Hope you are all well, and getting some more sleep...
Georgia is sprouting her first two bottom teeth, i discovered these cute little pearly gums the other day...so they are not far from cutting...poor little bubba, no wonder shes been grumpy, and awake every hour! My local chemist also sells a blend for teething that helps ease the discomfort, and help bubs sleep...so i gave it a go for the past two nights... worked like a charm thank the stars..I was feeling ****ty with no sleep... at was altering my personality Georgia slept from 7:30pm till 6am!! and last night she went down at 7:30pm, awake at 3:30am...stuck the dummy back in her jib, and she slept til 6am! NICE! hoping to have the same again tonight... the chemist recommended to give her this mixture for a week, to get her back into a routine..as he said its better for her to be rested, and comfortable... than to let her suffer... plus it works for me too! We all get some sleep... which is good for the sanity!
KELLY - Hope you're feeling better... i think we are all in the same boat for the moment.. Im sure it will get better.. Hope Charlotte sleeps heaps tonight...'sleepy vibes'
CASSIE - Sounds like Dylan and Georgia are on the same page with solids - Georgia has had the same things that your bubba has tried... Im not sure when to introduce cheese or meat? Whats your plan with that?
Em - 'Sleepy vibes' to Charlie too! Awww..poor you
DUSTMITE - Oh my goodness FIVE teeth, which ones?? poor little darling... I thought Georgia was doing it hard! Poor little man.. Did he start refusing feeds recently? Georgia WILL NOT drink a full bottle... up till now, she was on 200ml per feed... now im lucky if she takes 100ml ... teething symptom maybe? How has Corban been with feeds?
Hope I have all your names right?!! Sorry if I made any mistakes Gals!
Carlys Not sure about when to introduce the meat and cheese but one of the girls in my mothers group has this book that steps the introduction of solids out for you and she is bringing me some photocopied pages tomorrow to our mothers group session so I will tell you what that says. I think I am going to introuduce cheese into Dylans vegies first just a little grated cheese and at some stage in the next couple of weeks try some pureed chicken though not sure on that as I don't know how well chicken will puree. Anyway just wanted to answer your question. What is the stuff you have that the chemist recommended for teething/sleep?
tip for adding meat ...cook chicken/beef and then freeze it in whole piece - take it out frozen and grate a little into purreed vegies - works perfectly - fine grated it can be eaten easily .Either cut off a small piece or grate it as chunk and put back in freezer.
Years ago with Ds (13) I could never get it pureed enoguh or chop small enough and he chewed it for ages (teeth) and then would end up spitting it out.
Goes like grated chocolate flakes. I can use small garte or large grate for later.
Cooper was SOOOOOO good on Friday! He has settled on his own for 3 sleeps. He maybe grizzled for about 10 minutes but I didn't need to go in at all. But they were still short naps – only 30 minutes. Also he actually OPENED his mouth for food on Friday! Yay! He still wasn't enthusiastic but when I put the spoon near him he opened up. I wouldn't say he was begging for the food but at least I didn't have to trick him. It was the first time since we've started that I've really felt like he's eating properly. That was Day 14 of solids. Since then I've tried banana and he didn't seem to like that and wouldn't open up.
He's still waking early. Around 4.00 am or 4.30 am. Yesterday was a shocker. He woke at 4.00 am and had a feed but then wouldn't go back to sleep! This morning he woke even earlier at 3.30 am. But at least he went back to bed after I fed him. I tried to resettle him as I KNOW he can sleep through the night until 5.00 am without a feed. But he seemed wide awake and wouldn't go back to sleep so I gave in and fed him (he was crying loudly). Maybe a growth spurt? I have no idea what's with the waking! I do know that "Baby Love" has a section on night waking after 6 months and says it's not uncommon for babies who have slept through, to start waking and calling out for a feed. I'll have to re-read it.
Baby~amore - Gee that's so funny that Joel loves solids and Sam doesn't! As for the Fresh Food Feeder by Tommee Tippee, you can buy them in Big W, Target, Coles etc.
Mads - I've also tried different combos with Cooper (re solids). When I try a new fruit or vegie I try it on it's own, then with Farex etc. It doesn't seem to make a difference! I've tried each vegie for a few days and then moved on.
So far I've done:
Day 1-4 = plain Farex
Day 4-6 = Pumpkin / Farex
Day 7-8 = plain Farex
Day 8-11 = Sweet potato / Farex
Day 11-15 = Pear / Farex
Day 16 = Banana / Farex
I also wanted to try vegies first but I gave in because he wasn't eating anything! But then he didn't even take to the pear straight away either. I think when he got the hang of it on Day 14 it was just that - he finally "got it". It wasn't because it was fruit IYKWIM.
Here is some info someone gave me:
Research has shown that babies opt for familiar foods, so offer your baby a new food up to 10 times before concluding that they don't like it. This can, of course, prove frustrating, but keep your manner calm and measured so your baby doesn't associate feed times with negative feelings.
kmh - Just Google Tommee Tippee Fresh Food Feeder so you can see a pic. Otherwise there are some photos in my Yahoo website below of Cooper using one. They are little mesh bags on a handle. You can put pieces of food in the bag for bubs to taste and they can't chew off and choke on large bits. It can also be used as a teether. I put ice cubes in it for Cooper to suck! Otherwise he waves it around like it's a rattle!
Cooper still feeds about 3 hourly most of the time - 5 feeds per day. I would like to continue BFing after Cooper turns 1 year old. That's my plan anyway! And yes I still leak. I wear breast pads 24/7. I have quite a big let down so when I feed Cooper the other boob leaks. And of course I leak overnight too.
RoyaUK - Holy cow... 1 hour to feed Sarina! You are patient. Does she still seem interested after that time? I only spend about 5 minutes feeding Cooper. He ends up turning his head or clamping his lips together! I'm still only trying solids once a day until he gets the hang of it properly. Then I'll introduce a second meal. I don't want to waste food!
CC - Ally is chowing down that food - well done!
carlys - Well done for exclusively expressing for so long. That's wonderful. You should be proud.
About introducing meat and cheese... A book I have says dairy products from 7 months and meat from 7 months.
Dustmite - Wowee 5 teeth! Poor little man.
Fraser - Hang in there mate!
Cassie - I might try that tip of the same bed time routine for all naps. I only have a routine for night time bed time. But I might do story etc at other naps?
thank the stars..I was feeling ****ty with no sleep... at was altering my personality
Georgia slept from 7:30pm till 6am!! and last night she went down at 7:30pm, awake at 3:30am...stuck the dummy back in her jib, and she slept til 6am! NICE! hoping to have the same again tonight... the chemist recommended to give her this mixture for a week, to get her back into a routine..as he said its better for her to be rested, and comfortable... than to let her suffer... plus it works for me too! We all get some sleep... which is good for the sanity!
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