Babies Born March 1st -15th 2008 #5

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There are many issues that you will encounter as a new parent. We have put together this list of useful articles and threads in order to assist you with some common questions or issues you may have, and to provide you with bit of extra support that we all need as new parents:

Feeding Support:

Breastfeeding General Chatter
Breastfeeding FAQ's
Is My Baby Hungry?
Baby Formula - What Manufacturers Don't Want You To Know
Bottlefeeding FAQ's and Useful Information
Is Feeding Your Baby Taking Too Much Time?
Bottlefeeding General Chatter
Feeding Your Baby
Lactose Intolerance
Starting Solids/Homemade Baby Food
Starting Solids - When Is My Baby Ready?
Starting Solids General Chatter

Please contact the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) or a Lactation Consultant if you are concerned that you may have breastfeeding and/or supply problems, and before the introduction of solids or formula.

Sleeping Support:

Comforted Sleeping & Sleep Issues Forum
Comforting Tools to Aid Restful Sleep
Babies & Sleep
Controlled Crying/Comforting/Sleep Training
The Con of Controlled Crying
The Crying Game
15 Ways To Help Your Baby Sleep

Other Useful Information & Recommended Reading:

Baby Massage
Cuddle Me Mum
Infant-led Feeding & Weaning
Baby Wearing
Recommended Reading List

Got questions?

Post your questions in the forums mentioned above, or in the following forums where you're sure to receive many friendly responses!

General Baby & Toddler Forum
Breastfeeding, Bottlefeeding and Solids
Gentle Parenting Forum

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Your previous thread can be found at here https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...-2008-4-a.html

Ooooh first to post on new thread :)

Jo - I like the way you are introducing your solids, leaving it for an hour etc. I think I will try to do the same and see how he goes. DJ loves his rice porridge with apple puree and absolutely loved pumpkin too. I think I will give your routine a go and see how he goes. I think that might be better actually, he is getting much more hungrier now. Finding he is drinking alot more formula now compared to what he has. And yeah on the 2 teats, I was the same, could hear him sucking and he was getting more wind again so that is why I bought more 3 teats today for him, hopefully that will help him. He drinks so much better on a 3 teat.

Skye - great news re: your mum visiting, I bet you can't wait :)

SJ - went to the mums and bubs thing at my shopping centre and it was just a sell thing... One lady was selling a new wrap she invented, another one was talking about a baby and kids market (which I plan to attend) and the other one was talking about a discount card for shops etc (wasn't really interested in that one). So, nothing new really, was hoping for something I could learn not a sales pitch. Oh well, got a free coffee ;) kehehe

I fed DJ in my fave coffee shop today and as I left they said he is always so well behaved. She said alot of babies that come into the shop cry like crazy but DJ is always well behaved and either sleeps or just sits in the pram with his toys. Was so proud to hear that ;)

DJ was a little quiet this morning, not his cheerful self, wasn't sure what was wrong, but then got home and took his nappy off for 10 mins and he was back to his cheerful self.

anyway girls, better go he is due his feed so waiting for him to wake up.

Shellxxx

thanks Jo and everyone on solids. it's so confusing.

I think Jo you arent replacing her bottle but feeding Caitlin in between?

This is what im doing.

he has a 5am feed sometimes (if he wakes up then) a 7, 8 am feed both BF and often falls asleep. when he wakes up, abt 10-11am i give him his meal, solids with about 30-60ml. he eats about the amt of the baby food that's in the jar, maybe more. then he has a sleep. the next feed abt 1pmish, he has 180ml. 4ish,5, i give him a bf, then an hr later solids with some formula 30-60ml.
Before bed he has a bottle and then in bed a BF.
He seems to enjoy his solids more than milk.
Re- teat, i've been using the peritalsic ones, some of them have variable flow. some are normal ones. it;s time to change teh normal ones. The LC recommended these for him over the Avent type ones.
i'm also goign to get a sippy cup.

I have an appointment w his GP on Monday, so will ask this. His excema is healing but has left whitish marks.. poor baby.

Skye - it's very confusing where you are at, at the moment.
Do you think Anth will change in that one month, if he's sincere, maybe you could try to give it ago, if you want. at least for a week. it's so hard for the kids..

shell - hornsby is good, there's a huge westfields there.

trina - oh hun, this is the alst thing you need. go get yourself checkout at the doctors'...
i'm going to go see a chiro when i get back, my body is so buggered.

danni - is jazz take anything for her phelgm, yellow sounds like an infection...

bron - yaay on the high chair

sj - im going to give poopy bread at around 7-8mths i think.

sorry not much personals, i think im getting a cold again :( it always happens when im about to fly back to Syd!!!

anyway, i have to gloat!!
Poopy's 6mths today!!! 0.5years!!!!! my baby's growing up so quick.
I'm gloating cos, although i've fiddled and farted and struggled with breastfeeding, I've made it to 6mths!! I know he gets formula as well but I never thought I'd ever get this far!!
I told steve I think I deserve a medal, and he said i deserve more than that. I feel so good about myself!

Yay!! Go Prama. You should be proud!

I forgot to mention that the MCHN said I could start him on a cup. I was just gonna give him a bottle with water in it, but she said to go the cup instead.
I might be able to go pretty much from breast to cup with him. Wow.
I was given about 10 Avent bottles & a microwave steriliser all brand new & haven't really used them. I'm glad I didn't have to pay for them.
Most of the teats are 1, 2, & 3 in one. I'm not sure how they work though. Do you have the number you want at the top?? The other ones are 2's.

OMG you should see me trying to clean up this bean bag the kids decided to cut open. I reckon the neighbours are being kept amused today.
I'm vacuuming them, & it takes about 5 minutes to fill the bag, but the measure thing for the bag doesn't go up coz they are too light I guess, so if I'm not quick enough the vac will start filling up too.
Then they are full of static, so they are sticking to everything! Including me & the inside of the vacuum.
I think I've done 8 trips to the bin & I'm not even close to finished!
Then when I get to the bin I have to fight the stupid things to go in.
So much fun. Never EVER buying a bean bag again!! We still have one they can fight over. I just hope it doesn't go any time soon!

thanx skye!!

gosh, that sounds liek hard work w the bean bag!!

we tried to give poopy some water from a cup and he managed to sip a wee bit.
will get a sippy cup for water amd juice now and slowly switch to milk

Prama - Yes giving solids in between feeds.

I bought Caitlin one of the magmag sipper cups. She doesn't really like the water yet but i will keep persisting! It is very messy at first as the sipper cups flow a lot quicker than teats so be prepared for wet clothes!

I use the non spill ones usually. Bubs has to suck on them to get something out, so they don't spill as much.

Well done Prama! I didn't make it to 6 months, but that's coz it was getting to hard for me to try to maintain BF when I went back to work.

Jazz is still happily eating all her food at day care. Tonight I gave her a bottle and she was really happy and active so I thought I'd give it a go and put her in her highchair and offer her some more food. She ate it! It started looking like she wasn't going to finish it, but then I started doing "here comes the aeroplane, open up the hanger" with the sounds and me opening my mouth and then she would copy and open her mouth and gobble it all up! She finished half a jar! So, depending on how alert or tired she is, I will keep offering her a second feed in the evening now.

Wow, I hadn't thought about the sippy cup thing. I should probably look into getting one too. Jazz loves to try and grab the cup I use in the bath to pour water on her. I decided to let her grab it yesterday and she accidentally poured water all over her face...wasn't a very happy girl when that happened. She got a fright and splashed heaps - so much so that our poorly fitting plug came out!

She's starting to balance a bit better when sitting, but she's just so into things that she just wants to grab everything in site so she reaches and looses balance.

I was just looking at a "trolley mate" and I think I will see about getting one in the next couple of weeks, I don't like using the capsule things anymore in trolleys. I'm trying to get Jazz sitting up more (supported until she can sit by hersel obviously). We have one of those kiddie couch things for her. We lean it against an ottoman with a pillow underneath it to tilt it back slightly and a pillow next to her to help prop her up and she'll sit on that happily with all that support. She just sits there watching TV.

We've got a Bumbo for Caitlin and she loves sitting in it. She was sick of her playgym but now we can sit her in the bumbo in front of it and she sees everything from a different angle and likes to play with it again! It is also handy to take along when you go out as you can sit her in it to have her food.

Morning girls,

Hey you know I realised something from these tickers and me saying how old DJ is.... I go by the number of weeks and then say how old he is.... So I have been saying he is 5.5 months because he is 22 weeks old..... ie. 4 weeks in a month haha I am so hopeless.... And really he is only 5 months and 2 days old haha You know I think that is why I started him on solids because I thought he was older then what he was.... Seriously I should have just gone by dates!!! oh well, he officially started solids at 4.5 months then.... which is still ok, but I thought that was 5 months hahahahahahaha

Doni sent me out with a friend of mine last night, had a great time even though I couldn't be bothered to go out. Doni thinks I am not the same and I am always stressing about DJ and he wants me to relax more. I agree but I just keep remembering about a little bubba that needs my attention the following day :) I ended up getting home at 3am!!!! I didn't want to drink and drive so waited it out before driving. I didn't drink too much at all, but I am always super cautious.

Jo - oh I have wanted to get one of those. My cousin sits her little one on the kitchen bench while she is preparing dinner and stuff as well. It would be good as a second high chair when out on the road.

Prama - congratulations that is such fantastic news!!!! How time flies hey??? And still breastfeeding, my hat is off to you!!! You have come along way from your earlier struggles and look at you now ;)

Danni - the trolley mates are great, DJ loves his. I needed it for when Doni is away on country trips and I have no other way of getting my groceries but to take DJ and this way he can sit in it and look around. He loves being able to look directly at me.

Skye - OMG on the bean bag mess. I bet you still find a few beans under things in the next few weeks. I know that has happened to a friend of mine and she had a similar thing happen.

Well girls, I better get organised, catching up with some mums for a workout. Prama - we are now doing an additional one (outside of Ness teaching) down at Stanhope. Don't know how I will cope considering I have only had 3.5 hours sleep, but seriously I have coped before with DJ anyway.

Ciao for now
Shell xx

I stopped counting Jazz's age in weeks once she hit 4 months. Now I say "she's 5 and a bit months" or what ever.

TGIF!

It's my youngest niece's 1st birthday tomorrow but I don't think my BIL & sister have planned anything really. My sis has had a tough week and the rest of the family is busy.

Had the radio on in the car on the way to daycare this morning and jazz started "singing" it was so cute!

:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:


Well Done Prama


I stopped counting weeks only cos i lost count hehe I have to look at my ticker now to see where we are (that's what happens with #4 how slack!)

Such a nice day......... Off to tidy the house make beds and get some washing happening, having a week where i am trying to get super organized so i can have a house that runs a bit smoother wishful thinking but worth a shot, everything is getting on top of me at the moment so trying to make life a little easier..

Once again you girls have all been busy. I hope life starts getting a little better for you Skye and Trina.

Paddy's got a sipper cup (tommee tippee I think) but he has to chomp on it like he's bf to get any water out. Used a mag mag cup with the other two and I remember the mess. They were a great transition from breast to cup though, especially the soft spout.

Haven't started solids yet. I'm waiting for 6 months. Paddy loves to watch us eat but not really fussed on doing it himself. He has sucked on a piece of mandarin and seemed to enjoy that but didn't protest when it was taken away.

Struggling to find a good excema cream. Don't want to use cortisone cream so I'm avoiding the Dr and trying all the other remedies.

Have a good day

thansk all for the bf wishes, i know i havent been doing it properly, exclusively but poopy's still getting something.

thanks danni! pmsl at jazz in teh bath. she's too cute!!
how's matt doing now? is he ok with his medication and all.
hmmm trolley mate sounds like a good option.. it's hard shopping with a pram and it's a bit hard pushing the trolley with a sling.

shell - lol. i was doing the same as well. counting poopy's age in weeks, and steve was doing it in months. one day at the doctor's we had a small disagreement, and then i realised i was doing it wrong. i started saying months after 4mths. no wonder ppl looked at me funny when i was still saying his age in weeks!
hey, i might be able to join you next friday at stanhope! what time is it? is it at the same place?

trina - hehe, no.1 children get all the attention!! 2nd onwards get hand me down, less attention and learn to survive on their own. steve and i are #2, and we say, this is what our older siblings got to enjoy when we see how everyone fusses over poopy!

teach - your post came up while i was typing. good to hear from you!!

Hi Girls...

Firstly Well Done Prama - after all the problems you had at the start you hae done so well you should be so proud of the effort you have made. :clap:

Just got back from the soilds talks - They only talked about bsby led weaning and played a DVD for us to watch. Glad that i was heading down the right rrack - No mashing or pureeing here, MJ will be fed the same foods as we are and she will decide what she puts in her mouth (the only exception at the mo is rice, but can you believe that they can have penut butter if there is no family history of allergies.
Apparently 2 months ago they only touched on baby led weaning, but now new research has come out of the RCH and its the only form of feeding

Prama - I asked and they said offer food 20mins after a feed... but they should be fed at the same time we sit down to eat (if possible) as they learn better that way - so straight onto offering food 3 times a day...

Shell - re the bread, the lady said that it was fine to introduce straight away (sorry skye you were right) again, so long as there is no intolerance history. If there is, it can be offered at 12 months - and watch for a reaction.

I will update the thread that i started a few days ago with all the info that they gave, if anyone is interested.

JO - a couple of girls in our MG use the Bumbos and love them, i will let them know that you use it as a high chair when you are out.

teach good to hear from you - re the loulou nights, how many do you have... also, have you found any others to be as good...

Re the counting of week - i thought that i was a slacker, i lost count of the weeks and like you Trina, rely on my ticker (and this is #1 for me :D)

Gotta go, MJ is squalking

thanks heaps SJ!
I'll start to establish a routine when i get back. :D
oh, would you mind pasting the link, pls! xox

Anyone want a puppy?????
Jess just dropped EIGHT this morning!
& they are big dogs (Great Dane X Bull Mastiff X Boxer), so not cheap to feed.
Especially 9 of them!
They are really cute though!

arrghh i dunno why im getting this token error!

skye - i read your post and thot jesse had dropped 8 puppies!! i reread it and then realised it was jess.. :P

sorry to go on about solids, im going ask his gp about his habits when i see him on monday.
i have him a bottle and he drank 120 out of 180. later i gave him some solids, and he happily ate it.
i tried to give him a little milk, the 60 that was left, and he fussed and started to push it out and spit it up. i gave him more solids and he happily lapped it up!
this kid is driving me crazy w his feeding habits!!