Babies Born October 16th ~ 31st 2008 #5

[DerbyMum]

I thought the point of all food at this stage was for their experimentation and to get them used to the whole eating new foods thing rather than for specific nutrients - hence milk is still the most important part. I also thought I'd read iron starts depleting around 4 months...? 'Babylove' (by Robin Baker) recommends meat as part of the introduction process. Having said that I haven't given Liam any meat yet. As for teething putting bubs off eating, it makes sense. If your mouth hurts you probably don't want too much food...? Why does all the information have to be so conflicting??!! I guess it comes down to that good old mother instinct again. ....my instinct is tired.... hehe

[DerbyMum]

OM - sorry I just read your post (started typing a few hours ago then got caught up before i finished). How scary!! Good its been picked up though. Hope little Olive is feeling better soon.

[didispunk]

Yup we have turned Jorda around last week.. She loves it! and so do we!

[didispunk]

Oh ya Happy Birthday to me! 28 oh my goodness!

[[M]umma[M]ia]

happy birthday didi!

[STARRYSKY]

hi everyone,
its been a while!
jacob now has 2 teeth! both bottom centre, I think the 2 top ones are starting to come thru now too....had no probs with the teething, if anything just made him a little more serious.
he is now sleeping from 8:30pm thru to 6:00am-7:30am, so he has pretty much dropped 2 feeds with no problems! which is a big woohoo for me with the extra hours of shuteye!
havent even thought about starting the jman on solids yet, hes almost 10kg on just breatmilk, even though he is showing a bit of interest, dh and I have been doing a bit of research on it, some very interesting stuff out there, very conflicting advice....I found one website that reccomends exclusive bf till they have all their teeth....cos in the old days (ie before blenders etc) thats what used to happen, also another interesting thing about solids only starting to be introduced so early coinciding with formula feeding becoming the "norm" (back in the 40s and 50s) I dont know what we will do yet, but its been fun just reading all these different oppinions!
in regards to the car seat- I havent turned jacob around yet, I was really looking forward to it cos I knew he would hit 9kg earlier than most, but it is so much safer to have them rear facing. there is a thread around here somewhere with a youtube video of crashtest dummie babies in forward and rear facing seats....made me think twice.
hoping to be around a bit more now, still catching up on whats been going on with you all and your bubs.
hope you all have a fantastic easter xx

[[M]umma[M]ia]

October Babies! (16th-31st 2008)

Didispunk - 25/09/08 - Jorda May - 6lb 14oz - 12:46pm
AmandaJ - 15/10/08 - Julian Jesse - 7lb 11oz - 4:12pm
Olive'smummy - 17/10/08 - Olive Mae - 8lb 15oz 2:24am
1stbub27 - 17/10/08 - Liam Samuel - 8lb 2oz - 7:22
Tanstar - 18/10/08 - James Benjamin George - 10lb 0.84oz
Hollye - 22/10/08 - Mia Anne - 7lb 12oz - 8:08pm
SneakySparkle - 24/10/08 - Evangeline Ruby Hope - 7lb 5oz - 2:00pm
Leigh26 - 26/10/08 - Lara Jade - 6lb - 4:15pm
KimB - 26/10/08 - Meara Ainsely - 7lb 4oz - 1:56pm
hj1981 - 28/10/08 - Bianca Jane - 7lb 5oz - 12:20pm
rileynmia - 29/10/08 - Audrey Elisabeth - 7lb 6oz - 5.07am
blizz - 29/10/08 - Angus Ezra - 9lb 2oz - 9:48pm
STARRYSKY - 30/10/08 - Jacob Declan - 9lb 11oz - 12:13am