Babies Born July 2006 #6

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?

Mads- that is just wonderful, yay for Freya getting to sleep by her self. I can only hope things improve for you, good luck for the rest of the week.

I was talking to a lady that used to work at a sleep school, and she was saying that Charlotte isn't taking to solids because she is still waking for night feeds, also that she should be sleeping through the night and she is only waking becuase she is so used to waking and needs (.)(.) to go back to sleep. I have rang another sleep school today and will get a phone call towards the end of the month and everyone i have been talking to says that we need to attend sleep school but for a few nights. I really hate leaving Charlotte to cry, but i really need some more sleep. Latley she has been going to bed about 10-11pm and then waking around 2am and then 6am and then getting up for the day about 8:30am.

Fee- Cooper is getting really big, I will have to look for that food thing, looks great.

Well, looks like everyone is getting at least some answers about the lack of sleep we are having!... That is very interesting about the self settling thing... I have been doing a bit of controlled crying... (almost in tears myself during, by the way!) only ever let her cry for about four minutes at the absolute most... as in, one minute, then come in and roll her on her side facing away from me, doing "shh shh shh" pat pat pat... until she stops...then leaving the room...for two mins... and repeating, then three, and repeating...by the time it gets to three or four times shes asleep... have only had to do it three times, and nows shes getting the picture...and seems to settle and sleep longer when she self settles (as opposed to being nursed to sleep or rocked).. so there is light at the end of this sleep deprived tunnel! Its hard to cope with controlled crying, but I have heard the same thing..its like a 'getting it out of their system' thing..and they relax and learn to self settle..I was strongly against it myself, but after a week of no more than one hour stretches of sleep..I had to try something... !!

Cassie - the teething mixture I get is a blend my local chemist makes.. its not a self bought remedy.. it has paracetamol and a gentle antehistamine.. its a VERY low dose, everyone in Ballarat swears by it.. and it does seem to provide some rest and comfort...more than just panadol.

take care all

Carls xo

Hi all,
well i am not coping the best over night, i got Charlotte done about 9:20am after her being rocked to sleep, and then i went to bed just after 9:30, we were back up at 10:30 for a feed, into bed, back up at 12:20 to come into bed with me awake and tossing at 1:30 till 2:20 then another feed and then in bed till 6:45, feed back into bed till 8:50am, so I am getting sleep buts not until early morning, I rang a sleep school again and hopefully they will get back to me by tonight, or if a calcelation happens just for a phone call.

Cassie- how is Dylan going with his sleep?

hey guys - well after a couple of really rotten nights Charlie has sprouted two teeth!! bottom two at the front - it's really strange - I was so excited when I felt them I almost dropped him! what a clever boy. *sniff* my baby is growing up.....


Mads - yaay for the tresillian lady - how are things now with madam?

Kelly - hang in there - perhaps Charlotte is about to pop a tooth too!

Carly - :hug: I think when you get to the point where they wont sleep you need to try everything - sounds like you're doing a fantastic job - well done

Cassie - how is Dylan going - has a tooth popped out yet?

Fee - You are the most organised person I think I know!!! gawd I can't remember what I fed Charlie a week ago let alone two! I need to get my act together and start adding things in - so far he's only had sweet potatoe, pumpkin, farex and pear. I just didn't want to mess with him when he was having trouble sleeping.

BabyAmore - thanks for the meat tip (that sounds weird...) the whole meat thing makes me a bit nervous - not sure how to cook it and for how long etc etc - but that sounds like a good idea.

Hello to CC, Baiza, Dustmite, Roya and anyone else - it's suddenly become very busy in here! I know I've missed some people (where are you Bubs and Boisey???)

I feel pretty good today - went to Yoga last night and got a five hour block of sleep - who hoo!!!

speak soon - I hear muttering from the babies room.....

We decided to give Cooper a second meal yesterday – just before his bath time. Mark fed him some Farex and pear and he ate it all up. So I'm thinking he definitely doesn't like banana. I tried banana again this morning and he didn't want a bar of it. I don't know whether to keep going with a second meal yet. I just tried it yesterday to see what he did with it.

He woke at 4.00 am again this morning and I fed him. For a while there I thought he wasn't going to go back to sleep but eventually he did and slept until sometime after 6.00 am. Mark was up getting ready for work so he looked after him while I stayed in bed until about 7.00 am.

I really don't understand why he's waking at 4.00 am instead of 5.00 am. I feel bad complaining when some of you are being woken a number of times during the night. :redface: But I guess for what I am used to, this is not good!!!

He's slept well today. He's had 2 naps already which were over 1 hour each and he settled himself with minimal grizzling. He's just gone down for a third nap now.

We're going away this weekend for 2 nights (Friday and Saturday) - down to Kingscliff. Cooper's first trip interstate! We're going with Mark's family for his dad's birthday.

Mads – Glad to hear Freya had a good night sleep last night. That is fantastic news. I'm very happy for you. I hope can get some sleep too!

Don't feel too bad about the dirty nappy. That's happened to me before. Sometimes they are very sneaky with their poos!

kmh – I hope you hear from the sleep school tonight.

carlys – Doing CC must be so hard. I hope it keeps working for you!

Fraser – I've been writing down everything I have been feeding Cooper (just in a Word document). I get a bit pedantic that way. Remember, I wrote down Cooper's feeds, poos and wees for 6 months!!! :redface: :lol: I hope I don't get obsessed with writing down his solids. I thought it might be handy initially. I won't do it for too long I don't think.

Yay for Charlie's teeth! :dance:

Mads- I too am still wrapping, I might try Charlotte unwrapped tonight, i have a sleeping bag, will let you know how i go. Has Freya alsways woken up from her night sleep after 30mins stc, Charlotte does this and she calls out, i go in there and she still has her dummy.
I got a call from a sleep school in Rosebud today, i have booked into one night next week, i have to organise MAdison first, with whom she will stay with as Tim has to work, otherwise i may have to take her with me.

Fee- lol at you keeping record of Coopers wee's and poo's. I think its good keeping record of solids as you can learn what they like etc.

Evenin everyone

Well I am all alone tonight oh well except for Dylan but he is fast asleep. My hubby is down at our house in Sorrento doing some work sniff! I miss him when he is gone but I also really appreciate the room in the bed particularly if I need to bring Dylan in there with me.

I am the worst mummy in the world. Dylan had dropped 4 dummys down the side of his cot which is against a wall and so I made it a mission this arvo to get under there which is a feat in itself with my big breastfeeding boobies, anyway I put Dylan on our bed with pillows and cushions all around him at the edges and at the head of the bed and I was under the cot for all of a minute and then I hear this bang and Dylan had fallen off the bed I have tears in my eyes just thinking about it and of course he burst into hysterical crying immediately and then I did too and then I gave him a feed straight away while checking him all out to make sure he wasn't hurt and he seemed ok but geez I won't be doing that again. I feel so bad I was sure he couldn't roll up and over pillows but he obviously can. So no more leaving him on the bed. I had to call my husband to tell him and he was worried but wasn't mad at me.

We had Gymbaroo today and so Dylan missed his middle of the day nap as I had to take him to Gymbaroo on the bus in the hug-a-bub and was hoping he would fall asleep in that but no he was too interested in everything around him ie the traffic, the bus, the people getting on the bus, he is a little stickybeak. So on our way home he fell asleep in the hug-a-bub yay and then when we got home I managed to get him out of it without waking him and popped him on our bed for some more sleep and then he slept for maybe another 15 minutes so tonight I fed him his milk and his solids (second dinner) and gave him a bath and then put him to bed at 6.30 after story, nigh nighs, etc and he went to sleep without patting, rocking, shhhhing yay! Hoping it may continue but feel this was a one off as he usually has three naps and today had only two plus a tiring session of gymbaroo and the fall off the bed so was probably quite tired. But fingers crossed.

KMH Well the sleep thing for us is improving I am doing the butt patting thing for each sleep and the read, nigh nighs, music for all sleeps (when I remember) so settling is getting better and also on Sunday Dylan had an almost two hour middle of the day nap and then this morning he had a one and a half hour nap so the 40-45 mins naps are improving I hope. We still have waking up issues some nights like every hour and also when he has his middle of the night feed (bw 1 and 4am) he doesn't settle back to sleep very well but apparantly once bubs are having three solid meals a day ie with protein included (meat, lentils, etc) then that feed can be eliminated and I guess when he woke for that feed I would just resettle him which woiuld be great unless of course he was very hungry and then I would feed him. Ah the joys of sleepless babies. I hope the Rosebud sleep school helps you.

Fee I think it is great you are writing it all down becase if Cooper gets any allergic reactions to anything at least you will know and also you can keep the record for reference with your next bub.

Mads Don't feel bad about the wrapping thing you were doing what you thought was right for Freya. I wrapped Dylan til quite late too but stopped and now use a sleeping bag or PJs and s sheet tightly tucked over him. Oh and Freya will start to like her solids soon just perservere with it.

Fraser Yay for Charlie's teeth. No teeth for Dylan yet but I do check every day LOL. I kept getting worried that they would pop out before I got a chance to take a gummy toothed smiley photo of him but manage to kind of get one the other day. Oh and I am worried about the biting of the nipple factor as he is biting then now I am sure it will hurt more when he has teeth yowwwch!

Anyway I am going to have an early night and hopefully get a good nights sleep.
Byeee

Cassie - I know the feeling about bubs falling...the first time Sarina ever rolled was straight off the bed. I subsequently learnt that it happens to many babies, that babies are tougher than we think, and that it's just the first knock of many. Doesn't stop you feeling guilty though! Which Gymbaroo do you go to? We're also in Melbourne and looking at starting it soon.

Does anyone have any recommendations for constipation (in bubs)?

Sarina is breastfed and reluctantly eating 2 small meals a day but hasn't done a poo since Friday morning (almost 5 days). She's quite out of sorts and uncomfortable. I've stopped rice cereal and just giving apple and pear puree. I'm massaging her tummy a couple of times a day and today gave a little prune juice.

I'm a bit worried as she normally does a couple a day and I can feel her tummy is hard where her intestine is. Any tips?

Cooper seems to be enjoying pear puree with Farex. We gave him "dinner" again yesterday and he kept opening his mouth up for it. He even grabbed the spoon and was helping with the feeding!

I will try apple next and see if he likes that. I think I'll give up on the banana for now! I offered it again this morning and that will be the last one for a while. I am going to try all the vegies again soon too. I still have pumpkin and sweet potato in the freezer. I might continue with pear or apple in the mornings and try different vegies in the evening.

He's been full of giggles over the last few days. It doesn't take much to get him laughing. He especially loves standing up on the couch holding onto the back of it while he looks out the window. He's been so happy. I just love it. He's so much fun.

He still woke early this morning – 4.30 am. I fed him and he went back to sleep until around 6.30 am. Then he went down for his first nap of the day around 8.00 am without any grizzling whatsoever. He's still asleep now which is great.

kmh – Did you try the sleeping bag last night with Charlotte?

Cassie – Oh you poor thing with Dylan rolling off the bed. What a fright you both must have got. A girl from my mother's group just did the exact same thing a couple of days ago. I've knocked Cooper's head before and felt awful.

What's Gymbaroo like? What happens there?

RoyaUK – I can see from your ticker pic that you have the same IKEA highchair as us. It's great. But we are still yet to buy the tray. They were out of stock when we bought the chair.

Sorry I don't have any tips about constipation. Cooper still poos quite a lot.

Mads – Hallelujah! Yay for Freya! Woohooooooo! I hope you can get some herbal tablets which help you sleep.

Kingscliff is in NSW. It's just over the border for us. It's just south of Tweed Heads.

Fee - I only live 10 min walk from Ikea here - would you like me to pick up a tray for you and send it up? I see your store is still out of stock. It makes it much easier with the tray.

Last night, was much worse, i really don't know what is happening
7:30 I put her to bed in a sleeping bag
8:00 got her up as she was not settling and rocked her to sleep, put her down.
8:30 was put to bed
8:50 I went to bed
9:30 Charlotte woke up, so i took her out of the sleeping bag and wrapped her, she was not that happy in the sleeping bag. got up and feed her,
around 10pm- back to bed.
woke up at 11:30 and was very ressless and didn't rally go back to sleep until about 1am in bed with us. I had a few tears then as I was so tired.
1:20am woke up and i layed her on my chest and patted and she was back asleep, back into her bed.
3:30am woke up for a feed. Back into her bed.
$am- MAdison woke up, Tims gets up.
6am- Charlotte wakes up for another feed, back into her bed.
7am- wakes up and is put in with me.
8:30- wakes for the day.

No wonder i am so tired, I just Had a sleep for an hour while the girls were alseep, And now i have to go to the shops to get something for dinner, I think i will have pasta as its easy.
Tim is going to give Charlotte a EBM bottle tonight, so i can try and have some extra sleep, I hope this works.

so I was working on homework all night and finaly decided to call it quites at 1:30Am. DW and I were getting ready to head back to bed when the little bugger (Corban) decided there was no need to go back to sleep now, so he decided he would just stay up and play till 3:00AM!!

well, off for more homework. Sounds like every one is having a wee more success feeding some solids to the little ones than we are..lol. Any one having more success with crawling yet? Corban hates it so much that if you try to set him down like that he braces his arms out to keep off of the floor or what ever surface you are trying to set him down on.

Hi everyone

Kelly So sorry that your night was bad looks like you really need to go to that sleep school I think it will do you a world of good. Don't worry there has been many a night of me crying in the night when Dylan won't settle or resettle as it is so frustrain especially when you have been asleep and then have to get them to go back to sleep and they won't and you are so tired that your nearly asleep while resettling them. I feel for you as this happens to me too. Last night although Dylan went down easily when he awoke for his middle of the night feed at 4.45 he would not go back to sleep for ages even though I did not turn the light on, did not change his nappy, did not talk to him, etc etc and most nights are now like that.

Fee Gymbaroo is baby gym the session is split into two parts the first part they get to use equipment designed to stimluate them and excercise their bodies like tunnels, balls, soft slopes for rolling up and down on, baby trampolines, fit balls, etc. The second part is more excercises plus singing and dancing and more stimlation it is really good and Dylan seems to enjoy it.

Mads I think you are right about it being a common accident and he is ok but it could have been worse. Be caredful with Freya as Dylan is only rolling and not even crawling yet.

Roya We go to the Malvern Gymbaroo on Dandenong road. You must be in Richmond if you are close to Ikea my second favourite shop after baby bunting :redface: .

Ooooh I have bubs on my lap and can smell something nasty coming from below!

Hello Carley – great that Georgia likes yogurt, Ally hates it! Yeah, two little teeth – have you started cleaning them yet! He hee

Kmh – hang in there honey, it will get better.. As soon as Ally was eating her cup of lentils and veggies each night she started to sleep through – and this is from waking every two hours and only 3 x 45min naps a day… I’m so excited you have booked one night in for sleep school, I wonder if it would be good or bad for Madison to go with you? What do they recommend???? I’m sure it is not an uncommon problem? Hope tonight is better for you.

Dustmite – no way – 5 teeth, that is fantastic.. yeah!

Fraser – two teeth, that is fantastic… Ally still has zero! Well done Charlie!
Fee – Ally doesn’t like bannana’s either – and this is from a baby who eats brown lentils! Oh you are going to Kingscliff, the bar their (Salt) has excellent meals and views, hope you have a great time.

Mads – I’m so glad a nurse from Tresilllian came to visit – do you remember her name? You are doing a super job. I know it won’t change overnight – maybe they could visit again? Oh, Ally is a tummy sleeper too, so I stopped wrapping, but I give her the wrap to cuddle. Twice a night is do-able for a while, soon it will stop all together… regarding coping strategies.. I make my lunch at Ally’s morning sleep as I never get time over lunch – that and I make the bed as soon as I get out so at least that is one clean place to lye with Ally when all goes to s*^%t. So that is my coping strategies (and my glass of red wine as soon as Ally goes to bed – he hee)
Cassie – oh honey, you poor thing! Ally fell off the couch (bad mummy) at 6 weeks… I didn’t think she could roll!

Meat – my friend has a book called super foods for babies (only available in the UK) and it says to feed them liver from 7 months, so that is what her baby is eating! OMG, gross hey – but her baby is a total super baby, she has 4 teeth, can crawl, stand up and walk (with hands) and get this, today she learnt how to Hi 5, and down low!!!!! Far out, she is 7 and a half months!!!!

Me: Ally is being so fussy of late, she wants me to hold her all the time, total Velcro baby.. I love her and all, but I can’t even leave her to go heat up her dinner… The lady from Tresillian also advised me to give her more floor time so she can learn to crawl, but she just wants to be cuddled – oh well… she is just so cute I can’t say no…

Oh, for those who want to feed their babies a bit more food / different food – try feeding them in the bath – a friend have me this tip ages ago and tonight Ally was so fussy / clingy that she did not want to eat any of her dinner and I remembered this tip – worked a treat. I know it sounds a bit weird, but it works – and there is less mess to clean up!

OK, must run, sorry if I have forgotten anyone, I meant to post this 4 hours ago!

Hi all!

Well today Georgia discovered how to sit by her self!! snif* awww my little girl is growing up so fast .. :cryinglaugh: She thinks she pretty clever, should have seen the look on her face!! Wont be long now till she crawls im guessing... has any one else got a crawler yet??

Have to be a quick post tonight, Im off to bed..totally stuffed. I went to bed at 7:30 last night, thinking I could catch up a bit... and wouldnt you know it, I COULDNT FALL ASLEEP!!! I was SO ANNOYED!!... I got all my chores done, and for once in my life, I have the time to go to bed early, and aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrhhhhhh!! So I got up, and played this damn computer instead :) :wall:

Im gunna try again now..hopefully Georgias teeth cut through soon, and we can both get some sleep!

Take care all!

Carls xoxox

ps: Cassie: dont worry, I think everyone has had something like that happen... Georgia has nearly rolled off the change table about a million times! They are sooo fast! You poor bugger..dont stress, It would have hurt you more than him! xo

Last night was sooooooooo much better, we moved Charlotte to her room, i am missing her being so close to me but it has done wonders, We tried to put her down around 9pm, and she cried ( well sooked) do i went in the and tried patting, got her to calm down and walked out, she called out again and woke Madison, so i got her up and rocked her, got her to sleep around 9:30pm So i went to bed. Tim said she woke about 10, and he rocked her to sleep, and he tried giving her a top up feed of EBM around 12am, she just slept through it so he came to bed, Charlotte woke up at 1:30am ( 5 hours between feeds yay) and then at 6am and then woke up for the day at 8am, so I am feeling a bit better today.

CC- Tim is trying to organise his work around the sleep school so i don't have to take her which would be so much better. I have herd about BF in the bath as that can help, but not eating solids.

Carls, I had the same thing happen to me last night and through out the night, I don't think my bodies used to that much sleep.

Well we are going to try patotoe tonight, has anyone else tried this?
I have also updated Charlottes web site with some new pics.

Hi Mads,

I really recommend the IKEA high chair (the white one). It's $40, wipes clean so easily, the legs come off easily for dissembling it (for when we pack it for a trip) and it's highly recommended by CHOICE. I also have the inflatable cushion to help support Sarina.

The only thing I notice at this stage is that it's not a reclining chair so she can slump forward a bit when tired but I think this'll stop happening in the next couple of weeks.

I can't believe she's 7 months old already!! Happy 7 months (for yesterday) to Corban too.

Dustmite – sorry did not see your post before mine – what a little rascal, not sleeping – makes you wonder whether you will ever have a good nights sleep ever again!

Cassie – Ally went through this phase for about a month when 5am was her wake up time, luckily for me DH wakes at 5am anyway so he would take her and then put her back to sleep at 6.30am then he would leave for work, so it worked out really well for me, I hope this phase does not last too long for you and that you can work out an arrangement of sorts with your DH till it is over…

Carly – that happens to me too, you finally have the time to sleep and your body / mind won’t let you… hope you get some good sleep soon. Yeah about Georgia’s sitting – that is great, I’m sure the world looks a whole lot different sitting than laying down!

Kmh – Ally hates potato, as does most of the other babies in my mothers group… so maybe have a back up plan ready? Your nights sound pretty bad at the moment – I’m in two minds about have two babies… stories like your scare me - esp as that is considered a good night!

Mads – glad Freya was good last night, and that you had someone come and chat to you.. It is actually nice isn’t it (even thought there is nothing wrong with you).. I had a lady named Karen – she was excellent, but I think they are all nice. Comando crawling – WOW, yeah.. Yes, now you have to clean the floors and put those locks on the doors (we did our place last weekend)… We still pull the door open and forget to unlatch them…

I’m going to Ikea to buy the high chair this Sunday, like you ,we were given a second hand one which I hate, it did not have a harness so I bought one, but it does not work properly.. I hear the Ikea chairs were FANTASTIC… Might see you at Ikea?

Us: well, Ally is sleeping, funny as she normally only has a 45min nap, but today I remembered that if they sleep for under 2 hours you can try to resettle them, so I did and she went back to sleep... must remember that one in future...

hello to anyone I've forgotten

I brought Charlotte some youghurt today, i Don't know what time to give it to her though.

What is everyones babies having for dinner, At the moment Charlotte has been having pears mixed with farex, as this is the only thing i can get her to eat and she is still on one meal a day, I think i might introduce breakfast soon too, and give her fruit for breakfast and vegies for dinner. Has anyone given carrots yet?

CeeCee- its not bad having two children, Madison hardly wakes up over night and will sleep from about 8pm to 7:30am, and Charlotte has been waking around 3am and then 6am for feeds and she will go back to sleep to about 8:30am and Tim gets up to Madison in the mornings. I am thinking i want a 3rd, but i am going to wait a little while yet.

kmh - Ally loves carrots, yum yum.. for dinner she is having a mix of potato, sweet potato, carrot, beans and lentils. but she just had afternoon tea which was stewed apple with farax, for lunch she had 1/2 an advacardo with a bit of stewed apple mixed in for flavor, for breakfast she had a stewed nectrine with farax....

I think yogurt is great (so easy and something easy besides fruit has to be good) but Ally did not like hers so I've been advised to wait till she is 9 months and try again - but my other girlfriends give it to their babies after dinner. Good luck! Let us know how it goes!

ok, thought i would give my little man some shameless pluggin by posting some pics.

This is a pic of the little dude and one of his Grandpa's on Superbowl Sunday:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...ms/dabears.jpg

Cow Jammies:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...s/cowcorb1.jpg

The Fam:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...s/bears072.jpg

Eating Solids:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...ormoms/box.jpg

And New Outfit:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...s/corboct2.jpg

anyhow, hope that is not too many. I am posting the links because I just "know" every one wants to look at my baby!!! lol. Well I hope all is well with everyone and here is wishing you all more sleep at night!

Dustmite,he is very cute.

CeeCee- I might try and give Charlotte some yougurt for breakfast tomorrow, and try her on a second meal, I will see how she goes, still not into her solids much.

Hi all!

Sorry, have not had time for personals..will catch up on them soon...

This weeks been a HUGE week for Georgia! she has cut her two bottom teeth :o) YAAAYYYY!!!! poor little girl, I hope she sleeps more now... She has learned to sit up by herself, and TODAY she got up on all fours and rocked backward and forward!! heheee!!

All I know is that you guys were right... NO SLEEP ALL WEEK!! counted 8 times up last night, but two teeth cut this morning, so that coupled with all the other developments this week, is bound to keep ANYONE up at night! There must be sooo much going on in her sweet little head at the moment!

Oh, by the way...I dont know if I mentioned it before this, but I am getting Married on the 24th of this month (and Bub is getting Baptized same day too) and I got a call from the lady who is making my dress, to tell me to come and collect it....and SHE RUINED IT!!!!!!!!! Its a basic two piece 'a' line with a corsett style top..skirt turned out okay, but top is totally WRONG! all puckered and mis shaped, the zip is half way from the side seam to my boob : I have left it there for her to try to fix,but i doubt she can..so I have had to rush out and buy a cheap 'DEB' dress for my wedding day :( I cant believe this is happening two weeks before the big day AND all with NO SLEEP under my belt :(

Sorry, had to vent.... Thanks for the ear :(

Catch up for personals soon, gotta run!

Carls xoxoxxx

Carly- oh no, i hope you can organise a Dress, you poor thing, Good luck with it all. Yay for Georgia, what a cleaver girl.

Charlotte saih her first word today, Da Da, after all the time i was saying mum mum, her first word was dada, oh well, its just so cute.

Charlie sick - Emily tired - boo hoo

hello all - want to do personals but can't muster strength

oh man I hear crying again.......


ps Dustmite - fantastic snaps!! so cute (Corban is...)

Carlys Congrats! So glad to hear the good news (both the wedding and baptisim)! Terrible about the dress and I do hope things work out on it.

I have have to come in to say that Charlotte slept through the night, YAY:D ,
She went down around 9pm, then was back up at 9:30 for a top feed, i went to bed and then Tim said she woke up at 11pm he gave her a cuddle and she went back down to 7:40am. I woke up at 5:15am, wondering what was happening, but she was in a deep sleep, so i had to put a bra on and some breast pads, (my poor boobs).
Oh i hope this keeps going.

I can not belive in a matter of 24 hours she said her first word and slept through the night, She is growing sooooo fast

well Corban has decided he has no reason to use the word "dada" any more. Has not said it in a while and has been very content like that. Oh well.

he's probably disappointed you made him go for the losing superbowl team....

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he's probably disappointed you made him go for the losing superbowl team....

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them are just about fighting words!!! ;)

Heidi has wondered if the reason the bears got into the superbowl is because we had a son so she is thinking we need to try an have a boy a year now to get the bears in the superbowl every year..lol

I just have to say the Charlotte slept through the night again, yay, she slept from 9pm till 8:15 this morning, I am still having trouble getting her to sleep at night, she is still being rocked to sleep and is being wrapped, but we will sort those things out at sleep school this week, oh i love bed time now.:D

Hi All!!

Well, Georgias two bottom teeth are well and trully out... dont know if I need to start brushing them yet..the nurse said just a wet face washer over them morning and night for the moment, but everything else i have read says to brush them..? any thoughts on this?

Georgia is starting to get back into some form of night time routine again, although im haveing trouble getting her to self settle again... I used to be able to put her in her cot sleepy, but no asleep and she would just nod off, but now that she is moving around so much, she refuses..so i am back to rocking her to sleep again... oh well... looks like a few more cc sessions :(

Fraser - hope you are feeling more rested, and your little one is better .. you know the old story, when it rains it pours! (everything happens at once...sickness, tiredness etc)

Dustmite - Dont worry Corban will crawl when he is ready.. Georgia is trying very hard to get up on her knees...manages to get up, and rock a few times, then her legsslide down again, and she cries with frustration !! poor little sods, it must be so hard for them... oh, and Georgia had not said Dada yet... Id be happy to hear it once! Maybe in the coming weeks!

Cee Cee - how did you go with the stewed citrus fruit? I didnt think I could give Georgie Citrus yet.. if you went okay with it I might give it a go! Im running out of things to try!

Kelly - Well done for Charlotte sleeping thru! you lucky thing! Good luck with sleep school... I cant wait to hear any hot tips you might learn!

Well, Georgia has just gone down for her morning nap (8:30am)..so its time for a shower..then Im off to have a fitting for my NEWEST wedding dress!! (Third time lucky!!) Boo Hoo

Hi to anyone I have missed!!

Carls xoxooxxx

Cars- i am not going to sleep school anymore, there was no point in me and Charlotte going when now she is sleeping 12 hours a night YAY, around 8pm till 8am, and is sleeping 2 lots of 1 1/2-2 blocks and maybe a 30 mins sleep too. I carn't belive how well she is sleeping, I feel so much better.

Yaay for Charlotte Kel!! that's super!! can you get her to have a chat to Charlie about how and why she started doing that?

Oh Carly! two bottom teeth and you are trying to get ready for a wedding - you must be wonder woman!!! let us know how the wedding dress fitting goes - :crossfingers: - I am sure it will be perfect!

Weeellllll Charlie's sleep is still a bit disturbed - but he is feeling better, which is good and you can see his teeth when he smiles now!

Who has started giving their Bubs some meat? my mum seems to think Charlie is still hungry and that's why he's waking at night alot so she thinks I should start a little bit of meat in his meals - whaddayathink? anyone else done that yet? (Fee - check your notes... :lol: )

I had a four hour block of sleep last night so am feeling strangely refreshed - how is everyone else going (no need to brag here Kelly!)?

Em- lol, Charlotte is driving me nuts today with her sleeps, she wont sleep, grrrrrrrr. I will try and get Charlotte to send vibes to Charli and tell him to sleep.

I hpe that you are all getting some more sleep soon, I don't know what happened but something just clicked with her and now she is the best sleeper over night.
However my boobs don't like it, and i have gone back to wearing bra's back to bed, and wearing breast pads too.

We had a very nice weekend away at Kingscliff. Cooper was pretty good sleeping in his portacot. The first night we put him to bed a little later due to the fact that he just woke up from a nap at 4.30 pm. Plus it's daylight savings down there so it was light later. I think he went to bed closer to 7.00 pm (instead of his usual 6.00 pm). He ended up sleeping until 5.00 am like he always used to. None of this 4.00 am stuff!!! He did wake when we went to bed around 10.00 pm but we managed to pat him back to sleep. The door to our room was soooooo noisy. The second night he went to bed at his usual time and woke around 4.00 am. I might try to push his bed time back a bit and see what happens. Although he used to be able to go to bed at 6.00 pm and sleep until 5.00 am. But then on Monday morning he woke at 3.00 am!!! So who knows. :rolleyes:

He ate well too while we were away – dinner anyway. He seems to enjoy pumpkin. He doesn't eat as well in the mornings (apple at the moment). He just started with a new Farex last night – the 6 month plus one (Mixed Cereal instead of Baby Rice). He seemed to really like it!

He's started copying us when we make open and closed mouth movements to him. It's very cute. Also he can now wave! If we wave he copies and he looks so cute flapping his hands around at the wrist. The waving was confirmed this morning when Mark headed off to work. Cooper and I were standing at the front door and Mark waved – then Cooper started waving! So cute. :D

Cooper had his first trip to the beach while we were away but I think the water was too cold. He seemed in awe looking at the waves and was pretty excited but when Mark put his feet in the water he screamed! I think he was tired too which didn't help. Otherwise he enjoyed his two trips to the pool.

Cooper had 3 solid meals yesterday – breakfast, lunch and dinner. It was the first time he's had lunch. He ate well too, especially last night. I think it's the best he's done. He was opening his mouth and when the spoon went near he totally lunged at it. Mark and I were killing ourselves laughing!

Cooper woke for a feed at 4.30 am. But today I didn't mind so much as then he slept until 7.30 am which was 3 hours from the last feed. So I don't feel out of whack with my sleep/feed/play routine. I'm not enjoying him waking at 4.30 am for a feed but then only sleeping until 5.30 am or 6.00 am. It was quite dark and rainy this morning – maybe that's why he slept until 7.30 am?

I tried giving him breakfast at 8.00 am but he didn't seem too interested. I'm not sure if he's just not a breakfast person (!) or maybe he's not liking apple too much. I will give lunch and dinner again today.

Did I mention that Cooper has said "mama"? I think I might have, but can't remember. Anyway it was only once – I still am not sure whether to believe it or not.

RoyaUK – Our IKEA won't get the tray in for 2 weeks. Won't it be a bit hard for you to send one up to me? Just let me know! Thanks for offering too.

Dustmite – Cooper isn't crawling yet but he can get up on his hands and knees. Otherwise he gets around by rolling and also pivoting on his tummy in a circle. And sometimes he can push along the ground backwards!

Those pics of Corban are so cute. He's a real cutie pie!

Cassie – Gymbaroo sounds really cool! I might look into it for Cooper.

CC – Thanks for the tip about feeding bubs in the bath. That's very cool.

carlys – Yay for Georgia sitting! It's great when they can sit. Something new and exciting! And wow 2 teeth. It's all happening. I bought a baby toothbrush for Cooper's teeth. But a soft cloth will do the trick.

Sorry to hear about your wedding dress debacle. How awful for you. What's the latest?

kmh – Yay for Charlotte saying "dada" – how wonderful! And another yay for her sleeping through. Such great news. :dance:

How'd the potato go? I haven't tried Cooper with potato yet. At the moment Cooper has Farex with sweet potato or pumpkin for dinner. Got to start trying some other vegies. Might try green beans this week. I haven't tried carrots yet.

Fraser – How are you? Is Charlie better?

I haven't tried meat yet. I will after 7 months.

Mads – Wow for Freya commando crawling. That's so exciting. And I'm so glad to hear she's sleeping better too.

Yes I definitely recommend the IKEA highchair. It's so easy to clean! And we take it places – so easy to pack in the car. I hope you're enjoying your chair now!

As for the Farex. We started with the 4 month baby rice too. We have now just started with the 6 month mixed cereal. Cooper seems to like it better. I'm not going to bother with the fancy fruit flavoured ones. I would rather add my homemade real fruit.

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poor little sods, it must be so hard for them...

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I can guess, but would rather just ask, what is a sods? I love the language uniqueness between our two countries. Someday I would love to come visit!

well technically a sod is a piece of turf - but when you call someone a sod it's like calling someone a bugger or a nice b*astard - you know like 'poor little bugger'

or you can use it on your husband - for example - it wouldn't be wrong to say 'stupid drunken sod....' or something to that effect

hello all,
wow, so many posts since last I was in - that is great...
Starting meat: my friend gives her bub chicken soup, my other friend gives her bub liver - however I only give Ally lentils and tomorrow she is going to eat silken tofu. I was a vegetarian for 16 years so I'm not that keen on eating meat at the best of times... still grosses me out a bit... But do try the lentils (red are supposed to be easier for them) most babies love lentils and they are super easy to cook and mush.

Mads & Kmh: I'm so glad that your sleep is improving, it makes such a difference in your day...

Fee: glad you enjoyed Kingscliff, DH and I are thinking of moving near there next year....

Us: well, we are great, really, I feel like I'm enjoying being a Mum more and more each day.. esp. now Ally sleeps all night I just feel fantastic???? (also think I maybe ovulating for the first time - sorry if TMI)... that normally makes me feel good? Maybe I will have my first period since bubba in a few weeks???? Have the rest of you gotten your periods yet? OH, good news in my June group, one of the girls is pregnant with her second bubba - how nice is that. she is super nice too, I'm so happy for her.

must run and pay bills
hello to everyone I've forgotten
CC
PS: I bought the Ikea highchair last week, it is UNREAL! We also bought a new pram, a new TV and a new fridge... Now we need to stop spending!!!!!!!!!!