sconesonamission & sehra - congrats on the weight loss!! i was so much slimmer after the birth - really, jokes side but now that i'm home on my bum most of the time n no more 20min daily walk [i'm too lazy to lug the stroller down 3 flights of stairs], i'm NOT surprise at the additional kilos. fingers crossed that once we move into the new place, DH can setup his little exercise machine.

arianna [easier since there is another ella in the house] will be 6 months next tuesday but will get jer vacc on monday, dunno how she will take it since she is more aware of things these days. this is something i posted in the solids thread but wanted some idea from the ladies here as well :

i started arianna on farex rice cereal the plain ones about 2 weeks ago n it went well for awhile. after abt 3 days [i was giving it to her twice a day : once in the morning n once at night], i gave her sweet potato and from what i've been hearing from other mums, bubs love this n would nose dive if they could into it but sadly not my arianna. perhaps it was my fault for making it too thick so the next time i made it more runny but still the same result. after struggling through a few days giving her a chance to get used to the taste, we moved on to pears which i got a slightly better reaction but still, she never really was happy. n finally, it was apples n still the same results. but the last few days, things have been going downhill and all she will take is 2 spoons n that's it.

she starts thrashing and screaming and just wont take anymore. so today, i went back to the basic rice cereal n i still got the same reaction. what happen to 'there's no turning back once they start solids'?? also, she just sprouted one tooth on the bottom so could it be that she is just irritated n not in the mood for solids? another thing is, she's only staying awake for like 1.5hrs n down most of the time - is that normal? sorry if part of the questions here dont really relate to solids but i just wanted to get more input. thanks!
i think i get the clingy and grizzly part since i read taht some bubs are having that with the teething but what abt the other bit?? anyways, happy chinese new year to all n have a good weekend - i hope i'll survive it!!

ps. i've uploaded some pix of arianna, would have done it earlier but had some probs, should be ok now. btw, how do u add multiples pix? i had to do one by one...