Rach - introducing vegies wouldn't really add any weight gain to bubs (the RC contains alot more kj's then vegies). I also have a tubba bubba here in size 0 and size 1 (depending on the clothing). I am personally very relaxed about the whole feeding baby solids thing. He gets solids when I remember, or if he wants something of mine that contains no preservatives, colours, additives, etc (for example fruit, vegies, he even demolished a peice of grainy bread today ). Just steer clear of processed foods and bubs will be fine. Babies don't naturally overeat, and they come in all shapes and sizes.
Thanks for the info misty, it's really helpful to hear what other people are doing. I feel like I am confident with BF now, but I know nothing about introducing solids! He certainly enjoys eating so I am wrapt with that. Thanks again, hun.
Rach xx
Wow, I thought I had the biggest bub here by far but he's in 00s and 0s mostly??
Solids - we're starting this week sometime...when I have the time! LOL I skip RC all together and go straight for mashed vegies (don't do purees either). Starting with potato and sweet potato and see how he goes with those before introducing some greens. Then in a little while will introduce some fruit.
Under no illusion that it will help with night sleep though...never made a lick of difference with my others.
Willow - Let us know how you go with solids! I'll be trying Alana on them within the next couple of weeks.
Hi to everyone else! Sorry for no more personals, I don't get enough time these days!
Alana turned 5 months old last weekend and on the same day started moving backwards across the floor. She is pushing herself up onto her knees briefly or kind of lifting herself up with her toes keeping her legs straight (ITMS!) and she madly tries to go forward. I don't think it will be long before she works out how to go forwards, she's super keen! She absolutely loves jumping in her Jumperoo, it's so cute watching her jump around and giggle . It's been a life saver because she gets so frustrated not being able to move around on the floor yet.
Her night sleep was going really well, but the last few nights she's been waking up quite a few times. She's not hungry so I have no idea what the problem is . Hopefully tonight is better.
Well we've been offering solids for two days now. First time we just gave him mashed steamed potato and mixed some EBM with it. He did NOT rate it at all! So tonight we mixed in some steamed sweet potato mashed up and he liked that a lot better. He ate quite a bit actually. I am going to start offering solids at lunch time though, night times are too hectic around here.
Bannana is the winner in this house, closely followed by rockmelon then watermelon. We just squish it in he's teething mesh thing and he loves to feed himself.
I have not had time to post here... I keep writing responses and then either loosing them or closing the browser before I hit post will attempt a better response tomorrow... lol too tired now
Drama's with building and they haven't even started yet! grr. I shouldn't be surprised really, just wondering where we are going to pull the extra money we seem to need for everything from.
Oh and I have to have a root canal done today.
Sigh.
Well on the bright side... at least interest rates didn't rise yesterday...
Baz is still a little grizzily and gumming everything, but still no teeth yet. He nearly got himself to sitting position last night, but he got excited and knocked himself over - it was so funny to watch. I cann't believe how quickly time has flown by and how big he is getting.
Willow - WTG D on the mashed sweet potato. I think we'll introduce solids this week too. Lunchtime is a better time for us too. L doesn't rate vegies too highly here so I am hoping that I can introduce them to M and re-introduce them to L at the same time. misty - you're building a house? Friends of mine are too and there just seems to be so many extras that they need to organise and pay more for. I'm sure once you are in you'll be very happy that you did it. Oh no on the root canal. Hope you aren't in too much pain. tk - I hate it when that happens.
Not much happening here. Can't believe M will be 6 months on Friday. Where did that 6 months go??? Had to return the baby capsule this week. As much as the capsule was heavy to lug around it was so easy to keep her in it than to have to get the pram out etc especially when she was asleep.
its been an interesting few weeks here, 1st our car decided it didnt want to work anymore and i am now house bound until we can get it fixed ($2000)
but on the plus side we found out my sister is preg with her 1st, is so exciting and i cant wait, she's going for an ultrasound next week to see when shes due
as for bub he's doing really well, he's in toddler nappies now , and is really loving the solids, pumpkin is by far the favourite followed by a mix of apple/peach/pear, he also had his first ice block yesterday, it was so funny to watch(didnt have fun cleaning it up though). still no teeth yet but drooling and chewing on everything even on air :P
mad4e - Bum about the car I know how you feel, mine did the same recently and it cost us $1500 to fix it only to sell it.
misty - Oh no about the root canal Hope you feel OK.
tk - I'm a bit the same
Hi everyone else!
Just a quickie because E is awake and we had not much sleep again last night I think we'll start solids in the next couple of weeks sometime too, at lunchtime I think too just because it seems to be the least busy time of the day. Any recommendations for what to start her on? I was thinking RC but then I thought veges might be better?? I really just want to keep it simple KWIM?
Also, I have been meaning to ask - on a funny note....does anyone else have a bub with a funny hairdo?! E's is a classic now, its short all around the back and sides but she has this long mohawk type thing on top of her head that also falls down on to her forehead. I try to brush it down and it just looks like a really bad combover ROFL
Saffi - we are building an investment property. The sad thing is it is going to be even better then our house we currently live in, but we cann't afford not to rent the new one out and still keep both houses. We are hoping that my younger sister will rent it off us.
willow - Hope the christening goes well. we have Baz's christening at the end of feb.
Mel - that sucks about the car. But congrats to your sister.
Willow - Happy 6 months to bubba D!!! I can't believe how fast that went . It feels like yesterday that L & K were that age!
Misty - What a big project building an investment property! It would be so hard knowing it's nicer than your current house! That would be great if you could rent it out to family . We own a little investment apartment that's right on the beach, we'd love to live in it, but it's only one bedroom LOL!
mad4me - Bummer about your car . That's great that Aiden has taken so well to solids!
Saffi - I can't believe M is almost 6 months! Time goes too fast when you have kids!!
TK - Nice to see you in here briefly LOL! I so know what you mean too
AFM - Had a busy week with DS1 starting primary school on Monday. Luckily he loves it. It has been so strange without him around, although he's home today, he has each Wednesday off in Feb. Alana had her immunisations yesterday and has been so unsettled the poor thing. She is starting to commando crawl forwards and can rock on her hands and knees. A couple of times she has crawled a couple of steps forwards on her hands and knees. It seems so early compared to my boys! DS2 didn't crawl until he was about 8 1/2 months old. I hope she figures it out properly soon, she gets so frustrated when she can't get where she wants to go!
We'll be starting solids next week I think, hopefully she is a good eater like her brothers were. I have just bought a Safe T Sleep wrap from eBay to try and keep her on her back in her cot. She rolls over and parties overnight, then cracks it when she's had enough, so frustrating! Hopefully this wrap will hold her in place
Hey girls,
Just a quick one here too - busy looking for a job LOL! Well at least TRT work as a teacher - so not full time thank goodness!
Misty - hope you root canal was okay
Willow - happy 6 months where has the time gone - my little boy is so grown up already too
Mel - goodluck with car - I hate my car with a passion ATM. They are such money pits! OH well, once I start working we can look at a new one
Oh dear, must shoot off DS is up!
Take care everyone else!
Rach xx
Think mummy over did it on the solids today at lunch time...and most of it got projectile vomited up!!
Trish - Wish we had one day off a week. No easing into it over here, 5 full days straight up. Think I will have a very tired little Miss by Friday! Good luck with the Safe T Sleep tonight!
Hello hello!! Been awhile since I last posted - first my monitor broke, then my computer died twice!! Finally have everything up & running again. Wow so hard being without internet access, I was devastated lol.
Had a brief read, very impressed with those starting solids!! I'm really nervous about the whole thing I must admit & want to put it off. But I will be starting next week some time as DS is SO ready!! He tries to swipe food out of my hand & steal my drinks MCHN wasn't much help to me though - what veggies are best to start with? Are there any we should avoid early on?
DS is going well. Weight 8.1kg & length 70cm now!! He grew out of his bassinet over the weekend (thanks Trish got great use out of it!!) so decided to move him into his own room instead of bringing the cot into ours. I meant to co sleep for longer but it just felt like the right time. Also weaned him off his wrap at the same time. Must admit - we camped out in his room for a few nights lol!! He now loves the cot & sleeps all over the place. Today he started really trying to move, getting up on his toes & hands, did a few bunny hops forward but mostly just managing to wriggle backwards. Very cute to watch!!
Hi everyone,
well, as usual iam so far behind on this chat right now, would take me forever to read all of your posts and respond so im afraid you'll have to forgive me for the lack of persies.
Well, everyone is saying it...time has flown!!!! where have 6 months gone (well, almost for us!). Our little man is growing bigger everyday, and certainly getting more and more cheeky! He's absolutely in love with his big brother and thinks he is hilarious. Lochie is the happiest little man around, always laughing and squealing. We started solids again this week, after a bumpy start a few weeks ago. He seemed to enjoy eating, but was so unsettled at night. We think perhaps his gut wasnt quite ready. But this week, he's all good. Had a rough night last night, but they are certainly few and far between. He generally goes down between 7:30pm and 8:30pm, wakes at around 4-5am for a quick feed and then sleeps till 6:30-7am. I used to be able to get him back to sleep after 6:30am feed but now he wont have a bar of it and is bright eyed and bushy tailed...ready to start the day. Actually, it suits us well at this stage as I have to get DS1 off to school by 8:30, and by the time we get back he is ready for his morning nap.
Lochie has also started getting up on his knees and can comando crawl along the mat...always on a mission to GET THAT TOY!!!! No teeth for us yet, but bucket loads of dribble. I give him rusks now and whilst they are the messiest things ever, he enjoys them and rubs them along his gums.
Just in regards to RC - we are sticking to that for 2 weeks before introducing anything else, we dont wont to give him too much too soon, we want his gut to get used to digesting solids first. He has had some pear, nectarine and banana though, in small amounts in his little net thingy (have no idea what they are called!!!). He loves fruit so far. Ill introduce veggies soon. It is reccomended to use RC in the first few months of introducing solids as it is high in iron. You can just add other things to it, like veggies and fruit, but best to continue using it. Also, apparently its best to introduce fruit first as its more easily digested and better for a maturing gut. Veggies come after fruit as they are a little heavier and harder to digest.
Also, lochie is in his cot now and loving it...after 5 months of co-sleeping (as in sleeping in his bassinette in our bedroom ). We still wrap him, even though he can roll, as it helps him settle and stay asleep for long periods. I know when he is ready to wake up he can get himself out of it pretty quickly. The dummy and wrap have worked beautifully as sleeping cues for him and he goes to sleep without fuss and can self settle really well. I have rarely had to settle him myself and he has never cried himself to sleep. He likes to stare at the mirror on his built ins as he falls asleep. So, all in all, we have a very happy healthy little boy...an absolute joy to have around. We feel so very blessed.
Im glad to hear everyone is doing well, and i look forward to keeping up with everyone from now on.
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). Just steer clear of processed foods and bubs will be fine. Babies don't naturally overeat, and they come in all shapes and sizes.
Hi to everyone else! Sorry for no more personals, I don't get enough time these days!
. It's been a life saver because she gets so frustrated not being able to move around on the floor yet.
. Hopefully tonight is better.
So tonight we mixed in some steamed sweet potato mashed up and he liked that a lot better. He ate quite a bit actually. I am going to start offering solids at lunch time though, night times are too hectic around here.
, and is really loving the solids, pumpkin is by far the favourite followed by a mix of apple/peach/pear, he also had his first ice block yesterday, it was so funny to watch(didnt have fun cleaning it up though). still no teeth yet but drooling and chewing on everything even on air :P
. It feels like yesterday that L & K were that age!
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