Ferrals: I got some thickener bout 2 and half weeks ago but only used it once. The lady suggested using it when Kolton wanted a feed every two hours.
Lisa: Hope everything gets better. At the very least the fact they are listening to you, is good news.
Jak: That movie is soooo funny, watched it a few weeks ago. Have fun, sounds like a good outing.
Has anyone thought about high chairs yet? I am so torn as I do not want one of those MASSIVE one's. I was thinking of the stoke one but they are so dear! Any suggestions guys?
Tams-we brought one ages ago it was $149 down to $80 so i couldnt pass that up it is one of those fangle dangle ones that the seat tilts back into a few different positions for bub at different ages.
Jaki- I forgot to ask how did wyatt go with his needles?
Ella is so full of wind poor bubby i can hear her groaning and farting in her sleep.
Mum has an ikea one ay her place that she used with MJ, it's really good. We have a wooden one that I got on eBay, but originally from babyco and thats really good too - and it matches our chairs for the table lol.
When we used friends big padded things I found that she got lost in the padding or didn't sit well in it - the simpler the better we found.
I think I bought it at about 5 months as we didn't start solids til 6 months...
Thanks ladies. I don't mind the Ikea ones but wish it was wooden. : ( I agree the simpler the better but still unsure. I wanted to stick with the bumbo seat and tray when I start solids at 4 months but unsure at this point.
The thing i was also thinking about was those seats that stick under the table so there is no tray just the seat but unsure.
This is going to sound silly but less baby stuff I can accumulate the better. The big useless ones I mean. As my tubes are out... no other ones planned! This one took 3 years.... : )
Ordered my dresser for Koltons room 4 weeks before he was born was told by bubs and grubs that it would take a week and still waiting. The twelve week time line is now up on Friday and I am so excited. Either I get it or
get my money back, either way have had way too much crap sitting in his closet and now I can officially put it away! Yaaaa.
Lmp- I used the bumbo for during the day when I started with kelti and Eden (both were 6 months though cos we do bls here) but they have their dinner in the high chair so they are up at the table with us
tams: i have a fandangle high chair, its big and nasty with reclining seat. My bff uses the one from Ikea i think hers is wooden and she loves it cos its easy to clean. I can't wait to put Chase in his bumbo, at the moment i sit him in his high chair with it on recline when I eat so he can see me. bubs n grubs are whores...lol
sarah: shouldnt be a problem to go back to BFing, just keep up with xpressing to keep your supply going or like jaki said give boobie first then top up with formula after. Do you think its the supply of milk?? Maybe the domperidone would be worth a try if its the milk supply.
aarrrgh trying to reply to everyone and whining baby. im just glad he's not a huge screamer but the grunting can really niggle away at you!!! off to deal with this bbl
Tams- are you starting solids at 4 months?and i agree no more kids for me so i wont let hubby bye to many baby toys ect and the cot/change table and high chair we will put away for grandkids as my son is 18 so who knows when he will make me a nanna OMG at 37 hopefully not to soon and i just give away anything Ella grows out of or things we were given that i will never use.
When have you all started your other bubs on solids and when will you with this bub
when i had my boys oh! so long ago rule of thumb was to start solids at 3 months which was only farex and formula (do they still make farex) my boys all started with a little farex at 3 months at dinner time before a bottle.
Now its 6 months it is so confusing when everything changes over the years i wish they would stick to what they say and stop making us older mums feel like we did the wrong thing with our older kids.
I have my Happy baby back Ella has been her awesome self all day playing on her mobile mat gooing and garring and smileing away and sleeping really good and no more watery poos.
Ferrals I was putting thickener in Jayden formula but I got poopy with it and went and bought novalac reflux one today it's a bit more expensive ($25 a tin) but it apparently thickens in their tummy not the bottle. Will let u know tomorrow how it goes. He has had 3 bottles so far first was 4 hrs apart now only 2.5 so we will see. I called Karicare and they are sending me a free tin of their AR formula if this works I'm happy to send it to you or just call them and request a tin they send it to your local chemist for u to collect.
We had a good night last night. Slept from 8-830 till 5 I was shocked but I needed it cause I'm sick and I can't sleep during the day
I will be back later when I am on laptop I can't remember what u all wrote lol
hi all, i had to wake A up for a dry bum and bed lastnight, (pluss my bb were killing)she bf back to sleep with me and slept untill 10:30 (had a bf at 7) and i gave her a top up arround luch with formula, she has been such a grouch since, its like she has alot of wind but cant get it up, but if she has boob, she can burp/puke no problem, but still is grouchy, she was fine befor the ff im just going to stick with bb feeding i think, least she wasnt a grizzle! i have gone out and stocked the freezer full of my favourite foods and am going to pig out, see how that works. (pluss the oven will help the house stay warm! lol)
Ferals: ill get shot saying this but, ds1 had his first taste of solids at 2 weeks. fil gave him a bit of spaghetti mince meat to suck on, apparently he was staring at the plate and said "granpa i want it" it became a regular thing were id catch fil giving him gravey, mash every seccond week.
both the boys were sampling fruit purees from about 4 months. krystal didnt have any untill 5 or 6 months.
ETA: just saw my ticker.... 2 months WOW!! so dosnt feel like it.
Sarah good luck with sticking with the bf. Ff is so hard to start off, especially if you were bf first as each bub is different. I got lucky with dd and first one I tried was fine. Hope A is in a better mood soon. xx
tams: OMG that website is classic, i should have put my complaint on there but then bubs n grubs would write back in the nasty way they have been on that site to the people who complain. I seriously can't believe people give them good reviews. im starting solids at 6 months but I think im going to start out with that thickener stuff (rice cereal??) in breast milk firstly towards the end of five months. then from there I dont know how to do it yet... hehehe
we did BLS with MJ as i couldnt be bothered preparing seperate meals and pureeing it all, plus i liked the fact that that they could choose what they put in their mouth and were less likely to be a fussy eater later in life - dont know if it was the bls or just MJ but she is a great eater and is rarely fussy about what is put on her plate - also her fine motor skills increased out of sight as soon as we started, nothing like having to chase a pea around the high chair to eat it!
I think that we started the week before she was 6 months olds as DSS was with us and he wanted to be there for her first meal and i didnt want to wait another 3 weeks as he was going away!
Ferrals - dont feel bad that you did things differently with other children, research happens all the time, i am sure that there will be things that we are doing now that will be a no no in a few years, but for me as long as i am following 'best practice' and what is recommended by WHO i know that right now i am doing what is best and if i look back and my kids or someone tells me that it is now wrong, well thats fine, the research hadnt been done iykwim. The reason the guidelines have changed is that they (WHO) now recognise that the stomach/bowel/ digestive system doesnt mature until around the 6 month mark... but there are three main indicators that the baby is ready to start, being the gag reflex, ability to sit up unsuppoted and .... mind blank bugger.... also they show an interest in the food and try to grab the food from plates and imitate eating.
Lisa - how are things going?
Sarah - hope you pigging out helps in the milk department - dont know if tha is what is helping for me, but i cant stop eating at the moment, in the evening i am soooo hungry.
Jaki - how was the movie?
Kitty - i know how you feel about your Mum, first time around Mum was up 2 days a week helping out and just being there to help, then she went to England for 2 months and i felt so lost to start with, but in the end it was really good for me as i started doing more and got out more
JJ - thanks for last week, had a great time and Elsie is sooooo cute, Jaycen too, MJ talked about it all the way home - sorry i was so frazzled, it was such a drama getting up and then when i thought i had lost my phone, it just tipped me over!
Hi to everyone else
Aurora has been really unwell with a cold and has had more than usual trouble feeding, most days we are having massive vomits and she is struggling to breathe... anyway, this morning i went in and she had blood crusted all over her nose took her to the doctors and they thing that she has been burning her nose when she is vomiting (it comes out her nose) and the cold has dried her out and it is irritating it further... now, before every feed i have to use the Fess up her nose, which is unpleasent to us both (to say the least)... also her ilk rash on her face has turned into like a cradle cap and i have to lather her face in pawpaw cream each 6-8 times a day - she is crying so much more and is obviouly really uncomfortable. It really sucks for her this week
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with reclining seat. My bff uses the one from Ikea i think hers is wooden and she loves it cos its easy to clean. I can't wait to put Chase in his bumbo, at the moment i sit him in his high chair with it on recline when I eat so he can see me. bubs n grubs are whores...lol
OMG at 37 hopefully not to soon and i just give away anything Ella grows out of or things we were given that i will never use.
im just going to stick with bb feeding i think, least she wasnt a grizzle! i have gone out and stocked the freezer full of my favourite foods and am going to pig out, see how that works. (pluss the oven will help the house stay warm! lol)
took her to the doctors and they thing that she has been burning her nose when she is vomiting (it comes out her nose) and the cold has dried her out and it is irritating it further... now, before every feed i have to use the Fess up her nose, which is unpleasent to us both (to say the least)... also her ilk rash on her face has turned into like a cradle cap and i have to lather her face in pawpaw cream each 6-8 times a day - she is crying so much more and is obviouly really uncomfortable. It really sucks for her this week
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