-
Wow, ShellBell and Luke, you guys put Bj's appetite to bed in one sitting!
So far we have 1 1/2 weetbix for brekky (and I offer toast, or fruit after wards as finger food...not ahell of alot of it gets eaten)
He has between 20 and 160ml of milk before his sleep (in bed by 9:30)
Up about 11-11:30 Lunch is usually either around a cup of yogurt, custard or vegies (sometimes meat from last nights tea)
Back in bed between 1:30 and 2:30 (3 on a bad day!), and he has again between 20 and 160ml of milk (usually 100)
Up again between 3:30 and 4:30, plays for half an hour or so, then into the highchair for tea (around 5ish) for about a cup, maybe more of vegies (with meat leftovers, or a fish finger, or some sausage), clean teeth
Bath about 5:30
20-160ml milk, then bed between 6 and 6:30.
After vegies at lunch and tea I offer finger food, fruit, or some cheese or bread (again, not alot gets eaten!)
Other than rusks, and occasionally some of my bread when I have lunch if I'm eating and he's up (I usually eat when he goes back down for his nap) he doesn't snack during the day (he's not really up at morning or arvo tea time, or its close to lunch or dinner!)
He's drinking milk out of his cup at breakfast now (water the other 2 meals) so he doesn't have very much of his morning bottle anyway (he's always eaten first, then had the bottle before his nap)
-
Sorry to hijack girls but the other April Babies thread is very quiet.
I'm trying to wean DS off his 3 bottles (or at least cut out his arvo bottle)...should I offer breakfast first and just make it bigger? Gosh, that sounds so stupid! DS isn't a big eater either BW. ATM, his daily menu look like this:
7.30am - 240ml bottle
8.00am - 1 x Weetbix, sometimes he only eats half.
1.5 hour nap
11.00am - rice cake
12.00pm - chicken risotto or beef and veg, followed by stewed apples and yoghurt
1.5 hour nap
3.30pm - 240ml bottle
5.00pm - 1.5 slices of WM bread with either avocado or melted cheese, he feeds himself his dinner.
6.15pm - 240ml bottle
6.30pm - bed
Also, shellbell, do you make Luke's custard? I do have a recipe but wonder if he should have sugar?
I guess I'm really stuck on what to offer for snacks. SAO's, rice cakes?? Do your babies sit in the highchair for snacks?
Sorry for so many questions!
PS - I've changed my username....
-
Hiya Sequoia!
My suggestion for cutting out the bottles you want to get rid of, is first cut down the morning one (to say half), and also (as you suggested) try brekky first, then bottle.
Try cutting it down first, and increasing brekky.
Also, at 3:30, I would offer him milk in a cup (only about 100-120ml) and some fruit or a piece of cheese, or something (something little though) and no bottle, he'll still get his milk but less of it!
Then at tea time you could do the same thing with the milk, offer some of his bottle in a cup then he's having less at bedtime which means when he wakes in the morning, he'll want more brekky etc etc.
As for custard, I make Benjamin's custard, and I use a little bit of vanilla essence, and a little bit of sugar...even adding some, theres likely to be alot less in the home made one than the bought one (having tasted both...well...all 3...premade jar, the stuff from the dairy section, and mine).
Mine is definitely more bland, but once you add some fruit its plenty sweet enough!
Oh and snack wise, theres rice bscuits (the plain sakata style ones), those little mini toasts (but make your own its cheaper!), fresh fruit pieces, rusks, cheese (or cheese sticks), dried fruit (sultanas etc), clix or ritz bickies, water crackers, cruskits, you could even give Nutrigrain (nice little finger food sized bits!), or those mini wheat cereals, bread.
Once benjamin is finally eating snacks, we'll be trying to stick to the fresh fruit (or dry bickies if we are out)
I'm cutting Benjamin's bottles out at the moment (kind of!), we are down to 120ml of cows milk in them, and at the moment he's leaving some anyway, and then what I do is read him a story in the glider chair, then put him to bed. Once that habit is established, I'll still read the book (maybe 2), but won't give him any milk.
-
hi Girls russell is a big eater.
breakfast @ 7am- toast and fruit or 2 weetbix or fruit musli
bottle @ 9 am - into bed for nap
Lunch 11-12 - what ever is going usually veges or sandwich , chicken nuggets or sasuage
Arvo - biccies , cheese or fruit or jarred fruit
bottle @ 2
dinner @ 5
Bath and teeth @6
bottle and bed by 7pm - 6am
he only has 1 nap now in the mornings and is up for the rest of the day .
-
BW, thanks heaps! I will try cutting them down and increase his brekky. The snack ideas are awesome too.
Thanks again!
-
Update - the 3.30pm bottle is gone! DS now has 120ml of cold milk in a sippy cup with a straw, he likes to be upright, go figure....and half a banana.
Plus, I made custard for the first time ever. I think I've eaten more than DS, memories of childhood, ahhh...
:D:D
-
Yay Sequoia!
Well done!!
Benjamin and I used to fight for the custard too...he always won!!
Thats great about the milk in a cup. Benjamin has always been good drinking from a cup (he used a sippy cup from 2 months to about 6, then we moved on to a straw).
He's got the grizzles again...I'm hoping its his teeth...his nose sounded a little clogged yesterday, that suggests that he'll have an ear infection in a few days but we'll see!!
-
BW, what is the progression from bottle to cup? Is a straw cup just before a normal cup? I swear, I have got so many cups for DS! I have a Heinz sippy cup which I can't regulate the flow, a Mag Mag straw cup (a gift) but the cover is broken and I just bought a Nuby straw cup but DS can't figure out yet that he needs to bite on the straw for the water to flow.
Is BJ still clogged up? How many teeth does he have? DS has about 8.
-
hiya everyone!!
Sequoia, every child is different when it comes to cups, we use a mag mag cup, but I need to get a second one at some stage!
We had the sippy attachment for his avent bottles which is why he used them, but they don't make straw ones anymore (hence the magmag!)
I've always gone sippy then straw as a straw is a faster flow and requires more regulation from the child.
Benjamin can however also drink from a cup (well, medicine one) without a straw etc.
He has 20-50ml of gaviscon infant occasionally, and he drinks it straight from the medi cup (with my help of course!).
As for clogged etc, still just the 7 teeth...he got over dual ear infections and a throat infection, but we've just today been the to Dr again as he was displaying his usual "ear infection behaviours" and he has fluid in his ear....we have a "just in case" prescription, and will ride it out for a couple of days to see if he can kick it himself.
We are likely to be getting grommits put in though as this is just not good for him, and also, I'm starting to feel its the reason he won't stand up much, I know fluid in the ear can make you feel off balance......
He is crawling (hands nad knees, and commando...whichever is quickest/easiest at any given moment!).
-
Happy Birthday Benjamin!!!
We are a fully fledged crawler and standerupperer now! Crawling over to things and trying to stand up!
Just had to pop in cause its his birthday!
-
Happy Birthday BJ!! And well done to you BW. Have you anything special planned for the young man's special day?
I am making cupcakes today for playgroup tomorrow. Vanilla with chocolate icing with a chocolate Easter egg on top to carry through the Easter theme since DS's birthday is on Thursday. I think I am more excited about his birthday than I've ever been for mine!
x
-
Happy Birthday BJ! We must all be getting there now!
Liam decided to cling to my leg tonight when I was going through is 'gate' into his bedroom. I kept walking slowly and he followed along behind me holding on. Then when I stopped, he kept one hand on my leg and walked all the way around me to the front of me! Since then, he's been toddling around - sometimes holding on, sometimes not! He had nearly 6 steps by himself at one point and seemed mighty impressed with himself!
He's also beginning to understand where he's allowed to go in our living area so I've been 'letting him loose' in the evenings and he just plays on the floor in front of the lounge where I'm sitting - soooo cute! I have to remind him every now & then that 'No, you're not allowed there. Come back here'. Then a 'good boy - I'm so proud of you' when he obeys.. Is this what everyone else is doing? :dunno:
I've got a pretty informal thing planned for LIam's birthday - just a play at the local play cafe. Nothing huge. But if anyone wants to visit, they're welcome to come!! ;)
-
Russell has been wakling since mid Feb. is now climbing on things and is getting into mischief constantly.he knows not to touch the pklaystation ect and my books but having trouble keeping him out of the pots pans and utensils.
what dose it mean if hes waking twice anight thristy. last night he woke at 10 drank 240 ml water then 180ml milk. we are going to have a cold lunch at the park. we have lots of kiddi friends so wanted the space KWIM. Its also my sisters b'day and shes having a dozen 12yr olds coming so yeah. to many ppl for my place.
update. my prents have sold 1 of there 3 properties and are moving in with me. we are currently renovating our downstairs so russell and i can move down whilst dad renos upstairs. we will be sharing a room till xmas.so will be 8 ppl in my 4BRM 1 garageb/roomtiny 2 story house till xmas. rob and i are still living apart and year has not gone well. my parents move to NZ at xmas, had to but my little girl down9dog) and rob an i have hit rock bottom. hoping to start a fresh very soon .
Happy B'day u april babies
-
Zennie We went through this a couple of weeks ago with Luke. he has been an awesome sleeper (hasn't had a night feed since 2 - 3 months old) and then all of a sudden started waking for a bottle. It was driving me crazy! I ended up calling Trescillian as I didn't want to start a night feed at this late stage. They told me if he was draining the bottle he was hungry. They suggested that I change his night time bottle to a heavier formula one and make sure he has dessert (like yohgurt and not fruit) before bed. Luke has cows milk during the day and Nulac "dreamtime" formula before bed. It knocked it on the head almost straight away. We now notice that if he doesn't havehis bottle he wakes up for it.
I do have a hungry little hippo though!
-
:happybirthday::happybirthday: Baxter!!
xxxxx
-
Happy birthday to all the bubbas who i have missed, Coops birthday is at the end of the month and I am sooooo excited! We are having a BBQ lunch at our house with our friends and their children, we have 40 acres so there is stacks of room for the older kids to play! Cooper is now walking everywhere, can't believe how quick he can move!!!! Where has my baby gone?
He is still not such a great sleeper so i have rung our local sleep settling clinic as we are both going insane, he is fabulous during the day but not so great at night, is still wakingat least twice and takes around 20-30min to get back to sleep. so fingers crossed they can help me out!
Hope everyone is well and your bubbas are well and the rest of your families, have a great Easter everyone
-
HI Guys!
I'm sorry I missed a couple of birthdays! We've been so busy preparing for Benjamin's Party (which was today, and absolutely FANTASTIC!) we had the best day!
I'll pop back soon and post pics!
Oh and is unrelated news, I no longer have to surprise my Brother and his fiance with Bj in a suit at their wedding, they asked him to be ring bearer!! Can't wait! Totally Thrilled!
-
Just popping in to let you all know that Benjamin is off to hospital on May 11th to have gromits put in his ears...that should fix his ears!
