RoyaUK - Awsome! Sounds like alot of fun. Heidi took Corban to the park recently and at first he seemed a little bugged/perplexed by the feel of grass, but then he realized he could two fist grab the grass and was very happy about it.
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RoyaUK - Awsome! Sounds like alot of fun. Heidi took Corban to the park recently and at first he seemed a little bugged/perplexed by the feel of grass, but then he realized he could two fist grab the grass and was very happy about it.
Hey Ladies! Hope you are all well...
Not much to report here, just standard boring mummy stuff.... had a case of the tearys the other night (preggo hormones i think!) getting all sad that all i do all day is talk baby talk, and Nathan goes and 'has a break' at work all day, then comes home, gets to have all the frilly bits about parenting, the goos and gaas and kisses and smiles, then hes off to footy training twice a week from 5:30pm til 8pm...then away with footy all day Saturday....LUCKY HIM!! I WISH i could just come and go whenever i please... :( Oh well... not that I would change it for the world.. i LOVE watching my bubby grow up, and i too get the frilly bits...its just that it would be nice to have the freedom to do other stuff every so often...you know, like go and sit in the hairdressers for hours getting pampared like I did B4.... I know its silly...its not that I WOULD go out all the time...cos even if I could i would WANT to be a t home with my baby... just venting really.......eeeek...sorry !!!!
Mads - Awwwww poor little Freya :( I know its terrible... Georgia pulled herself up to stand the other day and head butted the corner of the desk... shes gunna have a nasty bruise... no blood thank goodness!!!!!!
okay, Celery soup:
2/3 bunch of celary, sliced (use the leaves too, full of vitamins..not all the leaves, just the nice tender ones)
1 Onion Chopped
1 Clove of Garlic (optional)
2/3 cup of rice
1 1/2 ltrs of chicken or vegie stock
Salt and pepper to taste
Method:
Fry onion and garlic in pot with small amount of olive oil
add stock, bring to boil
add celary and leaves and rice, bring to boil, then turn down to simmer for 45mins or until tender.
Remove 2/3 of soup from pot and blend until smooth, then ass back to remaining soup...
serve hot with fresh crusty bread and butter....
CHEAP AND TASTY AND SUPER SIMPLE!
And this is a good one for bubby;
Banana Pudding.
Mash one Banana in a bowl
Add 2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon of plain flour (or rice flour)
and half cup of full cream milk
Mix well and pour into custard bowls (or a muffin tin) and sit the bowls or the muffin tin into a baking dish with water in it, (the water should come half way up the sides of the muffin tin or custard bowls and will stop the edges from burning).. Bake for 30mins at 180 degrees
Serve with yougurt
Makes 4 small bowls
Im making little mini quiche thingies with the same recipe but with vegies instead of banana, plus i will add cheese... its nice for something different for Georgia, and can be frozen easily too....i will let you know how they turn out.
Anywayz, chat soon ladies (and gents!)
love Carls xoxooxxx
Hello everyone.
We are having some bad nights here, as Charlotte is getting ther 2nd tooth. She did not want to go down until 10:30pm last night and I had to cuddle her to sleep, and then she woke up at 2am and did not go back down until 3:30am and then woke up at 7:15am. We had mothers group this morning so she missed her morning sleep and she went down at 12:30 and just woke up at 2:45pm. So Miss Charlotte will be having an early night around 6:30-7pm.
She started to give Hi-5 yesterday, its so cute and she laughs every time you do it with her. She is still comando crawling, but its getting faster and she is exploring more. Charlotte is also able to entertine her self abit more and for longer peroids as well.
We went to the health centre this morning and Charlotte put on 105 grams for the week. :dance: So now she weighs 7.090kg's and is 67.5cms long. We see the pead next week and then I wont go back to the health centre until next month (hopefully)
Carls- I still feel like that, I wish I could go out, even when i get my hair done its at a friends house and She has a 2 year old so we have to watch both of them.
Fee- you are lucky to get 80mls I have not tried for a while, i might have to try and pump again soon, Tim wants to take me out for dinner. I hope your nights are getting better.
Anyway i have to go and change a nappy. I hope you are all having a great week
Hi all. I hope you don't mind me crashing this thread again...haven't been around for a long while. I have Ky who is coming up 9 months.
I'd like to say how beautifully all of your babies are growing. It still amazes me how quickly they grow and change and learn new things.
I have had a look at your posts every now and then, and have found I am having many of the same problems as you all. Well actually Ky's sleeping problems couldn't have got any worse than they were a while ago, hence why I was never on BB....always too tired!!!
We have progressed in terms of sleeping (after a week long stint at sleep school). He now goes to bed at 7 and wakes 2 - 3 times, and up for the day at 7. Much improved on waking every 40 mins to 1 hr ALL night!!! How I did that for a few months I'll never know.
I would like to pick all of your brains though on different types of meals that you give bubs. Ky is having 3 meals a day, and at the moment will only have pureed food or finger food. No in between, no mashed or lumpy food. He has either rice cereal, mixed cereal or baby porridge for brekky with fruit, and just started with toast. Lunch is usually fruit and yoghurt and dinner pureed vegies with a bit of meat or chicken (all a bit boring I know!!) You would think I would have a clue, having had 2 other kids!!!
Anyway, sorry for the long post. I hope you all don't mind.
Hi all
More new things here!
He can say "la la la" (it sounds like he is singing)
He bounces up and down like he is dancing
He can drum on his toy drum with both hands (one at a time)
He can shake hands - Mark taught him this
He gives kisses - Mark also taught him this
So much is happening!
Yesterday I went to the MCHN today (not the lady I usually see) and she was asking about Cooper's sleeping. I was telling her how he's been waking up at night for about 2 months now. And how it's always different (ie one week he'll wake 3 times and another week only once and how sometimes I can re-settle him but other times I can't etc). I said sometimes I am BFing him as it's the only way to settle him.
She said he's now settling into this as a routine and expecting to be fed. She said if I want him to sleep through again I have to do control crying. She explained how I should go in to him and give him a pat and say "good night" but not to get him out of bed. Then leave and shut the door. She said he will scream but that's okay. She said he may even scream until he's hoarse. She said it won't harm him, it's not as if he's being strangled! Although I admit he's been husky from crying lately but I am not sure why as I don't let him cry too long!
Hmmm....
Mark thinks we should try it. The MCHN said it will only take 2 nights and that Mark needs to help with it so we should try it over a weekend. She said be prepared to get no sleep.
I can sort of see how it's meant to work. I guess it makes sense that if I keep giving Cooper breastfeeds at night he will come to expect it? I get what the MCHN means but I just don't think I can let Cooper scream! She said it's up to us and for it to work we need to want to do it. Otherwise he's just going to want to have feeds.
Am I really setting Cooper up for bad habits? Is he going to continue to wake during the night when he's 3 years old?!
I do want Cooper to sleep through again but I don't know what to do!
So anyway last night I put Cooper to bed for the night around 6.40 pm. Usually he self-settles, sometimes he doesn't. Last night he didn't. So Mark want to try going in and patting Cooper and then leaving. I gave in and said okay.
I suppose what we were sort of doing was "baby-led CC" ... definitely not "clock-led". We just waited until Cooper sounded very upset but it was awful and I cried. I can't remember how many times we went in but eventually he fell asleep.
But then he woke just 40 minutes later. He's never done that. We tried the same approach a few more times but in the end I couldn't take it so I went in and picked him up and cuddled him. Then I put him back in the cot and patted him to sleep.
And guess what? He slept through like normal. I didn't hear a peep until 5.00 am on the dot. This is what he always used to do. So I fed him and he went back to sleep until 7.30 am. How funny.
This is why I never really wanted to do CC because it's not like he's never slept through before. For the past 2 months he might sleep through one night and then not the next, but sleep through again the following night. This has always made me think that the night he didn't sleep through, something must be bothering him and he needs me.
Anyway I'll see what he does tonight. But I really do not like leaving him to cry at all!
I said to Mark if he does wake at night I might just try to be persistent with not feeding him and just try to resettle him no matter how long it takes.
Sorry for the long post (hope it makes sense - I copied and pasted some from another forum I go on). I've been having an awful day today. Had trouble getting Cooper to go to sleep. Finally he fell asleep after lunch and is still sleeping now. I guess he'll just be having 1 nap today instead of 2.
Roya – Hello! Sounds like Sarina is doing very well and learning lots of new things like Cooper. It's a very fun age (well apart from the sleep issues some of us are having!).
I would just keep giving her the finger foods you are already doing. Cooper doesn't eat puree anymore at all.
Carly – That ramble of yours about Nathan getting a break etc … OMG I totally agree. I often have moments like that, yet at the same time I wouldn't change how things are. I just know exactly what you mean!
Thanks for the soup recipe!
Kelly – Great news about Charlotte putting on more weight. She is doing so well!
Hayley – I'm starting to give Cooper "family" meals. He's doing okay with lumps etc. So we are trying to cook things which he can eat (leaving out hot spices and things). So any types of risotto (he enjoys this), spaghetti bolognaise, pasta dishes etc. He does love finger food though and we have just recently started him on bread which is enjoys. The MCHN says there's not much babies this age can't eat, so go wild!
Fee- I have treid the CC last night as well, as Charlotte went down fine, but then woke up after an hour I tired leaving her for 30mins going in and placing her dummy in and laying her down, then I tried patting her to sleep and she was asleep but as soon as I walked out she started to cry again, so after an hour of doing this I got her gave her a top up feed and cuddled her to sleep. She woke up at 11:30pm gave her dummy and she went back to sleep, then she woke at 1:30, tried CCbut i ended up getting her up and giving her a 5 min feed and she went back to sleep and slept until 7:15am.
I treid CousCous tonight and she loved it, mixed with pumpkin, Charlotte is still behind on the solids as she has taken soooo long to get the hang of it.
Also she has learnt:
she gives HI-5
say's ta when she gives you something( most of the time)
and also she can bang on the drums
and sometimes I think she say's hello, this is very cute.
I have to go and get Charlotte has she has crawled underneath the dinning room table. Talk to you soon.:)
Hi there,
Sarina had her first swimming lesson today. Little cutie absolutely loved it - she just giggled for 30 mins! Then when we got home she slept for 2 hrs straight!! Yippee!!
Regarding, Controlled Crying, I was thinking about going down this route until I attended the sleep seminar a few weeks ago which included speakers Pinky McKay, Anni Gethin and Beth Macgregor. Anni & Beth have just written : Helping Your Baby to Sleep: Why gentle techniques work best by Anni Gethin and Beth Macgregor.
I would really recommend you have a read and then see if this suits you. I know my local library already has a copy. Personally for me, I feel I treat Sarina with respect during the day - feed her when she's hungry, tend to her needs promptly etc and find that 'controlled crying' doesn't sit right with me/us and there has to be a smarter way. She's a baby for such a short period of time, there are such a lot of variables that could be the reason for night waking and surely tending to the crying promptly teaches that she/he will be responded to with love? I just think I'd never leave my DH by himself if he was crying for whatever reason, so why would I with my baby?
It's tough though when you're exhausted and just crave sleep! :asleep:
Hi,
My experience with controlled crying is;
I let my baby lead, i dont lead by the clock...(but i dont exceed the time limits recommended) if she gets too the hysterical stage, i will pick her up, and cuddle her until she is calm again.
I only had to use this method for 2 days, she goes to bed with not even a peep now...even if she plays in her cot until she falls asleep.. but she is not crying at all when i put her in her cot now, she can self settle.
At this age, babies can cry for attention, or just because they know it gets a response from us..so if you can tell the difference between the cries, it helps. for example, i know when Georgia just wants my reaction.. or if it is really a needy cry.. ie: nappy, hungry etc.
Georgia used to cry EVRYTIME she went to bed, so we ended up rocking her to sleep EVERYNIGHT AND DAY!! It was totally exhausting, and my decision to do controlled crying was based on the need to TEACH my baby how to self settle, and now she sleeps through the night from 7pm to 6 or 7 am... maybe i am just lucky.. but i think it was the CC that did it, cos she was so bad before!?
Also, its only the first 5 mins or so that are hard... then i went in to settle her, then it got to 2 mins and she was asleep... and again, i only did it for two days, and shes a changed baby!
I look at it this way... teaching your baby to be able to self settle is a very important gift..it paves the way for her future sleep health... so five minutes is nothing compared to the anxiety it causes when your baby grows into a child that cant go to bed with out mum and dad being called in every five seconds!
Also, just for the record for those who feel that those who do CC are not treating their children with respect....I tend to my child's needs meticulously, feed her when shes hungry, kiss her, cuddle her, change her, bath her, love her..etc etc... but when their is a need to help her to help herself...then i just do what i have to do..we all need sleep.... and this was a way that i taught Georgia...so we can all have some rest!! It is working well for me so far. And it has not caused her to be a grump or fretful baby...she is a very well adjusted happy baby.
I think some parents seem to think its like you have to leave your bubs to cry for hours... thats NOT what CC is! It is 'controlled' crying...and its not that big a deal!!
A well rested child is a happy child...and a sleeping child makes for happy mummy and daddy!!
Good luck for all those with sleep dramas, i hope you can find the secret for your bubs! Every ones child responds differently.
Love Carls
just to add that CC IS VERY hard for us as parents... but you have to just bear with it, and not give in and feed them etc... this is what I did:
we get into our PJ's.. and we just wind down on the couch together for a hour or so before bed time (which is 7pm)... just a quiet feed, with the lights down low... and not to much talking... and cuddle together... then she give daddy a kiss... and we say goodnight...then its off to bed ....
I give her a kiss, say goodnight...put her down, and cover her up... and walk out and close the door most of the way closed...
If she cries, I wait 5 minutes .... go in calm her, DONT pick her up... just lay her back down, and say goodnight, and cover her up..then walk out and close the door most of the way closed again!...
Then if she cries I wait 6 minutes...then do the same again... but honestly she got to two minutes the second time round, and was SOUND asleep!!
I agree its SOOOO HARD!! especially when you really WANT to go in and cuddle them, and kiss them and tell them its okay.. but you have to be strong, and it will pay off.
Hope that helps
Carls xoxoxoxxx
I too have used Control Comforting ( thats what it is called now), and it works, if she gets to upset, then i will go and pick her up and then most of the time she will fall asleep in my arms.
I think about 99% of the time she will fall asleep by herself now. She does wake over night either its for her dummy or a quick one side feed.
I think its up to yourself and if it works for you then thats great.:)
Not much happened here since i have been on, Charlotte is nearly cralwing, she is getting so dirty from comando, she is cleaning my floors for me lol. We are going shopping today, I wonder what I can find for my girls.
Has anyone thought what they are going to buy there babies for their first birthday? I think I am going to get Charlotte the Fisher and Price door thing, and some new clothes to wear on the party.
I can see both sides to CC. I mean I wouldn't let Mark cry and ignore him. And if I was unhappy and wanted a cuddle I would be extremely upset if he didn't give me one.
But I can also see that perhaps Cooper is getting used to overnight feeds and will continue to want them.
Last night Cooper woke around 3.00 am (I think) and I sort of tried the CC thing. It actually didn't take that long – maybe 15 minutes? I didn’t leave him to cry long at all. I went in heaps of times! But I never picked him up. Just patted him and gave him a few kisses. Then he slept until 5.50 am!
I still felt a bit bad but I think the longest I left him to cry was 1 minute? And he didn't get hysterical. It was hard though and I still feel awful as CC is not something I'm really "all for".
But I think every baby is different and parents just have to do what's best.
I guess I sit on the fence but maybe lean more towards being against CC. But I suppose what I did last night was CC?! Ahhh so confused. If it was CC, then it was definitely "baby-led" and not "clock-led". I just followed Cooper's cues and went in to comfort him a number of times.
I did lean right down into the cot and gave his kisses and also picked him up slightly (just to move him to the middle of the cot). But I did not pick him up. Normally I would have done this and then he'd be really awake.
Hmmmm ... this is all very hard for me. I just find it frustrating because Cooper used to sleep through and can self-settle half the time. It has always made me think that when he doesn't self-settle that there must be something wrong and he needs me to comfort him.
Gee I've babbled on. I've been a mess the last 2 days trying to figure out what to do. So weird as I read an article about Anni and Beth's book and then there was the talk with my MCHN and the next thing I know, Anni and Beth were on "The Catch Up" yesterday talking about their book. Talk about coincidence!!!
I don't want to harm Cooper and mess him up. :-(
Oh Mads - that's awful (about your cat). How did it happen?
I didn't mean to upset anyone - about controlled crying. I completely agree that it's so important for a baby to be able to self settle. I guess I was referring to advice that I'd been given about CC which included leaving her to cry for long periods (like 20 - 30 mins) without picking her up which I just couldn't do.
RoyaUK- I went to a sleep clinic last month and they will not let you go with out going in ( if they are cryinf for no longer then 10 mins) but again its up to you, and it they are getting distressed then you are to go and and resettle them. I leave Charlotte no longer then about 5 mins, if she is winging I will leave her longer. But now she will put her slef to sleep most of the time and its wonderful to be able to put them into bed say good night and walk out and have them go to sleep all by there self.
hey ladies - I see the CC topic is up for discussion!
we went to the parenting centre today to get some sleep strategies and basically have been told to stop feeding Charlie through the night - he doesn't need it so it's only habit - so we're going to have a tough couple of nights teaching him to re-settle suring the night without a feed...... waaahhhh!!!
one thing the nurse said was to make sure Charlie got some protein every day because that helps with sleep - have to admit that I'm pretty lazy when it comes to meat - but I do feed him a fair bit of tofu - perhaps I should switch back the the steaks.
Hope everyone is doing ok - those with sleep issues hang in there!
ps: ohmigod - I can't wait for the teething poos to go away!!!
Hi all. As a recent survivor of controlled crying/comforting, I can honestly say it was the hardest thing I have ever done....but it does work!!! I guess it all depends on how desperate you are for the situation to change.
Ky and I, from the sounds of it were very much like Mads and Freya. We were up close to every hour at night, and it got to the point where I was sleeping on a mattress on the floor of his room...with him joining me in the last few weeks cause he would only sleep with a boob in his mouth!!!! So off we went to sleep school, very, very desperate for things to change.
Well, the first night was just awful, he screamed, I cried, he vomitted etc etc etc, and this went on for 3.5 hours. I was a total mess, and if my car had been in the carpark, I would have been out of there. He eventually fell asleep at 10.30pm and only woke up one more time before the morning (I must admit though, I think that was from complete exhaustion). Next day, same story, lots of screaming from him and crying from me...I felt like I was deserting him.
Anyhow, 4 weeks down the track, Ky is sleeping in his own cot, going to bed at 7pm (instead of about 10pm!), and waking 2 - 3 times for a quick feed. Resettles himself very quickly too. Not an ideal sleeper, but 100% better. He is a different baby!!!
Fee - they told me if he wakes upset or won't settle themselves, to go in comfort them (pat, jig the cot, sshhh them) and when they are quiet, leave again. They said not to go in when screaming, instead wait for a short lull, so as not to reward the screaming behaviour.
We found rocking the cot from behind, so he can't see us works a treat. Does your cot have wheels??
sorry for the long post....it is a very debatable issue, but from our experience it has done the job. Still a few issues to work on...but all in good time!
Have a great weekend all...my 'little' girl is turning 5, and we are having a few of her friends for a sleepover (seemed like a good idea at the time!!??)
Well Corban has tried Mac and cheese (pasta with cheese sauce) and he likes that. Heidi could not feed him fast enough, he was getting angry at her. then he slept for 2 hours.
Hello,
Well we had the worst night we have had for a long time. I don't remember how many times we got up but it was a few, I even tried co- sleeping but she wanted to play.
Em- Good luck for the next few nights. I can tell you it gets better. ( though we have gone backwards the last few nights)
Dustmite- MMM, mac and cheese, I am too much of a wimp to give Charlotte anything like that , as she has just started to eat, and if she is not in the mood she will just push my hand away. So Charlotte is still on a bland diet, but as long as she is eating I dont care.
I have a few people coming today as i have a product party ( sorry i can not same the product) and have about 3 people coming from BB. so i must go and clean the house.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend.
No offence taken RoyaUK, CC is a matter of choice... i found it to be fantastic, and not at all neglecting Georgia...shes all the happier for a good nights sleep too! Not to mention ME TOO!
take care all
Love Carls xoxoxx
Hi everyone
Dylan is pulling up a bit more and doing the wobbly cruise thing. He is also able to turn the pages of a book the right way and he waved this week, so cute. His favouriteite word is still nang which apparantly in cantonese or mandarin I can't remember which one means beautiful so he must be saying I am beautiful don't you think!
Fraser Just wanted to tell you that I have stopped the overnight boobie feeds this week and last night was night 3 and though he is not sleeping through Dylan will resettle with just a dummy plug or a pat so I am rapt he obviously did not need the feeds anymore. I also try to give him protein at lunch and dinner and a creamy dessert after dinner like yoghurt or custard and I think this helps. I give Dylan fish, lamb, chicken, beans, lentils, etc. I was told by MCHN that they will start to sleep through when they are having protein and three solid meals a day but Dylan is not but maybe soon as he realises he is waking for nothing ie no play, no feed, etc.
Mads Sorry to hear about your cat I really feel for you I too am a cat lover and have lost lots of cats on the road and know exactly what you are going through, big hugs mate.
Anyway sorry for the short one I can hear little man waking.
kelly - Corban does not like the bland foods i think and will react in a negative way. I think heidi was just looking for anything to help. He is BF every 2 hours or less including at night. At night he might want BF comforted about every 45 min. If you don't then he wakes up fully and then he wants to play. The other morning Heidi tried Oatmeal and he seemed to take to that really well and then took a 2 hour nap which is amazing in itself since he hates naps! Usually a nap is about 20 minutes to an 45 at max.
:hello: where is everyone?
Not much happening here. Charlotte had another pead appoinment today, that went well, got to get her to eat more and we see him in a months time.
She has developed tantrums when going to bed, she sits in her bed and cries out for me, throwing her dummy around. when we were seeing the pead today, i had to get her undressed to get weighed etc, and she cried when this was happening, so when i was getting her dressed again she was looking at the docotr giving him evil stares and calling nana as my mum was there, very cute.
Anyway I must go Charlotte is wanting me, I am trying to get her to sleep.:wall:
hey girls
just a question bailee is getting 5 teeth at oince and the poor boy has the runniest poos iv ever seen once they have all come down he wil have 7 teeth did any of your babies have runny poo while teeth and did they loss some weight bailee has lost some he weighted 10.18kg and now he weight is 9.18 i think thats a kilo lol
let me know what you guys think
talk to ya all soon
kylie
Hi everyone
Not much to report. Cooper has slept through until approx 5.30 am for the past 2 nights. I hope he's back to normal but I'm not counting on it!!!
Kylie- Sorry I can't offer advice on the runny poos. I never noticed it when Cooper got teeth. But it's been so long since he's had any new ones! He got the botton two at 5 months and the top two at 6 months and none since!
Kelly- Cooper has tantrums too. The other night he chucked a MAJOR wobbly when I took the face washer from him and removed him from the bath. He screamed and went bright red and was shaking. Took me ages to calm him down!
Rob- Wow Corban still has a lot of BFs. Your DW must be very tired. How's Corban going with his foods? Tried anymore oatmeal? I've given Cooper a similar dish to Mac & Cheese and he really liked it. It's called "Cheesy Stars". I think I posted the recipe a few pages back.
Cassie- Sounds like Dylan is going really well. So cute with his word "nang"!!!
Hayley - Our cot came with wheels but we never put them on. Sounds like a good way to rock the cot!
Emily - That's really interesting about protein and sleep. I probably don't give Cooper enough protein.
Mads - I'm so sorry to hear about your cat. Sending you a big hug.
Hello,
Its 1.10am and I am trying to get Charlotte to sleep for the 4th time already, I thought we would have a go at CC, as she is only sooking, as soon as she is quiet I hop into bed and she starts crying again, so I thought I would jump on the net, while I go in there every few mins. I can see me not getting much sleep tonight. Lucky Tim is at home tomorrow.
Fee- I hope that Cooper is finally sleeping through for you, I bet its nice having some more sleep. Also can you post the recipie for cheesy stars again. Please.
Baizar- 5 teeth, the poor boy, Charlotte only has her 2 bottom ones, Also with his weight, Charlotte has been loosing weight so we are seeing a pead, have you talked about it with you MCHN or you Doctor?
Kelly, I hope you ended up getting to sleep last night. Thankfully Cooper slept until past 5.00 am again. That's the third night in a row. Fingers crossed it continues and he's back to normal.
Here's the recipe you're after.
Cheesy stars
60 g (2/3 cup) small, star-shaped pasta
1 teaspoon unsalted butter
1 tablespoon grated cheese
1 tablespoon milk
chopped parsley
Prep time: 5 mins
Cooking time: 10 mins
Makes 1 serve
Cook the pasta in boiling water for about 8-9 minutes, or until tender.
Drain, return the pasta to the saucepan, the add the butter, cheese and milk. Mix well and stir over low heat for 1 minute, or until the butter and cheese have melted. Stir in a little parsley. If necessary, mash to serve.
Variation: You could substitute the star-shaped pasta for any number of other small pasta shapes. Use larger spirals and bow-shaped pasta for babies as they show more interest in finger foods.
Fee- thanks for that, I will have to make it for her.
I did get some sleep, she ended up putting her self to sleep just before 2am and slept till 7:15am. She had 1 hour sleep this morning, so I went back to bed, and Charlotte has been asleep since 12:30pm, so nearly 3 hours, she must of been really tired.
I am leaving her for the first time tonight :( . Tim is taking me out for dinner and my mum is going to have her. It will only be for 2 hours or so, So i will feed her before we go and mum can give her dinner.
Anyway must go Charlotte has just woken up.
Hi all
Thanks Mads, I do try and be a bit of fun, but I feel like I am always the one telling them off and saying "come on, hurry up", "have you got your shoes?", "where's this" etc etc etc., nag nag nag!!
They did have a good time though. Very late night and very early morning, but oh well, only once a year!!!
Our nights here with Ky are much the same. He seems to have settled into his own little routine, that he seems to like. Waking for a quick cuddle and feed at about 11, 3 and 6 and then up for the day at 7!! Yes I know, not ideal, but 100% better than before. I really cannot be bothered encouraging him to change that at the moment. I know it would only be a few more nights of the 'controlled crying' but I will tackle that later....who knows, he might just start sleeping through one night (yeah right!!)
Not much else happening here. Kids back at school today after 3 weeks off, so they were happy!
Take care all
Well Cooper slept through again ... the fourth night in a row. But ... now he is not self-settling anymore!? I guess I just can't win!
I just wish I understood why he self-settles sometimes and not others. Just last week he was self-settling at bed time and at his morning nap (not the afternoon one). Now he's not self-settling for any of them and we need to pat him to sleep.
Kelly – How was your dinner last night? I hope it wasn't too hard leaving Charlotte. I'm going to start leaving Cooper with people in preparation for childcare! I've only left him 3 times now (once during his awake time, for 2 hours and the other 2 times he was fast asleep for the night).
Mads – Sorry to hear you guys have a cold. I sort of have a cold too. Feels worse in the mornings but during the day I'm okay. How funny about Freya saying "boobie"! That's hilarious!
Hayley – I can't remember you saying… but how old are your daughters? They have such pretty names.
Hi everyone
Dylan slept through last night :dance: , I put him down at 7 and he didn't wake again until 6 and I popped his dummy back in and then he and I slept until 7 yay, so he had 12 hours sleep and I had 9. This is the 7th time in his life he has done it, I will have to try and mirror what I did last night and see if that was it. We tried a playgroup yesterday and Dylan had a ball so we are going to go back and am hoping to convince my Mothers Group that we should all join.
Fee Dylan is the same as Cooper where sometimes he will self settle and sometimes I have to pat him to sleep. This morning he self settled for his morning nap which is unheard of I think they are just growing up and also are more tired sometimes than other times. I love the sound of cheesy stars I will have to try them for Dylan.
Mads Sorry to hear Freya has a cold I too have a cold and was told by my Best friend that I need vitamins hmmmm yes I probably do. That is so cute and funny about Freya saying "Boobie" sometimes I hear Dylan say words but he doesn't repeat them. He once said "Barbara" which is his grandma's name, he has said "Hello" and he often says "Yeah" gee it is cute hearing them talk. But his favourite word is "Da, Dad, Dada" which my DH loves to hear and he knows who Dada is. The dropped night feeds are going fine I have had no issues when he wakes overnight I just resettle him with either the dummy or a pat and he goes back to sleep he doesn't scream or get too upset just more grizzly. I am sure when Freya is ready it will happen for you and it sounds as though she is not ready yet. I think Dylan was ready and the feed really was out of habit and not hunger.
Kel Hope your dinner was good, how did Charlotte go? Sorry you are still having sleep issues with her.
Oh and Dylan is back on to the 'I will eat anything' track which is great so I have been doing some big cookups for him. He loves this one I made up - Spinach (one bunch fresh or one box frozen), cup of peas and corn, 1 head of broccoli, i large sweet potato, 2 chicken breasts or 5 chicken thigh fillets, enough vegie stock and water to cover. Chop chicken into small pieces and brown in a little olive oil, add chopped spinach, broccoli, sweet potato and peas/corn and throw in the stock/water (not too much stock as it gets too salty) boil until sweet potato soft, serve mashed. Dylan loves that one and it has low GI carbs, protein, iron, etc in it and tastes pretty good.
Anyway off to do stuff. Hope everyone is good.
Hi all, sorry its been a while since in posted on here :) been suffering from total early pregnancy exhaustion :( I seriously could sleep all day!
Well, not much news here..all is good with me.. Georgia is pulling herself up to stand, and cruising the furniture, shes figured out that if she pulls the cushions down off the couch that she can use them as steps and climb up! Im gunna have to watch her!! or take the cushions off!
Her favorite word is still 'Goo' or "agoo" or 'gog' ... thats the only ones she has tried.. she says ' bababa' by waving her hand over her lips...still no Mama or Dada...im starting to worry :(
arrrh, gotta go, shes awake!
Take care all
Carls xox
just quickly because i have charlotte sitting with me. i think i may have my sleeper back:dance: . Charlotte went down at 8 woke at 12 for a feed and then woke up at 8am. YAY. She has also started have good sleeps during the day normally 1- 1/2 hours in the morning and aout 3 hours in the afternoon. Its wonderful.
When we went out for dinner the other night she was good for my mum, but when we went to get her she seen me and started to cry, and now she is very cling, but she is loving her cuddles. She is also trying to pull her self up.
Sarina has discovered food!!!! After almost 15 weeks of me offering her food several times a day and nearly always refusing to open her mouth....she has discovered that she likes my cooking!! She's taking about 1 tablespoon 3 times a day. Doesn't seem fussy either. Now i can get cooking properly for her!
What has been your most successful meat recipe?
She's also now pulling herself up onto everything so perhaps she figured she needed the extra energy to do it. She's teething (again) though so waking crying at night wanting cuddles so i'm still tired!! I went for a girls night out on Friday and came home at midnight to find my babysitter pacing the lounge with Sarina who was crying, poor thing.
Cassie - I have thought about playgroup - what activities did you do and how is it different to mothers group?
Carlys - I remember being totally wiped out from exhaustion with pregnancy. How are you coping with having to look after a little one too?
Hi everyone
Well the sleeping through stage (two nights in a row) must have just been a fluke as Dylan did not do it again last night, he woke at 3 and had to be patted back to sleep and then again at 6 where a dummy was all he wanted and then we got up just past 7. He has started refusing to go down for day sleeps which is very frustrating and I am dragging them out til the last moment but I am finding that he is struggling with me and screaming so both this morning and yesterday arvo I have rocked him (again!) to settle him down and then popped him in awake and patted him to sleep very annoying!
Roya Playgroup has more structure than mothers group and it has a set place to meet each week, the one I have chosen meets in a church hall. There are babies ranging from 3 months to 4 years and they have a story/song time and also craft time (for older kids). They have more toys and equipment and they do a morning tea for the kids and adults. My mothers group meets at a different place each week, we don't have activities, all the babies are the same age and there is no structure, although we do meet the same time each week. The two main reasons for me to join are that my Mothers Group is now down to 5 members due to people going back to work, one of the 5 left hardly ever comes and I want to meet more mums. Also I don't like offering my place for the meet ups because it is tiny and old/grotty (rented flat) and I feel that I must do a huge spring clean before they come everytime as my pace embarasses me and who could be bothered, and we are sort of obliged to offer our place once in a while for the meet ups. I have asked my mothers group to join with me and I hope they do because I really like them all and it is great watching the babies grow and develop and we are a great support network for each other for everything from meal ideas to sleeping to next babies and 'the gap'. Anyway hope that helps with your thoughts on playgroup. Oh and they don't mind if you go along and just check out a session that is what I did.
Anyway off to do some cooking.
Hello where are you all.
My girls have been unwell, and Charlotte wont go to sleep at night. it took 3 hours last night to get her to sleep, she was awake from 4 till 10:30 last night, and tonight she wont sleep, so I am trying CC.
News: Charlotte stood up all by herself today, I don't know how she got up because it was in her cot, but she was proud of herself.
Not much else happening. Trying to find Charlotte something for her birthday, but I just don't know.
kmh - sorry to hear your girls have not been doing well. This whole winter has been spent with someone in our family sick nearly every week. I am very tired of it!
Sorry all for being AWOL. I am trying to wrap up all my classes so I can officialy graduate. This is my last week, then next week is finals week. Anyhow, I have been trying to get things done and in order for the past two or three weeks now. So....I will try to post later after all the dust settles. I do log in and check messages from time to time.
Mads- Charlotte has been off her food a tad, still eating 3 meals up only a few mouthfuls, but she can not really afford to be doing this, I hope she does not loose weight this month.
Charlotte has been a sleepy baby today, nearly 3 hours this morning, and then only after being up for about 1 hr and 45 mins she was back in bed, and she has been in bed for nearly an 1 1/2 hours now, she must be catching up on some sleep.
Charlotte has been a booby mosnter lately, she will crawl up to me and try and find my (.)(.), its funny. She is learning how to stand up, she can say ta, mum, dad, nana. She is also waving, clapping gives Hi-5 and gives cuddles to teddies, etc.
Hi all, it is quiet in here lately!!
Mads - I took my first DD to Gymbaroo when she was about 9 months old and she took a little while to get into it. After a while she absolutely loved it and there was no stopping her on the equipment....so good for their gross motor skills. Its great too if you can continue through with the same bunch of people (if they are nice that is).
Sleeping issues still the same...I wonder if we will ever get a full nights sleep again. My first 2 slept through from about 8 weeks (lucky I know). So having Ky has been a huge shock! He is our last though, so sleep is hopefully on the horizon very soon!!
Fee - my 2 girls are 7 and 5. Great ages, cause they are really helpful with Ky. If he is grizzly or whinging, they go and amuse him for a while so I can get stuff done! He loves them to bits and gets so excited when he sees them when we pick them up from school.
Anyway hope everyone else is well. I am off to wake my boy and go and do another school run!! (No wonder the poor child has sleeping problems...he always has to be woken up to be somewhere)
Take care all
hey girls
i see most of you are having trouble with sleeping babys i hope they all end this soon so you all get a good sleep bailee is pulling him self up on things now and trying to cruse around we brought a 3 year old daughter a motobike today she just loves them lol
well thats all from me rememeber girl pm if ya need personalised candles
by for now
Hi all
Cooper stood on his own not holding onto anything for the first time yesterday! For the past few days I have been holding him in a standing position and then letting go and he usually falls straight to the ground. A few days ago he was standing for about 5 seconds but you could tell it was a fluke. But yesterday he stood for around 15 seconds and you could tell it was for real. You could see him start to lose balance but then regain it. He looked so impressed with himself and even flapped his arms around without falling over! His little toes were gripping onto the carpet! Here's a pic. :dance:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h2/Fee78/DSCN7082.jpg
He still walks around everywhere pushing his walker or boxes etc. So now he just has to put that action into place with standing alone!
As for sleeping. Well I think he went back to sleeping until 5.00 am for about 4 nights? But then for the last few nights he has been waking up at 4.30 am. I've tried resettling him but it doesn't work. By 5.00 am I give in and feed him but the past 2 or 3 mornings he won't go back to sleep after the feed! It has been driving Mark and I CRAZY. We were so tired. :wall:
Last night I decided that if Cooper woke at 4.30 am again I would feed him straight away instead of trying to resettle him as I think he has just been working himself up and becoming more and more awake.
But… this morning he was good. He woke at 4.45 am and cried but then fell asleep again (I think). He was only quiet for 10 minutes. I got up to him quickly and fed him in the dark. Usually I switch on his lamp. I then put him into his cot and he didn't make a sound – I guess he was half asleep. He then slept until nearly 8.00 am!!! Plus when he woke he was babbling away and playing with his Ocean Wonders Aquarium for a while. Amazing. That is very rare. He normally wakes and cries loudly immediately.
So today he only had one nap and unfortunately it was short – 45 minutes. He still screams at his naps and I have been rocking him or patting him to sleep. He has been very cuddly and wanting to be held. But just now at bed time he fell asleep on his own. First time in about 2 weeks I think! Yay!
I think a tooth is about to pop through soon too. I can see a lump and whiteness on his bottom gum. His fingers are always in his mouth lately. About time as he hasn't had teeth since he was 6 months old!
He's also eating better and eating from the spoon again which is good.
It's been so warm here. Today was 31 degrees!!! Crazy.
Cassie – How's Dylan going with sleeping through?
Carly – How's the pregnancy exhaustion going?
Kelly – Yay for Charlotte standing up in her cot. Looks so cute doesn't it? How's the CC going with Charlotte?
Roya – Is Sarina still eating well? I posted a heap of recipes a few pages back and there should be some good meat ones there.
Rob – All the best for finals week!
Mads – How often will you take Freya to Gymbaroo?
Hayley – Your girls sound like they would be very helpful with Ky. That must be great.
Kylie - Great to hear Bailee is up and cruising around the furniture!
Fee- I love the photo soooo cute, wow he is getting big. I am not using the CC at the moment, as I have been feeding Charlotte to sleep. Lately i have been sitting on the floor of her bedroom give a quick feed and pop her into her cot and she will go straight to sleep, this happens overnight as well.
Charlotte has not been doing this much this week, we all have been unwell, and only just getting over it now ( its taken a week for Charlotte to get over the cold).
Madison is staying at her cousins house tonight and Tim is at the Football
( in a coperate box) so its just me and Charlotte, so i think I will head to the local market tomorrow morning, before we pick up Madison.
I hope everyone is having a great weekend.:D