Well I have cracked the code, my child won't eat solids in his high chair atm. He started so well on solids a mth ago and it has slowly but surely tappered off, to not wanting anything. I spoke to my CHN today and told her we both need a break I don't want to stress about it as he is drinking so much better and I just want to enjoy him for a change. I asked her if it was really that important cause he clamps his mouth shut, belows mmmmmmm.... and then starts crying, just doesn't want a bar of it. She said it wasn't too important but too only have a short break as we need to persist with it even if he only has a little at this stage seeing as up to 9-12mths it is really only an introduction anyway. I was so pleased with that, but she did suggest maybe giving him a cheese stick or watermelon just to see if he wants to do it himself.
Was at a friends place this arve and she gave him banana, and I fed it to him on my lap, and she thought I was a lier LOL. No seriously I told her I am coming down here to feed him all the time, because also in the bad bad days of bottle drinking he fed well at her place. Anyway came home and tried the same thing on my lap and it worked, phewww.... I thought it was our place for a minute there. So he just hates the high chair it appears atm.
My CHN was so pleased with him today. I gave her a black and white photo of him as she has started a wall collection of all her babies and I told her she should caption our picture and she said yes "One of my hardest cases" LOL.
My boy is 7mths old on Friday and weighs 6.770kgs and is still in 0000 and 000 clothes, what tha.......
To the ladies who feed their child weetbix, does it have to be a special type, wade bought us the kids one but it does say for children over 1 year of age, does that matter?
Kim - the control crying self settling thing works hey, we did it at that clinic we were just at for the week. Its all about getting rid of the sleep associations, and lachlans was mainly the dummy and me getting him to sleep by nursing etc.... It was hard the first day, I think every sleep he cried for atleast an hour, but each sleep and each day gets easier. I am so glad we did it and didn't leave it any later. And I agree with Jodie if you can get in for a week stay it is much better, you can't possibly learn everything in a day. I just put Lachlan to bed at 7.15pm and because his crying stopped and started I didn't have to go in and pat at all, and now he is sound asleep at 7.30pm. During the day time sleeps at least one of them he is asleep within 5mins.
SO WE HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A DUMMY FOR A WEEK NOW, WHAT GREAT PROGRESS!
Oh and Kim sorry to hear about your husband, hopefully you can work things out.
Jodie - nice chatting to you too, and no you are not a bad mummy, he was just tired and if he gives no other signs you are not to know.
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