently that he needed to be in control and would hold himself the spoon.
Malheureusement, Grumpy Boyfriend had an excellent idea to teach Baba to hold his biberon on his own. Therefore, le petit monstre made the decision that it would be the same when he had solids. No need to say that Grumpy Boyfriend is now banned from the kitchen at meal times. I don’t want him to give the baby some other great ideas like feeding himself. I am dealing perfectly with the situation; well kind of as it looks more like a battle every time I am giving Baba some kind of solids…
So I went shopping yesterday and purchased the most beautiful pair of handcuffs. These black fur handcuffs are a must-have for a mummy who is weaning her baby.
The shop assistant was a bit surprised at first when I asked her to try some handcuffs on Baba to make sure they would not be too loose-fitting. Then came the decision of the colour. To be honest it was pretty annoying that they didn’t have any in blue. Only black and pink were available so I went for the first option. It seemed quite appropriate and black is so classy. A bargain as well! Only £8!
Mummy is a génie! You can even steal my idea if you want. I don’t mind really; happy to help anytime.
And now our meals look like that:
The perfect advert for happy families! That is us ☺.
It’s such a relief. I feel so much happier now that I am fully in control of the situation.
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HaHa I was wondering as I read this….:-) you got me! #brillblogposts Lou
excellent post! I am going out to buy pairs for all the family inc my parents. They wave their arms around far too much. x
Weaning is such a messy process, food gets everywhere, it does get better, but even now my little lord still decides to randomly karate chop the spoon #momsterslink
That is priceless. Men really don’t have a clue sometimes…Thanks for reading
Feed him avocados, they’re great for your skin. I did actually tie my kid’s sneakers together in the grocery cart when they were little, to keep them from climbing out. Is that as bad as handcuffs?
Great post, made me look!
Totally approved by me ?
Hahaha!!! This is hysterical!! Is it terrible of me that the whole time I was thinking “oh my what a novel idea!” lmao! And btw your little one is the cutest thing ever.. those eyes!! xo
Hopefully he has my eyes. Thanks for reading.
Haha!! I love this as always!! You never cease to crack me up!! Ah, a home-made carrot face mask – pure luxury! 🙂
Oops – forgot the hashtag! #momsterslink
Actually believed it a little bit until the end!! Desperation can do funny things to parents!! Great post and it even included my favourite French word ‘malheureusement’!! #FridayFrolics
Spag bol is still a disaster area in our house. I make my youngest strip before he eats it! Thanks for linking up to #FridayFrolics
Hahahahahah – love it xx
Ha ha brilliant! I was getting a little concerned….!
Weaning is such a messy phase – I’d love to say it gets better but my youngest is two now and some meals are still a bit of a disaster to clear up :/
#puddinglove
Haha! Love this!!! ??
You got me ?? I was thinking they really do things different in France!!! Great post #bigpinklink
? Thanks for stopping by. to be honest, I actually thought about buying him some handcuffs because it can get so messy….
Haha love the disclaimer at the end Frenchie Mummy! I feel your pain, we have (and still are) gone through a world of pain with weaning…the little madam now shakes her head and hold her hand up, as if saying “noooo don’t poison me” when we eat something new. So infuriating! Hope it gets better for you lovely xx #bigpinklink
I am sure it will be fine. It’s just that I am not very patient… Oh well, some things need to change sometimes xx
hahaha! This made me chuckle….Handcuffs for little one’s don’t actually sound like a bad idea…lol
Yet again you had me hooked until the end with alarm bells around the picture point. Well done. #bigpinklink
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My son is 6 and he still eats like a baby! This made me buy those Ikea floor protectors as we are renting and in the end when they found out that the carpets is full of food muck we are going to be in trouble!!! #puddinglove
Haha! How have I not thought of this for my littlest, who is a meal time nightmare! Love it! Thanks for linking with #FridayFrolics. Hope to see you again next week!
Such a good idea! This would solve my problem with my daughter’s current obsession with spitting every mouthful I feed her back into her hand so she can jam it back in herself! #Chucklemums
It would be good though wouldn’t it! We could stop them grabbing our hair, sticking their hands in their poo during a nappy change. The list is endless #chucklemums
Oh yeah, I forgot about the poo one! That’s it I am going to Ann summers today! xx
Haha!
Damnit I was like, thank god I’m not the only one… #chucklemums
Ha! For one second, I wasn’t sure if you were joking…and I’m actually kinf of tempted to do the same myself – my daughter wants to now hold the spoon but I’m resisting. I know I shouldn’t but I’m already so stressy about the mess! #chucklemums
Actually after having read all the comments on this posts, I am seriously thinking about buying some… for real!
All the stuff you mentioned is allowed. Hope you survived camping xx
Hahaha brilliant! I bet that you aren’t the first mother to think about trying this! I love the little crochet handcuffs, so cute!! Thanks for joining us at the #bigpinklink
Love the title and the whole blog makes me laugh! tge weaning stage is a joke but I love the amount of snacks you can feed them to keep them quiet! #bigpinklink
I can’t wait for Baba to get older so that I can just give him stuff and he deals with it! Thanks for stopping by x
Haha phew! I was reading this wondering how it was going to end! Thank for for linking up to #puddinglove
Hahaha! I almost fell for it… if only we can buy one so we don’t have to kept saying the NO word a million times, lol #TheBabyFormula
So funny! Isn’t it just wonderful when they learn to feed themselves?? My daughter has just realized that she can feed herself with a spoon and won’t have it any other way now. Independence is great, right? #brillblogposts
I can certainly see the upside to such a purchase! Those little hands get everywhere and then wipe themselves all over everything… Gotta love a bit of weaning! Thank god for the dog-clean-up-crew! #PuddingLove
Eureka! I need a dog! x
Such a silly mummy! Love it! There are times I think about duct taping my 4,5 and 6 year old to the wall sometimes. But just pour wine instead … For me of course ? Thanks for linking up with #momsterslink!
That’s an idea I like very much! Thaks for commenting x
Hand cuffs would never work. Velcro, where you could stick them some where safe? Well, there’s an idea…
I thought this was the new in thing! After the toddler leash!! baah! how disappointing 🙁
#practicalmondays
Haha Brilliant! Very clever writing. I think all parents wish the same . Haha Thanks you for linking up with us on #FabFridayPost
Ha ha, brilliant. Hope weaning starts to get a little easier for you, I have many similar looking photographs of the boys looking a similar mess 🙂 x #FabFridayPost
Ha I was just thinking what a good invention for weaning ha ha! Thanks for linking up to #PicknMix
Stevie x