Kell - I can't believe your mum. WTF?!? How could she be like that to you and the kids... Did you hold back or rip it up and tell her how it makes you feel about then organising it so you can't make it? WHOA! It's like you're not even allowed to get your kids what you want to get them for Christmas without your mum chucking a fit. I'm glad your ILs are cool. I'm sorry.
Missy - Sounds like Liam is going great guns with solids. YAY! How long did you just give him plain farex for?
Tasia - Go Jonathan with his solids!!! I'm glad your MIL finally got the hint to back off. I don't know how you do it. I know I don't think I could handle a MIL doing that kinda stuff to me alot. I'm lucky we don't see MIL very often. Thank godddddd!
Zee - Thinking of you today!!
Tan - I hope the party went ok yesterday and the SILs stayed out of your way.
We gave Bubbablue some farex yesterday arvo cause DP wanted to give it to him first. Only screwed his face up the first couple of times then was alright with it. I got a couple photos which I'll upload later if I remember. (I'm still very forgetful as if I've still go really bad pg brain!)
I have so many questions about starting solids you'd think I've never done it before.
I've forgotten everything from DS1's baby time. It's been almost 5yrs but still I thought I'd remember at least a little.
Do you give it to them before or after a bottle?
Do you give your bubba farex in the morning/afternoon or what?
I'm sure I'll have plenty more quesitons to come to. Lol.
xx
Last edited by Jewel; December 15th, 2008 at 08:37 AM.
Tenny.. always give after a bottle as formula is most important in their diet until they are 12 months. Solids are just to get use to it iykwim. With Jesse his first lot of solids i gave during the middle of the day (say lunch time) so that if it effected him in any way i would see before he went to bed that night. But then when he started on 2 meals a day i moved the farex to breakfast and the other to either lunch or dinner. If i was starting a new food he would have it at lunch so again could see if it effected him. So by the time he was having 3 meals it was Farex for breakfast, fruit for lunch and vegies for dinner. But again always after the bottle. If you find hes too full straight after the bottle.. leave the solids for 1/2 an hour and then give them to him.
No i didnt say anything back to her, though now i wish i did.. but when it comes up again i will be. Yeh i know. I dont know what has changed in my mum since Jesse was born but man she aint the same person no more.
Kel - pfft to your mum.. whats up with her - some families huh... can't kill em...
Tenny - I think I waited 2 hours after a bottle with DS for solids - but he was on 4 hourly feeds... haven't thought about Miss M yet cos we still got a month and a half till we even go there - plus I'll be doing the baby led solids so no farex or pureed stuff here.
Hi to everyone else.. think I'm about to get busted!! See ya!!!!
*mwah*
have a good day all.
Oh and i applied for a new job last night - fingers crossed for me ok!?
Yeah, we gave his first solids yesterday about an hour and a half after his bottle, I think.. when we got home from the shopping. I might keep doing the middle of the day thing thought. That's a good idea. I've never thought about it like that like in case something happened. The middle of the day suits me better anyways since I like to give him his first bottle laying in bed with me anyways. hehehe.
I can't believe your mum is like that. I hardly see my mum. I thought once I moved into my own place she'd be around to see me and the boys, but so far nadda and she def. doesn't see us in the school holidays either. It's not my loss though. It's hers!
I'm thinking we're teething again. I mentioned before I thought he was last week but then dismissed it, but I'm pretty sure he's started now. In a way I can't wait for those cute little toothiepegs to show themselves but then I don't want them to. :P
Mel - YAY for applying for a new job. I hope you get it!! Are you guys still thinking of moving????I know this might sound dumb but what exactly is baby led solids?
We're on 3hourly feeds here and lately he hasn't finished all his bottles. Maybe he had this HUGEEEEEEE SUPER DUPER growth spurt and now he's going back to normal. He's such a porky. He's my little porkypie!
Last edited by Jewel; December 15th, 2008 at 09:23 AM.
Grr lost my big post that I did in reply Tenny... hate that!!!!
Search BLS on the forums here - they have great information - its just basically no pureed food, and no spooning, letting the child feed themselves fingers of fruits and vegies, so they determine what they put in their mouths and how much - not shovelled in by someone else who wants them to eat - if you know what I mean? I'm not saying this is the right way to approach feeding - this is just the right way for us ya know?
And yeah we will be moving if I get this job. I'll be working full time and DH will be staying at home with the kids and getting business on the side and probably working at nights too stackin shelves or something (works out better if I get this job cos its paid maternity leave)
Awww had a nice breccy with my friend this morning. Always ends up at 12 or longer...lol Am home just waisting time as I have to go to Callum's school for his xmas party. That will be nice. Glad it isnt hot.
Am trying to down load photos on FB but its stuffing up.
Hope you enjoy the book Lindsay I know I am. Good luck too. No Tina isnt coming. SHe said she will have us over in the new year.
Anastasia im sure he will stop with the toungue too hun. Liam wasnt doing that so Im not sure. Cant wait to start the vegies. That will be interesting. Sorry about your MIL, maybe tell her to back off abit.
Kell im really sorry about your family. I cant believe they are doing this. I hope they wake up to their selves. :hugs: See ya Wednesday!!
Tenny Ive always given Liam puree apples with his farex. He doesnt seem to pull face when I do but have given it to him with out apple too and he pulls faces. I know they dont really know the difference but I have always put apples in babies farex. Thats just me. Always give formular first hun. I give Liam his bottle say between 7-9 then 1/2 later his farex and so on with the lunch and dinner one. Bottle first.
Arimeh hey hun how are you. Hope you get the job!! What doing??
Just popped in to say good morning!
We finally got our money today woohoooo! So off to the shops i go lol. Have ordered my GHD online too this morning so that should arrive in the next few days. Going to go in search of a Brum car this morning.
Missy - all is well here - you? The job is in the police force for admin work - so will see if I get an interview or not. Have a good time at the xmas party!!!
Kel - woohoo on getting your money!!! I remember DS liking that show too. Haven't seen it in a while though. I don't know if we'll get our money before xmas or not, I keep checking and nothing yet. Ours is going to pay off the tv we had on interest free (which expires in March) so nothing special for anyone - not even a new nappy!!!! hehehe
It is really quiet in here.
Not much going on... DS is watching Alvin and the Chipmunks - he can say Chipmunks now - last month he was still calling them monkeys.. lol....
Had a busy day here shopping!
I have now hooraaayyy finished our Christmas shopping woooohooo! Apart from FIL but DH has to figure out what to buy yet. Got Jesse his Brum car.. hes gonna love it when he sees it. Picked up our Wii! woo! So will be having a crack at that tonight with DH once kiddies are in bed. Bought a few games for it too. Bought some clothes for the kids as Kmart is 40% off kids clothes atm!! BIG saving!
Keira's KK arrived today! OH the little top and shorts are absolutely GORGEOUS!!!! A big THANK YOU to our KK person!!! Absolutely love it! Cant wait to go out again so i can dress her in it and take some photos! Thank you so much again! You have great taste!
Tan.. oh poor thing yeh the teething sux hey. I found yesterday though for Keira the bonjela would work for an hour or something then she was grizzling at her gums again. So had to opt for panadol. Tan oh thats great Jayden is eating so well. I have a terrible time getting Jesse to eat. Good you sorted it out with your SIL.
Mel.. Good luck with the job hun!!!! :fingerscrossed: for ya!!! yeh its on Cbeebies on fox. Only on a few times a day though i think but Jess has a dvd of it.. so Brums the flavour of the month atm. Thanks hun.. yeh unfort you cant choose your family.
Missy.. hope you had a good day at the party.
Tenny.. exactly! Theyre missing out. Oh i hear you on the teething.. little buggers those teeth are.. lets hope they get some toothie pegs soon and arent teething for months on end!
Well DH is on his way home.. better go get Jess some dinner.. we're just having left over home made pizza from last night. Mr fussy poohead wont eat that.. so maybe will get him some fish fingers.
Mel - Oh wow. That's interesting and a great idea for starting foods. I feel like such a fool for not even knowing what it is. We start with farex and purees then when he can hold the finger foods properly he'll be right into those.. and if he's anything like his brother was it'll be for the best. DS1 was such a fussy eater when he was little.. still kinda is but if he's hungry he'll eat whatever I give him or have a piece of fruit since there is always fruit here. I'm such a mean mummy. :P
WOW. Your job sounds great. I really hope you get it! Alvin and the Chipmunks is a cool movie. It'll always remind me of my labour with Bubbablue cause I had that to watch that night he was born. Lol.
Kell - YAY for getting your Wii. I hope you have a great time testing it out. DP and I are bad, we got Elijah a portable dvd player and we tested it out before I wrapped it. How naughty of us. It's reallllllllllly good too. How's your little miss going with the teething?
I hope she's going ok.
Mez - I hope your DD feels better soon. Bubbablue still has a tiny bit of a cough from his flu from the other week. The colds and flus seem to just hanggggg around so long. It's awful. I hope you and DH don't get it either.
Missy - That's such a cute video of Liam on FB. I think I'll start with the apple puree in the farex next week or something. Idk yet.
Tasia, Pixie, SW, Belle, Zee, Feeb, Sweetpea, Bear and anyone else I might have accidently missed. I hope you're all going great!
Sorry, my attempt at personals was so lazy. I'll try better next time.
Thank you all so much for answering my dumb questions about solids. I thought all this would come flooding back to me from when Elijah was a baby but it's not really. Yesterday when I gave him the farex straight after his first bottle I was thinking it wasn't the same as what we did with Elijah but I couldn't remember how it all worked. Lol. Today i moved it to the middle of the day and it worked out better for me cause I wasn't all doing housework and trying to get Elijah's breakfast at the same time, etc etc.
I uploaded a couple pictures of his first go at farex. Here and here.
Today we had Santa photos. We thought Bubbablue was going to cry but once he was distracted he was right and smiled away... Elijah on the other hand wasn't in the mood but we did manage to get a decent smile out of him by the end. I would put it on here for you guys to see but I don't know where our scanner is or if the cords are all with it.
Teething is going okay here so far. The days are full or whinges and clingyness, but so far the nights haven't been disrupted. I've got everything crossed the nights stay that way too. The bonjella seems to be helping somewhat sometimes. I'm also hoping he's a fast teether like Elijah was, and I was when I was little too.
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Tasia, Pixie, SW, Belle, Zee, Feeb, Sweetpea, Bear and anyone else I might have accidently missed. I hope you're all going great!
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