Babies Born February 2008 #5

[Sueby]

Minky -- DD has cut one of her bottom incisors ( bottom front )

There is a guide on the teething rusks when most of their teeth come through ( on the heinz and bellamy's brands anyway) so we know what to look forward to. From memory their eye teeth or canines usually cause the most trouble but they don't get these until around 18months!!!

Have a good night and sleep baby Catherine!!!!

[Esme]

Hi all!!!

Finally a chance to catch up again! We are back Down Under and have been fighting jetlag and very short day sleeps in the last two weeks, all this together with computer problems didn't make it easy to catch up! So, sorry girls, no personals for now but hope to catch up soon!

We have tried solids for about a week now, but bubby is not impressed , so far we have tried Farex, apple and pear (half a teaspoon), but most of it comes out again straight away and then he turns his head away... Mummy's milk must be too tasty... Will have to wait a while and try again later.

While in the Netherlands we might have discovered something against wind; I took some Infants Friend over with us, but the bottle dropped and we lost it all. So I had to tried the Dutch remedy, which is Fennel tea. Since I have been drinking a cup of Fennel tea a day (still breastfeeding), Jasper has been so much calmer and he does no. 2's now without us noticing it, whereas before he would be grunting and screaming two days before it finally came out! So relieved!

Sorry for the selfish post! Hopefully I will be able to keep up from now on! Happy six months to all bubbies!

Prama - Wish you a very good and safe flight back to Australia!!

Esther

[prama]

esme - welcome back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
glad all is well!!!
fennel tea! i'll go look for it in the health food shops

sue - sophie's a big girl!!!!! xoxox

Poopy's 6mths today!!! cant believe he;s 0.5of a year!

question with solids:
are you girls giving a milk feed before or after solids?
poopy is so fussy with his milk feed but is so much better w solids.he drinks 180ml.
i was giving him his 3rd feed just solids with abt 30 or 60ml of milk in it. I was just told that i should him his milk first then solids. but if he has 180ml, then he wont want his solids, and it will be too much for him. dont want him to get obese.
how much milk should i give before his solids, or how much after.
is it ok to skip milk feed and just give solids? he takes about the size of the baby food jar.

thanks all

oh, sorry, i still have no idea what these net feeders are.............

[Sueby]

Hi Guys,

Prama -- its a bit tricky to know what to give them when. I have a great book called Baby and Toddler meals by Robin Barker. It gives recipes and a guide on how to introduce solids, although I found some of the information differed from what the Maternal and Child Health Nurse gave us.

Anyway as guide

Early Morning 4.30 - 6 am breast/bottle feed

Mid Morning 9 -11am Breast/bottle feed
fruit/cereal

Early Afternoon 1-3 Breast/bottle feed
pureed vegies/ baby pumkin soup
rice and vegie puree

Early evening 4.30 - 7pm Breastfeed/bottlefeed
vegies / chicken soup etc

I introduced the evening meal first with the boys and then gave a breast/bottle feed before bed. After a few weeks I introduced lunch and the breast/bottle feed was after the meal.

Generally at this stage if you offer the breast/bottle first and then offer solids half an hour or an hour later. But if Lakshman is more interested in solids at a particular time of day just feed him then!! and then give him a drink a little later.

The net feeder is shaped like a big dummy with a net on the bottom half, it has a lid and you can put soft age appropriate food in it and give it to bub to munch on. The idea being their will be no lumps or bumps.

Hope this helps it is just a guide and some days they eat more than others so see how you go!!

Sue xx

[prama]

sue - thanks heaps!

when you give a bottle feed, i assume you're giving the full amount and then followed by solids.
but if i give lakshman solids first, i dont think he will drink his full 180 half an hr later.
even with his bottles after 4hrs he doesnt want tofinish it all. im giving him his bottle first and tehn will give his solids half an hr later, im just worried he wont eat that.
sigh...

thanks so much for your guide, it does give me an idea what to do

i just bought that book off ebay a week ago. will check it uot when i go back!

[Sueby]

Prama -- yes DD has a full bottle. If she has slept all night she has her milk and then about an hour later she has a few teaspoons of rice cereal. She is still having 4 - 5 bottles a day but usually 4. She then has solids again early evening around 4.30 - 5.30 but she isn't liking the vegies so again at the moment it is rice cereal with a teaspoon of vegies to try. DD isn't that interested in her solids as yet so she is still having plenty of milk.

Each baby is different. If lakshman isn't finishing his milk maybe give him half a bottle prior to his solids and then offer the other half a little later. He might be ready to drop a feed if he is eating enough solids. But milk is the most important at this stage and solids are just getting them used to different tastes etc

With the guide I gave you, it is often a few months before they are actually eating 3 meals a day. If Lakshman is hungry at a certain time maybe offer his solids first and then give him his milk after??? and then see how he goes with his other drinks during the day. He will drink what he needs so don't worry too much I know its hard.

Anyway enough rambling from me
have a good day and a safe trip home. I can't believe how quick the time has gone for you.

Oh and Happy 6 months to my DD today

Sue

[prama]

thanks so much sue! i understand things better.
he was so hungry and crying his eyes out, and then only drank 120 of his 180. he's fallen asleep. when he wakes up, will give him a little bit of his solids.
tbh i was actually happy giving him solids, cos he ate it all up and there was less worry abotu him drinking his milk. ive asked his doc if i should change his formula but he said it wasnt neccessary.

HAPPY SIx MONTHS SOPHIE!! you're a big girl now!!