Babies Born July 16th ~ 31st 2008 #8

[somewoman]

Arimeh dont stress jacob is also laid back!!

I almost wish she was more laid back!!

Whilst it is most cool to see her doing these things (and extremely cute!!), it's still scary as hell!! We really expected to have longer before this started, thus longer to prepare ourselves and the house for her getting to everything.

We have now gated the area where the cat food is - heading between the kitchen and the laundry, and also gated the bathroom (open plan three way bathroom, so can't just shut the door to the vanity area as there is no door), and we have magnetic locks on pretty much everything that isn't gated that can be opened from short person height. We have a four sided small-ish playpen in hubby's office, and have on order a big 6 sided one for the lounge area - just waiting for new stock to arrive. Don't think we've spent this much on baby stuff since we bought the cot and/or the pram!!

[thepixie]

SW saw the crawling video and all i can say is - you and DH are in so much trouble!!!! My god, that is scary!
Mel LOL about too laid back to come out of the womb!!!
Tasia hope J was OK with his shots
Kel hope you had a better night last night
Feeb is Jacob teething? maybe that was why he was off his food.
Well, we are having serious nap issues. She still sleeps through the night (which is great don't get me wrong) but I'm at a loss to know what is going on with her naps. she only seems to fall asleep on the breast, in the car or in the stroller. Last night I battled with her for hours.... she was nearly asleep and then the Bear came home and we had to start all over again.... but yeah yesterday she had 2.5 hrs sleep between 7am and 10pm . I keep thinking I'm going to stop trying to put her to sleep and just let her crash where she falls... but then she falls asleep (ie feeding, in the car or the pram) and I try to put her in bed, she wakes up and cracks it, but I try to put her to sleep because I figure she must be tired anyway that's my whinge! Gave her farex yesterday afternoon (I wasn't going to but she saw me eating cereal yesterday morning and tried to steal it) and omg she loved it! I had to make more!

[ShootingStar]

Morning..

We have Jesses orientation day this morning so cant stay for long.

Pixie.. Keiras only really having 2 day sleeps now. One in the morning from about 8.30amish and the other from around lunch time. I just let her fall asleep where ever she is. I dont bother trying to get her to sleep as i figure she will just sleep when shes tired. Id leave her hun if shes falling asleep there ok. Keira during the day mostly sleeps in her rocker. If im holding her and she falls asleep then ill put her in bed but otherwise i just leave her. At night yeh ill transfer her but shes usually out like a light then. I figure that way at least shes getting use to falling asleep in different environments iykwim. So hopefully she'll then be able to sleep anywhere.

Sw.. oh wow thats pretty good! Have fun baby proofing!!

Tasia.. i would maybe try just cut back on the milk. Give him 200mls and see how he goes. Keiras only on 200mls doesnt always finish it and the tin says she should be having 250mls from 4 months. The tins are just a guide. So he could just be bringing back up what he doesnt need cos his tummys full.

Ok thats all i have time for have to run.
Hope you all have a good day.

[Arimeh]

Morning all

Anastasia - I agree with kel - I was going to suggest cutting down on the amount of milk too. DD only has around 180/160 ml each bottle, some days she will have 5 bottles, sometimes 6 bottles.

Pixie - must mean Beth is pretty laid back too yay with the solids - glad she likes them. DD is starting to look at our food when we are eating it, but not making out that she is annoyed that we are eating and she isn't. Think she will be fine on her bottles for a while yet.

Not much going on today. Thinking of taking the kids into work to show them off... if I can be bothered... lol

[Anastasia]

Good morning everyone

Kel and Mel- Jonathan is having 3 bottles every 6 hrs 250mls but he doen't drink it all. He would leave 140mls behind. I have an app with health nurse 2d and i will also ask her as well.

[Arimeh]

Anastasia - yeah I think me and kel are trying to say that maybe if you pop an extra bottle in the mix (so four bottles) but reduce them to 200ml (reduces wastage anyway!)

[Anastasia]

Mel- oh ok, and how many hrs would i need to give the bottle to him every 4 or 5 hrs?

[Arimeh]

I would still be giving him a bottle every 4 hours or so.

Milk is still their primary source of food until they are 1. So if he is chucking it up, he might be too full from the food, which is what they recommend to try to stay away from doing. If they drop down their milk consumption after starting solids, its usually recommended that you cut down on food.