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September 2010: windy bums, weaning starts to loom!

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comixminx · 03/12/2010 14:59

A starter for 10 on our Sept 2010 babies as their first Christmas comes nearer! Can't believe we're there already; I was barely pregnant last Xmas!

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clumsymumluckybaby · 04/01/2011 16:14

sassy i like your style!!

i think your right about he not sticking exactly to the guidelines(i think we gave dd a stick of broccolli a week before she turned 6 months)
ive just always figured if its not going to actually be better for them to start food,why bother with all the faff!Grin plus their poo starts too smell really bed and so does their sick

banana my mother is always trying to give the dc's tea and chocolate!Angry and my aunt told me to give arlo porridge and f in a bottle witha dose of calpol to make him sleep betterShock he sleeps fine ,thanks,even if he didnt he'd most likely be up all night trying to digest that lot!

clumsymumluckybaby · 04/01/2011 16:17

on the subject of cc,if it's done before 6 months,and for longer than 5 mins at a time,it does become an issue though,no?

sassy34264 · 04/01/2011 16:18

Thnaks clumsy

My mum used to put brandy in my bottle (explains alot!!!!) and still thinks it was a good idea! Shock Grin

sassy34264 · 04/01/2011 16:22

controlled crying

I posted this for her, but she never came back.

clumsymumluckybaby · 04/01/2011 16:46

ohh thanks for the linky...my mother did that Hmm and offers to rub it in the kids gums whenever they cry or get upsetHmm

i must have been pissed 24/7!

sassy34264 · 04/01/2011 16:48

Ha Ha regarding the smelly poo and sick. The memory has faded from 10 years ago! Maybe if it was more fresh in my mind, i might feel differently. Grin

I can't contribute to routines, cos
i haven't got one either. I'm not really a routine person (even though i know it would better if i did). DD has a bedtime of 9pm, that's as routine as I get. We eat when we're hungry, bath when we're dirty etc. I'm far too laid back for my own good. It annoys the hell out of my mum! I always joke that my epitaph should read 'she gets there in her own time'. In fact, i think i would annoy me. Wink

clumsymumluckybaby · 04/01/2011 16:57

im exactly the same sassy,dd's bedtime,is bettween 5.30 and7.30,depending on nap or no nap and what we've done that day,we dont even food shop on a particular day or eat at certain times,we go with the flow...i find it's alot less stressfull when you dont expect anything to happen(might be that brandy though!Grin

and the poo and sick is alot worse...i remember Shock

newmum001 · 04/01/2011 17:00

I think some of you have misunderstood what i said. Im not considering weaning Grace cause my Mum and MIL have said so. It's not like they're going on about it all the time just mentioned it in passing a couple of times but it is actually something me and dp have researched and discussed at length and WE feel she will be ready sooner rather than later. What i meant by "a bit clueless" was that i've never done it before as Grace is my first, not that i was considering weaning having done no research, just at the suggestion of others.

sassy34264 · 04/01/2011 17:10

newmum I didn't even remember that you had posted that! So in no way was any of my postings done with you in mind. It was just done as a over all look at it cos i'm thinking (well, almost positive) of doing it before 6 months. But i am sorry if it came across like that. I'm very thick skinned (as we have seen, i have to be with my DP and my mum) and i forget that some people are more sensitive than me.

clumsymumluckybaby · 04/01/2011 17:13

sorry newmum ,i may have gone off on a tangent a bit there...Blush

it wasnt nessecarly aimed at you...god ive got to learn when to keep my mouth shut

someone pass the duct tape Blush

sassy34264 · 04/01/2011 17:14

should that be hobnail?

clumsymumluckybaby · 04/01/2011 17:14

im also quite thick skinned,and tend to blunder my way through life,shouting my opinions at pepole,assuming they will ignore me...sorry again newmum,i also kinda forgot you'd posted that...Blush

clumsymumluckybaby · 04/01/2011 17:15

yes sassy...hobnail

clumsymumluckybaby · 04/01/2011 17:16

oh stop it clumsy seriously guys,

duct tape...fast

clumsymumluckybaby · 04/01/2011 17:17

why arent my ^'s working...is this some form of punishment?^

clumsymumluckybaby · 04/01/2011 17:18

ahhh now they've gone totally mental....

Chelle1986 · 04/01/2011 17:20

maple - was it you asking about routines? We kinda have one:

Oliver dictates what time he gets up (he usually ends up in with me for the last hour
Then he has his first feed and generally has an hour nap about an hour and a half after that feed.
Then he will feed again and generally catnap if we go out - play if we stay in.
Next feed is generally about 1-2pm and he will have a 2 hour nap/cuddle after this feed.
Another feed about 4pm ish and then awake until bath and bed with last bottle at 7pm.

Am trying to establish better nap times in the day so that he might sleep better at night. Supposedly it works...?!

I think weaning is a very individual choice newmum and if you and DP think Grace is ready then give it a try. I don't think anyone that has commented previously was trying to imply that you are being pressured in to it. Smile

Well we had 2nd set of jabs today and Olly was good as gold. Not liking the screamer that was in there before him! Grin

Banana - i dont think 17 hours sleep a day is off the scale to be honest - I think I read somewhere that babies this age should be sleeping around 15 hours a day? (Not that mine manages that!) Is there just no keeping him awake? Don't know what you do - but more playing maybe? But then that may tire him out even more!! Wink

Olly - 14+2

sassy34264 · 04/01/2011 17:22

Oh clumsy don't worry about it. I'm sure we will unintentionally offend again! At least you are in the naughty corner with someone and not alone. xxx

sassy34264 · 04/01/2011 17:32

Forgot to say banana, I would have been happy with a gym membership and some weights/equipment.......i'm assumming you have mentioned the need to lose weight and he thinks the scales will help? Funny though.
We said/agreed no presents, cos neither of us could shop really- me with babies, him with the house. But he did that terrible thing of going back on the agreement and produced 2 dvds. He probably did it so he can bring it up in front of others that he got me a present and i didn't bother! I'm not even the slightest bit perturbed though, as i will say his xmas presents came 4 months earlier in august. Smile

clumsymumluckybaby · 04/01/2011 17:42

and damb right too sassy,he got two babies! i think thats quite enough!

saoirse86 · 04/01/2011 17:59

clumsy thanks for the suggestions on pushchairs, I'll have a look.

chelle Orlaith's got her second set of jabs next monday (I think, but they keep rearranging her app) and she'll be 15 weeks 3 days!

newmum I think, like everyone keeps saying, it's a personal thing when you start weaning and I'm sure no one meant to offend you.
I don't know what to do about weaning, although Orlaith's still very young so I might have a better idea in a few weeks. My mum didn't wean us till we were a year so she definitely hasn't been encouraging me to do it. But DP's parents seriously think I should have weaned her already! sassy I've read a few things about it too and it does seem it's all to do with bfing mums so not sure what the difference is with ffing. I assume a lot of the studies are really for deprived countries where most mums would be BFing and there are probably more risk factors than for us.

banana I've heard about how lots of babies sleep for 16 hours so it doesn't sound abnormal. As long as he's healthy and happy it can't be too bad, especially if you're able to get lots of rest too! Grin

Orlaith 14 weeks 3 days

saoirse86 · 04/01/2011 18:00

Forgot what day it was, Orlaith's 14 weeks 4 days! oops!

sassy34264 · 04/01/2011 18:13

saoirse Yes, you are right on both points. It is all to do with bf, can't find anything about when ff babies should be weaned. Also, the WHO focuses more on developing countries imo. I suppose cos there is less worry about developed countries. They do all agree that babies should be weaned before 7 months though, regardless of bf or ff.

20 weeks 5 days

bananastew · 04/01/2011 19:17

Newmum I didn't mean to offend either! You just hit on all the aspects that people consider when thinking about weaning which we're all doing at the minute, and us "experienced" mums take that as a lead to stick our noses in share our wisdom!!! Grin
Sassy could it all be about bf cos the official definition of weaning is stopping bf?

Chelle I could probably play with him more but to be fair, when he starts grizzling, if i put him down he goes straight off & if he doesn't get all his full sleeps the subsequent ones are longer!

and yeah, sassy I had said that I'd like to be able to monitor mine & the boys weight better & have recorded some cheesy exercise programs off sky! I just like to make him sound bad!Grin

Chelle1986 · 04/01/2011 19:56

Ah well banana I wouldn't worry about it then - I think he is sleeping well at night too isn't he? Perhaps play more between last feeds before bed and then he will sleep extra long at night for you! Hehe. Grin (Plus if he is grizzling then he prob needs the sleep anyways!)

I find that Olly generally wants a little (or large) nap about 1-2 hours after a feed.

I need to pop out the Davina DVD's this week myself. Or will look like blamanche in wedding dress!

Saoirse - they kept rearranging my appt too - this was third time lucky so to speak!

Really not sure what I'm going to do about weaning myself. Because he has been so off lately he's been off his milk a little too, so am not getting much indication of when he may be ready. We'll see. I may try some baby rice at 17-18 weeks just to see how he likes it. But also plan to research BLW some more too.