Comments on: Innovative breakfasts http://www.inatthedeepend.org/2008/06/28/innovative-breakfasts/ Just another WordPress blog Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:46:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Elizabeth http://www.inatthedeepend.org/2008/06/28/innovative-breakfasts/#comment-10754 Elizabeth Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:09:43 +0000 http://www.inatthedeepend.org/2008/06/28/innovative-breakfasts/#comment-10754 O is allowed to use the kettle to make me a cup of tea -- this was an innovation introduced while I was pregnant... BUT she uses a travel kettle (smaller and lighter) and I've shown her how to put in *just* enough water -- so less risk of spillages. And she is *extremely* careful. Just a judgement call about the individual child, of course. I don't expect M will be allowed to use the kettle when he's 7! O is allowed to use the kettle to make me a cup of tea — this was an innovation introduced while I was pregnant… BUT she uses a travel kettle (smaller and lighter) and I’ve shown her how to put in *just* enough water — so less risk of spillages. And she is *extremely* careful.

Just a judgement call about the individual child, of course. I don’t expect M will be allowed to use the kettle when he’s 7!

]]> By: Michelle http://www.inatthedeepend.org/2008/06/28/innovative-breakfasts/#comment-10743 Michelle Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:34:24 +0000 http://www.inatthedeepend.org/2008/06/28/innovative-breakfasts/#comment-10743 Not being overly cautious at all. A lot of these things become dangerous and accidents occur not because the child is incapable but purely because they are too short. Imagine using the kettle with the worktop at the height to you that it is to him. I quite often have to remind Clo that it's not that I think she's incapable and untrustworthy but that she is just too little and doesn't have the right strength (poring a kettle requires reliable wrist strength) to do things safely. I would feel wretched if anything happened. Whilst I'm here, please could you email me your mobile numbers for Friday? Ta muchly xx. Not being overly cautious at all. A lot of these things become dangerous and accidents occur not because the child is incapable but purely because they are too short. Imagine using the kettle with the worktop at the height to you that it is to him.

I quite often have to remind Clo that it’s not that I think she’s incapable and untrustworthy but that she is just too little and doesn’t have the right strength (poring a kettle requires reliable wrist strength) to do things safely. I would feel wretched if anything happened.

Whilst I’m here, please could you email me your mobile numbers for Friday? Ta muchly xx.

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