thanks Jo and everyone on solids. it's so confusing.
I think Jo you arent replacing her bottle but feeding Caitlin in between?
This is what im doing.
he has a 5am feed sometimes (if he wakes up then) a 7, 8 am feed both BF and often falls asleep. when he wakes up, abt 10-11am i give him his meal, solids with about 30-60ml. he eats about the amt of the baby food that's in the jar, maybe more. then he has a sleep. the next feed abt 1pmish, he has 180ml. 4ish,5, i give him a bf, then an hr later solids with some formula 30-60ml.
Before bed he has a bottle and then in bed a BF.
He seems to enjoy his solids more than milk.
Re- teat, i've been using the peritalsic ones, some of them have variable flow. some are normal ones. it;s time to change teh normal ones. The LC recommended these for him over the Avent type ones.
i'm also goign to get a sippy cup.
I have an appointment w his GP on Monday, so will ask this. His excema is healing but has left whitish marks.. poor baby.
Skye - it's very confusing where you are at, at the moment.
Do you think Anth will change in that one month, if he's sincere, maybe you could try to give it ago, if you want. at least for a week. it's so hard for the kids..
shell - hornsby is good, there's a huge westfields there.
trina - oh hun, this is the alst thing you need. go get yourself checkout at the doctors'...
i'm going to go see a chiro when i get back, my body is so buggered.
danni - is jazz take anything for her phelgm, yellow sounds like an infection...
bron - yaay on the high chair
sj - im going to give poopy bread at around 7-8mths i think.
sorry not much personals, i think im getting a cold again it always happens when im about to fly back to Syd!!!
anyway, i have to gloat!!
Poopy's 6mths today!!! 0.5years!!!!! my baby's growing up so quick.
I'm gloating cos, although i've fiddled and farted and struggled with breastfeeding, I've made it to 6mths!! I know he gets formula as well but I never thought I'd ever get this far!!
I told steve I think I deserve a medal, and he said i deserve more than that. I feel so good about myself!
I forgot to mention that the MCHN said I could start him on a cup. I was just gonna give him a bottle with water in it, but she said to go the cup instead.
I might be able to go pretty much from breast to cup with him. Wow.
I was given about 10 Avent bottles & a microwave steriliser all brand new & haven't really used them. I'm glad I didn't have to pay for them.
Most of the teats are 1, 2, & 3 in one. I'm not sure how they work though. Do you have the number you want at the top?? The other ones are 2's.
OMG you should see me trying to clean up this bean bag the kids decided to cut open. I reckon the neighbours are being kept amused today.
I'm vacuuming them, & it takes about 5 minutes to fill the bag, but the measure thing for the bag doesn't go up coz they are too light I guess, so if I'm not quick enough the vac will start filling up too.
Then they are full of static, so they are sticking to everything! Including me & the inside of the vacuum.
I think I've done 8 trips to the bin & I'm not even close to finished!
Then when I get to the bin I have to fight the stupid things to go in.
So much fun. Never EVER buying a bean bag again!! We still have one they can fight over. I just hope it doesn't go any time soon!
I bought Caitlin one of the magmag sipper cups. She doesn't really like the water yet but i will keep persisting! It is very messy at first as the sipper cups flow a lot quicker than teats so be prepared for wet clothes!
Well done Prama! I didn't make it to 6 months, but that's coz it was getting to hard for me to try to maintain BF when I went back to work.
Jazz is still happily eating all her food at day care. Tonight I gave her a bottle and she was really happy and active so I thought I'd give it a go and put her in her highchair and offer her some more food. She ate it! It started looking like she wasn't going to finish it, but then I started doing "here comes the aeroplane, open up the hanger" with the sounds and me opening my mouth and then she would copy and open her mouth and gobble it all up! She finished half a jar! So, depending on how alert or tired she is, I will keep offering her a second feed in the evening now.
Wow, I hadn't thought about the sippy cup thing. I should probably look into getting one too. Jazz loves to try and grab the cup I use in the bath to pour water on her. I decided to let her grab it yesterday and she accidentally poured water all over her face...wasn't a very happy girl when that happened. She got a fright and splashed heaps - so much so that our poorly fitting plug came out!
She's starting to balance a bit better when sitting, but she's just so into things that she just wants to grab everything in site so she reaches and looses balance.
I was just looking at a "trolley mate" and I think I will see about getting one in the next couple of weeks, I don't like using the capsule things anymore in trolleys. I'm trying to get Jazz sitting up more (supported until she can sit by hersel obviously). We have one of those kiddie couch things for her. We lean it against an ottoman with a pillow underneath it to tilt it back slightly and a pillow next to her to help prop her up and she'll sit on that happily with all that support. She just sits there watching TV.
We've got a Bumbo for Caitlin and she loves sitting in it. She was sick of her playgym but now we can sit her in the bumbo in front of it and she sees everything from a different angle and likes to play with it again! It is also handy to take along when you go out as you can sit her in it to have her food.
thansk all for the bf wishes, i know i havent been doing it properly, exclusively but poopy's still getting something.
thanks danni! pmsl at jazz in teh bath. she's too cute!!
how's matt doing now? is he ok with his medication and all.
hmmm trolley mate sounds like a good option.. it's hard shopping with a pram and it's a bit hard pushing the trolley with a sling.
shell - lol. i was doing the same as well. counting poopy's age in weeks, and steve was doing it in months. one day at the doctor's we had a small disagreement, and then i realised i was doing it wrong. i started saying months after 4mths. no wonder ppl looked at me funny when i was still saying his age in weeks!
hey, i might be able to join you next friday at stanhope! what time is it? is it at the same place?
trina - hehe, no.1 children get all the attention!! 2nd onwards get hand me down, less attention and learn to survive on their own. steve and i are #2, and we say, this is what our older siblings got to enjoy when we see how everyone fusses over poopy!
teach - your post came up while i was typing. good to hear from you!!
it always happens when im about to fly back to Syd!!!
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