I wouldn't bother about the snuggle pillow thing - she is probably too big for it now. Aston rolls all around the cot now, and I constantly find him on his hands and knees, facing the other way to what I put him in!
LOL Jols about DH being happy AF has arrived! men are so strange aren't they!
Great work Tara.... i have to go out now.. but when i return ill post a little on my day with Chelsea's health nurse.. told ya i wasnt leaving til i knew wat i was doing... a 15 minute session turned into a little over 40 mins!!
LOL at AF returning Jols....i tell ya it been nice not having to deal with her for a while again...*slow down October*....
Got M2's layby paid off today so will all be here on Friday so can set up the room, have some nice new curtains and drapes....and will really nice once its done....
Will it be Blue? or maybe Pink? I do know it took me forever to decided wat curtains i wanted!! hehehe :P
woohoo tara, i'd just let her go, eating what she wants within reason could be the start of it all for her!!!
KIM remember to post pics of the curtains :P
god 15min appt, ours are always 30 mins but mine have always been closer to an hour!!!
Now I'm trying to find things that she can eat that she can just put into her mouth - like little bits of bread and noodles. I'm just not really sure about what to do for her as she has no teeth. Some ideas? Recipes?
Hey everyone..wow wat a night we had, 9.30pm DP wasnt feeling to well, short of breath, nauseous and he said it felt like his heart was pounding really really fast. (this happened a few days ago too) so got Emelia out of bed and of to the hospital we went (very busy) but luckily we got in reasonably quick as last time the doc said if it happened again he should came back straight away.
he had an ecg done, that was fine..had xrays, his heart looked fine. his blood pressure was very very high though and heart rate was a little bit fast. they took blood tests and gave him a needle to make the nauseous go away, also gave him valium to calm him down!! and high blood pressure tablets and monitered him to see if they helped..which thankfully they did and we got to go home, Leigh was pretty sleepy by the time we got home (2am) and was asleep within 2 mins! he is still asleep now and is off to his gp at 4.30. so hopefully we will find out a little more then.. Leigh has already diagnosed himself already, recons that they are panic attacks...only cos his dad said thats what they are, but the doctor said no last night..guess we will see this arvo!
Emelia was excellent considering she was so tired, but when we were waiting around she learnt to wave "bye bye" so cute she does both hands sometimes!! she went to sleep in the car on the way home and slept through till 9am then back to sleep at 10.30 for an hour. im so tired but im "nurse" for the day!! *yawn*
Plenty... Matilda was 9mths with no teeth when she decided that she wouldn't be fed.
Our efforts included:
* par cooked veges in sticks, so carrots so steamed you could mash them, but left as a stick for her to pick up.
* peas, cooked and like the other veges able to be picked up
* pasta
* I made things like pikelets with grated veges in them. There are recipes up for baby & toddler food!
* banana, mango, any mushy fruit
**a big thing was once a day I insisted on feeding her, so I would give her a bowl & spoon of her own with a tiny amount of food & while she was trying to work it out, I would feed her, this also worked with giving her things like cruskits etc to gnaw on**
What ever we eat for dinner...blend
Needs to have different textures but NOT lumps yet...
Foods dont need to be fork mashed until 9-10 months
If giving pasta, it should be sliced thinly NObread until around 10 months....give toast instead (so sandwiches are out for another month or so)
Give soft fruits... from 8 months old give strawberries, kiwi fruit
Add grated cheese to foods
Mix pasta into vegies so get used to the different textures
Give as much meat as possible...does not matter what kind
Avocado
Rusks are a great help
Fingers foods not til mid 9 months
Persevere with sippy cups with cool boiled water at least once a day and also offer open lid cups
Give bottle then 30-60 mins later offer breakfast/lunch
Start with smooth foods... and gradually biuld up to lumpy textures
Introduce a new food each 3 days
She said as soon as Chels wakes of a morning, get her up, bottle, play then give breaky....90 mins after getting up back to bed....she isnt getting enuf sleep and is getting overtired and thats why she has thrown herself outta routine with day times. Babies cant switch off like us.
She wont knwo any different with a new baby coming along.... until around 18 months when she will understand and by then will be to amused to care about a new person taking mummy and daddies time too.
Had a different lady and she never made me feel stupid or useless....was so nice!!
Jols....i will FORGET to post pics of the curtains dun worry!!
Blanche - Sounds scary. Hopefully things are better with him.
Kim - sounds like good advice. We blend our sunday roasts when we're at our Inlaws. Its nice to know ella's having a sunday roast too.
Nelly - LOL Jake sounds so cute. Ella is rocking from side to side. (and then does a FART!) otherwise we're still sitting still.
Tara - Sultanas! Ella loves em. She has been practicing picking them up and eating them this week. Practicing her pincer grip. She use to pick them up and put them in her mouth without letting them go..then wonder why its not in her mouth and still in her hand. Now she lets the sultana go.
Last night we slept through! Woo hoo. I'm sure it was a fluke but we loved it. DH and I woke and looked at each other and said "DId you get up last night?" haha.
We had a huge dinner followed by a big breast feed. I dont know where she puts it all - she's only a teenee tiny 7.7kg.
Hello!! I hope everyone had a good night. Jovie was up at 1am and 4am and then up for the day at 6.30... so we got a sleep in but had to pay with an extra wake up or two. But DH did the 1am wake up & I did the 4am one so it wasn't too bad. DH just settled her and I climbed into the spare bed with her & breastfed her to sleep again and dozed with her.
Her top two teeth are starting to come through!!! WOW its all happening so fast compared with Matilda....
We had a great night.....shame i cant say today is going as well.....Chels drank 70ml of her bottle, refused farex with apple, refused the remaining apples...and now going to try toast
Nevermind Kim, everyday's different!!
We were in bed at 7, up at 1130, 330 and then 530 for the day. she went back for a nap at 7 but only slept for 30mins and is so tired now but wont go back to sleep.
BUT she actually started licking her lips when i put her in her highchair AND opened her mouth for yogurt and ate some chunks of pear.
I kept some dinner last night to puree for her dinner tonight, but i dont really get it. do you mix a bit of water with it or something?
also, Kim re: No bread, my nurse-lady said bread is ok and to try dipping it in cooked egg yolk. but if theres a history of wheat allergy then delay bread.
We had spag bol for tea last night.. i added water to it....Chels hated it and refused to eat it.
In regs to the bread....i thought it would have been ok as well....but apparently is not cos it has to much moisture and to easy to choke on yet. Where as toast is dry and can get soaky much easier. Do what you think is best i spose... im holding off on bread now...toast is just as good
sophie was up at 12.45am for a feed then 7.30 so not bad, made apricot porriage for brekky this morning and she ate it!! susccess at last as she doesnt like brekky!!
i dont the bread thing i do both!!! kim have you tried small bits of bread in apple puree??? may help it go soggy
We had a tough night. Ella went down at 7, woke up at 11 for a feed and then i heard her coughing at 5am. It sounded strange so i crept in and had a look. She had vomited all over herself and was trying to sleep. (poor thing) There were sultanas and veges everywhere. We cleaned it up and gave her a feed coz i thought she might be hungry. She went back to sleep in 5mins.
10mins later i heard her choking again - she vomited up all the milk. i was worried she caught my gastro..but she seemed fine when she woke up at 8am.
No diarrhea. No vomiting today so i think it was the sultanas. She must just suck on them and swallow them. they were hardly digested. Once she threw them up she went back to sleep.
We had a good day. Inspected our new home and getting ready to move in next week.So much to do....
Ann Glad Ella is ok. Best of luck with the move. take all offers of help!!
Kim great that you got some good advice from the CHN and that it has made you feel better. Aston eats toast, loves it, that and english muffins toasted.
tara woohoo for evie...she's getting the hang of this eating gig.
Jols any teeth appearing yet for Miss Sophie?
Christy I think Aston's top two are moving on down too. Which will make breast feeding interesting...
Blanche - any more news on DH. How scary. Aston is waving good bye, and hello, and then has to clap to everyone as well after he has done it. its so funny.
Nelly - how's Jake doing? Better I hope.
I had a great day today, went shopping and got things for ME. which is a first, because I usually get stuff for everyone else. DH has the day off tomorrow so he is coming to watch aston swim, and then we are off to have lunch together.
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