Babies Born February 2008 #5

[Esme]

Hi all,

I am back. Bubby back in bed for second sleep... he keeps rolling himself against the sides of the cot and starts screaming . Hopefully he will get the hang of moving around without getting stuck soon, as it makes it a lot harder to settle him.

Will try to do some personals;

Bun - How is Catherine sleeping? Hopefully you got more of those beautiful nights sleep!

Sue - Sophie seems to be growing very well! They don't fit in their clothes for too long don't they? We will have to go for a checkup soon, can't wait to find out what Jasper is up to.

Jen - OMG, can you start Amber on meat already! Go girl; great that she loves her solids! Wish Jasper was the same... makes me think we are falling behind a bit too much. Still on a teaspoon of rice cereal or teaspoon of apple a day that gets met with a very dark look and after one of two goes he turns away his head.

A question for any of the breastfeeding girls; on how many feeds a day are you now? We are still on 6 to 8 feeds a day, just wondering if I should cut back a bit, or whether that would do more harm than good...

Minky - love Noah's pic! He's got so much hair! Jasper just has patchy little wisps of reddish hair. Makes him look a lot younger; when we went in for his needles the nurse wanted to get the two month needles out...

Ash - Looks like Alex is doing really well! A very cute photo! How are you going? Still battling your way up?

Prama - Welcome back!!! How was your trip? Must have been quite an adventure on your own with Lakshman; I admire you for doing it! Did he behave himself for mummy? Hope you are all settled in at home and are able to get Lakshman into a better night routine...

To everyone else I have missed; hope you are all doing well!!

[jenjams]

Hi Esme- I hope your cold gets better very soon and you get some decent sleep. Amber was rolling in her cot too. But now I have her sleep in her sleeping bacg during the day and try and tuck her in as much as possible. Since she started her day sleeps in her sleeping bag, she has been so much better.
We are still breastfeeding. Amber is on 5-6 a day but then again she has 2 full solid meals a day with cereal and fruit in the morning and vegies in the evening. I dont think Jasper is falling behind. Some babies just like food more than others. My MCHN told me once that babies who dont eat too much earlier on will have a heartier appetite later on and the ones who eat like a horse (like my one for example!) will not eat as much.
Jasper sounds happy with his playing so you must be doing something right!

Sue- I cant believe all the different information people give us. I guess maybe because my girl inhales everything I give her, she may be ready for meat? Who knows. I will increase to 3 meals a day next week and see how she goes.

We are going to the pool this afternoon. I took Amber the other day and had a small play and she enjoyed herself. Will see how she goes this arvo.

Prama- Are you back?

Ash- Well done on making 6 months breastfeeding mate. Sensational effort.

Hi Bun, Roya, Jacki, oh dear I am missing people sorry!

[prama]

i just did a post and got an error.
esme- hope you get better. wat horrid weather to get back too.
we were good on the plane thanks. i didnt go in till 30mins before boarding time, as i was spending time w my family. so straight fr immigation to gate to plane as it was boarding time. i did find putting stuff thru the xray at the gate hard w him on the sling, but ppl helped lifting my bag onto the machine. it was a night flight so fell asleep before dinner (what a blessing!!!) and slept most of it. and his toy entertained him most of the other time.

poopy keeps waking up at night, couple of times. yest didntpick him up and feed him but patted him and he seemed to settle back.

jj - do you give milk, bfast, milk lunch, milk dinner. how much gap between milk and solids?

i was told too we can give meat but fish and chicken but red meat later as it's harder to digest.

have to run.. hope this post comes thru

[jenjams]

Prama- We do roughly:
6am ish- Milk
8am- brekky being cereal and fruit
10ish- milk
2ish- milk
4ish- tea being vegies
6ish- milk
8ish- bath then milk at about 830

times do vary but thats roughly it. When we add in the lunch it will be around noon i guess. My god then she will be non stop eating. I have bought some chicken mince to steam up but might wait a week or so.

[prama]

thanks JJ.
gosh, it will start to seem they are constantly eating every few hours isnt it..

[Bun]

Hi guys.

Well, we were doing great with DD's sleep until the last 2 nights. She was sleeping from roughly 7pm to 6am with one wake for a feed and then going straight back to sleep again, but the last 2 nights she has woken up at 11pm and then screamed for most of the rest of the night! I think she may be teething as I can feel something rough on her gum at the front. She also got very upset for a couple of days after her needles, they really seemed to affect her this time, the poor little thing. I hope these teeth come through soon and she starts sleeping better again, I was just getting used to having an ok night's sleep!

JJ - DD sure loves her food, hey! Good on her, I hope she likes meat too. I hope she enjoyed the pool. We have just started new swimming lessons which are going well so far.

prama - sounds like DS was a dream on the flight back home. What a good boy!

sue - I tried one of those net things, but DD doesn't seem to be interested which is a bugger! I thought maybe I would finally be able to get some solids into her! I will try again when she is a little older and see how we go then.

minky - that's funny about DS! DD doesn't seem to have noticed her nether regions yet. She is too busy in the bath trying to put her feet in her mouth most of the time!

esme - good to see you back. It sounds like you have had a bit of a rough time lately. I hope things get easier soon. My DD isn't into solids much yet either. I don't know why I bother, but I try to feed her twice a day. She insists on feeding herself, so we end up with food everywhere and I am not sure if any actually goes down her throat. I think some bubs can just take a bit of time to get used to solids, I know that my sister wouldn't touch them until 8 months and she was fine. We are on 5 BFs a day and two small meals (that is if she will actually swallow any!) and she is becoming a little fatty!

Hi to everyone else, I hope you are going well

[Esme]

Hi all!

Feeling a lot better; it must have been a case of the winter blues! We have had quite nice weather lately so we have been able to get out and go for walks and Jasper's cold is getting better. Thanks for 'listening' and the reassuring words; very much appreciated!

Jenjams - great that DD loves her food so much! How did the swimming go?

Bun - How is Catherine sleeping? Jasper has been waking up more frequently too over the last couple of weeks (2-3 times) the last couple of days he has slept quite well again, so hopefully it was temporary... He seems to be getting a tooth too; top one first by the looks of it! I have decided to go the way of BLS for now, just to get Jasper used to the feel and taste of food in a fun way. When he starts to actually eat a bit, I will try spoon feeding again. The last couple of days he had a couple of wedges of avocado for lunch and spoons coated in rice cereal. I don't think he actually swallowed any, but at least he had fun!

Prama - How are you coping being back in the country? Everything OK? I found it very hard those first weeks; missed my family a lot . A little better now. Is Lakshman sleeping a little better?

Hi to everyone else! It is very quiet in here, so everything must be going ok.

Little boy is awake; BBL...