Today I'm using up the last of my EBM. I'm feeling a bit sad about it actually. It's the last of my milk M will ever have. (It didn't last this long I just found it easier to make up the formulas than to defrost BM but I realised I needed to use it before it gets too late).
I still give M her milk before food. Should I be turning this around now that she's practically 12 months?
Also I have some probably stupid questions (but if I can't ask it here where can I ask it ) So M is finally getting some teeth and I realised I have to brush them right? Do you brush your babies teeth? When do I start using toothpaste? And when do you take them to a dentist for the first time?
dentist not until they can keep their mouth open for inspection and can understand simple instructions.
as for brushing teeth...we brush Jacks teeth but you generallly start off by rubbing their teeth with a wet face washer that is what was recommended to me by a paediatric dentist
Jack has no strict routine with food/bottles....BUT this is how it is going at the moment,.....
Jack has been walking for weeks now...and is into everything... fun fun fun
We now have 8 teeth
Saying soo many words it's not funny (such a little parrot)
sick AGAIN!!!! been to hospital for 1/2 a day on sunday...
Having ventolin 3 times a day and on AB's he has brochiolitis AGAIN....more than likely (99% sure) that he will end up asthmatic another one to add to my asthmatic children collection
TANYA I have been giving BJ solids before milk since 9months old (corrected). I would definately do it from 12months, for sure. Alot of people still give milk first, first thing in the morning, but I don't. BJ isn't that into his milk. I'm dropping him to only 2 sippy cups a day now (I'll be getting rid of his bottles now), and he's on cow's milk now too. He is such a good eater that he doesn't need formula. His diet is sooooo healthy & varied. The only problem is that he is pooping 5 times a day lol. So I know he's definately getting enough food
As for brushing his teeth.... We were given a pack of 3 toothbrushes for babies. It has different brushes for different amounts of teeth. We are still on the first brush as it's for 2 - 4 teeth (though that'll be changing now he has 2 more coming through). I saw them in Big W for about $10. Though as fluff said, you can just use a wet face washer. I brush his teeth first, then give it to him to do to brush himself so he learns. He brushes them straight after his bath at night.
Toothpaste is not needed until they are old enough to spit it out. Generally from 3yrs + We were also recommended to brush our kids teeth till they are 6 yrs + (This is from the clinic talks we went to). From memory, they told us they don't need to see the dentist till 2yrs +
Hi everyone, have been MIA lately but have been trying to read and keep up... will be a big post catching up today
Georgi - i hadn't thought of the arrowroot biscuits but might put some out for the lil ones, thats a great idea.. Ava loves them.
How did you swap BJ to the milk?
Ava's routine is now as follows, what would ladies suggest:
7 - 7:30am - breakfast
8:30 - bottle
12:00 - lunch with water
2:00 - snack
2:30 - bottle
4 - 4:30 might have another small snack
6:00 - tea
7:00 - bottle
She would seriously eat all day if i left food out for her, she loves fresh fruit and cheese, her snacks are normally a cruskit or watermelon etc.
The little pig had a slice of bread, watermelon, grapes, cheese and cucumber for lunch yesterday!
I am just trying to figure out how to swap her from formula to milk etc, she gets PLENTY of dairy with cheese and yoghurt etc.
fluff-a-holic - go Jack i can't wait til Ava is walking, think it will look very cute..
Poor little man though, is he feeling any better? i hope he is, i am finally glad to say Ava seems 100% better but her cheeks are going red and she's getting a red bum so i think her teeth are moving again...
*Tanya* - I have started turning Ava round to bottle AFTER solids, give it an hour b/w each if you can so her food can settle and then she will take as much of the bottle as she needs!
I bought Ava a baby toothbrush and we both sit in the bathroom and brush together, she loves it, i bought the baby milk toothpaste but don't really use it, she sees em put some on mine so i wipe the tiniest amount on hers so she thinks she has something.. strangely enough she knows the difference b/w when it is and is not there and holds it out for me... cheeky girl!
Hope i haven't missed anyone, have to get a move on as i can SMELL Ava waiting for me to change her... lol
Well AFM as i mentioned Ava is a lot better but i think her teeth are on the move again so no more sleep again i think... :-(
Stupid house is costing us more due to stupid trees... $11,000 more to be precise as we need to build a tree root barrier, i could
Plans for Ava's birthday are coming along... OMG my little girl is nearly ONE!
So much to do and so little time!
Once her birthday is over we will be clamping down on money and i'm sure it's going to make DP a very grumpy person to deal with, he will start stressing and working his butt off then whinging to me about DTD and other crap... hmmm oh the joys.
#2 is making me fat but has been well behaved, i keep thinking the 27th December which would put me around 2 wks early... hmmmmmm let's hope not, still gotta look at selling my car and a pram and OMG all sorts... lol
well hope everyone is well, sorry for the garbled mumbo jumbo...
AVASMUM No trick to swapping to cows milk, just put it in a sippy cup & gave it to him. I started giving his afternoon bottle in a sippy cup with cows milk, for about 5 days, then put cows milk in his bottles and Viola! He drinks more of the cows milk than he did with the formula. I guess it's not as thick, and tastes much much nicer
Only prob i have is Ava wont take sippy cups, she drinks water from a cup with a straw or from my cup (cheeky ****) maybe she will be different with Milk.. guess will have to give it go.
So did you mix part milk, part bottle at the start?
Nope, no mixing. Just straight cows milk. He actually had it cold the first few times. I still give it to him cold if we're out, otherwise I'll warm it up
) So M is finally getting some teeth and I realised I have to brush them right? Do you brush your babies teeth? When do I start using toothpaste? And when do you take them to a dentist for the first time?
another one to add to my asthmatic children collection
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