Babies Born February 2007 #5

Hi girls :hello:
This is a quick one because I am sooooo tired!!!

Michelle - Harrison went off his solids too!!! We asked the ECHN about it and she said it is more about the offering... even if he only has a couple of spoon fulls thats better than nothing... and now, he is eating everything... So keep offering Bella, I am sure she will start eating again in no time.

Kym - Harrison seems to be happier in his Daddy's arms also at times... He also gets this look on his face when he is with his Daddy... it is like he is thinking "Ha!! Now I'm with Daddy!" it is so cute... I like that he is like that with his Daddy, when Daddy is here.

Kell - Wow!!! A huge congratulations on your weight loss :confetti:... it feels fantastic huh? Keep up the great work ;)Yay on Jemima's road trip!!! What a great little traveller!!! James and Madeleine were like that... Harrison is going on his first road trip to Sydney in Jan... so he will be older then... but so far he loves the car... especially my car, not so much Daddy's car because Daddy's car is little and has a more uncomfy car seat in it!!! lol

Me - Not much going on here... we had a great fathers day... I made 2 desserts and a potato salad and didn't eat anything but the food I brought along with me... I'm very proud of myself for that.. Harrison pigged out on sandwiches, he ate some sausage... he at tomato and cucumber and he even had some raspberry and apple crumble... and he slept from 6:30pm until 7:40am!! He even slept through 2 nappy changes!!! Lol.

Hi to everyone I've missed... I hope you're all well... I will do personals real soon :grouphug:

Kym and Catherine, I hope things look up soon for you!
Kell - I'm sure we'll be chatting later! Glad the trip was uneventful and Jem was so good for you!
Lisa - Harrison obviously loves his food! I was saying to Kel last night that maybe Bella needs more variety?
Me - Bella's eating a little bit more than she was, but still nothing to rave about yet. I suppose she'll gradually get better. Sleeps are still funny. She got me up at 11.30 last night for a feed (almost a full bottle) then through to 6.30. I was VERY happy with that!

What other foods are we supposed to give at this age? I'm just doing farex, veges (pumpkin, sweet potato, zucchini, carrot and potato) home cooked and pureed, and I've tried a fruit jelly thing (Heinz I think) and a variety of custards and oatmeals in the jar. When Bri was a baby, they would tell me specifically what I should be giving her, so this time around I feel like I'm sort of on my own!

Better go, Bella's crying. Talk later!

michelle -
MAYBE IT'S THE SPOON!!! My friend whose baby has no interest in food whatsoever (coz she is too young but her mum wants her to be more advanced than she really is) anyhow she was not giving anything ago but came to my place used different spoon and had a little more luck.
so maybe get a different spoon.
have you tried yogurt? jemima really lapped up the baby yogurt then got better with the other food after that
that's my 2 cents worth anyhow.

Things are going really well here. Except El has gone off solids too. Going to start again today, as we just started HAAR formula, hoping that that will go through her tummy quicker so she's not feeling full all the time. And she's hungry now so I must go. Congrats to everyone on their achievements!

ETA: She ate a cube of banana and one of pear. All gone! And some water! This is great! We're on our way to proper meals. Finally!!!

Kel, I use different spoons all the time, but never fear - things are picking up! She ate three meals yesterday. Not as big as I would have liked, but better than last week's "efforts".

Catherine - I'm so glad things are going well for you. Join the "no solids" club! I just kept offering Bella little bits and she has just started taking some more, so hang in there! Pear is good to get things "moving" too - my ex MIL used to give DD#1 pears to "clean her out"!

Us - This morning Bella had a nice big farex breakky, so she's happy (and so am I!).

She went to bed at around 5.30pm last night, woke at 7.30pm for a huge feed, then straight back to bed until 4am this morning. She didn't want to go back to bed after that, so for the FIRST time ever, she hopped into bed with us! DH is really scared of squishing her, and if I were her, I'd be scared of him squishing me too! (He's a big boy, as in quite tall and very solid). So he ended up getting up for breakfast at 4.30 and I put Bella on his side of the bed, and we slept quite nicely until around 7.30! Noice!

Anyway, better go - I'm working on my website whenever I can today, so better get cracking while Bella's asleep!

Hi all,
Very quick post from me...we're off to Spain tonight, I think I am all packed...perhaps overpacked - so much stuff is needed for babies it's insane!!!

Hope all is well for everyone and think of me squished on a plane with quinn on my lap!!!!!

:D

OMG! Have a fantastic time Kirsten! We can't wait to hear all about it when you get back!

Have a great time in Spain, Kirsten! Wish I could join you LOL.

With solids, I just give DS carrot sticks/jacket potato pieces/cucumber sticks/brocolli (or any other favourite) at dinner time and he picks them up and eats them himself. He gets less this way than spoonfeeding him, but I can eat at the same time then which is fabulous - keeps DS quiet for half an hour or more. I can also cut up apples and pears for lunchtime and he'll munch on those too.

DH reckons he'd rather stay at home with DS than work now, yay! Could be because DS gets soooo excited to see Daddy every night. Or could be because he really dislikes his job. But DS walked over to Daddy last night. He's walking holding my fingers, but still going backwards. When do they start going forwards? (He's still not crawling, I was right in saying he was going to skip that step! He only bum-shuffled for a few inches for 3 days too.)

Wow Liebling! He's moving up on the world! El is so close to crawling now!

yippee kirsten so so excited for you ADIOS!

michelle do you let bella go for gold with her food and get it everywhere?? for a while I let Jemima do that and she ate more food that way feeling it and sucking it off her fingers..... so could work??

jemima had strawberries and pumpkin scones the other day at my friends mum's place it was so cute, my friends mum had set the table like a hightea "so jemima knows what to do when she goes to hightea" so sweet and jemima loved it all, so funny watching her discover the flavour of the strawberry!

catherine - jemima is close to crawling as well! she loves to "walk" holding my fingers, she goes forward though?? what do you mean Ryn when you say pubert goes backwards??? so slow the "walking" when she is doing it herself or wants to that is going to be frustrating!

she has had a funny day today, but still happy as larry.... just a bit spewy and drowsy she has a bit of a cold i think snot everywhere and i'm sure some more teeth are coming through the RIVER of drool has returned.... i cant believe i didnt really notice that it wasnt there.... but now it is back i am remembering what she was like before her other teeth came through.

i am sick at the moment too so maybe she got that?? i feel like crap my head hurts and has all day but still dragged our butts to swimming lessons and the vege shop she spewed on me JUST as i finished dressing us after swimming and at the vege shop HO HUM i am so glad i dont have spew everyday, it's smelly!

Hi all,

We are back in the land of the living - YAY!! :dance: Monkey is doing a bit better with the poo (still not great and GP has recommended Coloxyl and prunes for next 2 wks at least....), but MUCH better with the sleeping thing!! She just doesn't seem to be having the screaming tummy pains anymore... so glad, it was awful to watch her going through it.

Your babies are all soooo clever!! Monkey is no where near walking or crawling (what a slack physio I am... getting babies to walk is what I do for a living! ....actually I don't mind, don't have to think about proofing the house yet!) Enjoy walking with them holding hands, 'cos soon you won't be able to keep up with them!!

Michelle, I really slowed down Monkey's food progression with this whole constipation thing and my GP said that there's really no stress to progress them quickly..... if you are happy just with veges and fruit then stick with it until Bella wants more. We are still doing just a wide variety of veges (all that you mentioned plus have you considered peas, corn, spinach, cauliflower, butternut squash....?). Monkey also has pear, apple, prunes and avocado - I think I got that idea from Lisa and she luuurves it! I also have cooked and blended up some wholemeal pasta, just to have a variety.

I think we'll start some meat soon - does anyone have any hints... for types, cooking methods etc....?

Ryn, I love your ideas for finger foods! Monkey has just started having some rusks to slobber on, think I'll expand the choice.....

Kel, I hope you got photos of high tea and strawberries - I'll bet it was gloriously messy!!!.... Going back to a comment you made ages ago..... Is Jemima still wanting less BF? I have just recently found the same thing with Monkey - it really surprised me at first, but then I read your post and felt better! Often, she is virtually dropping a feed in the middle of the day, or at least going 6 hrs or so.... I'm just running with it, because I am starting work on a Sat soon and it'll suit us if she doesn't "need" me so much. I hope you are both feeling better soon. Monkey has had a snotty nose too the past few days... it's her 1st ever; luckily it doesn't seem to bother her too much.

And Lisa, thanks for your words of wisdom about Monkey wanting Daddy more... it helped me to see it differently and not get so upset.

:bedtime: Night all....

(I'm having fun expanding my smylie repitoir.... so not how you spell that word, but you all know what I mean!!!)

Kel, Lieby walks backwards in that he'll hold onto my fingers (so cute when they do that!) and take his steps backwards. He now looks over his shoulder to see to where he is headed! He's well quick on the walking, I walk along with him on my knees and am moving constantly to keep up. So pleased he hasn't learnt how to use the sofa to walk!

I'm going to do some lamb in the slow cooker on Sunday and let Lieby have some chunks of lamb for his dinner, see if he likes it. He is a proper meat-eater when he's had the jars, so he should be OK with it. Hmm, that will mean starting to give him full meals soon - meat, carb and vegies. Good thing he loves his food!

michelle - go the avo! i just remebered that was one thing and the baby yogurt that jemima really enjoyed tasting.... only now that she has mastered the art of TAKING HER FINGERS OUT OF HER MOUTH WHEN I ASK HER TO am i going to mix it up a little more.... i have been just waiting til she is eating then i was going to worry about variety

hey kym - jemima seems to have days where she wants FOOD and days she wants BF in the last week i think she has alternated, and then yesterday she was sick so when we did BF she fed to sleep so i have a feeling it was a comfort thing and she had a late 'lunch' at 3pm and then dinner at about 6pm that she really ATE ................ i didnt think food would 'replace' BF so quickly but seems to be, just make sure to give Monkey HEAPS of water and on the days you can tell she wants more FOOD then BF I have been trying to get more yogurt into Jemima so that she is still getting calcium... i just figure that would be the main thing not in apple or pumpkin etc

Ryn have you tried pubert on cheese??? i am worried about jemima getting a chunk of that off but would love to be able to give her a stick of cheese..... what do you think? she did awesome with the strawberry and scone so maybe she is ready?

oh yeah with meat........... kym..... this so annoying but funny............. my hubby doesnt want jemima having steak til she can bite into it..... she can have pork and chicken and whateva else before but he wants jemima to ENJOY her first steak.... i married a weirdo........ i gave jemima some of the tin food that has 'meat' in it but now i realise it was just flavour not actual meat? she lapped it up though i think i gave her chicken and mixed veges, it looked gross but she actually liked it.

today in celebration of me losing 5kg by myself i am going to a day spa, i'm getting body scrub, aromotherapy massage and deluxe pedicure BRING IT ON, benji is excited i think to have a couple of hours with jemima and he is also excited that i am finally treating myself to a break, so the EBM is in the fridge ready to go..... pity my head hurts so bad but i think that means i will relax even easier (and probably fall asleep) (ps - lost another .5kg this week so that means since the day before Jemima was born the scales have dropped 15kg!)

HAVE AN AWESOME WEEKEND EVERYONE
it is so cool that everyone seems to be happy at the moment!

oh and to everyone that was sick of hearing how great jemima was at sleeping at 5weeks, this will make you all feel better............. for the last month but I didnt realise it was everynight jemima has been waking every 5 hours i go to bed late so mostly it was like just one wake up at 3am BUT she has changed the timings so now we have a 11.30 and 4am! LUCKILY i have the best hubby in the whole world and he usually goes and gets her and coz i am BFeeding he just pops her on so i can usually sleep through it, but still!!!
anyone got any hints as to why???? I was blaming FOOD...... maybe she is growing? it is always though for a feed not coz she is cold and very consistantly 5 hours used to be EXACTLY 3am....

Hi everyone :hello:

Kirsten - I hope you all have a fantastic time in Spain... I can't wait to see the pics!!!

Kel - Harry wakes at 11:30pm and again at 4am... it feels like we've just gone off to sleep when he wakes... he basically just wants to get into bed with us and be cuddled... but some mornings, he gets in with us and pokes our eyes, and puts his fingers up our noses... he wants to play!!! lol. I hope you have a great time at the spa

Kym - Harrison has all kinds of meats... he HATES anything in a can, we tried him on some the other day to see if he changed his mind, he opened his mouth, and spat it everywhere, then threw a major hissy fit!!! It was soooooo funny. The ECHN said to us, what do you prefer? Meals in a can, or the same meal home made? Well... I have always homemade my childrens foods, but thought I'd give the can a try... I slow cook beef, and serve that up for him - if we have a stew, he eats that, I just water the gravy down more for him... I poach chicken for him, he has also had stir fried chicken, he loves fish, wrapped in foil and cooked in the oven... he eats lots of that actually. His fave food right now is kids weet bix!!! He eats 2 for breakfast!!!

Catherine - Yay to El being better :confetti: that must be such a relief to you. I am sure El will want some more solids before you know it... as my ECHN said, it is about the offering also.

Ryn - Be very glad that Liebling doesn't sofa walk... my little "grab onto anything and walk along it" bubba is getting into EVERYTHING!!! It is great that he is progressing, but it would be nice to have him stay in the one place for a moment!!! He now crawls the length of the house, comes into the kitchen, pulls himself up onto the back of dining chairs and starts holding on and walking from chair to chair!!! He is so tiny and it looks funny because he is so small!!!

Hi to anyone I've missed ;)

Me - Well, I finally got around to buying a HAB for Harrison. And... we love it!!! OMG, I can't rave enough!!! We have a Baba sling also, but that was starting to get too much with Harry being so much bigger and heavier now... the HAB is brilliant... especially for my still sore pelvis and back... Harry was in it, facing out the other day whilst I did my shopping, and he had his hands on the trolley!!! It looked like he was pushing it. So many people commented on how contented and happy he looked in it.
James has carried him in it to... I am so annoyed that we waited so long to get one.... it was on my original "Things to purchase for the baby" list, but for some reason, it didn't get bought. I am just soooooooooo glad we have it now!!!

Oh... I forgot to mention... When Harrison eats anything now, he goes "Mmmmmmm" with every mouthful. It is the cutest thing ever!!!!

Thanks Lisa. I felt the same about my HAB. Wish I'd got one when I was pregnant. Oh well, got it when I really needed it so its all good. And Harrison, walking and crawling, gee, he's doing well!

And they say BF mums have bubs who wake heaps during the night. Piffle. My FF DD is waking up way too many times now. Not sure what to do. We just pop her dummy in and soothe her. Perhaps she wants some light or louder music. We have classical on softly. We'll get through it. I'm sure its just a phase.

Catherine - Harrison is FF, and he wakes up too... I am sure it is just a phase too, one of the many they go through!!! lol

what is a HAB? we have a baby bjorn which is awesome but STARTING to wonder if she is getting too heavy for me to carry her in it too much...