July 2011 - Feeding, sleeping, burping!

[Eglu]

Hi all,

I thought I'd better start us a postnatal thread, since it's now September.

Think we should have a list of babies.

Eglu - DD - 26th June

[buttonmoon78]

There's no 'should' about it. A year from now, will you regret cuddling him? Will you even remember what it was you 'should' have been doing (unless its your tax return )? You'll def regret not cuddling him though!

[Pesha]

Finally got round to coming back and saw 'tax return' in Button's post and now thinking shiiiiiit!! Off to try and do mine! Promise to try and come back soon, need blw ideas amongst other things!

[buttonmoon78]

[SpannerPants]

we've started BLW but DS isn't bothered about eating anything. He's had a good play with toast, will feed himself a couple of spoons of fromage frais but he's more interested in chewing the spoon and smearing it all over himself/highchair/bib! I tried him with purees but he clamps his mouth shut unless I let him feed himself.

At the moment I'm only offering him one meal a day as he doesn't seem interested, but should I be waiting until he's eating more to increase the number of meals I'm offering?

[DonkeyTeapot]

Um, hello.... is it too late to join the party? I'm new-ish around here. I've taken the shocking liberty of adding myself to the list :)

Eglu - DD - 26th June
Ljil - DS - 30th June
isitreallythattime - DD - 12th July
broomformychin - DD - 14th July
SpannerPants - DS - 14th July
Buttonmoon78 - DS - 16th July
PWB- DS-16th July
DonkeyTeapot - DD - 19th July
JimmyChoo17 - DS - 22nd July
Scarthy1975 - DS - 23rd July
a11yj - DS - 29th July

DD was born on my birthday, do I win a prize? :D

[DonkeyTeapot]

Oops, that was meant to be

[WinterLover]

Argh I need help, Ive posted on Bottle feeding but had no help as yet...

DS has been using Nuby Natural Touch bottles since 3 weeks old, he's 6 months old next week and has decided this week that he can no longer suck from them, he cant seem to latch on with his bottom lip anymore, therefore is taking in loads of air and getting really arsey with it.

So far he has tried, Tommee tippee bottles teats, wide neck bottles, normal neck bottles and sippy cup/spouts and he's still not having any of it. Ive been and got some Mam ones as a few friends swear by them but he still struggled with them.

Im going mad as he's getting annoyed because he's hungry but cant seem to get much out of them.

Any ideas?

[BumbleBee2011]

Hello, can I join? Technically June but so close to July!

Eglu - DD - 26th June
BumbleBee2011 - DD - 27th June
Ljil - DS - 30th June
isitreallythattime - DD - 12th July
broomformychin - DD - 14th July
SpannerPants - DS - 14th July
Buttonmoon78 - DS - 16th July
PWB- DS-16th July
DonkeyTeapot - DD - 19th July
JimmyChoo17 - DS - 22nd July
Scarthy1975 - DS - 23rd July
a11yj - DS - 29th July

spannerpants we're doing BLW, DD played with food for 2/3 weeks before she actually put anything in her mouth, spoke to a HV and apparently that's very common. I read the Gill Rapley book (big geek alert!) and they say offer as often as you eat, so wouldn't limit to just one meal a day. It's so exciting when they start feeding themselves, but scary too when they gag the first few times!

winterlover my DD was getting awkward with her bottles (she's EBF but uses bottles a couple of times a week) at about 5/6 months old, we were using the tommee tippee bottles size 2 teats, went up to size 3 and problem solved - what size were you using? Could that be it? Otherwise...have you tried a normal cup? His bottom lip wouldn't be in the way then...

[WinterLover]

We moved him onto Mam bottles with size 3 teats and he is so much better. He was on the size 3 ones for nuby but he just couldnt get his mouth round it

[Want2bSupermum]

WinterLover DD has done really well on Dr Browns bottles. A pain to clean but really good so far.

No idea what BLW is but DD has been introduced to food and I am hating the smells coming from her! We started with cereal, introduced 3 fruit and are now going through introducing 3 veg. I think next is beans and lentils. The dr has told us not to introduce meat until 9 months.... Not sure what we should and shouldn't be doing so just following Dr's instructions. DD seems to be happy and growing. My mother isn't happy that we feed DD non-organic food but I told her that I wasn't feeding her canned or jarred food.

[BumbleBee2011]

BLW - baby-led weaning (you let the baby handle food and they choose what/when to eat from whatever appropriate food you're eating). It teaches them good hand/eye coordination and they learn to stop eating when they've had enough, so are unlikely to over-eat when they're older and more prone to obesity. That and because they decide how to eat, you don't end up with the battle of wills some DCs are prone to.
You still get the same smells though :)

[Want2bSupermum]

Thanks bumble. That sounds rather messy. DD is now getting meats as she had a massive growth spurt and wasn't sleeping through the nights. A bit of chicken with lunch and dinner filled her up and she is back on her normal schedule of sleeping until 6!

[BumbleBee2011]

Haha you're right about the mess! Though I take it there's a bit of mess whatever you feed them, I just wipe the highchair then then floor with a wet muslin then it goes in the wash with the bib. DD is getting really good at handling food, she's starting to use the pincer movement with her fingers so most of it is now going into her mouth!

She loves chicken too, I think it does help to fill them up for a longer sleep.

[buttonmoon78]

Hi all! I keep losing this thread!

DS was weaned early so is fed mush rather than BLW. Also, his reflux means his gag reflex is super strong so a tiny bit of carrot will make him puke everything he's eaten in the last few hours - very frustrating! I can't give him protein for his tea as if I do he consistently poos at 2am!

I too love Dr Browns bottles - they're ace though as want2b says, totally a pain to clean.

DS is now 7m (rapidly approaching 8) and still not sleeping through. Is odd as all the others were at this point! He's so lovely though, round and chubby and cuddly so when he wakes I bring him in with me where he snuggles in and goes back to sleep (generally).

[SpannerPants]

we're having to do a mixture because DS has decided that he needs to be fed now, so he sits there with his mouth open and cries if you don't spoon the food in quickly enough! Although if it's something I've made he still refuses it, so I've resorted to buying ready made baby food, something I never thought I'd do but he'll happily wolf down a whole pouch of that instead of crying that my food isn't to his liking! I feel like I'm keeping Ella's kitchen afloat singlehandedly He has finger food at least once a day too, he loves cheerios because he can pick them up now. He also loves guacamole which is strange as plain avocado didn't go down well.

Another one not sleeping through here, not even close. Minimum of 2 night feeds but for the last 2 nights has been feeding every 1.5hrs. I go back to work in 4 weeks which is going to be interesting.

One of my other friends who had a July baby is 10 weeks pregnant with her second, I think she's very brave considering her DD isn't sleeping very well either but she wanted to have them close together.

[Want2bSupermum]

I started to feed DD with cheerios chopped in half last week. She doens't like the taste but she loves trying to get them into her mouth. We have been lucky that she likes the food we make for her.

The sleeping is starting to be an issue. She woke up at 3am this morning and I assume it was due to her being wet and/or teething. Wouldn't be so bad if DH and I were not so busy with work/studies etc. She went back to sleep at around 5am but then I was up again at 6.

Spanner I would have loved to have started trying in Jan for #2 but I need to get my CPA exams and DH needs to finish up his MBA before we add to the mix. I have found that DD is very senstive to texture so when making food I add water so I am able to get a more smooth mush for her. Good luck with returning to work. It took me a couple of weeks to get back into the swing of things. Also, I was given advice by a friend to dress up DD for daycare. She swore that her DD was liked by the daycare staff because she was in cute outfits and arrived with a clean bum. After she told me this I have made sure that DD arrives, fed, in a cute outfit and with a clean face, bum and hands!

[SpannerPants]

I'll bear that in mind want2b - DP will be getting him ready for nursery so I'd better get his clothes ready the night before! Just had his first nursery session, I was in the room with him and he was fine, seemed to enjoy having lots of toys and other babies to play with.

[Want2bSupermum]

Spanner Not sure if it makes a difference or not but it gives me some sort of piece of mind that the staff don't think I neglect DD. I went back to work in October and really miss her as I only get time with her midweek is in the mornings from 6-7am. I work until at least 7.30pm and I work 9-3pmish on Saturday (although so far have been working as late as up to 9pm on Saturdays).

[inbetweener]

Hello all !! Not sure if anyone will remember me ? I was last seem moaning terribly about being a week overdue with my boy. Well.....he's now here, born 27/7/11 weighing 9lb 8oz !! Horrid drug free birth that lasted 8 hours but I have my utterly beautiful boy now and Omg I am in love lol
It's so different having a boy after two girls. They really are lazy too aren't they !! He won't roll over, can sit but not for long and is nowhere near crawling. On the plus side, he is happy, easy, never moans and SLEEPS ALL NIGHT lol !!! 8 till 8 lovely ;)
Hope you are all well. I'm back to work on Monday, im gutted, so will have time to pop in. Take care all

[Eglu]

Just catching up with this thread as it dropped off my list and I haven't been on for ages.



Off to read now, and will post a catch up tomorrow.

[Stangirl]

Hi, I too have been AWOL for months. DS born 11/7 8lbs 12oz by ELCS.

Just read the last few posts and see that everyone is busy weaning etc. DS won't feed himself so I'm doing it all. He's a big fella - 75th percentile - and is quite hungry so is drinking all his milk and eating 3 times a day. Can't be arsed with all the pureeing so it's Hipp jars all the way. Poor mite suffers terribly from second child syndrome - at least his sister had Ella's! He's just started crawling and whilst he goes down to sleep easily at 7pm he always wakes once in the night for a quick bottle of milk. He then sleeps through till around 7:30 - 8. I'm thinking of doing controlled crying to break the one night time waking then I'll be able to put the two kids into the same room to sleep (DD sleeps through).

[JimmyChoo17]

OOoo I found you again ladies! I only seem to be able to keep up on Fbook mainly as easy on mobile.

How are we all? DS is just over 8 months now....not proper crawling but whizzing about dragging or rolling about....I miss the sit still baby I had ha ha!! Still off work until Sept but feeling the pinch as last payday has been,...gone...and been spent....Bread and water all round in the house of JimmyChoo!

[Want2bSupermum]

Hiya everyone. Been ages since I posted on here. DD is now crawling and is getting vocal but still can't say mama. Seems like yesterday I was on here complaining about huge ankles and my no salt diet! DH and I are even considering #2...

On the work front I made it through busy season and my sister getting married. The trip to Seattle for my sisters wedding was a nightmare but we survived (just).

Work so far has gone pretty well and while it was hard to go back early I am glad that I did. I am in a good position to be promoted this year. I am running my first audit this week and if things go well I think I will be running more of them over the summer and have enough experience by October to be promoted. A promotion will mean a pretty big pay increase which will make affording DC#2 that little bit easier.

[JimmyChoo17]

Yooooooohooooo July 2011 mums that are not on fb! how are you all?

Come have 1 year olds already some of us are near to it....where the hell did that go? I had to go to AnE today and it was a year to the day I was up there having a breech scan I think! Was actually a little jealous watching the mums waddle in ;-)

Mind you I also remember being preggers in this heat...and that was not fun...

[JimmyChoo17]

Oh and want2be....on that subject....has anyone embarked on the next bump? Come on fess up someone must be :)