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July 2014 Babies Club
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Ocean Blue wrote: »She's a cutie!! Glad to hear all is going well. That is just mad that she sleeps until 9 am or 10am.......amazing sleeper!
What weight is she now? I have no idea what weight my little one is at the moment........will go to the child welfare clinic once they start up again on Tuesday to find out.......can't wait!
She's been sleeping through for months now, never a restless night. She's got a cold at the minute and had a touch of conjunctivitis that's clearing up now with the ointment. Still sleeps all night
Well at her 3 month check (which was at 4 months) she was 17lb exactly! No idea what she is at now, though!0 -
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oh what a cutie! and she's not bald, i can see wee little hair there on the top of her head.
We spray that on to help with her self-image issues
Kidding, she does have a sprinkle of the most unusual strawberry/brown/blonde all over except for one big bald patch at the back :pac:
Currently singing in the other room by herself to her Tigger teddy. Eyebrows furrowing and rising as she talks, so funny to see her concentrate!0 -
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It's hard to know what the "right" way to go about weaning is, just like everything else there are conflicting messages. In the blw camp the message is very much "food before one is fun" so solids are a way for babies to explore tastes and textures, and not as a way to fill them up, but it's hard then to gauge how much to keep feeding them.
I'd originally planned on doing blw but I'm giving H fruit by spoon in the mornings and she's loving it, she polished off almost half an apple and half a pear this morning. I'll be introducing home made veg soup at lunch today too. She's definitely feeding a little less during the day but still using through the night so she gets a lot of her cals that way.
Next week I'm going to start her with proper finger foods, we give her the odd soldier of toast or slice of Apple but she mostly has great fun playing with it and then drops it on the floor
I'm thinking steamed carrots and other veg, slices of avocado, toast, fusili pasta. We're getting a proper nap routine going now (finally) and she's responding well to it so hopefully solid feeds will fit in around that but it'll be a good long while before she's getting more of her daily calories from food instead of the boob. Maybe I'll get more than two hour stretches of sleep at night then :eek: 0 -
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I've Abigail on 2-3 small meals a day, and her dinner and lunch is usually what we have. She is especially fond of bananas and dare not anyone come between her and her spuds n' mushy peas :pac:
Just started sitting up by herself for about 10 seconds and we had our first baba the other day
... Aaaand I had a faint positive test yesterday morning. But I'm still not getting my hopes up and am waiting another 48 hours to retest!0 -
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Oh my goodness, congrats ShaSha!
H sat up the day she turned five months and now refuses to lie down :pac: She's a sturdy little buster, and a divil for moving, clothes and nappy changes have to be done on the floor now for fear she'll go toppling over.
Yeah, we have to do Abigail on either the floor or the bed because she throws herself in the direction she wants to move
And thanks, praying and hoping it wasn't a dud. The line was so bloody faint I was sure I was imagining it, but OH was able to put a pen nub right onto the line I saw and in a photo it looks pink, sooo... 0 -
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Shasha: you're complete nuts trying for another one already. madness, complete madness.
re Weaning: I started giving Ruben few pieces of fruit or veg per day over a week ago. He likes banana the most, I'm limiting it now to every 2nd day only. he's definitely got a sweet tooth like his dad. I'm starting proper BLW after 1st of Feb (6months on the day).
Ruben vs Melon:
He's not very interested in sitting but loves doing this:
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Shasha: you're complete nuts trying for another one already. madness, complete madness.
So people keep telling me But my pregnancy was bliss, with only minor sciatic pain towards the end, and my labour was a rather uneventful 3 hours on gas and air. Then Abigail slept with only one break for a bottle in the night, and slept through the night since 4 weeks and is still doing it!
I curse her, she's tricked me into thinking its easy. I'm a very, very lucky mama - no PND, no bad colic, no huge issues with teething, no fuss with eating or anything like that! She has a lymphangioma in her cheek and we're waiting a consultant appointment as they recommended surgery but it's giving her no trouble either
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He's not very interested in sitting but loves doing this:
That's amazing that he can get up on all fours!!!! He is so advanced!0 -
Hi ladies, glad all the July munchkins are doing well! The time is flying isn't it? We only really got into weaning in the last week and bubs has proven himself to be quite the little gourmand! I bought these little pots which are a nice little size to see roughly what he is eating and I've kept a record over the last few days to see what works and what doesn't. http://www.jojomamanbebe.co.uk/sp+brother-max-1st-stage-weaning-pots-6-x-40ml-in-weaning-and-mealtimes+b6734
I'm anxious not to decrease his milk intake by too much as he still needs all the nutrients it can offer so it took a little tweaking over the first few days as he wasn't drinking enough. I'm a believer in food until one is fun but am glad too that he had taken to it and that his palate has not impinged on the process (bar some food getting stuck in his nasal cavity which he sneezes out the poor little sausage!:o) He does the most adorable thing which is him insisting on holding the spoon with me when we spoon feed! I love that
I'm a little bit anxious about finger foods because of palate so stick to soft things like avocado etc and am a bit fearful about harder foods. Any recommendations on what works well? He LOVES banana but I'll only give it mashed as a nurse warned me it's quite a serious choking hazard as it's so dense.
Have you ladies got a meal routine? This is working quite well for us.
Typical day looks like the following:
7am-8oz bottle
9am-Porridge with fruit compote or baby rice
11am-6oz bottle
11.45/12-Carrot and potato or other combo
2.30pm, 6oz bottle
5.30pm 7oz bottle
6.30pm- Mashed apple and banana with milk
Bed @ 7pm and sleeps through
Is this ok? I'm a bit concerned that we went from 0-60 very quickly with the introduction of solids but he seemed ready and hungry for it but I hope it's not too much for his little system! His legs kick at roughly 100mph when he sees me coming with grub! Nappies healthy......bar the rather different fragrances since we are on big boy food......poooooeeeeeey!:eek:
It's such a lovely thing to share with our little 'uns isn't it?0 -
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Have you ladies got a meal routine? This is working quite well for us.
Typical day looks like the following:
7am-8oz bottle
9am-Porridge with fruit compote or baby rice
11am-6oz bottle
11.45/12-Carrot and potato or other combo
2.30pm, 6oz bottle
5.30pm 7oz bottle
6.30pm- Mashed apple and banana with milk
Bed @ 7pm and sleeps through
Is this ok? I'm a bit concerned that we went from 0-60 very quickly with the introduction of solids but he seemed ready and hungry for it but I hope it's not too much for his little system! His legs kick at roughly 100mph when he sees me coming with grub! Nappies healthy......bar the rather different fragrances since we are on big boy food......poooooeeeeeey!:eek:
It's such a lovely thing to share with our little 'uns isn't it?
Our routine since last weekend is -
7.30am Breakfast (fruit and/or porridge)
8.45am 6.75oz bottle
12pm 6.75oz bottle
2am Lunch (veg and meat/fish)
4pm 6.75oz bottle
7.30pm 6.75oz bottle and bed
I had to switch the morning bottle and food around as she was due for breakfast at the time she was getting tired for a morning nap and as a result feeding time was not going smooth at all! So this is still very much a work in progress.0 -
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Ocean Blue wrote: »That's amazing that he can get up on all fours!!!! He is so advanced!
it's funny to watch him doing that except when you put him to sleep into his cot bed in the eve and he starts practicing his sexy moves instead!
ps he's been standing on his fours and rocking back and forth for over 3 weeks now but hasn't got anywhere so far, i.e. no crawling, no sitting up by himself. he's soooo booooring!
he doesn't drink anything else but milk from the boob. I tried offering him some boiled water from the beaker but he didn't get it. he chews on the spout instead of sucking it. I tried regular cup - also no luck. He doesn't take bottle anymore either.
I'm a bit worried that he's dehydrated sometimes because he drools constantly and doesn't nurse that often anymore (every 3hrs+). drooling has got out of proportion now, his clothes are always wet at the front, skin on his chin and neck is destroyed by it, looked absolutely awful
those bloody top front teeth are taking forever to cut through.
he's been sleeping in his own room since week 6 for half of the night. I sleep in our main bedroom until he wakes up for the first feed and then 'move in' to his room (have a sofa bed in there for myself).
and he's sleeping on his tummy from the day he learned how to roll over (around 18wks). I felt nervous for the first few nights and then just got used to it. No monitors of any kind here.
Moving has one good thing about it - it really helps to reduce the stuff you've accumulated over years. I have piles of stuff in the attic, it's all junk, clutter, trash, it'd be smart to throw it out but I'm too attached to my hoard lol. now if I was moving I wouldn't bother dragging all that with me.0 -
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cream or emollient, Merkin?
it looks better in the morning but when he starts drooling all over it and moving around, skin gets more and more irritated, looks really bad in the evenings. I'm using Dermolex on it at the moment but it's not helping much.
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thanks Merkin, I think I've seen that stuff in Boots.
I was thinking the same RentDayBlues and tried putting lanolin cream (yeah, the one for the nipples by lansinoh) on his chin. It's hard, thick and sticky I was expecting it to stay there for the day but an hour later it was gone - rubbed off onto the clothes or absorbed, or...? at the moment I have his chin is covered with coconut oil and Dermalex to help healing... I'm afraid this teething rash is here to stay until he stops teething at the age of... 2yrs?
btw, Dermalex realy works on the other parts of the body where skin is dry and flaky.
Should have added, it's a constant battle but worse in their first 18 months I found, just keep topping up Vaseline. My first got 8 teeth in 8 weeks when she turned 18 months and no drool or rash, just very red cheeks. My second is getting her molars and her cheeks are so bad they bleed Doesn't bother her thankfully, just looks so sore 0 -
Steroid cream?! straight away? such creams are for serious problems like bleeding eczema rashes, ouch! Dermalex worked on his cheeks and tummy in only two days. I think he has contact dermatitis or something along those lines - skin that get most of rubbing when he's shuffling around is in patches: neck, tummy, thighs... he will grow out of it eventually, he's just not that nice to look at the moment 0
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Steroid cream?! straight away? such creams are for serious problems like bleeding eczema rashes, ouch! Dermalex worked on his cheeks and tummy in only two days. I think he has contact dermatitis or something along those lines - skin that get most of rubbing when he's shuffling around is in patches: neck, tummy, thighs... he will grow out of it eventually, he's just not that nice to look at the moment
I had tryed silcocks base, aqueous cream, la Roche possey. None of those helped and he was driven mad trying to scratch all the time 😞 The steroid didn't even help so stopped it. Elave is the only cream that seems to be helping a small bit.0 -
We've no rashes or teeth yet, but plenty of drooling! She has to have one of the plastic backed bibs on pretty much all the time! Still not sitting up on her own for more than maybe 20 seconds, but getting there! She'll pull herself to sitting in her buggy or the bouncer (so we've had to take that out because it's dangerously close to tipping forward).
Breakfast this morning was Weetabix with mushed banana in her milk, we have stew here for dinner so I just have to figure out what she's going to get for lunch!
She takes juice out of her sippy cup - it's one with a softer teat instead of the plastic ones. She's a pro at it and loves to be able to hold it herself, but she hasn't quite worked out how to tilt back for the bit at the end :P
Teething kicked in full swing again last night with blazing cheeks and a lot of growling and chewing. I'll only have this gummy smile for so long!
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ShaShaBear wrote: »We've no rashes or teeth yet, but plenty of drooling! She has to have one of the plastic backed bibs on pretty much all the time! Still not sitting up on her own for more than maybe 20 seconds, but getting there! She'll pull herself to sitting in her buggy or the bouncer (so we've had to take that out because it's dangerously close to tipping forward).
Breakfast this morning was Weetabix with mushed banana in her milk, we have stew here for dinner so I just have to figure out what she's going to get for lunch!
She takes juice out of her sippy cup - it's one with a softer teat instead of the plastic ones. She's a pro at it and loves to be able to hold it herself, but she hasn't quite worked out how to tilt back for the bit at the end :P
Teething kicked in full swing again last night with blazing cheeks and a lot of growling and chewing. I'll only have this gummy smile for so long!
You're up to three meals already, wow! We're only at breakfast and lunch. How did you decide when to add a third meal?
I still haven't introduced gluten. Will probably give weetabix over the next few days to get her started.
What juice do you give? I plan to stick to milk and water but I'm curious to know which juice is suitable. Is it a sugar free baby juice, like heinz brand or something?0 -
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Ocean Blue wrote: »You're up to three meals already, wow! We're only at breakfast and lunch. How did you decide when to add a third meal?
I still haven't introduced gluten. Will probably give weetabix over the next few days to get her started.
What juice do you give? I plan to stick to milk and water but I'm curious to know which juice is suitable. Is it a sugar free baby juice, like heinz brand or something?
Well it kinda happened by accident, she gets really grouchy watching us eat lunch so we used to give her something small to include her and now if she doesn't get a lunch with us she loses her bananas So breakfast is usually weetabix and bananas, lunch and dinner is whatever we are having. She's a hungry hound and I've had to take meals off her when I know she's had too much, and if only you guys could see the TANTRUM!
Yeah just an ounce or two of the baby juice, or watered down pure juice if I don't have the baby stuff. Mum said no added sugar Mi Wadi reeeeally diluted would be fine, but we haven't done that yet!0 -
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Ocean Blue wrote: »Any other of the July babies still toothless? ?
Yup, still as gummy as the day she was born here :pac:
Watching her talk this morning in the cot (she's only awake) and we got a mama, dada, baba, wahwan, gaga, lala and her personal favourite - nana (does she know it's her night to stay in her nana's? ) 0 -
ShaShaBear wrote: »Yup, still as gummy as the day she was born here :pac:
Watching her talk this morning in the cot (she's only awake) and we got a mama, dada, baba, wahwan, gaga, lala and her personal favourite - nana (does she know it's her night to stay in her nana's? )
Only awake? ? You lucky thing. Our early bird is up since 5.40am!0 -
Ocean Blue wrote: »Only awake? ? You lucky thing. Our early bird is up since 5.40am!
Earliest we will see her waken is 8.45 when OH's alarm goes off. If I give her a bottle and put her back down she'll sleep on till 12 but since she's gone onto the three spoonfeeds we get up at that stage and she gets her breakfast too
She had an ice-cream cone (under strict supervision) last night, and it was a roaring success - she LOVED IT!
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ShaShaBear wrote: »Earliest we will see her waken is 8.45 when OH's alarm goes off. If I give her a bottle and put her back down she'll sleep on till 12 but since she's gone onto the three spoonfeeds we get up at that stage and she gets her breakfast too
She had an ice-cream cone (under strict supervision) last night, and it was a roaring success - she LOVED IT!
Still completely gummy here too and no signs of teething. Do you mind me asking what time your little girl goes to bed at ? That's some time for her to wake up 😀 My fella goes down at 7pm and up at 7 am0 -
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