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Meningitis B Vaccination … Yes or No?

It has been very loud recently about the Meningitis B vaccination. As you all heard (or not) in UK from the 1st of September 2015 all babies are receiving the Meningitis B vaccination. UK is the first country to roll it out to all babies being born. This news is great but what about all of the babies born after 1st of May 2015 who are not entitled to it ?

If you don’t know much about Meningitis B this is some general information available on NHS website:

Meningococcal group B bacteria is a serious cause of life-threatening infections, including meningitis and blood poisoning, worldwide and the leading infectious killer of babies and young children in the UK.

There are 12 known groups of meningococcal bacteria, and group B (Men B) is responsible for about 90% of meningococcal infections in the UK.

Meningococcal infections tend to come in bursts. In the past 20 years, between 500 and 1,700 people every year, mainly babies and young children, have suffered from Men B disease, with around 1 in 10 dying from the infection. Many of those who survive suffer terrible permanent disability, such as amputation, brain damage and epilepsy.

Once I found out that Chloe won’t qualify to get the vaccination on NHS me and my husband decided that we will do it privately. Somehow though life got in the way … We tried to book an appointment and were placed on a waiting list… Then when we finally managed to get one we had to cancel it due to holidays …. And then with busy lives we forgot about it…

Untill recently when a very sad story came out about a 2 year old little girl called Faye Burdett who lost her battle with Meningitis (rest in peace little angel). This story has shocked everyone and sent parents in to a panic to get their kids vaccinated. I was one of those parents, I just couldn’t risk it even if the chances of getting this awful disease are small. I must say that after the story has broken out it became almost impossible to get the vaccination ! There is a national shortage of the vaccination and most of the clinics have a very long waiting list with no date of when the vaccine will be awailable (hopefully in the summer). We were lucky to get it but it was expensive. What is very sad to see is all of the private clinics making a fortune from petrified parents. The vaccination costs £75 but most private clinics charge now £200 upwards!!!! This makes my blood boil!!!

So what is your opinion dear parent? Would you pay for the Vaccination though in theory the chances of your child getting it are 4 in 100,000? Or do you think that we all got in to a silly panic after the case of poor little Feya?

There is right now a big debate going in parliament about introducing this vaccination to older children after a petition to the government was signed by over 800,000 people and became the most signed petition ever …. Let’s see what will be the outcome of it.
You can reed more about Meningitis B on http://www.meningitis.org/menb-vaccine 

Bilingual babies ! When and how to introduce more than one language ?

BABY ADVICE

Bilingual babies ….

I am polish mum living in UK with my English husband. It was very important to me to make sure that my baby girl speaks polish as well as she does english. I was researching a lot about the best way to bring up a child in bilingual family.

There are two very different opinions when it comes to when and how to teach your child second language.

1. You shouldn’t introduce second language until your child is 3 years old. It believes that doing it any earlier confuses the child and delays their speech development.

2. That you should introduce both (or more) languages from the very beginning.

Me and my husband have chosen to listen to the second method. From the first day that Chloe was born I have spoken to her in Polish and my Husband in English.

I must say that I am glad that we decided to do this. At 16 months Chloe understands pretty much everything that you ask her to do … both in Polish and English. Chloe can say lots of words in both of the languages as well. We can clearly see that she says much more English words around 20 compared to only 10 in polish; this is due to the fact that she is surrounded 70% of the time by english language (at the nursery, when she is being looked after by grandparents and when her dad talks to her). This doesn’t bother me at all…

I find it incredible that she can say so many words let alone being able to say it in two languages and being able to clearly understands English and Polish !!!!

We have had an amazing example of kids being bilingual at a very young age. Our friends have a 3 years old daughter who speaks 3 languages!!!! No they are not one of the pushy parents 😁 Mum is from Colubmia so she speaks Spanish, Dad is from Holland and speaks dutch, they communicate between each other in English and obviously they live in England so theirs daughter goes to the nursery in here. It’s amazing how at only 3 years old she knows who to speak to in which language and can switch between them easily in a split second !

Key is to make sure that you speak to your child in this same language at all the time (that’s why I speak to Chloe only in Polish and my husband in English). You need to talk, sing, play and reed in this language as each of those actions helps your child develop their speach in different ways.

If you have any experience or opinion please share !

The V&A – A Museum of Childhood – Highly recommended day out in London

MY BABY EXPERIENCE

Are you trying to find fun things to do with your toddler ? You must visit the V&A’s Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green, East London.

I was so pleased and surprised by how well organised the museum is and how much it caters to kid’s needs.

As you come in you have lots of space to leave you pram which allows you to move more freely.

There are 3 floors :

Ground Floor on which you have situated coffee shop and shops.

Mezzanine :

1. Creativity section – this section is divided into four sections – Imagine, Be Inspired, Explore and Make it Happen. It has a Sensory Pod and Build it Up and Knock it Down (building blocks) interactivities. Art Classes also take place every day from 14.00-16.00.

2. Moving Toys section – Moving toys section shows ranges from rocking horses and pull-along toys to more complex clockwork and battery-operated toys. Gallery has a wide variety of interactives for children to engage with, including rocking horses, Robbie the Robot, a train set, a peep show and zoetrope. Touchscreen interactives featuring moving toys games and quizzes are also situated throughout the gallery.

First floors :

1. The Childhood Galleries – are arranged into the following themes: Babies, Home, What We Wear, Who Will I Be? and Good Times. You can find here another set of interactive exciting things to do like a sandpit for kids to play in, puppet box so you can make your own show, kitchen and under 3’s area.

2. Temporary Exhibition Space which right now shows a heartbreaking exhibition telling the stories of Britain’s child migrants who were sent to Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth countries between 1869 and 1970.

On first impression I thought what have we done? Chloe is way too small for it at 15 months …but I was wrong.

As you walk around the museum looking at the toys there is lots of kids activities scattered around. Everything from sensory pod, sand pit, to kitchen and doll houses that kids are allowed to play with. Every time we thought that Chloe couldn’t get any more excited she would.

If you come at the right time there is a puppet show, which kids can enjoy for free. There is lots of free drop-in activities taking place during term time, including arts and crafts, tours, trails and storytelling (for list visit the website).

Another added bonus is a lovely coffeeshop/restaurant which does lovely freshly made food. What is very handy is that they do a big selection of kids food with everyone being able to find something for the fussy eaters.

And if you all still have some energy left afterwards head to the lovely park just next door !

This is a great place for a family day out and I will recommend it to everyone !

http://www.vam.ac.uk/

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER OUTFIT, ANOTHER MEAL…

DINNER RECIPE

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER OUTFIT …

Cute cute cute. Vintage print shirt with shorts dungarees and tights !

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MEAL …

SCHABOWE (pork in breadcrumbs)WITH SWEET POTATO CHIPS & PEAS

Ingredients:

– 1 pork filet (chicken and turkey breast are brilliant as well)

– 1 sweet potato

– 50g peas

– thyme

– 1 egg

– 50g breadcrumbs

– olive oil

Cooking method:

Preheat your oven to 200C. Wash, peal and slice sweet potatoes. Put them on a baking tray and sprinkle with thyme and a little bit of olive oil. Bake for 15minutes.

Make sure that your filet is around 1 cm thick. If you are using chicken breast flatter it with a meat hammer or rolling pin.

Prepare 2 plates: on one whip an egg so it’s one consistency; on the second one put breadcrumbs.

Cover meat in egg then breadcrumbs and fry on a frying pan on a low heat for 5 minutes on each side.

Boil water and pour over frozen peas; leave for few minutes. Cooking peas in unnecessary. Peas its such a small vegetable that leaving it in a boiled water for 2 minutes defrosts it and that way it will keep all of the goodness.

For a grownup version just season the egg with slot and pepper before dipping meat in it.

Enjoy it !!!

CHATTERBOX! 💜❤️💚💜❤️💚

MY BABY EXPERIENCE

Chloe as you all know from my blog is a very happy baby/toddler (still can’t bring myself to call ther a toddler) . She always was quite vocal, making lots of different sounds and in recent months starting to say some words.

I don’t know what happens but on Friday she got up and became a chatterbox !! She doesn’t stay quiet! She keeps talking in her baby language all the time.

I find it fascinating how overnight child can change so much ! How something in they brain “clicks” and they just start doing something ! Seeing her talk so much, and telling me long sentences (in her baby language- just to clarify 😂) got me really emotional ! I am such a proud mum!