Babies Born July 2007 #17

[BhoysGirl]

OMG what a day. I had feral child almost all day, wouldn't sleep, wouldn't eat, wouldn't be happy, just wouldn't. Thank goodness he's asleep now,otherwise I think I'd have to abandon him for a bit (to his father's care, not just completely abandon). So don't have the energy for personals (sorry).

But, I have solved a problem that's been bugging me for a while, so I thought I'd share it, just in case anyone else is having the same problem - which is what to get a 7/8 month old for Easter when you don't want them to have chocolate or more soft toys (which for a boy, at least my boy, are useless). Anyway, the answer that I've come up with is an Eggcup, probably from the bunnykins range. Which is still a little advanced given that he won't get eggs till at least 12 months, but it's something he can use for quite a long time, well until he's too "old" for bunnykins stuff. It's a bit of a nuisance though, cos I thought I'd go to the peters of Kensington website (for those people not from Sydney, it's a great site to google, bargains galore, especially at sale time), but they're out of stock, at least of the one that I'd get. But I'm so happy with my solution, I'll just have to scout around in real shops.

Anyway, that's it for me tonight, sorry for the selfish post. Will hopefully have a better day & time for a proper post tomorrow.

[BhoysGirl]

ok, so I am an evil mum. Not long after posting above, my poor little baby woke up, and when we finally went in to get him, we found him in a puddle of vomit. So maybe my feral child has just been building towards this all day, or maybe it's just a coincidence, but whatever, it's awful seeing him so sad & limp & helpless. It's been a couple of hours now and a couple more voms, but he's back asleep. Not sure whether to put him back in his cot (which is now lined with towels) and try to get some sleep myself, or to wait up until he's ready for another BF. No idea what is triggering this, I thought that the rotavirus stuff they give at immunisations was supposed to stop gastro?? Mind you, he spat it out last time, there was more on his chin than in his mouth, so not sure how effective it would be anyway. Anyway, the good news is that he swallowed some broccoli at dinner time, although it didn't stay down... thank goodness he didn't get carrots. Anyway, gotta go, he's stirring again.

[August]

Oh Jan, I hope you didnt have too rough of a night with Liam, how is he this morning? Rotovirus only protects against one strain of gastro, but there is more than one strain of gastro. Take care. Hope he is feeling better.

[mrscricket]

Poor you Jan and poor little Liam! You are definiately NOT an evil mum - we all have those days where it all gets alittle frustrating, and at least you know there was a reason behind it. Hope he is feeling better now.

Megan - Tom is pretty much feeding on a 4 hour routine - bottle first and then wait about 15min or so then do solids. But he probably isn't as established as Lucas is on his solids. We pretty much do bottle and solids at 7.30am, 11.30am, 3.30pm then bottle at 6.30pm and he has been having a dream feed lately at 10.30pm. He wasn't doing the dream feed for a long time, but is wanting one again lately. I know one of the girls at mums group who's bub is really into his food waits 1 hour between bottle and solids and it works well for her.. Its all so confusing isnt it!

Oh Jan - thats a great idea about the egg cup. My family keep asking 'what does Tom want for Easter?'. I did suggest they can buy him chocolate and i will 'help him out' with it, but i don't think it will happen. I really really don't want more soft toys because he has stacks - cant imagine he will ever use them - and last easter i got given 4 bunny soft toys when i was pregnant.

Got to go - gardeners have just turned up so time to serve coffee - at least i am dressed this time! Hope everyone has a good day!

** Back again - just wanted to add this for Megan: Annabel Karmel has a book called Baby and Toddler Meal Planner and i used it religiously before i found the wholesome babyfood site. I remembered there was something in it about the recommended amounts of formula.

[CrystalBoo]

Just a quick one for Jan. The egg cup is a great idea, and the one I think you're wanting is on a site called tableculture(dot)com(dot)au. HTH

Hi everyone else

[Starfish]

Hi everyone

Well, I haven't posted in a while as you ladies are so chatty that by the time I read all the posts (if I even manage to read them all that is), it is time to get off the computer... Anyway, it seems that I have a bit of time this morning, so here is an update.

I am still breastfeeding Diana. I'm not counting the number of feeds, but I think that it is about 4-5 during the day and 1-2 at night (a couple of nights recently she slept through and didn't need a feed ). She gets solids 2-3 times a day. For breakfast she has a bit of weetbix with cinnamon and/or some fruit. For lunch she gets fruit or veges and for dinner she gets whatever we get pureed, e.g. meat, rice and veg, etc. She has about 1-2 tablespoons at each sitting with a bit more for dinner. Last night she had about twice as much as she usually eats for dinner and ended up throwing it back up. Poor little girl. Not sure why she kept eating, maybe because it tasted so good... So will be careful on how much we give her tonight.

Diana has gotten better at day sleeping and now has 2 naps per day, ranging from 20 mins to 2 hours each, and she sleeps well at night, waking only sometimes for a feed. She is pretty settled and content during the day too.

Yesterday we spent the day rearranging the living room. So, feeling rather tired today, but the small amount of space that we have is now being utilised much better. Diana seems to like it too, as she now has lots more room to crawl around in. And now she doesn't seem as interested in playing with the bins anymore . She has gotten really fast at crawling and also pulls herself up to a standing position. I have a feeling she is not far off walking.

As for me, I have decided not to go back to work for the next few months. So I will be a SAHM mum for a while longer. It is quite good, except that I often get bored and head out to the shops only to realise that I have no money to spend . Oh well, window shopping is good too. I am also going to do training with the ABA to become a breastfeeding counsellor, which should be good.

Hope you're all having a lovely day, and I will try to be back for personals soon.

[razzle]

Hi Zofia - I have been thinking a lot lately about doing some training to be a breastfeeding counsellor as well. I think it would be so rewarding to help women this way. Just wondering how you are going to go about it?