July 2010: Weaning's in full swing, the kitchen floor's covered in ming

[CakeandRoses]

And voila: our 6th postnatal thread... which neatly works out roughly one a month [maths genius emoticon]

kkfairy I think the plant idea is a really good one. My mum has a pot of bulbs that a close friend gave her, the friend died 3 years ago but every spring the flowers come up and it's a lovely reminder of their friendship.
wrt my haircut...well, it's a bit of a mess, she lopped 6 inches off which I was very about, and added a fringe which means I have to blowdry [yawn] upshot of that is that my hair permanently looks frazzled and ridiculous but it'll grow out and I'll have my old, boring do back [can't wait emoticon]

tsc happy birthday! glad you had a lovely day and got spoilt :)

erm...just need to scroll back and check what everyone's written

We didn't mean to be secret squirrels, we only realised today that neither of us had said anything on the thread.

I don't do organic, I did with L for a while then gave up. I do give S stuff with stock cubes in, yesterday I did a huge lentil soup and he's had some of that and he has weetabix for breakfast. Most of the stuff doesn't have added salt but I'm not scouring the labels to check how much he's actually ingesting.

mlic I'm glad you enjoyed a more relaxed day today, we all love a break - it doesn't make you a bad mum :)

trudyla S is a bit more clingy too, if he sees me leave the room he gets all whimpery.

hotgiggety I hope you manage to get to see someone soon. Well done for being so calm about it, it's true that you'll handle whatever comes up, I really hope it's good news for you.

Did none of you have a golden jubilee party? our street did, my sister made Union Jack doughnuts We keep getting flyers through from the HIVE asking if anyone wants to do a street party for the wedding. Bearing in mind no one knocked on the door to welcome us to the street...t'aint gonna be me that does it!

TSC happy birthday to u! Sounds like u have had a lovely day.
So wrt BLW what sort of thing are people giving. I know baby is supposed to be eating what we eat but like DH said a lot of it is unsuitable and also we dont eat untill after hes gone to bed. I got to be honest im finding it difficult as he wont take puree either. For breakfast and lunch its not too bad as i will eat with him so he will have what im having but tea is a different matter, just need some ideas really. chulita u say hes having weetabix, which milk do u put on it, do u spoon feed that as i would think its very very messy!
Devon seems marginly better today although he was sick earlier on, like proper sick and it took me a while to get him down so that doesnt bode well for a good night. And i have work tomorrow!!

tsc you lucky think you sound spoiled and well deserved too!!!
chulita was just checking for health and safety that i wasnt a total nutjob before i met you all!!!
i might have a royal party on my street we are the only house so i wouldnt have to share the cake with anyone

viksam Aurelia doesn't have proper meals as such every time - it really depends on what's convenient/what i have in. She'll have something like porridge, toast and banana for breakfast. Lunch might be cucumber, humous, noodles, pear and half an Organix cereal bar. She'll usually have an afternoon snack of breadsticks and whatever Organix snacks that Felix has. Dinner might be tofu and roast vegetables, and baby rice with banana for pudding.

she usually has 1 or 2 'wet' meals a day such a porridge, baby rice or weetabix mixed with banana or fruit puree, or soup which i give to her on a loaded spoon for her to feed herself. it is messy but most does go and down now.

trudyla as the others have said, i don't regularly give A stuff i've cooked which has salt or stock added to it so I'm not getting my knickers in a twist about the humous. Also, like chulita with the soup, i might give her something which does have salt or stock in sometimes but as it's not every day I don't worry too much.

oh and pasta pretty regularly too - often just pieces of it which she can pick up.

have just started giving her peanut butter, which she seemed to like.

i've got quinoa flakes on my shopping list so i can do porridge etc with that.

yy, and leftovers from previous night like mlic says. i often cook extra veg, pasta etc especially now so i can save some for A for the next day

viks I do loaded spoons if it's anything sloppy and when he gets bored of that I just let him wave the spoon around. Yep, it's very messy and a right pita to clean up but he's learning. I use Oatly milk cos S reacts to dairy but with L I just used normal cow milk. If you do have something in the evening you could save a bit for him the next day. S will have pasta with any sauce we have (L used to absolutely love pasta with cheese sauce), cottage pie is a winner, stir fry is perfect for little fingers (if you're worried you could cook the veg, take some out and then add the sauce for you afterwards), sweet potato/parsnip/carrot/potato wedges, rice and peas is a new one he likes, we let him try whatever we have, even if it's spicy. He had a bit of chicken with english mustard on the other day and it went down without a squeak!

So who's doing a H&S check on me? I certify memphis is 100% not a nutjob...but then what would I know

Sorry, completely x-posted with everyone there...

Argh! I was hoping DH would get home early tonight but he can't so he worked all last night, spent today watching L at the farm while I wittered and now has to work all night too. He's going to be shattered tomorrow so I'll have to think of somewhere to take the children cos he's only got 5 hours between getting home and going back to work in the afternoon.

We've been sitting by Dylan's cotside for 45 mins and hes screaming the place down, making himself hot and sweaty.

I cant see an end to this :(

We're shhing/patting/stroking. Ive just fed him so hes def not hungry and put him back down (he was pretty asleep as soon as I put him on the boob so I know hes tired)

I cant see how hes going to go from screaming, being red in the face and hot and sweaty to sleeping.

mlic is giving good advice there dh, deffo get dh doing pickup/put down. you really have to stick at it.

we spent HOURS at Felix's cotside doing shush/pat then starting again when he woke up as we left the room.

it often follows a three day rule for any change in routine i find but you have to stay committed and consistent for those three days or you're back to the start again

shush/pat worked with felix but it def sounds as tho pickup/putdown might be better for D

right - stac and dylthan - can you make a meetup? if so, we'll plan for it to be further north so it's in the middle.

dh and needle how far north is practical for you given the time it'll take you to get thru/round london?

i'm moving to this thread temporarily as i've realised that stac and dylthan won't be reading the fb meetup thread

Just to add that I agree with consistency. Once you've started you've got to keep going or he'll last longer the next time. I'd try PUPD if the shush/pat isn't doing anything. PUPD works better with S too. Just don't give in. This is a HUGE change for him so it'll take a while for him to realise. Be strong though, you'll all be better off once he's not so dependant on you for sleep!

keep focused on the end goal dh - he WILL go to sleep without being bf, if you keep going with this but you do need to be prepared for the long game. Think 3 nights of this (and maybe not much sleep for those 3 night) then review how it's going.

you know tsc will be there