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Did she just have her vaccinations PP?
SHe had them on the 11th of june... sooo bugger cant blame them lol
Thanks girls (and boys) for Angus' birthday wishes!! Most unexpected and lovely!
I'm hardly ever on anymore as I am working tons of hours, about 40 per week at present. My husband is also working, and Angus' isn't in childcare, so whenever one of us isn't at work, we're looking after Angus. No time left for anything else really!
Happy birthday to all the babies, I'm sure you all had a wonderful day like we did. If I ever have time again, I'll fill you in and read all the posts.
Hope you are all well and loving your little boys and girls sooooo much (just like I do).
Hi Girls,
Just wondering if all the bubs are on cow's milk now how much are they drinking?
It's just that the last few nights Lewis has been waking after about an hour after his bedtime and I'm wondering if the cow's milk is too heavy. He was on a hypo allergenic formula as he used to get constipated on the normal ones. Now his No.2's are either too hard or too soft so am thinking it's not agreeing with him. He has 200ml when he wakes up, 180ml in the afternoon and 200ml for his bedtime. He also drinks about 50ml of water per day. Should I be giving him less do you think? Or even watering it down a bit?
Happy belated birthday to Lewis, Angus, Mikayla, Nate, Lee and everyone else who has had a birthday in the last week or so.
I too have not been on here much recently. In the weekend we went up to Coffs Harbour to visit my sister. We flew up there and Diana was very well behaved on both the flights there and back. The trip itself was great too, apart from the fact that we didn't bring Diana's potty, so I had to spend a disproportionate amount of time changing pooey nappies :wall:. For some reason, she wouldn't go in the toilet, even when I held her over. Oh well, never mind.
Hope you're all having a great week. Hope too be back soon. :)
Sarah - we tried switching Caeleb to cows milk, but he's not too keen, so he's on toddler formula for the moment. We'll try again in a month or so to switch. He did have a few odd poos and tummy aches when we were giving him cows milk. So maybe both he and Lewis aren't quite ready for it yet? He has loads of milk though. A bottle when he wakes up, one after breakfast, one in the afternoon. One at night before bed and one in the night when he wakes and needs a change... so that would be a litre of milk a day, plus water, which he has inbetween, plus he still feeds off me from time to time. No wonder he has so many wet nappies! :lol: At least I know he's getting lots of calcium for strong bones. :)
Yes maybe I should go with infant formula too. I got so excited that he could finally have organic milk :rolleyes:
I just read that 16oz of milk is about average for a 12 mopnth old, which is about 480mls but it's a very loose average, more or less is fine. The only bad thing about drinking too much milk is that it can slow the iron absorption down apparently.
DH says maybe it's not the milk at all, maybe his sleep routine is changing and he is going to start going to bed later in the evening. NOOOOOOOOO! I love him going to bed at 7pm, I run out of playtime ideas by then!
Mmm came up twice ..............
MofL
I would cut the milk down to 2 bottles a day
how many sleeps is he having?
DD only has 1 x2hr sleep a day and is bed by 7pm and most nights sleeps through till 7 am (i say this loosely as she has been waking at 3-5am lately as she is getting her back molars through.:(
Ah poor Ashley, those molars must be so painful :(
Well the same happened tonight. He went to bed at 7pm, then about 20 mins later he was crying. We tried to leave him but he just wouldn't settle so I got him out for half an hour and then he went back to sleep.
He wakes about 6am and has 2 sleeps, one about 9.30 and the other about 1.30pm, so yes maybe we should stretch him out and just give him the one sleep. And then his 2nd bottle can just be a drink with his lunch. I will see how he goes tomorrow and if its the same I will try that. Thanks PP:D
Sarah - it is such a trial and error!
Trust me i am very tempted some days to put Ashley down for a second sleep but she is seriously still going like an energiser bunny at 10 pm if i do. And she has a good 2-3 hour sleep in the day now (never a set time.... sometimes down at 1130 - sometimes 1.30 - depends if i am busy in the morning or not).
I hope you an lewis come to an agreement :) on what is best for him.
Hugs
I hope this post works!!!
I think I am the worlds most cursed person when it comes to computers!! Remember I posted awhile ago saying that we had lost our computer because DH had spilled wine all over it ?!?! Well, $1000 later and a few months without internet we had it all fixed and everything was great!
Well 2 weeks after getting the computer back .. I was handing DH a coffee .. and guess what, stupid me somehow ended up dropping it all over the laptop :angry:
I was so upset. We tipped it upside down .. and for a few hows it still worked! Just as I breathed a sigh of relief .. it shut down and never restarted. We tossed up getting it fixed a second time .. waiting for months again ... and much it DH's delight ..we bought a new one for 2,100 and it wayyy better than the old one. We also got out the desk top computer for me and DH upgraded it for me YAY! :dance:
So if I spill anything over on the desk it only wrecks the keyboard .. not the whole computer. I am also going to get a non spill coffee cup for DH to use near his lappy.
Then ... I got onto bellybelly ready to join in again .. and I wanted to upgrade my ticker to a 2 year old one. I searched on google. I click what I thought was a ticker website and up pops porn ..EW! I was quiet shocked as this has never happened to me before. I called DH and he said ok lets install interguard (I was really concerned my DD (12) would be exposed to the same thing) its a filtering program that makes sure nothing discusting comes up on the screen .. even if you click on it .. so I installed that and make a cuppa sit down to bellybelly .. and .. it dosent work!! The program we installed deemed bellybelly inappropriate!! I was fuming at thos time as Kenzie was asleep and I was wasting "Me" time!
So I called DH .. he fixed it .. (uninstalled program) we have to look into net nanny i think, have said to DD no googleing untill we get things sorted out.
So here I am .. :pray::pray::pray: that this works! If it does work .. will BBL for personals when Kenzie is down for her morning sleep
:hug: to everyone
BTW .. This is Jen I changed my username as I wanted some anoniminity?
Mackenzie is such "Night Garden Addicted" munchkin! She is walking everywhere and I can probably resign to the fact she is now my toddler not my baby .. :( I need another baby! I am so clucky its embarrassing.
DH and I are finally getting married after 8 years (I have been calling him my husband for the past 3 years :cryinglaugh:) So November 1st is the big day. My 2 DD's are going to be my flowergirl and maid of honor along with my sister as the bridesmaid. I am soooo excited! Trying to lose some more "bubby" weight before the big day .. but I'm not too worried. It going to be a garden wedding .. On top of a mountain .. the view is amazing .. I'll post photos after the big day.
After we get married DH and I are going to TTC again! Although I'm not sure Mackenzie will enjoy sharing mummy , she is really a mummy's girl.
We are still co-sleeping and she is still on the booby 3 times a day. Mackenzie hasn't slept through the night yet .. still wakes up at least 1-2 times a night I have gotton used to it now .. she has 2 sleeps during the day so I hope she is getting enough sleep. I have tried to wean her out of our bed .. but she only sleeps for 30 mins then cries .. I tried to persevere with it and evened up putting her back to sleep 15 (yes!! fifteen) times!!! So she is now back in our bed .. she snuggles into me like a little koala and I have to say its very cute .. but it's starting to take it's toll on my back.
I am going to post for some advice weaning her. I just can't seem to do it! She still loves to go in the baby pouch and follows me around the house everywhere! I love it!!! I love being a stay at home mum still .. although sometimes I miss adult conversation .. so getting back on BellyBelly will be great! I missed you all and I hope all the June babies and mummies are H&H!
Thanks to everyone for Mackenzie's birthday wishes! We had a really lovely "Teddy Bears" picnic party and although she didn't really know what all the fuss was about she sure did enjoy the cake!
There has been alot of discussion on immunisation .. heres my 2 cents .. When DD was born .. she was given the hep b shot .. no questions to me.. just jab jab .. I was a bit annoyed at that .. not being asked .. but at the time was happy to have it done.. I guess I just like to be given choice iykwim. Went to the nurse at 2 months and she was given her 2 month shots .. asked the nurse about possible side effect etc etc .. and she was very vague .. and didnt really offer my any info. I jumped on the net and was SHOCKED at the article on bellybelly. she was then 4 months... I put it off and put it off.. DH said he wanted her done.. so at 6 month we went home (I call home QLD we live interstate) and consulted the Dr I have the utmost faith in. He said without a daoub immunise he has 3 kids and they are all done. So .. She was given her 4 month jabs at 6 months. Then .. BOOM Huge fever .. sweats .. lethergic.. I panic .. then I panic some more.. took her back to doctors.. he said she'll be fine. She hasn't had the 6 month ones yet .. DH wants her done .. I'm undecided but will prolly get her done because he has as much say as I do .. so in 2 weeks will have her 6 month jab then i'll give her her 12 jab at 18 months. So she is effectively 6 months behind. I dont know if I could live with myself if I didnt get her done .. and she died. My doctors said he had written out LOTS of death certificates for children dying from immunisaable diseases. But has yet to write one for giving a shot. It's so hard!!
PinkPalace :: Happy Birthday Ashley for the 10th of June !! Back molars are just terrible arn't they SAD Does the bonjella help? I think I am going to take a leaf out of your book and try for the 1 sleep a day .. if she only has 1 solid sleep perhaps she will sleep in her own cot for more than 30 minutes and get used to it. I am just not sure how to go about it as at 9.30 - 10am she is so grumpy and whingy she *needs* it iykwim. How is your pregnancy going ?!? I am slightly jealous, hehe I would love to be pregnant again .. hopefully soon! Mackenzie get a face rash also .. it comes and goes .. and I have noticed its when she is cutting teeth .. he cheeky go bright red .. then develop a rash .. I put bepanthem on it and it goes away when it teeth come though.
MumofLewis :: Happy Birthday Lewis for the 3rd of July!! Mackenzie has 3 bottle of cows milk a day .. and she has also become really constipated .. it is really painful for her. I have just started giving her pear juice for lunch in a cup. The doctor said it is a natural laxiatative. So I'll let you know how it goes. (I make sure I brush her teeth afterwards because juice isnt good for the teeth. Good luck with Lewis's sleeping .. Sleep time in our household is different on a daily basis .. I am probably to worst person to give advice on sleep as I have written above! Congrats on Lewis taking his first 4 steps!! Won't be long now untill your chasing him all around the house!! This is such an exciting time isnt it!!
Celsie :: Happy Birthday Caeleb for the of June!!!Wow he sure is having loads of milk! With the switching to cows milk .. have you tried putting in 1 part cos milk to 3 parts formula and slowly increasing it over time? Sometimes that can help with the weaning process ?? I haven't read Additive alery .. but I really try to make everything I give my family "from scratch" for Christmas I want Santa to bring me a bread maker .. so I can make my own bread! I know the additives in food is just eye opening isnt it. I even want to make my own vege patch .. plus the cost of food is just ridiculous!
Starfish :: Happy Birthday for Diana for the 19th of June! Hope you had a fantastic trip to coffs harbour, is Diana almost fully toilet trained ? That is amazing that she poos on the potty at such a young age!
Feathertop :: Happy Birthday for Angus for the 29th June!! You sound really busy! Make sure you take time to relax .. even just a few minutes! It's so hard working full time and being a mum & wife.
Charlyfrog :: Happy Birthday Chloe for the 14th of June !! I just saw you posted all the June Baby's Birthdays in the Messages Forum .. what a gorgous thing to do!! Will definately reply after this to all your posts in there! I can understand your excitment about the toy sale .. I hope we get our tax return in time!! Actually .. maybe I don't or I might just blow the lot!!
dragonstorm :: Happy Birthday to Nate on the 22nd June!! The party sounds like it was fantastic!! Getting together with family is just wonderful isnt it (well .. sometimes! HA!)
Well thats it for me .. if you got to the end of my post :clap: for you!! Happy Brithday to all the June Babies!! Sorry I couldn't post on the day .. :( Stupid computers.
:heartbeat:
Serenity
Hi everyone, hope you are all doing well....i am so sick of the winter everyone except for myself is sick..for the second time round!!!! Not happy!! Poor Ashlyn and Rylan have gotten the horrible cold sore gene (if there is one lol) from me and when ever they get sick up comes these horrible monster cold sore, Ashlyn has one on the inside of her top lip (it may even be an ulcer?) and it is soo swollen and horrible my poor girl.
With the milk situation if you want to cut it down..you can try just giving them the morning 'bottle' on their cereal...and not offer the actual bottle, and the others can be in a cup instead of bottles iykwim? If they still associate the bottle with bedtime then give them that drink in a bottle to settle them but its all up to your routine....i have stopped giving Ashlyn a bottle when she goes to sleep as i didnt want her to go back to relying on it to sleep, so know she has it then maybe 10-15mins later she will go down.
I hope that made sense...Ashlyn was sitting on my lap and hit enter so sorry to those who got the half post lol
wow Jen, what an update! Congrats on the wedding, it sounds gorgeous. And as for Mackenzie she does sound like a little cuddly koala! As much as I don't want Lewis to sleep with us, I just wish sometimes he would lie down for a cuddle and a little nap, but NO CHANCE, he will not fall asleep on my bed, he is up and down like a yo-yo! he really does have ants in his pants.
Rylans Mum - Poor Ashlyn, what do you give her to soothe a coldsore? I would have no idea.
I'm going to stop Lewis's afternoon bottle and put it in a cup like you suggested. For now I will give him a bottle when he wakes and the other before bed in the evening, but that is a good idea too about pouring it over his cereal in the mornings, I will graduate onto that I think.
This morning he didn't wake til 7am so he went back to bed at 11.30am. I'm hoping this will be his only sleep today and then he will sleep better tonight. I think there is a big transition period where they may need one sleep, may need two for a few months and it has to be judged day by day. Of course if I make plans he will no doubt need 2 sleeps and if we are home all day he will no doubt just have one :lol:
Well I took Ashley to the dr and she went through a million and one scenerios of what cold be causing the facial rash.
I showed photos I took in the morning to show that is changes throughout the day too.
Firstly she is hoping it is just her body flaring up to having the runny nose and colds that have been in her system the past 6 weeks.
And I have given her some zyrtec (antihistamine) to see if it clears up the runny nose and if the rash goes away then it is probably just the viral side of things flaring her up.
If it doesn?t then she suggests we start on an elimination diet.
Starting with Dairy. Cut out the cows milk and back on formula (as he switched around the time that the rash started and she suggested that sometimes just the little extra of something can tip an allergy over the edge). She said that she should be fine with cheese/yougrut as they are cultured where as milk isn?t. but eliminate to start with all dairy for 6 weeks then slowly introduce. SO I asked should she be on a different formula than s26 gold as it is dairy based and she said don?t switch to soy but go back to what she was on to be safe. So I have bought some s26 gold to go back on.
She then suggested to also stop anything with nuts in case it was a reaction from that ? even coconut (from my anzac biccies) although she thinks it is unlikely as it started weeks before the biscuits were introduced but to eliminate for the 6 weeks to be sure
And to get rid of the pillow in her cot and wash all the sheets in hot water and sun out to eliminate dust mites (as it is one of my allergens so possibly her?s too).
We can use hydrocortisone cream on her face if we want to help clear it up but I am not keen to do that as the rash isn?t bothering her and it is so mean and nasty that stuff in my opinion (drys out the skin very quickly).
And no more wash in the bath (just h20). Although this is also unlikely to be a cause as if she was reacting to the wash it would be all over her body but just for a while only warm h20 for the bath.
So here we go.
I will start with the zyrtec and s2-6 gold and and if no improvement by the weekend then we will have to start an elimination diet on the poor bub!
SArah - i guess i am back to step one with the milk too! lol
ok, I have 3 seconds to post :D.......
Serenity - soooooooo good to have you back!! Missed you and woah!! Noice post!!! You're amazing that you kept up!!:clap: Your little one sounds divine!! so exciting re: wedding and babies :dance:
PinkPalace - :hug: Is it anything like ezcema?? DD#1 seems to be prone to rashes of varying sorts including ezcema.....which she had so bad as a bubby. Then she broke out in the really weird welt like rash when DD#2 was only a few weeks old. We did elimination in the diet but nothing came to our attention. We gave her some anti-histamine and that seem to calm the raging rash. Weird thing was that it would come and go as we would watch her play and once every inch of her body had been touched at one point or another, it disappeared!! It really worried us as her face puffed at one point! :o A few weeks later, it came back, but went in a day as we gave her the anti-histamine straight away. After consulting with the gp he said that sometimes with rashes, 50% of parents work out what's causing them and the other 50% never do and the rash disappears and never returns...................which is what has happened with DD#1 as its been a year since and nothing else! :dunno: There are so many variables aren't there?!?! :rolleyes: Thinking of you :hug:
Ok, that's my 3 seconds, bbl lovlies!!!!
MWA!!!
thanks Charly - i was thinking a contact dermatitis (eczema) but the dr seems to think it is allergenic... i have no idea as it it only EVER on her face... no where else!
hello ladies,
well ive finally cleaned up the back yard but theres this dirty great big black hole in the middle now. guess i'll have to make a feature of it and concrete the edges so i have an excuse to chop down the other three dead pines.....
in regards to the milk scenario... we had the same problem with Nate. runny poo then fudgy poo couldnt make his mind up...cut back to two bottles of cows milk during the day and stayed on formula for the others plus water.
now another issue. late at night he wakes up and begins to scream. seemingly in pain. i assumed it may be his bum so i change him but nothing there except wee. screaming still constant. the little blokes in real pain i think the screaming and ridgitity of his body means hes hurt something somewhere or hes teething. i put some bonjella on which he hates and then when this doesnt work and i start to worry that the neighbours have called the cops i pick him up and walk down the hall and silence.......it seems hes learnt that if he screams enough we'll pick him up.little bugger is making himself hoarse screaming...help me... i cant work it out. has this happened to anyone else here?
during the day hes become an angry man sometimes. maybe its just his independance, i dont know, all help is greatly accepted.
ciao
dragonstorm
Dragonstorm - perhaps it's wind or stomach ache? Caeleb wakes at night crying and we give his tummy and back a rub and sure enough, we eventually get some wind out. We also give him 5ml of Infants Friends. Great stuff. Good for wind, teething and it's all natural. Plus, babies like the taste of it.
PinkPalace :: Have you thought that it might by the washing powder your using? Often facial skin is more sensitive than other parts of the body and with her face laying on the pillow in her cot .. ?? It might be worth switching powders to one for sensitive skin to see if it makes a difference ?? Anyways .. just a suggestion!
Dragonstorm :: Kenzie sometimes does this .. its when she is constipated she screams and when I pick her up she is comforted untill she is "finished" other times .. she is throwing a tanty .. yesterday I tried to give her some toast instead of her usual weeties and she threw it on the floor screwed up her face and screamed! It was quite funny although I didn't laugh on the outside !
I think it definatly the age ... and I think it gets worse arg! Although some children seen to breeze through this age .. the beauty of individuality!
Celcie :: Is infants friend like a "panadol"?
Dragonstorm,
This is what we are going through!! The last 4 nights Lewis has woken up but the first 3 nights it was only about 30-60mins after he fell asleep. Screams but when I pick him up he starts laughing and is wide awake. :p
So yesterday I took PP advice and gave him one sleep in the day only, 11.30-1.30pm. He was shattered by 6.30pm so off he went to bed, slept like a dream....until 10.30pm when he screamed. Then stayed awake for 2 hours. :doh: It's so unlike him he always sleeps straight through. We have been questioning the cows milk lying heavy in his tummy, so I might go back to formula in the evening. But apart from that we are totally stumped as to what is up with him. Mind you on a good note he slept until 7.20am this morning :lol: His new world record!
My MIL reckons he's just learning to test us but I don't think he's clever enough to wake himself up every night to do that!
Serenity - Infants friend is a natural medicine that has aniseed and things in and is a good calmer for babies. I gave mine to my SIL as I haven't used it in months but I think I may get another bottle!
hi mum of lewis - sorry that he woke up at 10 - but wow till 7am is great afterwards..
It honestly took ashley as few weeks for her to work out to have a decent day sleep... now if i try put her down a second time she screams..
Last night she went back on formula (still working on what this rash is on her face)... and she went to sleep at 8pm and sleep solid until 7am! didnt wake once (first time in a week).... i woke up waiting for her to wake at 3am and nothing! :)
Its hard Sarah because they go through so many changes, is lewis walking yet? I hear when they start learning new motor skills they wake sometimes because their minds are so active?
Take heart hopefully it wont last forever, what ever it is, teething, cold maybe 0 it was freezing last night.~
Serenity - we have always used sensitive powder, so that isnt it. we have taken the pillow out now in case it was the fibres. she looks better this morning ... excpet has a cold now!!!
I am not saying this for any other reason than to hopefully help :redface: as I am reading about all your poor little bubba's with seemingly tummy aches :hug:......DD#2 has only woken up once or twice crying in the middle of the night but after a quick mummy cuddle she resettles and sleeps through til 7.30am.........she has never had cows milk, only S26 Step 2 formula and water (oh she has had maybe 50mls one night but that was a horrid potential poisoning episode.............gawd! A story I am moving on from :( - she's fine though :redface:)
So am thinking that while some bubbies take to cows milk, it could be too early for alot of the little ones here?!?
However, another idea to add to teething/wind/hot/cold etc etc etc etc !!!! or the screaming is kinda what you mentioned Dragonstorm - I have read that they can go through stages of simply having separation anxiety issues, which is what I think DD#2 has had a couple of times as it only takes a few minutes of snuggles and then she's back having games with Noddy :D They just need that reassurance that mummy and/or daddy is still there for them.......and not learning to test us - I agree with you on the one MumofLewis!!
Like I said, just throwing out other thoughts but they may not be too helpful :redface: but am thinking of you all!!! :hug:
Mwa!!
I just spoke with the nurse at the chemist and she said lots of babies find it hard to suddenly break down the protein of cows milk when they have had formula where the protein was broken down for them. So I've decided to put him on follow on formula and really slowly introduce the cows milk.
She also gave me a chart of how much calcium they need. Basically 500-600mg a day. 240ml of cows milk has 264mg so they only need 580 ml a day and that's if they are not having yoghurt, cheese etc aswell. So I'm also going to reduce his milk a bit.
Anyway hopefully he will be a new bub tonight!!
me again :D I just had to pop in coz I am so excited!! I finally finished a scrap booking page of when DD#1 (not #2!!) was 7 months old!!!
(yes - I am waaaaaaayyyyeeeeeee behind!!)
BUT!! :D
The reason I am so excited as i had been hanging out to do this particular page as it is of DD#1 playing in the autumn leaves infront of our old house......and I had collected and dried a massive bunch of those very leaves with the sole/soul (sp?? :D) purpose of scrapbooking them with the pics.............
............so 3 years & 1 month later:redface:, I have finally used those leaves on a beautiful double page spread titled, "When Autumn Leaves Start To Fall" :dance:
I am so happy!!:excited: Now only 3 years and 1 month worth of DD#1 scrapbooking to go and am already behind 1 year and 1 month with DD#2......................:rofl:
MWA!!!
DD#2 update: ok so I know that lots of the bubs here are taking first steps or tearing up the floor on their pins already :lol:. Well DD#2 has recently started her favourite game - if I am laying on the floor she'll pull herself onto her feet, steady herself, then throw her arms in the air with a big smile, balance for a couple of seconds on her own and then ensures she falls forward so as to bodyslam me!!!! :cryinglaugh: So all excited about that and in no hurry for her to be tearing around any faster than what she already is!! Hehe.......
......so I leave her playing with big sister in the lounge, turn my back for two seconds, turn round and :o............she has learnt how to climb onto the lounge!!!!!!!!!! :dance:and :doh:!!
Cheeky monkey! :heartbeat:
Hi everyone
Charly - yay on your scrapbooking! :dance: I know how it feels to be way behind and what a great feeling it is to finally make progress (I recently updated Diana's website after months of inactivity). :) Does DD#2 know how to climb off the couch as well as on? Diana has recently learned to get down off furniture feet first (rather than head first like she used to), so I am not too worried when I see her climbing now.
PP - hope Ashley gets better soon. Poor thing. :(
Dragonstorm - I agree with Charly, that the screaming may just be separation anxiety. Diana sometimes wakes up crying, but as we co-sleep, she calms down quickly after a cuddle and/or a breastfeed.
Jen - welcome back! No, Diana is not fully toilet trained yet. She is still in nappies, but uses them mostly for wees. For poos, she goes in the potty. So I suppose she's half toilet trained. ;)
I have a question re feeding - how many meals do your bubs eat per day and how many breastfeeds/bottles do you give them? Diana usually gets solids 3 times per day (breakfast, lunch, dinner/supper) and about 5 breastfeeds (1 at each meal plus morning and afternoon tea). She also has 1-2 breastfeeds at night. Is this normal? All your babies seem to be having fewer breastfeeds...
Hi to everyone else. Hope to be back soon with more personals. Hope you all have a great weekend! :)
Hi Starfish - firstly, really, what is 'normal'?? :lol: Some one said to me when I had DD#1 that "Normal is as unique as you are" - so I took that to mean that whatever works for me and my baby and family, then that is our normal! :D DD#2 has 3 solid meals as well, occasionally a snack between lunch and dinner depending on how long she naps for in the arvo. She still bf before her breakfast and then a quick comfort top up just before she heads to bed. Although, both these feeds seem more of a comfort thing for her (and me ;)) as sometimes she seems to take a big feed and other times I feel like her dummy, hehe. I am starting to work towards dropping the evening bf by mixing it up every now and then with approx 120mls of formula instead of me.......in preparation. Just don't know if I'm ready yet :redface: as my 'normal' with DD#2 is actually different to what my 'normal' was with DD#1 - by this time, DD#1 had finished bf for almost a month already and yet, DD#2 is still bf twice a day, I'm in no hurry :) So in summary of that essay, lol - whatever is working for you and your little princess then do that and then when you are ready to change things up, then do that......no rush! Anyways, just my thoughts, hth xx
P.S. it seems that DD has worked out to go backwards down off the lounge mostly......but she hasn't quite grasped the concept that you can't be throwing yourself all over the place as falling off with actually hurt!! :rolleyes: hehe
Hope everyone has a lovely weekend too......tyring to work out if I really-eally need to go out to the shops as it is so cold and windy outside and seeing as DH is at work I'll have to take the girls out. We're already heading out tonight for a bbq birthday tea for our little cousin but the girls won't be out in the cold for long........hmmmmm.....
Anywhos!!!
MWA!!!
Starfish - we are no longer BF-ing. But DD has 5 meals a day Breakfast (1.5 weetbix with 1/2 banana), MT (piece of fruit), Lunch (mashed veges and a samwich), AT (piece of fruit), dinner (what ever we are eating... ie usually meat and veg etc)..
She then has 175ml Formula before bed and since we are trialling the dairy free thing due to the rash flare ups... i also give her a banana formula smoothie with morning tea (she she used to have cheese with lunch and a baby yougurt for AT)... so we are changing about a bit.
i think it is ok to still bf'ing and i am no expert but i would probably start cutting down a little maybe and offering more h20 with meals ? i dont know.. perhaps barb glare will be able to give you more info on what bub needs if you do a seperate lactation thread???
Charly - yay for the steps and climbing down off the couch!!! when we were at MIL they had stairs and DD thought it was wonderful climbing them at 10-11 months.. but wouldnt know how to go back down - yes we had a few stacks... much to my fear and disgust when not supervised.. and MIL still refuses to get a gate for her stairs as it will damage her wallss... what about DD 's brain!!!!.. anyhow we had to teach her to go backwards and now she think she is
superwoman on anything she can climb off! lol
Well our latest achievement is we have graduated from a sippy spout cup with handles to a cup with a straw lid (no handles).. yay... i was having a milkshake and she wanted some (back in the good old dairy days hooo hum).. and she sucked away at the straw like a trooper so i bought some cups with straws in the lid and now her smoothies/h20 are in these and she thinks it is great ... even makes the '''arrrhhhh" sound when she stops sucking lol
Kenzie has a new milestone! Last night she fell over in the middle of the room and instead of crawling over to the furniture to pull herself up .. she put her 2 hands on the carpet and stood up all by herself and kept walking :( so not more crawling bubby for me and I must say I'm a little devistated .. most people would be happy for their child!!
I am getting concerned with Mackenzie's sleep. She has only slept through the night about 3 times since she was born (I had to get up as I was worried something had happened to her!) Would you take her to someone to get checked? She still wakes up 2-3 times a night for the booby. I am at a loss as to what to do I feel I have tried everything. I hope there is nothing *wrong* with her :(
MumofLewis :: How did Lewis's sleep go last night? IS he improving after going back on formula? I am considering doing the same with Kenzie .. not for the sleep (no matter what I do she won't sleep through the night)
Charlyfrog :: Yay for the scrapbooking achievement! I still have my 12yo DD's baby pictures in a box ..ready to get started! :ROFL: I just never get time!!! You may have just inspired me to get my butt moving on it!
Starfish :: Kenzie feeds sometime 8 times a day .. sometimes 3 .. I just demand feed her then supplement her with cows milk if she is still looking for more. Although I only feed her on 1 side due to having surgery on the right breast. I am hoping to wean her off the breast altogether but have No Idea how to go about doing this.. she is a booby addict! .. Oh she also has 5 meals a day, however .. she is not a big eater.
PP :: Congratulation to Ashley for the straw cup!! I might go buy one of these and see how Mackenzie goes with it. Although when I give her her sippy cup .. most of it ends up on the floor / lap / trap ..etc .. :doh:
Hi Girls,
Jen - Congrats on MacKenzie standing up like that :clap:. I'm just dying for Lewis to walk now, he took 4 steps last week and hasn't done anymore since! He walks holding onto me all the time but is still very wobbly so I think it will still be a while.
Yes he has slept through since giving him formula in the evening. However I must admit to something.....he got a molar through which I didn't know was coming! So whether that had anything to do with it? However I feel better about giving him the formula at night so will continue to do so for a few more weeks.
I wish I could help with her waking in the night. I can only offer the same advice that I always do, ring Tresillian! They are 24 hours and usually offer good advice.
PP: I tried Lewis with a straw cup as it said suitable for 8 months onwards, but he didn't suck bless him! I will have to just keep trying every now and again. What a clever girl Ashley is :dance:. His cup is the Pigeon one with a soft spout, he doesn't seem to like the harder ones so I do keep thinking I'll have to get him onto one soon.
Zofia - Lewis has 3 meals a day, plus a morning and afternoon snack, plus 3 bottles of milk and water in between. He would eat all day if I let him, he honestly loves his food! The only thing he ever hasn't liked is lentils :lol:
Hope everyone else is well. ;)
yeah MofL- i was just having a milkshake myself and she wanted some so i tried and she thinks its great lol!
MumofLewis :: Thank you!!!!!! I have heard of "Tresillian" and when I tired googling their number I put "Trillian" and of course nothing came up! So I haven't been able to get ahold of them. Thank you very much for suggesting it. I phoned them last night and they offer fantastic advice .. I was on the phone for an hour and a half to the lady about Mackenzie and she feels that I really need to do a 4 night stay!?! I never realised that she was that bad .. but obviouly we do have a big problem here. She said she physically needs more than 2 hours sleep "in a row" to have optimal brain develoopment .. so that was a little scary. I am going to post a thread in the baby section later to just just some input from other mums possibly in the same boat.
We are cutting breastfeeding out. So .. she is going to have a big girl cup! Essentiual she said she is transitioning from being a baby to a toddler. I need to support and guide her through this change with loe and affection. but I need to be the one leading .. not her..
Oh good so glad they were helpful , I know a few people who have been 'saved' by them!! They do seem to offer good advice.
Regarding them not leading us and us leading them, I think it is a fine line which is hard not to cross! I will be trying hard to lead Lewis and not the other way round over the coming months now you have said that! He is a head strong little imp!:lol:
Jen - Diana still occasionally wakes a few times a night. I just put her on the boob and she goes back to sleep. For us its not a problem (then again, it only happens sometimes - there were a couple of nights in a row recently when she kept waking and I was ready to tear my hair out :wall:, so I can only imagine how it must be for you). I agree with calling Tresillian. A friend of mine did one of their overnight stays and she said that it was really effective. If you are serious about wanting to wean, ring the ABA helpline and they will tell you how to do it. (I am studying to be an ABA counsellor - I don't yet know about weaning, but I know that it is covered in the training.)
Hi to everyone else.
Last night I called one of the ABA councillors and we had a discussion about weaning and her advice was in direct conflict with what the tresslian lady told me .. so .. I decided to combine both and instead of going no breastfeeding cold turkey. I am going to give her a night breastfeed for a few weeks .. this will also be a que that it is bed time.
I put Mackenzie in some sort of routine yesterday and I have to say it worked quite well (except for the afternoon sleep - we had coflict for 90 mins and in the end I just got her up and kept her up till 7pm .. ) She went to sleep with a breast feed .. when she finally got this feed you could see she was soo relieve to have it .. and I had a bit of a tear because I dont know if I am emotionally ready to have her grow up! But this about what is best for her not me!
Last night she slept in her cot for most of the night, she woke up 3 times, but a quick feed in our bed .. then I put her back into her cot. Usuallt she would scream if I even went near the cot. So this is good progress! We willl get there hehe
Starfish :: Thanks for the advice for calling the ABA .. they really did help alot aswell.
Jen - Mackenzie might be missing the boob. Remember B/F isn't just about milk, it's about comfort, closeness and security. So many just drop one feed at a time. Making her go cold turkey during the day might be a bit much for her.
Yesterday she went really well not having the booby all day .. I just distracted her with toys and books and going outside when she went for the booby .. it worked well!
She needs comfot and security sometimes 10 times a day and wakes up sometimes 5 times a night for the comfort and security .. I hope shes not going to grow up "insecure" ifkwim?
The trillian lady said that its a learned behaviour, I basially "wore" Kenzie as part of my outfit when she was little, and we have co slept since birth, I never go anywhere without her she is with me literally 24/7 ( shes even sitting next to me in her highchair now having morning tea! heheh) And the trisillian lady said that she is transitioning into being a toddler and I need to support her in this change.
I was going to post a thread about the in the bubby section but ran out of time. It will be a long post because we spoke for an hour and a half I really really impressed considering that it a free service!
OMG I am in shock ..
I just put Mackenzie down for her morning sleep .. it took 10 mins!!! So happy!! :cheer: