Babies Born July 2007 #14

[Megan76]

Yeah go for it! She might even eat more!! I gave Lucas mince too last night and he was fine!! Some people say to try one veg at a time but i gave up after awhile it takes too long! In BabyLove she said its not necessary and that is my bible!!!! Lucas has has sweet potato, pumpkin, potato, carrot, zucchini and with fruits apple, pear, banana, mango and peach! He hasn't reacted to anything. Let us know how it goes!

[razzle]

Thanks everyone for answering my question about the solids. I should know what I'm doing because after all I have done it all before but seriously, you forget so much!!! And Lexxen was bottle fed by now so bit different with demand bf. Or is it??? LOL who knows! I just asked cause I realised last night that Oliver has been eating the same amount for over a month now. They just grow and change so much everyday. I think I will start on the meat in the next couple of weeks. I did look in Lexxen's baby book this morning and he was having fish, chicken and mince by now. Actually I recorded his favourite meal as being apricot chicken. I vaguely remember boiling the chicken maybe and pureeing it with apricot nectar and rice. So I might start with something like that or the mince and vegies.

Nicky - what a horrible week for you and your family. And the Heath Ledger thing would be making everything worse. As Megan said, your little man will put a smile on your face for sure. Oh and I know what you mean about taking away respect. I hope you can find some peace with it soon and remember to hop on here and let it all out.

Oliver has been asleep now for over 2 hours, gotta love that! I've finished all my housework so I'm off to do some lunch for Lexxen and I. School goes back in just under a week. I gotta say I'm looking forward to that!! Lexxen is too though, he is a little bored I think.

Oh well, hope everyone is having a good day despite all the sadness in the world.

Raels. xo

[CrystalBoo]

Sara, yeah go for it! I would hold off on anything you have allergies to plus capsicum, strawberries and pineapple as these are the most common to cause problems, but anything else goes as far as vegies and fruit and you must be dying to get stuck into your frozen store! She'll let you know when she's had enough.

Megan, Autie as always been a little demand fed, a little routine. Her day is something like this:
6-7am - BF followed by breakfast about half hour later
10-11am - BF followed by lunch about half hour later
2-3pm - BF, maybe a bit of fruit in her feeder to suck on
5pm - dinner
6pm - BF
6-6.30pm - asleep, then she will wake at least twice during the night for a BF but that is mostly habit and she is usually back asleep five minutes later. I have tried making her dinner after her last BF but she is too tired by then and won't eat, plus she likes to fall asleep feeding so the other way works better for us. Oh, and she also has a little suck before each sleep for the same reason, so really, I have no idea how much milk she actually has! Poor pebbley bottom Lucas Glad he's feeling better. Prune juice is good for constipation.

Tracey, your children are beautiful. They certainly are growing fast aren't they. I was just watching a video from the hospital last night - I forgot how small (well, compared to now) and screwed up she was!

[mrscricket]

Nicky - i just wanted to say i am thinking of you at this sad time and please know that we are here for you anytime xx


All this chat about food is very helpful! I wasnt sure whether i was meant to give Tom food straight after a bottle (which is what i was doing) or if i should wait a little while. I might wait half hour in between like you do Sacha and see how we go with that. I am like Jan, i feel very overwhelmed by this food stuff so it is helpful to see what everyone is doing. Are most people still mixing in their fruit or vegeis with the baby rice? I was thinking i was going to have trouble with Tom's evening feed as he normally feeds at about 7.30, 12, 4.30, 8 and he is way to tired to do anything by his last except drink and go back to sleep so when we get onto the three feeds a day, i think i'll have to do it for the first 3. I have a book which has great recipes but bases the feeding schedule on baby have 5 milk feeds a day.

Megan - glad the bath went well. I had a good laugh at the thought of you bathing with the real estate guy!

I'm really shocked about Heath Ledger too. I feel so sorry for his little girl..

Well, I am really looking forward to tomorrow as my little sister (19 years old) is coming up from Geelong to stay for a few days and i cant wait. We are super close and i cant wait to spend some time with her. Oh, someone is awake - BBL later after i convince him he needs much more sleep than this!!

Back again!
I also have my other sister coming up from the city with her boyfriend on the weekend and we are going to get together with my other sister and have a good catch up! I am really looking forward to it! I have really found the last week or so quite stressful with Tom's sleeping habits going a bit haywire (hopefully solved by tucking in his sleeping bag to the end of the cot!) and DH hasnt been home that much because they are super busy at work. I'm also finding that because we are both a bit tired we have been really snappy with each other, which is a bit of a shock to the system as we have never been like that in the ten years we've been together. We have always been one of those super lovey dovey couples so i'm not coping too well! I think he might of notice too though because he just called to see how my day was going and he never does this. All this parent business is quite hard isnt it? If its not the babies creating havoc, its the daddies..

Hope everyone is well xxx

[Ngala]

HAPPY 6 MONTHS AVALEIGH!!!!!

I cant belive that at exactly 2.19pm 6 months ago my little girl was brought in to the world!! I still remember that day like it was yesterday, I still remember the pain but the pain was all worth it because I have the most beautiful baby that I love to bits (even when she is screaming and crying!!)

hehehe I timed that pretty well Also, happy 6 months to Jan's and Inlove's little bundles of joy!!

haha Avaleigh just woke up crying her head off exactly when i posted this at 2.19pm. I wonder if she knew she was born exactly 6 months ago

[Jas]

Happy Half Birthday Avaleigh!!! Oh and p.s V I have been meaning to tell you that your wedding photos are really beautiful you looked gorgeous!!

Solids, Isn't it really annoying how little info is available on how much etc! I have been doing A LOT of research since we started Noah at 5months and different places say different things so I think it's all up for personal opinion but I'll share some of the info I've seen. (The best info I have seen so far is on the huggies website and in the book Babywise ll which Is a series of parenting books from birth to teenage years rfeally really great books!)

* From 6 months on you can introduce things very quickly

Week 1 -
*Start with baby rice cereal (it provides the iron that they need from 6months) feed at whatever feed time in the day is most convenient Mix 1tablespoon of rice cereal with 4-5tablespoons breastmilk or formula increase the amount of rice cereal to 5-8 tablespoons thickeing the consistency as you go.

Week 2 & 3-
*Rice Cereal Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Week 4 -
*Start introducing Vegies, recommended to try lots of vegies first b4 fruit so that bubs doesn't develop a preference for the sweet stuff.

Recommended diet eventually -

Breakfast - BF OR FF Cereal and Fruits
Lunch - BF OR FF Vegies and Fruit
Dinner -BF OR FF Vegies, cereal and fruit

*Give one extra meal of milk only either for 1st morning feed or last night feed

Recommended guidelines -
*When feeding both vegies and fruit at the same meal always give vegies first
*Give at least 4 BF or FF a day
*Start offering water through out the day when you start solids
*Give the solids at the same time as the BF or FF not 2hrs apart etc, encourages snacking and can put out feeding/sleep patterns
*Offer one breast or half bottle, then solids and then other breast or half of bottle.
*Continue giving at least one rice cereal feed per day up 2 1year because of the iron in it

It also says re: amounts to let bubs decide within reason, I don't think there is any definite answer in regards to how much and if the re is then its very ver y hard to find even if you check the number of servings on jar food some of them are 100g and they say 1serve and some are 200g and they say 1serve. But maybe check out jar food to get some idea (Its a lot more food then I thought a baby would eat at first)

Also a good idea I heard was to cook each vegetable seperate and then put it in icetray to freeze and put them in seperate containers that way when you go to do a mix of a few vegies you can easily take an icecube of several different vegies and bubs doesn't get stuck with the same old dinner every night!

I must admit I haven't really been following this and I have been giving about 2-3 solids per day but seeing as Noah has been eating them for 1month I think it's time to get into it more consistently. They say at the beginning their bodies don't really expect the food so if they miss one day etc it not the end of the world. I definitely recommend the huggies wesite too for more info on food etc.

Well I got onto a bit of a ramble so sorry I hope that info is helpful to someone though!

[kungfubecca]

Hi all,

Wow 3 days in a row for me,

Jas you should be ok rear facing until 9kg's for almost all seats except those that are rated higher. I am not wanting to see this movie you are all talking about and think I will just reserve us to the fact that they have to turn around at some stage and saftey standards say it's ok from around the 8-9kg mark.

Nicki, sorry to hear about your loss, i lost a cousin a couple of years ago under similar circumstances, he was only 16 and the aniversary is coming up in feb. It is very sad and I'm sorry you have had to go through it as well. Don't feel like you don't fit in and feel free to drop in when ever you like. For me this is my stress reliefe I guess, I don't think so much about me and us, and like to hear about how others are going.

Raels I saw the bellamies ones too and thought how cute toothypegs. tee hee. We've given Xavier rusks too and he has had a little gnaw on them, and once he tossed it aside waste not want not the puppies loved it too, tee hee,
We are still just doing the tea time meal but it wont be long until breakfast is introduced as well. Xavier only has rice yet we have started mixing it with something else. last 4 days was avocado and he was fine with it but didn't like the favor much. tonight I mixed a little banana in with it and he really liked it a lot. soon we will introduce vegies at night and move the cereal to morning.

Jan that news about heath ledger was a bit shocking. I too find the whole food thing a bit daunting, but i'm slowly getting used to it.


Sara the guide I'm using for feeding says for the first 2 weeks to slowly increas but not to exceed 2 tablespoons per day. i use this as a guide only and let my mummy intuition play a part as well.
giving one food at a time is really so that if bubs has an alergy to something you can pinpoint what it is quickly. If you were going to mix foods from the begining i would say high alergy foods eg straberries etc you might want to do one at a time.

happy 6 months avaleigh and sara!

[Enchanted]

Hey everyone!!

We've been away so I've had a read but everyone is too chatty for me to remember everything!! Just quickly about us... we're doing well and had a great time away. We have come to a halt with solids as Oscar just spits the farex back out so I will try again next week. We are off to the MCHN tomorrow so that'll be great to see how much my precious little guy has grown in 2 months. Sleeping is average here still So I'll see what the MCHN suggests tomorrow!

Happy 6 months to all bubbas!!

Hope everyone is doing well. I'm just about off to bed, so i'll be back tomorrow (I hope)!!

[Jas]

Oshani, I don't know what you've tried so if this is just stupid sorry but have you tried watering down the =farex a bit so its closer to milk and/or mixing it with something else some vegies or fruit Noah wasn't all that fond of the farex by itself or maybe try giving him one of the other suggested first foods pumpkin, yogurt, apple etc??

[Starfish]

Hi everyone

Boy you ladies are chatty! I have had a bit of an up and down day. On the down side, I nearly decided to stop breastfeeding this morning! Diana has kind of been biting recently and this morning at about 5:30am, she bit me hard first on one nipple, then, when I took it away, on the other. I nearly lost it. I have been feeling pretty down the last few days (I think that pnd is returning - I am looking at getting counselling as I have been feeling really, really low), and felt that the only positive thing I had left, the only thing that I was still doing right, was breastfeeding, and now I was failing at this too. Fortunately I got through to the ABA helpline and the counsellor was fantastic and helped a lot. So I am still breastfeeding. Yay.

On the up side, Diana did her first 'big girl poo' (i.e. solid - TMI, I know ) in the potty today. I am so proud of her.

Re solids - we are giving Diana solids 2 -3 times a day, usually one serving of pureed fruit (mango, nectarine, banana, etc), and one of pureed veg (e.g. potato, lentil, avocado - okay those last two aren't really vegetables, but you know what I mean...). She usually eats somewhere between a teaspoon and a tablespoon at each sitting. In regards to meat, we gave her pureed mince and beans once, which she seemed to enjoy the first day, but didn't like reheated the next day (hmm, I think she takes after her dad in not liking leftovers). Today we gave her a bit of mashed meatball, which she seemed to like too.

Nicky - so sorry for your loss.

Tracey - yay that things are going well for you at work. I am currently having the hardest time finding a job! My recruitment agent even dumped me today (she told me to go to another agency as she didn't want to find me a job ).

Veronica - Happy 6 months to Avaleigh! Isn't it amazing how fast time has flown, but also how well you remember her birth?

Sorry for no more personals. I will try tomorrow. Hope you and your lovely babies all have a good night.

[Ngala]

Jas - thanks for your comments about my wedding photos I've just gone through about 500 of them and decided what to put in our wedding album, what a mission!! Thanks for the info about solids. I am only giving Avaleigh BM first in the morning, I might start to introduce some baby cereal soon.

[Tracey]

OMG Starfish @ the lady saying she wont find you work, what a c ockhead!

I cant believe it's 6mths already (well not til Sat for Zyon) but it judt feels like yesterday!!!!

It's gotta slow down, going too fast!!!!!!

[Megan76]

Gee i wish i could get these tired signs right cos i am really messing it up this week!! Seems like we are going one day on, one day off with the horns!!

Happy 6 months to all the bubs!

Thanks to everyone for all the food info! I am a bit overwhelmed too but i have stressed out about everything so far so i am trying to just go with my instincts and take it as it comes! So far everything seems to be going fine!

BBL

[Ngala]

Why is it that something works one day and the next it doesnt??!! I managed to get Avaleigh to sleep yesterday by tucking her in real tight (dont normally do this) and it stopped her from rolling around and today its not working!! But I guess she doesnt sleep at this time of morning, but I want to do the friggin gardening for it gets 40 degrees!!

[Megan76]

I vow to never use controlled crying again! I am a mess! Lucas has been screaming for nearly 30 min now! I vowed i would see the 2,4,6,8,10 min out till the end....i have one min left! I hope my little boy can forgive me!

[mrscricket]

Happy six months to all the babies!! I keep seeing the thread for the Babies due in July and think gosh not long ago that was us!!

V - you have my sympathies on the rolling thing! We should set Tom and Avaleigh up on a date and they can roll around together. Actually that sounds a little bit rude.. The only way i can stop T rolling is to put him a sleeping bag and tuck the end of it into the cot and then tuck the sheet over the top. Have been doing it for 2 days and had pretty good results.

Ok, i am off to clean the house before my sisters arrive to mess it all up. Not sure what kind of day i will have today - T had his 6 month needles this morning. He is sleeping now so fingers crossed he doesnt have any reactions. He screamed when the stuck the needles in (both at once) but all was forgiven when we left - he gave the nurse a big sloppy pash.

Have a good day everyone!

** Good luck Megan!

Zofia - i just read your post - i must of missed it before. I cant believe the recuriment place dumped you! That is terrible.. Diana is such a smart baby, i love reading about all her little things she does - especially the potty! How smart is that - Tom will probably be like 10 before we can manage that one!

[Starfish]

Hi everyone

Em - thanks for your comments. Yes, Diana is smart! BIL calls her Genius Baby! He, he.

We had another poo in the potty today. Yay.

And I am still so annoyed at my recruitment agent dumping me, especially as it is the only agency I know of that specialises in my line of work. So am going to be a SAHM for a while, and if we can't manage financially, I'll have to look for some boring generic office work or somethinhg. Oh well, hopefully in a year or two, when I want to go back to full time work that recruitment agent will be gone and I can apply again.

[Ngala]

Well it looks like Avaleigh won. I will be doing my gardening when its 40 degrees outside. With us, controlled crying works some times and other times it doesnt. I now know that Avaleigh doesnt like being put in to bed at 8am cause she wont sleep. 1 hour went past of relative happy baby in cot and then when I went out and hanging the washing at 9am the screaming started!! She is now on the floor surrounded by toys and is happy. I may try to put her to sleep in an hour as that is the time we are coming home from the gym and she sleeps..

LOL Em - yes that sounds a little bit rude but I know what you meant!! The sleeping bag sounds like a good idea cause Avaleigh always has her feet up in the air when I am trying to tuck her in.

Alrighty, I am going to try and sneak a quick shower in while Avaleigh is occupied.