Just letting you know we are now home from tresillian (sleep school) We spent 6 nights there and made some progress. DD is sleeping much longer in her days sleeps and is generally only waking once a night now to be fed so I am feeling a bit better myself now I am not so exhausted and DD is much happier when she is up and playing as she is not so tired. So all in all I highly recomned the place - was also lovely chatting to other mums in the same situation and the nurses were just lovely and supportive.
Have been trialling DD off her reflux meds (losec) for the past 5 days but will be put back on it tomorrow as her symptoms have started to come back. Was soooo hoping it would have settled down enough by now to control without the meds but oh well as long as she is happy and healthy!
Her feeding issues are "behavioural" and are related to her associating pain with feeding from when her reflux was out of control. Tresillian helped with that aswell but shes gone downhill (again) so am going to be slowly weaning her but have to go slow as I am quite prone to mastitis and blocked ducts.
Hope all you lovely ladies and your bubbies are well - Hard to think they are half a year old. The first 6 months of pregnancy seemed to take forever, whilst the first 6 months of DD's life have flown!
Ery I am glad things are better for you. I am sorry to hear you are going to start weaning, I know how much you wanted to BF. You have done an awesome job to feed her as long as you have, especially with all the hurdles you faced. xoxo
Ery thats great news hun! So glad to hear that Tresillian was for you and that Ella is sleeping much better. What a fantatsic effort you have put in with feeding with so many complications, you have done a wonderful job and should be sooooooo proud of yourself . I hope the reflux settles back down again real soon.
Oz, we are doing BLS here to, I was a bit nervous at first with the gagging and stuff but I have settled down a bit now DD on the other hand, thinks its just great! You're DD is a clever little chicky rockin away, how cute is it when they do that lol
Yah Iz on that little toothypeg . Skybie I lurve the new photo on your ticker! And dont think that new little inscription under your signature has gone unnoticed . awaiting eagerly
Maya- Hows Ts ear hun?
Where are you all girls? Jen, KellyD, V-Love, Dedicated)mummy, Liz, nina21, rach, chepie, cam, heavenly, mzy, stevie-anne.....there did I get y'all!?!?
Ery, we give her everything and anything! lmao im not overly fussed about whats in things re allergies, obviously not peanut butter or anything like that.
Iz has watermelon, banana, avo, carrots, beans, hot chips if we're having them (yes i know bad mummy) grilled fish flaked up, chicken flaked up, biscuits, cruskits, grated apple, pear slices, cheese sticks. basically anything easy to chew and easy to hold she can have.
lilydust, seriously though...ive completely lost my mind! but hey, will be worth it in the end!
Ery - glad you're feeling more positive now
T's ear is better, though still producing goodly amounts of wax. The doc gave her the all clear for swimming and showering, and we had a good lesson on Thursday night.
We're doing BLS here, too. T is chewing on wholegrain bread fingers (toasted), has tried cucumber, pumpkin and banana, too. Banana she'll happily toy with and move around in her mouth but it tends to get pushed out soon after. The toast fingers are definitely going down a treat! (ETA: not fussed about her ingesting peanut butter - she's had PB crusts from DS's leftovers, and we don't have any history of allergies to these things. I'm more worried about withholding them for so long that by the time she gets any she will end up with an intolerance.) The first time we gave her food to play with it was broccoli and it went straight in (soooo unlike DS who snubbed solids till about 10 months!!). It changed her gut flora straight away - all day the next day she was doing poo, so we held off for another few days before trying again. Her system is adjusting better now and we're back to more regular poos, even though they have changed quite a bit - no longer resembling scrambled egg at all!
ECing has copped a beating this week due to the move, but we're still nappy free overnight. Daytimes has seen her in terry flats and wetting them cos I've been packing or moving or unpacking and storing (into MiL's place) and missing cues left right and centre. She even had one pooey nappy - I've spoilt myself and her and we're not used to smeary poo bums anymore!
She's getting around like a demon and really keen on cruising, but has to get more crawling action in first...she needs to bring her goals in a bit closer
Better make the most of her sleeping time to do some online shopping (dog flea treatments way cheaper online than at the vet!) and a loo trip (such a luxury with a 3&3/4 yo running around at teh same time!!).
have a gorgeous weekend, the weather is divine here!
Ery, we aren't quite 3 weeks into BLS and DD has had the following:
Broccoli- steamed, Green beans and snow peas- blanched, Baby corn- blanched
Pumpkin- steamed or roasted, Capsicum- raw or roasted, Toast with banana or avocado
Asparagus spears, Banana, Avocado
Lamb cutlets (DDs favourite atm)
Yoghurt, Apple, Zucchini- roasted or steamed
Carrot- roasted or steamed, Noodles- although these just got wrapped around her arm like a bangle , Potato or 'chips'- roasted
English muffins with cottage cheese (big winner too)
DD with a cutlet in one hand biting into it whilst shaking her heads to break chunks off was last nights entertainment
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. I hope the reflux settles back down again real soon.
DD on the other hand, thinks its just great! You're DD is a clever little chicky rockin away, how cute is it when they do that lol
. Skybie I lurve the new photo on your ticker! And dont think that new little inscription under your signature has gone unnoticed
. awaiting eagerly
Jen, KellyD, V-Love, Dedicated)mummy, Liz, nina21, rach, chepie, cam, heavenly, mzy, stevie-anne.....there did I get y'all!?!?
seriously though...ive completely lost my mind! but hey, will be worth it in the end!
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