Babies Born October 2007 #26

[~Trish~]

Alz - Have you experimented with the consistency of your homemade food? Do you think Ethan would be more likely to eat it if it is the same consistency as the jarred stuff? I add some cool boiled water to my mashed or pureed vegies to make it into a smooth paste. If you are happy to keep giving him jarred food though then keep at it. Babies change what they like all the time, so he might start to like your homemade food a bit later.

Becky - How'd the chicken go? I'm scared to try meat!

Rebecca - Great to hear from you! I've been wondering how you've been.

Viv - Hmmm...indeed. I will give it a few more days for the carrot to get out of K's system and see if he is any better. He has been chucking heaps today, but I really think it was that porridge... That's great James has stopped chucking so much.

[Junglemum]

Alz- have you tried apple or pear? Maybe a sweet fruit will appeal. if he liked the finger food why not try some well cooked sticks of pumpkin, zucchini, carrot etc. He might like it better if he gets to do it himself.
L is funny, sometimes she will only have finger food, sometimes she wants me to feed her.

Otherwise, as Trish says they change their minds as often as i change my undies, weekly, so things might be different next week!

[Saffi]

Hi all

Big day today. L had his first day at daycare. He didn't sleep much but seems to be okay. When DH arrived to pick him up L was crying and no staff were attending too him. Just hope that is a one off! I rang during the day to check up and the Director asked how I was doing. How sweet. Next day is Friday.

L is 7 months today.

Rebecca - hi I was wondering how you were getting on. Re the sippy cup, we got a Nuby cup from Target. They are antispill as well but are also valveless. L seems to really like drinking from it.

Alz - Maybe there is something in the texture of the homemade food that is different?? We introduced L to canned pears first and when he liked it I then made it from fresh fruit. Technically the cans are made from the same stuff as you would do at home. So maybe you can mix the canned stuff with the homemade and then reduce the amount of canned and increase the fresh until he's eating all homemade.

Strange that the BB Centre is not pram friendly. I thought that would be high on the priority list

L is going ahead in leaps, literally. He is trying so hard to crawl, but he ends up doing a sort of hop like a rabbit. So cute. Tonight he ate a serve of pumpkin and then a serve of pears. DH says he gobbled down the pumpkin. So far he eats pear, pumpkin and sweet potato. Might look at apple or maybe carrott next.

Work going well. Was in a day long course on stats. Found it hard to focus on it after a night of interupted sleep. Hopefully tomorrow will be quieter.

Hope Mums and Bubs are all healthy and happy.

[boomba]

Hello ladies!

Saffi Happy 7 months Lachlan!!!!!! Shame about the crying at daycare hope they fix that asap!
Becky happy anniversary! Hope you have a great day!
Rebbecca So glad everything is going so well!
Alz Myles was very fussy to start with but know he loves it so just take it slow and try not to worry!
Trish hope K gets better poor bubba has had a rough time lately!
Claire thanks i know he is ok but there are so many babies that are so much bigger than him but i think most are FF so maybe thats why hey?
willow that would have freaked me out all that blood in the cot so glad it was just teeth!

Today is my mums birthday so will hopefully get to spend some time with her! And tomorrow i will be 26 omg getting old hahha! I am off to lunch with a girlfriend and maybe a sleep in well thats my birthday wish anyway! Myles is chatting so much now and cruising the furniture! So he is keeping me on my toes!
Anyway have to go hang out the nappies bbl xoxoxo

[Khaleesi]

Amber happy birthday to your Mum.

Happy 8 months to the Guni.

Q1. For the Mums of the Bubs with teeth are you brushing them everyday?

I'm always forgetting to buy M her tooth brush, seems weird that i have to buy my little girl a tooth brush.

Q2. What's your bubs favorite thing to do?

M loves bath time she likes to spend a good half hour in there, if you pull her out to early she'll just scream to she goes back in.

[~Trish~]

Morning!

A little woohoo from me...K is finally trying to move !!! I put him on his tummy and instead of pushing himself up with his arms, he kept his head on the floor and pulled his knees and bum up and tried to push himself forward! He ended up moving 180 degrees, he didn't actually go forward, but it is a step in the right direction! I sat with him and cheered him on and he thought it was great fun, so cute!! I really hope he keeps it up, I'm sure once he can get where he wants he will be much happier.

Mo - A belated happy 8 months to Maddi, sorry I missed it! I used to use a wet wash cloth over my finger to wipe Joel's teeth. I didn't use a toothbrush until a bit later, is that naughty of me?! K definitely loves bathtime the most too. He always tries for a bath bomb while he's there, doesn't always work, but he gives it a good go LOL!

Amber - Happy birthday to your mum! Wow, your birthdays are only a day apart, same as Joel and Kieran! I still don't know how we will celebrate K's first birthday yet because Joel will need to be included too. Myles is so clever cruising around! Hope you have a nice time with your mum today.

Saffi - Happy 7 months to Lachlan for yesterday! I typed that out last night, but then the site fell down so it didn't post. I hope L goes well in CC. Such a clever boy trying to crawl

Ange - You always crack me up . Happy 8 months to Lu!!!

Have a great day everyone!

[Willow]

OMG, I swear I've had two heart attacks this morning. DS is sooo blocked up with mucus that he's choking on it

I had him sitting on the floor next to me and he started choking, went freakishly quiet and then vomited everywhere - needless to say I panicked big time, but I picked him up, turned him over and firmly patted his back and he was OK then. On closer inspection he had one of his sisters stickers in his mouth!! It must have been on the floor and he picked it up. It was only a small one, but I think this and the fact he can't breath through his nose made his gag reflex kick in.

Then, I was opening a package (Trish- my ergo arrived today! Thank you. Going to the park later just so I can try it!) and before I knew it, he had paper in his mouth and was gagging again!!

I put him down for a nap at 9.30 but I'm so paranoid that I'm sitting here so I can hear him (yes, the monitor is on ).

I don't really know there's anything I can do for him. I might try some fess when he wakes up...

He's in there now coughing and spluttering...I'm so tempted to go and get him up just so I can keep an eye on him but the poor little fella's not well and needs his sleep. I might take him to the GP this afternoon, even though I know it's just a cold and there's nothing they can do.

I'm going to go check on him...again...

[~Trish~]

How scary Willow! I'm glad the Ergo arrived safely, sorry L choked on the paper!! I used Drixine (or something like that, can't remember the exact name) in K's nose which kind of helped.

[Khaleesi]

How scary Willow, I used fess when M had her horrible cold didn't help her much.
Ended up putting baby balsam & using the vaporizer with Vick's just so she could breathe.
Enjoy you Ergo Willow.

Thanks Trish
WTG on K moving. that's a great start

We need to baby proof our house, M likes crawling in the dining area & pulling herself up on the chairs, then she'll crawl into the bathroom & try pull herself up on the bath(I think that's a bath time hint), I'm thinking those baby gates are the way to go, anyone have any recommendations?

[~kellie~]

Hi everyone
Just checking in to say hi, there is so much to catch up on in here!

Not much new with us, Tahlia is still having 2 meals a day, not sure when to introduce the 3rd one, and she absolutely loves watermelon. So much so that when I take it off her when she gets to the skin she cries! So cute

Hope all the sick bubbas are better soon

[boomba]

Happy 8 months Guni!!!!

Mo I brush Myles teeth when im doing mine or just let him chew on the brush so he gets used to it! We dont use toothpaste though! His fav thing is bath too and of course crawling!!!!

Question...i want to give myles yogurt! I looked at the babies first by vaalia and its packed with all this extra stuff iykwim can i just give him natural yogurt?

[Khaleesi]

I know Ange gives Lu yogurt, So I'm sure she'll pop in and let you know.
I swear all baby stuff is full of extra sugar etc.. Brought M some fruit gel to eat while out because i forgot to pack food. It was so sweet even tasted sweeter than adult jelly, no-way was i gonna give her that.

[becky]

Hey all.

Just got home, we went out ot lunch for our anniversary and are considering going out for dinner too. Both babies are asleep now so we are just realxing!

Trish - Chelsea LOVED the chicken!! She is really good with just mashed foods now, but the chicken I still pureed. I mixed it with pumpkin and she scoffed it! YAY! Will try it for a few more days then might try mince or some other meat. God my girl loves her food.

Willow - Awwww how scary! I hope L gets better soon. Apparantly there is a medicine you can give babies under 2 called Paedamin. It clears up the nose I think. Worth enquiring about.

Saff - Good luck with L at Child care. Geez, I wouldnt have been to happy if Id walked in with him crying. Like you said though, hopefuly it is a 1 off.

Amber - Happy Bday for tomorrow. I give Chels the VAalia stuff and she LOVES it. I give her a tub once a day and she has had no reaction or anything to it. They are only pretty small tubs. I think you can give him normal yoghurt though if you prefer, as long as it is full fat! Not the reduced fat or lite type.

Ok, may pop back later. Have a good day!

[Junglemum]

Happy anniversary becky. No baby making now! Anniversarys are notorious for that!

Happy birthday for tomorrow Amber- Hope you get spoilt rotten! Yeah most of that baby food is packed full of carp. wrong isn't it?! I give Lu the full fat plain Jalna in the red tub, or an organic gipsland one we have down here, but not sure if you would have it up there.

8 months, holy cow.

MCHN told me i should be wiping or brushing the guni's teeth, but i dont. I do give her the toothbrush to chew on like Boomba does. I give it to her in the bath.

Willow we have snot central here too. Man i hate it. The poor little things. She can't BF properly b/c she can't breathe through her nose. This is the 3rd cold in 4 weeks. i though BF bubs were supposed to have good immunity!! I guess licking the floor everywhere we go doesn't help.

What do you suppose this icon is for........ ? wiggle on.

[boomba]

Thanks Ange! I cannot believe the stuff that's in the baby foods... no wonder we have a nation of obese people! Will go to my organic shop and get some thanks! By the way i believe this is a description of my heffer self at the moment hahaha!
Becky so glad you had a nice day!
Willow & Ange i have a snot box too at the moment! the worse part is he rubs his nose and eyes and in the morning is covered in hard boogers eewwww!

Well had an alright day! Spent some lovely time with mum which was great! But went shopping to find some clothes for my fatty fat fat body and got so depressed i actually cried! So this got me thinking maybe AF is on its way cause i dont usually get upset, but then again i can usually find something nice! The part is its so hard finding clothes that are easy to BF in! Argh vent over!
Looking forward to tomorrow and having lunch with my GF! thanks for all the bday wishes if i dont get on tomorrow xo

[Khaleesi]

Ange maybe it's shake that booty lol
I got my act together & got M a toothbrush, she's in the bath now chewing on it, every time you pick it up she opens her mouth so you can brush them so cute!

Since you may not be on tomorrow for tomorrow Amber
Mine's in a few weeks

[Junglemum]

! Boomba i just noticed your thingi under your name. i sing that ants song, but i can't help myself. When the ants go marching on by one the little one stops to scratch his bum. 2 by 2 he stops to do a poo....... you get the idea! childish i know!

Meh, i'm over the body thing, i got all excited that i was back to pre-preg weight, then discovered the scales were wrong!!! By about 8 kg's! Sill have 6 to go, but not worrying too much until i have finished BF'ing. Takes a bit of getting used to a jelly belly though. i hear your pain. Think we need to watch how to look good naked!

ETA- Is maddi bathing herself mo?

[Khaleesi]

No way i'd go back in and there would be water every where, she can't be trusted :P