Amber-I think you are right....mind you I am sooo clucky again its not funny! But not going back for a second one...dont think our bank account would survive that again so soon!
Now I have a question for all those using bottles.....are you still sterilising them?? An still boiling the water before putting in bottles?? Saffi-Do you do the sweetcorn yourself?? Is it the stuff in a tin and you puree it?? Caitlyn is pretty much stuck on the same sorts of vegetables here and we want to try different things (with the limited availability here). In saying that - she has some bok(or pak) choy in her vege pots this week.
There is only so much fruit that we can give her out here too so we are pretty much limited to pears and apples and honey,rock and watermelon and of course bananas. I saw some custard apples in the shop the other day but have never eaten it myself so wouldnt know how to prepare it. Is it too early for citrus (oranges mandarins etc)....god I am full of questions! Oh we didnt do the pea and ham soup yesterday - butcher can't get ham bones??? Viv-You give James a rice cracker? Cool - just the plain ones? Or is it a rice cake type of thing? Not the Sakata ones?
Ooooo this feeding baby thing is difficult!!
Ange - I have a friend who's a naturopath so I'm going to ask her what she can suggest. I was also going to go to our local health food store and ask what they could suggest. K's chiro is also a bit of an expert in natural remedies so next time we go I'll ask him about it too.
Saffi - Gotta love the pumpkin spew! It really stains!! Good on L for hitting dad with it LOL!
Viv - Wow, James is going so well with food after your rocky start! I'd love to try some more food with K, but I'm worried about allergies now he has a rash.
Amber - I'm so glad Myles is still going well with sleeping in the cot. You will feel like a new woman soon!
Mo - I'm glad your mum got into that place. I'm sure she'll be happy there once she settles in. Don't ever apologise for talking about it with us, that's what we're here for and we are happy to listen!
Rebecca - I did a birth story too and am so glad I did because I would have forgotten a lot of it by now. I had such a great experience with K, I loved my labour! (Joel was a very, very different story...)
K is now clapping on command! Well, he hits a fist into his open palm, but it's close enough! I say to him "clap hands" and he does, so cute! Anyone else got any other tricks I can teach him?!
I also found that the No Cry Sleep Solution was great for reassuring me that what i was doing wasn't the wrong thing, seeing everyone I speak to seems to think it is!
Tahlia is still having 2 meals a day, she kind of went backwards a bit with the solids when she was sick, so I am trying to build up on the quantities at the moment. For those BF bubs out there who are eating any type of baby cereal/porridge, what do you mix it with? Boiled water, breast milk or full cream milk?
Rebecca - for freezing baby food, I just use ice cube trays and then when the food is frozen, I put it into labelled snaplock bags
Trish - hope K's rash clears up for you soon. Have you changed the stuff you use in the bath for him, or what you wash his clothes with? Way to go on the clapping... I'm trying to teach Tahlia 'all gone' at the moment when you put your hands out to the side when her food is gone, but she hasnt got it yet
Mo - glad to hear you mum has settled in well. Dont ever feel bad about expressing yourself to us, thats what we are hear for!
Happy belated 8 months to Kieran, Tahlia, Logan, and Happy 9 months to Myles.
Hope everyone is well. I am improving (slowly), if only I could get rid of this rotten headache and stuffed up nose. Panadol is doing nothing!
trish - it's very curious about k's skin. you never know. i'll say this - james had the squishy poos again the day i gave him a rafferty's packet, and he also had avocado that day. when he had cheese, he just looooooved it, but was a fartbag who was impossible to settle. no more dairy till 12 months methinks.
he's like a science project, i just put stuff in front of him and watch what happens. he even guzzled a couple of strawberries because i am a bit naughty. i know they're highly reactive but... it seemed ok... *cower*
Thanks Viv! I stopped giving him the Rafferty's porridge since the weekend and his rash hasn't flared up since, interesting... I wonder what could be in it that would cause a reaction like that? I haven't tried dairy yet, now your making me scared!
Kellie - I don't put anything but water in K's bath. Even Joel still only gets washed with water, I have sensitive skin so assume my boys will too. I've been using the same washing powder since K was born, it's the Aldi Trimat Sensitive one, so I don't think he's reacting to it? Who knows?! Re: porridge, I was putting just cool boiled water in K's before I stopped giving it to him. He really liked it. K is on three meals a day, I was a bit slack recently with not giving him lunch some days, but he didn't put on as much weight this time at his last check so I thought I'd beef him up! (Not that he needs it)
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