October 2010- now they're chomping, next they'll be stomping

[HarrietJones]

Eek it's going so fast!

Well my night out has been cancelled so it's not an urgent rush round the shops but we are going to have z look for some summery clothes anyway.

Hoorah for MummyWilliams! I'm so pleased for you x x

Tired- I've stopped the meds on GP advice. Apparently all ADs will do the same so I'm back tomorrow for a proper chat

I'm not worrying about bedtime at the moment. Dd3 tends to go last as the others wake her up as they pass.

Had a lot of car time today as we had to take dh to work which took 2.5 hours due to an accident on the only A road meaning we were on single track roads through the lakes[rolls eyes] them dd3& I wentto work and she was really good showing off to everyone!

Congratulations MummyWilliams, I'm so happy for you. George is a great name too.

Assessment didn't really seem worth it, checked eyes , hips, ears, feeding etc questions and that was it. 10 mins tops. Gave the HV an opportunity to sound off about being the only HV and working 3 days a week

MummyWilliams, definitely remember you! So pleased to hear your wonderful news - excellent. Congratulations. Hope all is going great.

MeRight, welcome. I have a boy, born early October.

Have had a good couple of weeks with the relatives staying, they've left now, and I am busy doing lots of laundry - can't get all the bedding done in a day as I've all the nappies to get through daily too, but I'm getting there. DS loved the attention from the girls (aged 3, 5 and 8), and coped well with all the hustle ad bustle.

He is walking well now (holding on to our hands), and cruising around the furniture very well (especially when he sees the remote control or a laptop, or the camera - anything that isn't officially his toys!). He can stand for about three seconds without holding on to anything. And the chatting, oh, it's so lovely.
And is anyone else doing Elimination Communication? We are, and it's brilliant - he is so happy to use the potty rather than wet his nappy. I usually put him on the potty when we wake up, and he always uses it!
BLW is going well too, he especially loves courgette and falafel, houmous, peppers, pizza and pancakes.

Not tried EC but like the idea of regular potty time. Could do with one for bath time as she always wees while waiting to go in. Have you a tiny one? We'd have no chance of doing it all the time as we are always in & out!
Dd3 goes remote hunting too & we've spaced the furniture out so she can't get as far , walking holding hands is pretty stable but crawling is more shuffling & backwards. I'm not really keen on her being mobile early as it gets sooooo much harder!
BLW is fab & I'm preaching to everyone at baby group(lots of Annabel karmel fans there!
Where are you at Nohun( be vague if you want) but I thought you might be interested in breastfeeding festival

I remember you too mummywilliams, I am so happy for you. You made me well up

Brilliant news MummyWilliams!!!

Gave DS chilli con carne this evening, it was very very mild. I spoon fed him a little bit of it and then gave him some on his tray. Well the little monster managed to rub it in his eyes!!! Suffice it to say tea time was soon over after that. He has also learned how to scream as well which he uses very effectively. He also says Mama and Dada and Mum. I'm getting a lot of angry babbling accompanied by flapping arms and a pouty lip at the moment. He is also very clingly but won't be held nicely, no he wants to climb me like a tree and stick his fingers in my eyes and nose. Lovely.

Oh I don't know. I'm not feeling it at the moment, life is tres rubbish and am feeling a bit glum. My friend had very bad news about her little one at her scan (baby is very sick). I've been helping her out with a few bits this week and I just keep looking at DS and thinking gosh I'm so lucky but feel so sad about my friend at the same time. It's been a bit odd this week.

Sorry if it sounds a bit all over the place.

Just watching DD put away a chunk of boiled parsnip..very impressed...wish I'd done her more.

Tribble firstly, my DD rubs her eyes with food too...we haven't tried chilli con carne yet, but she did have sweet potato and chilli the other week which she liked. I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. Its a horrible situation to be in. Is there anything that can be done for the baby? I'm sorry to hear you're feeling rubbish. Feel free to vent your spleen. Your DS sounds like an adorable little tinker! .

Just got back from the shops where DD was a diamond, not at all put out trailing into shop after shop while her mummy tried to find clothes to fit her considerable bust that were suitable for afternoon tea at a nice hotel in London for a friend's birthday on Saturday that still had bfing access. DH will be looking after DD but he's going to be on call so there's a chance she'll be with me and as the tea is at 1500, there's every chance she'll need a feed. We also went into MC and got a bath mat for DD and then into M&P where its 75% off the Barnaby Range and I got a cot bumper for £10!

DD has now moved permanently from the Amby Nest which was great but she was getting too long for and it was harder to get her into it. She's settled into her cotbed really well.

Poor ds tribble. Poor your friend too :(

Hits today in the food line have been purple broccoli, tomatoes stuffed with cheese & breadcrumbs & baked, frozen blackberries half defrosted.

mocking sadly no, it's basically a waiting game at the moment. We're just praying for a miracle.

That's hard tribble :(

Thats awful Tribble.

Broccoli was tried today and DD wasn't a fan. However, she demolished parsnip, had a chunk of baby sweetcorn and some lamb. She was fab at lunchtime. She helped me with a panini and some red peppers and fruitbread and was a very good dining companion whilst we were out and about. Not dead healthy I know, but a one off and breastmilk comes first, so I treated lunch as an opportunity for a mess about.

Yeah I feel for her, She has good people around her though at the moment so she hasn't been on her own. Can't imagine it really.

On a lighter note, what do I do with DS? The last two nights at teatime he's sat down for a some total of 15 minutes where he has tolerated me feeding him some tea followed by him kicking off, upon which I give him free reign. He has then proceeded to rub his eyes and cry as if tired but when I've gotten him out, he's just sat on the floor and played with his toys.

I tried moving teatime earlier but he just did the same thing. Our normal routine is that I spoon feed him a bit of tea then give him the grown up version. This seems to work for us for the most part. Do I just go with the flow and if he's kicking off just get him out? Part of me is thinking 'you must have tea!!!' and I feel myself getting stressed that he's not eating. He's not bothered by food tbh, I think he'd happily exist on milk alone in some ways.

I hate weaning, I don't get why people love it. The whole thing is a giant faff as far as i'm concerned. I get people at baby group group seemingly compeating as to how fast they can reduce their milk feeds. I don't comment, ds loves milk and I really don't see that one changing anytime soon.

Sorry this is long and ramblely.

hj are you going to be doing the bf festival?

Tribble- dd3 hasn't reduced milk feeds, her food intake ( rather thanspat out) has increased in last 2 days but I'm going withthe flow.i wouldn't push the food thing & get him out. If hes like dd3 he will ask to come back!
Y am going to the festival. There's a BLW talk I'm interested in & dh is interested in the fathers stuff.

Oh how horrible Tribble :(

I have prematurely decided what we are doing for dd's birthday. Peppa Pig world
It is 12 months plus so going to stay in a hotel overnight. Im very excited.

I just had my cousin on FB saying that her three and a half month old baby is suddenly watching her eat and she feels bad that she can't give her some. Everyone was saying 'oh just do it', I think I killed the conversation with my rant about being constantly covered in food and saying I wish I was just still all on an all milk diet.

Why would you want to expose yourself to the faff of weaning before you have to? Taking a baby, your boobs (or bottles) and a nappy out is so much easier than having to think about meal times.

HJ Oh thats reassuring, I'm glad someone elses baby is a milk monster.

Ty That sounds so exciting!!!! Can I come?

People at baby group were talking weaning the other day & I had to bite my toungue so I didn't rant about baby rice & 4 month weaning. I'm always telling people not to cut milk feeds when they conplain of baby losing weight

HJ I know, DS is still on the same amount of milk. I think it'll be interesting going back to work.

When do go back? I've no idea how dd3 would cope at the moment, she has at least 4 milk feeds in the time I'd be at work and can't get that volume in via a cup

Mid July, so theres still time for DS to get himself in gear. I'm going to start giving him breakfast in about two to three weeks time (can't quite face it yet) and hopefully that will help things. In my head ideally he'd be having a mid morning and mid afternoon feed whilst I'm away from him during the day. He will take formula in a sippy cup so I do have options and it will be fine.

Are you working full days? We've introduced breakfast but she prefers milk in the morning. Milk at approx 6am/8am/10am doesn't leave a lot of time. She likes something 11ish & sometimes asks mid afternoon for food. Tea is her favourite though

Do we perhaps have the same child? DS does similar, only more 5-6am, 8-9am and then 11am.

Yeah full days.

Tried shredded wheat this am. Sucked one then picked them all up & dumped themon the floor. Think that's a no! Tried a zippy cup too but she doesn't get it & chews the handles