Babies Born February 2008 #5

[danda]

Hi Girls,
Yes, I know....long time, no post. I do read this thread regularly but for a million and one reasons, never get around to posting. Even now I won't post much cos I am off to bath Zoe (she has no nappy on)....but I have a quick question I need to ask Prama!
Zoe and I just landed in Singapore (to see Nanna...my mum) and I have already been eaten by mozzies. Just wondering what you did for Poopy as far as keeping the mozzies away? are there any baby safe repellants?
Anyone else have any ideas?
Thanks heaps....i promise i will post again soon with a proper update.

[prama]

hi danda!

i think you cant use repellents until 6 months or 1 year on bub's skin.... i cant remember.
we didnt have a lot of mozzies, some at night... i got a mosquito net over his cot. even then, i missed one or two that snuck in.. just be careful of the dawn and dusk mozzies, there can be those aedes mozzies that carry dengue fever...
if you at home you can light up sandalwood incense that gets rid of mozzies. the other option is to spray but a bit iffy for bubs....


bun - yeah, those charts really got me worried about poopy.. i'm a bit better now but i was always looking at them and worrying abt him.
he's ok w his solids but i wish he was more into his milk... i guess you cant have both!


esme - dont worry too much, i know it's worrying when your child doesnt want solids, but he will. i know it's easier said than done. and you tend to compare w other bubs here. i do that too. but jasper will eat when he's ready.


CAUTION:

1. DO NOT FEED CHILD BEETROOT WHEN CHILD IS WEARING WHITE
2. DO NOT FEED CHILD BEETROOT AND PUT HIM/HER DOWN ON MAT/CARPET, THEY MIGHT CHUCK UP BEETROOT ON MAT/CARPET

yup, that's what happened today!

[Sueby]

Prama - you are gorgeousthanks for the laugh he he he hadn't even thought of beetroot.
You'll have to join the domestic goddess thread to find outhow to get rid of the stain

Sue

ps have a good day everyone

[Esme]

LOL, thanks for the warning Prama!!!! We are getting new carpet next month..... I noticed carrot stains yesterday, hope they come out in the wash. My MIL bought Jasper those 'bibs' that have sleeves and are made of water proof material; they are great!

Bun - Without all that conflicting information out there I would not have been worried at all. He is happy, healthy, has fat rolls and learns new tricks sometimes everyday. It is just that some information and HCN make you feel that something is/could be wrong! I read a good theory here on BellyBelly; the 'deserted island' theory: would you be worried if you were living on a deserted island? If not, then don't worry!

[jenjams]

Morning ladies,

Esme- There is a safe cot bumper! I was having the same problem with Amber. She was rolling and moving around her cot and getting her legs stuck in the cot bars. Then one of the lovely Jan ladies told me she got a product called airwrap. If you google airwrap it is the first one there. It is a meshy kind of one where the air flows and they cant get their fingers stucks etc. Big W seem to have it a little cheaper than the baby shops.

Prama- hahaha. Not funny in your household I would imagine. We havent tried beetroot yet. I cringe at the thought.

Hi to Sue, Danda, Bun and all the lovely ladies out there. Amber has woken so must be off.

Oh and we go through SO many bibs these days. I need to have an everlasting supply.

[prama]

will look up air wrap!

yes, i wasnt thinking when i made a HUGE batch of beetrrot

[Esme]

Thanks Jen! Will look it up. He seems to have settled a little (touch wood...). The last few nights he has slept quite well, so hopefully it was just a wonder week. He is rearranging his daysleeps too; going to 2-3 daysleeps with 2 long ones and 1 0.5 hr one. He goes down a lot easier and sleeps for longer; I can finally get some stuff done around the house (not that it is clean and tidy now; just lost my excuse for not having it tidy ).

Now another story.... at lunchtime I sat down with Jasper to eat lunch; offered him some rice cereal with apple off a spoon; mr. didn't like it. He turned his head away and refused to eat it. I tried a few more times and was about to give up. I thought I let him play with his spoon, so I gave him the spoon with some cereal still on it and he started to suck it of the spoon while he was holding it. I went and got myself another spoon and tried to feed him while he was playing with the first spoon, but mr. Cheeky dropped the empty spoon, grabbed the full spoon and started to eat the cereal. I kept filling up the empty spoon and giving it to him and the whole portion of cereal was gone in no time (and most of it into his mouth too)! I couldn't believe my eyes! Even the couple of teaspoons of carrot I gave him for a taste went down this way without too much gagging!
At least I know now that he is ready for solids, I might just have to try the Baby Led Solids, but DP is a bit apprehensive about the gagging/choking risk... It is so messy letting him feed himself purees. This way I won't be able to feed him solids when we are out and about; he gets it absolutely everywhere. But at least I know he will eat solids .

[Bun]

esme - that's funny as that is how I used to get solids into DD! Even that doesn't work sometimes these days, but it works well a lot of the time. I'm glad you have found a way to feed him! I also can't feed DD when out anywhere because it is so messy, and I have to change DD's entire outfit after each feed, but at least some food gets in! BTW, I love your deserted island theory.

danda - good to hear from you!

prama - he he, that beetroot story made me laugh. I don't think we will be ready for beetroot for a long time, DD makes enough of a mess as it is!