we're doing Baby Led Solids - i just pop a few sticks/wedges of carrot, avocado, pear, banana, broccoli, wholemeal bread onto his highchair tray and let him feed himself as much (or little!) as he wants super easy n fun!
ReeRee we're doing BLS here too - very messy isn't it?! But DD loves it and just seeing how much more into it she is in just over a week is amazing! She is a bean addict, funnily enough, and loves cold green beans, will pick them out over anything else on her high chair tray.
How's the sleeping going for everyone? I feel like an idiot for saying it, but it's almost like DD sleeps too well! She's going down now at around 7pm and up anytime after 7am....and is just making it to 2hrs awake then sleeps for about an hour. She's having 3 solid naps a day. Don't get me wrong, it's great, but I'd just love to know where it's come from ha ha I know she's heaps more active when she's awake, and not just physically, you can almost see the little cogs in her brain turning as she is processing so much, so I guess that's tiring too. I think the fact that she is now sucking her thumb, she is soothing herself with it if she wakes briefly and just drifts back off to sleep?
Anyways, hope everyone is happy and healthy, before we know it it will be first birthday times for all our little ones!
HB the mess isn't too bad here just yet - the usual food all over the clothes, mushed into the tray and chunks on the floor where the cat plays with it, lol. i just gave him some avocado wedges while i had a ham, cheese n avo toasted sandwich, and he was staring almost jealously at my food, so i tore some toast off for him and he was sooooo happy and chomped away on it. I think he swallowed a teensy bit of avo n toast
How cool we're talking about the solids now!! Had a couple of questions too.....
ReeRee, I looked at the ikea chair but didn't like the look of it I ended up getting a steelcraft one that reclines, it goes up and down ans has wheels. It's all the features I wanted, but I bet it will be a pain to clean. I wanted one that was really padded and reclined so if lil man fell asleep in it I'd leave him there. Great guns about Blake having a bit of toast!! I think I'll be doing the BLS too soon.
HB, always so envious about Arlee sleeping so well! What a good little chicken. Cam usually goes down at 7 pm and sometimes goes through till 7 am, but some nights he wakes for a bottle anywhere between 12 and 3 am. Don't get so stressed about it anymore. Day sleeps is a different matter, he has a 45 minute sleep in the late morning and then a 30 minute nap around 2 pm, then it's usually grumpy time till about 5 pm as he hasn't got enough sleep. If I am lucky he goes down for another 30 minutes sleep around 5 pm, and then I give him dinner. The health nurse told me though that 30 minutes is not enough as they don't get the deep sleep
Oh, happy anniversary Jelly! Forgot to say that in my last post..
Nat, Angus sounds so gorgeous! Cam gets constipated from the banana so I don't offer it to him anymore. I've offered pumpkin & potato to Cam but he doesn't like it too much so I have been mixing it with a bit of rice cereal as the flavour isn't so strong then. I did puree the two in my ice tray so will try mashing it up next time and then I'll turn it into little sticks when I do the BLS so he can feed it to himself. Next on my list is carrot, broccoli and apple. I have used the apple and pear in the jars but will stew my own I think.
Teresa, I would also encourage Hamish to crawl first. In my gymbaroo class they said crawling is important before walking. But I know some bubs skip it and go straight to walking!
HC, I finally rang the sleep school and they are booked out for 6 weeks. We are probably going to China in 3 to 4 weeks so I'll miss out, bugger!! There is a lady that comes to you and basically does the same thing as the women at the sleep school so i might give her a call. She costs though, whereas the sleep school is free....
AFM, I am a bit stressed about this solid feeding thing!!! I've only started Cam on rice cereal 7 weeks ago, and have also offered him pureed fruit from the jars, some vallia yoghurt for the good bacteria as he kept getting oral thrush, and some vanilla custard. I have tried pureed veggies last week, first pumpkin and then sweet potato. He isn't too keen on those, so have been adding some rice cereal to it. What do you think about adding a bit of apple to the mix? He seems to like the sweet apple taste. The MCHN told me not to puree stuff anymore and told me to either mash it rough or offer as steemed sticks. When I get my chair (I'll pick it up tomorrow) I will offer him some veggie sticks etc. The thing is, you're supposed to try a different thing for 3 days or so to see if there is any reaction, that will take forever!!!!! Have you been doing this also, or just offering what you eat and not doing this 3 day test? What other foods have you been offering your bubs and in what form? What did you start with and how long did you do one thing before going to a new stage?
Hi Everyone! Just quickly saying hello... I wasn't getting any notifications either!
Solids? NIGHTMARE... She isnt too keen and seems to prefer feeding herself. I might try this BLS idea???
Sleeping? NIGHTMARE... she wakes up every 2 - 3 hours and feeds! I think she is a snacker tbh and I will just have to ride it out until she is older
BUT
She is worth every spewed up carrot mash, every sleepless night I am addicted to the snuffly, snorting kisses I get whenever I pick her up and I am still guilty of holding her for day sleeps once in a while because they are just too good to miss out on!
Or Meercat you're just gorgeous!!!! I don't feel so bad now, I love my little cheeky monkey to bits too, grumpy or happy, even when he spews all the veggies I have lovingly prepared for him!! lol
I am trying to encourage the crawling. I keep putting him on his tummy and try and put him on all fours. He is getting there slowly. Just prefers to be standing!
Teresa, these babies have minds of their own pretty quickly don't they? I have been trying to get Cam to roll, touch his own toes for ages, he's just starting doing this now!! Every baby is different I guess and they will do whatever there is to be done in their own time. I'm sure Hamish will be crawling soon! I guess the world 'up' there when standing is far more interesting than down below! You're doing a great job hun
I forgot to tell you in my last post that I went to see the FS and he isn't too worried about the next cycle of IVF....he said that last time I had a great response to the drugs and I was on one of the lowest doses possible, and even with a low dose I had a great number of eggs collected and the cycle resulted in 2 pregnancies so he basically said I will be right next time!!!!! Hellooooooo!!! I have my reservations! lol. You should have seen DF's face, it had that smirk on it saying 'I TOLD YOU SO"! So the FS sent me for a BT which checks the egg reserve (seeing I am no spring chicken now) to see what sort of number off eggies I still have, if the reserve is good, I can afford to wait 6 to 12 months to do a cycle. I get the results this coming Monday......fingers crossed the results are good! If the egg reserve is low, that means that we need to move NOW. That could potentially mean doing a cycle very soon, don't know what would happen to China....
Mummies, I could go on for days about BLS! but its prob better for all of us is you just check out the Baby Led Solids threads HERE lol
Beata - great news from the FS, the results come back good!! And try not to stress about the solids I did a HEAP of research yesterday, and unless there is a family history of allergies to food, you can offer anything and everything to bubs now! EXCEPT honey and whole nuts until after 1 or 2 years (depending on which article you read )
The keys to BLS (from what I understand) is to remain calm and patient, know the difference between gagging and choking (gagging is a natural reaction and nothing to worry about!) and let your baby feed themselves whatever the family eats. No preparing mush in advance for bubs!!! Do not put food in their mouth for them! If they are ready to eat it, they will! They probably won't actually swallow any food for a few days or even weeks, rather they will squish and mash and throw (yay mess!) until they are ready to taste...here i am rambling now! You can see pics on FB of Blake sucking on pear and steak - he looooooved steak!!
Meercat - it is all worth it you're so sweet! Snuggles are way too good to give up - i am guilty of cuddling Blake during his day naps too oh and i just noticed ur ticker - Happy 6 months Tiah!!
Teresa, blake loves to stand as well (with help of course) but i am encouraging crawling here too
Oh my gosh - my DD is having SO MUCH fun squealing. It is almost ear piercing it can get so loud. Yes it's a happy squeal but it is starting to do my head in lol Anyone else going through this?
Ha ha HB, Cam has been squealing all week too & really sems to looooooove his new found noise!!!! It's so cute to see & hear. It definitely is a happy squeal but he has never done it before until a few days ago!
HC, this week is gonna kill me. I cannot understand why they can't have the same rules as soccer, rugby etc when it comes to ties in the finals!!!!!!! I seriously thought they were gonna play the extra time, and when they said they will come back next week I almost fell off my chair!! DF had some tickets which were so expensive but for standing room only, glad we sold them to someone else!!!!!! Are you going next week??? Did you go on Saturday?
ReeRee, thanks hun!! I feel a bit more relaxed now about the solids. Today he got a bit of bread, turkey & cheese from our brekkie (tiny amounts though...). From what age can they have cheese?????
Fingers crossed for you Beata! My sis and I had standing room, and we just got tickets for this weekend. Very expensive finals this year! I'm desperately trying to get Mum a ticket now.
A quick update....my results came back 'good'. Apparently they are in the 'normal' range which is a relief. So we can now wait TTC until we come back from China. Thanks for your well wishes HC and ReeRee!
On the other hand, Cam is doing my head in ATM. He has been refusing his bottles for a week now. He will take very little sometimes, and of course I keep offering bottles several times a day with little success. The formula I am wasting ATM is huge. The only bottle he seems to be taking OK is the night bottle. I am at a loss to explain why he is doing it. I have introduced some solids about 6 weeks ago (mainly rice cereal and pureed fruit at that stage), these days I give him yoghurts, and mashed veggies as well. No meat or cheese or anything else, should I be introducing this too???? I think I will stop the solids for a while, so he can hopefully pick up on the milk. Why is he doing this???? He is still having wet nappies, but not as many as I would like, and a solid(ish) poo every day, sometimes twice a day (I'm guessing that's b/c of the solids). Has anyone got any ideas of what to do, any suggestions? Is anyone feeding bubs mainly solids now and only a little bit of milk?? I'b be interested in what you are feeding your bubs ladies, on an avarage day.....
Beata I'm glad you had good results - can take a bit of pressure off you guys TTC. When do you leave for China? What an adventure!!
I don't really know what to suggest with Cam's bottles/solids sorry, we're doing BLS here too. Our aim is her milk feeds will be her main source of nourishment until she's around 1 (food is fun until they're 1 theory) and the solid foods are really secondary to that. It does take the pressure off me worrying if she's "eating" enough, but we don't have the issue of refusing milk feeds. Your suggestion of maybe stopping or cutting back on the solids might see if the bottle feeds pick up? I can imagine it must be worrying, not feeling as if he's having enough. I wish I had better advice for you Do you have a good health nurse or GP you can talk to? I hope it all calms down soon.
beata - yay for the good results! i bet thats a load off your shoulders and you can now relax a little
as for solids, Hamish wakes up overnight so i give a bottle then, when he wakes up in the morning we give him either farex or a yoghurt, then another bottle around morning tea time, then fruit or custard for lunch, then another bottle around afternoon tea time, veggies for tea, then another bottle at bed time. i also cut down the amount of milk i gave him at each bottle for a couple of weeks and he started drinking more. maybe try giving 120mls at a time and see how you go with that? we give Hamish water with his meals too which he likes. i dont make Hamish his own food. i am a bit lazy like that and i find that what i buy him at the supermarkets is just as good as what i would make. i do occassionally give him something that we make, such as roast turkey and veggies the other day. i buy the rafferty's garden stuff. i hope cam improves soon for u xx
woohoo Beata on the great results!! What a relief for u both.
Re: food/bottles, we are very casual with offering solids here - same as HB "food is fun until your one" as all the nutrition they need still comes from the milk, and solids are just another skill to learn and we will let Blake decide at what pace he will take it... Though it does make it a lot easier when they are still very much interested in their milk!!
Our day usually goes as follows:
6am wake up, 200ml bottle then back to sleep for an hour or so
10:00am-ish - 200ml bottle, play, maybe another nap
12:30-ish - my lunchtime, i might offer him a piece of my toasted sandwich or a cruskit with avocado
2:00 - 200ml bottle, arvo nap
6:00ish - dinner time, will offer him a little sample of whatever we have for dinner, then bath, 200ml bottle and bed.
some days i might not have any suitable food for him to try (eg fast food) so he wont have any solids at all..
There is a 9 month old at my mother's group that was mainly on solids all day from around 7 months, and would only ever drink her milk when she was asleep! She still only ever drinks when she is asleep, otherwise she is too interested in what's going on around her to stop and drink!
There is also another 9 month old in our group that is just soooo hungry, he has dropped a lot of his day breastfeeds and is wanting more solids (well, pureed solids) than anything else. I think he has a cup of apple and a yoghurt for brekky, then a cup of veggies and a custard at lunch, and some pear and a breastfeed for dinner..
We always offer water at every 'meal' as well - as long as u can keep Cam hydrated, just keep experimenting until you find what suits him.. And doesn't hurt to have a talk with ur MCHN or Doc just to make sure he's progressing well - i just took Blake in for a 6 month check and had a chat about solids.. Goodluck, i hope u can resolve this soon and save the stress (and money on wasted formula!!) xxx
super easy n fun!
I ended up getting a steelcraft one that reclines, it goes up and down ans has wheels. It's all the features I wanted, but I bet it will be a pain to clean. I wanted one that was really padded and reclined so if lil man fell asleep in it I'd leave him there. Great guns about Blake having a bit of toast!! I think I'll be doing the BLS too soon.
the results come back good!! And try not to stress about the solids 
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Do you have a good health nurse or GP you can talk to? I hope it all calms down soon.
woohoo Beata on the great results!! What a relief for u both.
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