HAPPY BIRTHDAY AVALEIGH!! Hope you've had a great day with your Mum & Dad.
Thanks everyone for your birthday wishes for Liam. He's had a super day, we went to visit my grandmothers for lunch, along with my sister & her lil boy, and my cousin & her lil boy. My Gran has been a bit under the weather lately, and she just loved having all the babies around, so I'm really glad we made the effort. Plus my aunt cooked a delicious roast pork leg for lunch. And so many toys now in this house, and we haven't even had his party yet!! Actually, that sounds a bit greedy, it's not meant to, we didn't invite people for the presents, we invited them cos we like them, and they all mean something to Liam.
Mel - to you, you've got a lot on your plate at the moment. How's Jack's hand going?
Lis - I have constant food moods with Liam, so he's not a good comparison, but my sister's boy, who's been a great eater in that he just took to it quite easily and always enjoyed food, I think he went through a phase where he decided to get fussy with food. But he did come through the other side, I think my sister just kept offering, and eventually he went back to it all without any bother.
Emma - OMG at that be-atch of a MHN. For what it's worth, I offer Liam choices, and I also tell him to be careful of his fingers/hands/head. Just because I verbally tell him doesn't mean I physically stop him with everything though, which is probably just what you do. She's mental.
Sarah - yay for getting some time with Ryan, that's a lovely thing for Bayleigh to have all his family around. I can't believe how much he eats & how little he weighs - well I can, but you must have a super active kid on your hands. You sound like a superwoman with everything that you're doing for his party.
We had Liam's 12 month check yesterday - he's 9.9kg, which surprised me, cos I thought he'd be over 10kgs by this stage, and he's 75.5cm long. It's extraordinary to think how much they grow in this first year. My MHN was much nicer than Emma's, I was kind of dreading the visit given that he still wakes through the night, and is still on at least 5 bf's a day, but she didn't say anything really, which was kind of a relief. Although even if she had had an issue, I think I would have ignored her in favour of BB friends' opinions.
Anyway, enough of my rambling, I have 30 lolly bags to prepare!
Hope you both had a wonderful day with you mummy and daddy
Ethan is WALKING He has been taking steps for awhile now but on monday night he was just walking around the kitchen and then i walked to the lounge room and he followed!! He is only crawling when he is tired, so spends most of his time waddling around behind me, its very cute but sad too lol he is growing up!
Well i have been MIA too as we had ethan's birthday party on sat 19th and im still trying to recover! I have been sooo exhausted these last few days. But ethans party was great he had a fantastic time was spoilt rotten and loved his birthday cake! Just a word of warning though to anyone giving there bubs a cake with bright blue icing......It turns there poo bright green!!! TMI sorry but i freaked out when i changed his nappy until i realised what it was!
I have been really emotional today thinking about when ethan was born! At 10.30am tomorrow was when i went in to labour with ethan, with my waters breaking!! I knew i would get all teary but the damn pregnancy hormones make it worse lol
Well ladies i am about ready to drop so i will pop back tomorrow for personals.
Goodnight all
HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY BAYLEIGH!! HAVE A GREAT DAY!!
Sarah - Gee you are going to be busy with all your cooking! I wish i was coming to the party for all the great food!! I hope Bayleigh is ok after his fall! Have a great birthday together!!
Mel - Hope you are doing ok. Why do all these things have to happen at once its just not fair!!
TOJ - woo hoo for the walking! I hope you are not too teary for Ethans birthday!! Now i just read your post and checked the birthday list and he's not on it...is it his birthday today too?????????
Jan - I am glad Liam had a great birthday and a bonus you got a roast!!
I'll answer the food questions in one!
Yes Lucas temporarily goes off vegies but he is pretty good! If i put cut up vegies on his tray he will turf every single bit overboard but if i mush them up and spoon food he will eat, so i've given up the other way its too frustrating!!
Basically he will have
Breakfast - 1 weetbix and 2 bits of toast
Lunch - sandwich or eggs or baked beans etc then fruit and yoghurt
Dinner - meat and veg of some sort or whatever we had the night before, then fruit and maybe custard.
He doesnt snack a great deal but is obsessed by cheese in any form!! And he has 3 cups of milk a day.
He also has an obsession with his tongue and as soon as there is food on it he likes to stick it and pull it off with his hand. Oh and we love to feed ourself at the moment, the wrestle with the spoon is so much fun!
Well i jumped out of bed at 7.15 as Lucas was singing to get organised to take him to doc for his needles (very scared) but he must have gone back to sleep! He has been very excited by himself lately letting go of things and standing on his own...he gets a very cheeky grin! I dont think he has any idea that he could actually takes steps though!
Well enough from me.....
Last edited by Megan76; July 24th, 2008 at 07:54 AM.
Jess - on the walking!! lol at the blue icing. Oliver had blue on his cake but no green poos here!! Oh for what it's worth I got very emotional too when Oliver's birthday was approaching and I'm not even preg! Just a big sooky la la. Hope you are feeling well.
Megan - Oliver would like to think he can feed himself too. I give finger food as much as possible but when I can't I will give him a spoon and dip it in whatever he is having, and this distracts him a bit while I get 'my' spoonful in his mouth!
Jan - Regarding the breastfeeding, 5 feeds a day for a 12 month old is fine!! Oliver is having about the same but I have noticed in the last few days that the ones during the day are very quick and more of a snack then a proper feed. I'm happy to keep going for another 6 months at least. Well done I say!
Food wise, I am happy to say that I have a very good eater. He pretty much eats anything I put in front of him. So a typical day for us would be:
Breakfast - 2 weetbix or a piece of toast plus fruit - he is loving strawberries atm.
Lunch - either a sandwhich, soup, vegies and meat plus fruit.
Dinner - usually some vegies and cheese an hour before we eat and then a small plate of whatever we are having.
Snacks are usually fruit, crackers, cheese. I am not giving yoghurt or custard because he throws up after eating them, not sure why, but have to ask doctor about it when I go next. He is still demand bfed but I offer a cup of cows milk with his lunch but he is not a real fan of it. Might have to look into adding some other foods that are high in calcium.
I haven't had his 12 month check-up yet because he is teething and getting temps so I will wait until that settles down. Weight wise I don't think he would have reached 9kg yet. He is only a little man, surprisingly really because he does eat a LOT!
Well I am off to mother's group today, looking forward to getting out, so I best be off.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BAYLIEGH!!!!!
Last edited by razzle; July 24th, 2008 at 03:49 PM.
to you, you've got a lot on your plate at the moment. How's Jack's hand going?
He has been taking steps for awhile now but on monday night he was just walking around the kitchen and then i walked to the lounge room and he followed!! He is only crawling when he is tired, so spends most of his time waddling around behind me, its very cute but sad too lol he is growing up!
sorry but i freaked out when i changed his nappy until i realised what it was!
HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY BAYLEIGH
I was SO jealous of you!!
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