Happy Birthday to everyone, because I know you are all 1 by now!!
Ok, I've taken the opportunity to come in as I have the day off for Xaviers 12 month MCHN visit, and I have sent him to creche until it's time for his appointment, Sounds a bit mean, but mummy needs a day off!!
V, Good luck with the new job. I hope it works well for you. I've been attempting to give xavier our food as much as possible latley, mainly because if I don't he ends up eating jar food. One thin in particular I have found that he likes is gnochi. I'm naughty i buy latina fresh stuff but they make a mini gnochi now, and it's just the right size. He als likes ravioli and normal psta, but it has to have souce on it, and he gets in there with his hands and everything turns a shade of redish orange spagheti sauce colour.
I have found the jar foods, quite often have apple juice as a base and they smell heaps like canned soup, so one thing you could try is making like a caserol type meal using some canned soup. One xavier likes uses chicken, vegies can of condensed cream of chicken soup and noodles, and last night, i put a can of tomato soup for one is a saucepan, added vegies, gnochi and let it all cook in the soup, and he happily ate it. I know soup can have salt added but, when you actually read the lables it's not much different to baby foods.
Raels, I have a "midget" too, he he, Yes a bit rude of the nurse to say it. We are all short in my family and Xavier has been breast fed too, I call him petite. He certainly doesn't go without, and he is happy, not so healthy but that's a whole other story, but I figure he is developing ok, and his eyes are nice and clear, his skin is the right colour.
Besides the growth charts they use for measuring bubbas are all based on formula fed babes, and our boys will grow up big and strong still
Jess, poor little ethan, chicken pox!! are you sure it'[s thrush in his mouth and not just the chicken pox, 'cause they can go in the mouth as well. You take care and rest as much as a mummy of a toddler can.
Em, Like mel said whatever works, works, and even once they stop drinking from a babie bottle they will want some other sort of bottle anyway. Xavier is always wants to drink out of my pop top water bottle. lol on your health nurse, what a hypocrite she is
RE citrus, I let xavier try this ages ago, as we have no allergies in our family, and it was better that I let him try, than he accidentally try at creche and something went wrong. He doesn't really like them much yet.
Jan lol on the brussel sprouts. Xavier likes his chucky food to be saucy. no bland flavour for my boy. Did you offer something else instead of the 5pm feed. I am looking into weaning as well, but then i've been back at work for 8 months now. If you don't want to you don't have to give up completley. From mt experience though, i would like to wean all day feeds out, the night and morning feed I think I'll see what xaviers plans are, maybe let him self wean. I am a little sad at the prospect of weaning though.
Mel, I'm with you on the sleep, I don't need any help, I'll even prepare my own warm milk and put myself to bed!!
Jas congrats on the BFP, that's fantastic news.
Update on us.
OK, Xavier turned 1 last sunday, and we had a pirate party. It was a good day, but the little man was exhausted. He tried chocolate cake for the first time. Poor little munchikin now has a chest infection, proably not helped by his refusal to sleep sunday afternoon. with this infection we are onto our i've lost count of what dose of antibiotics. colds flue, croupe, ear and chest infections, he didn't get gastro but both nathan and I did. about a week before you all seemed to get it.
Xavier still has little hair, isn't very tall, fairly petite in stature, (not like his parents currently). He says da da, ma ma, ta, (when he wants something) ta ta (when he want to leave), dag (when he sees the dogs) dn dn (ding dong) when he sees the doorbell. yaya (which we think is him trying t say Xavier how cruel for mum and dad to give him a hard name to say. ONe of the girls at creche is trying to teach him to say "Catrina for a raise' because my mum is there boss. shakes his head when he doesn't want to do something. dances when he hears music. walks around all the furniture, walks behind walking toys. he's not far off the real thing. eats ok, but he's sick half the time so go figure. Touch wood, but hasn't ever pooed in the bath and hasn't weed without his nappy on for some time. we still have night time sleep issues, but can you blame him when he has a hacking cough all the time?? Xavier puts his hands up to anyone to pick him up purley on the chance they might take him outside. We may have some stranger danger issues to work on there. On the whole he is very challenging, loves to chat on anything that looks like a phone. but he is my baby boy and I will alwasy love him to pieces, allthought i'm sure there will be many a time when he grates on my nerves.
IN the next couple of months we are also hoping to start building our house finally. We are just waiting on building quotes to return, have the loan approved. So I will try and keep you all posted about that. Once that is done and I can assess exactly how bad our mortgage debt is I can start thinking about number 2!!!
I might be back on here in a couple of weeks as I'm on holidays. But as said as this may sound to some of you, I really miss coming onto belly belly and chatting with you all.
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