[Ansteorra] Feeding toddlers at events

[Chelsea Durham]

He's my first... and when I say camping with him for the first time by myself, I mean camping for the first time EVER. I feel quite brave... or stupid. Not sure which. >.> 

-Lady Grainne Kathleen NicPadraig MacDaniel 

Son, I never knew there was part of me missing until you were born.  
 



> From: StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:59:24 -0500
> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Feeding toddlers at events
> 
> Lady Grainne Kathleen NicPadraig MacDaniel  asked:
> > There are many wise mothers in this great land, and I'm appealing  
> > to you all for advice on what to feed a 16 month old child at an  
> > event. He eats solid foods for the most part and the easy things  
> > are easy sure... If you have a microwave! Soooo.... Ideas? Please?
> >
> > I'm taking my son to Stargate's event this weekend... first camping  
> > event... by myself (meaning my lord is staying home). I'll have  
> > some assistance from Elizabeth of Shadowlands (God bless that  
> > woman!) but ya know, any advice there would be great too.
> 
> I'm not sure I have any answers specific to your food questions,  
> however, I do have these files in the Florilegium which might be of  
> use to you.
> 
> You don't say whether this is your fist child or not. There are some  
> things to think about with babies at camping events that folks may  
> not be aware of, even if they are used to camping events. Babies need  
> more help in controlling their temperature, for instance.
> 
> In the CLOTHING section:
> clothing-MN-msg   (62K)  9/14/99    Maternity and nursing garb.
>     While it sounds like you may be past this stage, I'm mentioning  
> this file because there are perhaps others here which might find it  
> useful.
> 
> In the CHILDREN section:
> babies-msg       (118K)  1/14/08    Camping with babies.
> 
> baby-gifts-msg    (20K)  4/13/98    Period-type and SCA-useful baby  
> gifts.
> baby-slings-msg    (9K)  2/ 2/01    Cloth slings for carrying your baby.
> child-tags-msg     (6K) 10/10/08    Identity tags for children at SCA  
> events.
> child-wagons-msg  (12K)  8/21/07    Wagons for hauling children at  
> events.
> Childs-Seat-art    (6K) 10/28/07    "A Child's Seat" by Mistress  
> Slaine ni
>                                         Chiarain.
> Chld-Costumes-art (12K)  9/21/08    "Children's Costumes at SCA  
> Events - a
>                                         personal testimonial" by  
> Mistress Ælflæd
>                                         of Duckford.
> Kindergarb-art    (12K)  1/12/03    Thoughts on making children's  
> clothing
>                                         by Lady Hrosvitha von Celle.
> p-cradles-msg      (5K)  9/ 7/01    Period baby cradles.
> teething-toys-msg (22K)  1/ 5/01    Period and SCA teething toys for  
> infants.
> toys-msg          (63K)  7/20/99    Period and SCA toys.
> Toys-in-th-MA-art (26K)  8/30/99    "Toys in the Middle Ages" By Lady  
> Margritte
>                                         of Ravenscroft.
> 
> teenagers-msg     (34K) 12/ 1/08    Period and SCA teenagers. SCA  
> activities.
>    Well, this file is more on having teenagers in the SCA.  But if  
> you can snag one of these, they can be quite useful in helping take  
> care of children and infants.
> 
> Stefan
> --------
> THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
>     Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas           
> StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
> **** See Stefan's Florilegium files at:  http://www.florilegium.org ****
> 
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