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November 2012 - Starting weaning, what does your baby eat?

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StuntNun · 25/04/2013 07:35

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1736112-November-2012-Does-it-seem-like-half-a-year

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PurplePidjin · 27/04/2013 22:22

PS last night's restlessness turned into unsupported sitting today :o

Kyzordz · 27/04/2013 22:30

Evening all, I have been reading but also v. Busy with mum/baby/Eric/kids. pikz you do need a good fish slapping, and I am glad mrvq came to his senses! No holiday advice for whoever asked for it (sorry can't remember) but I do hope you enjoy your holiday :) and det sounds like o is thriving now he's on solids, bless him! I may feed e solids before milk if it doesn't work feeding them after. All I know is he needs to not be tired! I still do e a df, or else he'd be on 4 bottles and I don't think it's enough (32oz total) but that'll be the first thing to go (hopefully) when he's actually eating!

Hope everyone has a good night :)

Kyzordz · 27/04/2013 22:31

Oh and nice to hear from you daisy :) sorry about the shitty nights :(

kirrinIsland · 27/04/2013 22:51

Phew VQ Glad he came to his senses :)

kyz you must be manically busy - how's it going?

Sounds like a good night pidj - nice to feel human again. And congrats on the sitting :)

N often fusses and fidgets when feeding, esp when we're out. I've put it down partially to preferring the bottle and partly to being very nosy. I scarf to cover her with definitely helps with the latter :)

Kyzordz · 27/04/2013 22:58

I am kirrin I must admit I'm feeling it! Baby is still nameless, so beautiful bless her, and the least of my worries! I ordered takeaway today, couldn't face cooking on such a busy day! I'm glad I'm here to help though :) also glad the kids are back at school today! 10yo sis is a gooey mess around both babies, and 13yo bro with SN asks every question under the sun that Would be considered utterly rediculous! I am fed up of saying 'don't be so silly Leon'. For example, I answered that no, she won't die, yes she breathes air, no, you can't fry eggs on her just because she has ginger hair, no, she doesn't have any mouse in her, she is small because she's. Baby, no she is not one of mums kidneys, no she isn't fluent in German and yes she would probably cry if you gave her a freezing cold bath Hmm

Oh, and no, she cannot work the tv remote for you (he cannot read The tv guide, and wondered if she is considered responsible enough to stay with him when he watches tv, he cannot be left alone you see).

See, I'm having barrels of fun!!! :p Sleep time now though :) yaaaay!

Kyzordz · 27/04/2013 22:59

Fuck. Not today, tomorrow. And not tomorrow either because it's Sunday. Fuck.

Evilwater · 27/04/2013 23:05

Hello all, sorry for not posting back.
I tryed to talk to P, about that night, but he's ignored it by and by. I told him he frightened me. I talked to my friend who told me, that it shocked him too and to try and talk to him in a few days, As he needs to work this out himself.

I've had a meh week, with everyone else having a shitty time. So I'm hoping the sun will brighten up everyone.

n has caught a bug and has a very high pitched cry, due to his sore throat. He is also not eating any food, but just wants milk.
Baby evil is ignoring all the rules! He is almost running with my help, but is struggling with rolling over.
Evil

YellowWellies · 27/04/2013 23:18

Clarella I'm going to try the TT first cup. Night all! Can we have the thermonuclear sleepy dust launcher tonight please? Smile

Izzybuzzybuzzybees · 27/04/2013 23:32

I like the sound of that dust launcher yw. We have had night after night of hell!!

Heading upstairs now for transfer and bed for me too hopefully. I NEED him to sleep better. I could cope with night wakenings if he would go down before 11 fucking PM!!!

TheDetective · 27/04/2013 23:43

Kerching!

That should do it.

Sleep, fuckers, sleep...

TheDetective · 27/04/2013 23:46

Can someone come and play me at WWF! It's my morning off tomorrow! Grin

I'm bored. Cooking stuff so we have things to grab when O is being a refluxy koala bugger!

I have a million other things I should be doing. But I just want to pretend to use my brain for a bit!

Daisy that was one of my hugest worries about a shorter mat leave. You have my complete sympathy. It fucking sucks. I know. I hope H is fast afuckingsleep :)

TheDetective · 27/04/2013 23:46

TheDetectiveStalksYou. If anyone is still up Grin.

PurplePidjin · 28/04/2013 00:07

Am upbut wwf is on my phone. I play under my real name if you want to start

Clarella · 28/04/2013 01:13

fuck fuck fuck. baby has slept soundly on pillow, waking for feed 4 hours after bedtime feed. been asleep soundly since 11:30 on pillow. I can't fucking sleep however due to it being a pillow and the sids stuff.

fucking reflux. fuck you ncss. fucking uti and antibiotics and me thinking it's wind from that. we've come full circle. the tt snip has helped but there was still reflux behind it. which is where I started. 7 fucking weeks ago. and 6 weeks before that.

Fab stuff pidj! we had that this week which is why I thought he'd stopped sleeping even more no rolling yet though.

evil your friend could be right. maybe try again in a couple of days. you do need to talk about it though - we call it debriefing at work, it just helps to clarify what happened and why, help mend bridges and also hopefully help to work out what he can do if he feels that way again. I very much hope he doesn't feel like that again though. men do like to fix things (as in a screaming baby) and feel more easily frustrated by not solving the problem than women who have more patience plus empathy. sorry to sound sexist and there's always exceptions to the rule but it's kind of true.

I need an extra shot of sleepy dust up here!

Clarella · 28/04/2013 01:14

tell me wtf wwf is again?!

Izzybuzzybuzzybees · 28/04/2013 01:17

It's words with friends. Basically scrabble!

J has just woken me up by his tossing and turnon I can hear him grumping on monitor but he's not making enough noise for me to go to him. Annoying!

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StuntNun · 28/04/2013 01:20

YW can you link to the world's biggest spice rack? Or is it one of a kind? My DS2 wouldn't take a bottle either so he had a sippy cup from very young.

You're a huge help to your mum Kyz and I'm sure she's very appreciative of you bring there to help out. Has she had a section before?

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kirrinIsland · 28/04/2013 01:27

izzy you are where I was a few weeks ago. I recognise the desperation :( For N it just sort of fell into place. She still wakes pretty frequently but the fact she goes down in her cot at 9ish now has made all the difference to my sanity. Extra sleepy dust for you tonight ......
And clarella and Daisy

kyz I love those questions! but I'm glad I don't have to answer them all day

Right, first feed done. Hopefully I won't see you all in a couple of hours (I mean that in the nicest way possible!)

Izzybuzzybuzzybees · 28/04/2013 01:56

Had to feed him. Would have sent DH in but the fucker was still downstairs. J wouldn't settle properly on me even tho he had had a big feed two hours before. To be fair he's had a fucked up day. Fed at 11.20 then didn't want fed and refused a bottle of EBM a few times and then eventually I gave him the bottle to at 9.20pm so 9 hours between feeds!! I don't think DH persevered enough with bottle to be honest and just left him sleeping on car seat when he should have been feeding.

Transfer failed but DH has told me to go to sleep. How kind! He asked how I was and I said pissed off cos he could have settled J as he's off tomorrow and I had ended up having to feed him. He's now on Js room supposedly calming him down and all I can hear is J moaning!!!

GTbaby · 28/04/2013 01:59

Busy day today. No catching up. Sry!
Hope all is good with our delightful babies.

Spent some time pureeing spinach, a whole bag made 6 ice cubes! Peas. And lentil carrot combination.

Looking forward to tomorrow as I gota work out how to stew pear (I think it means boil with a little bit of water) and how to cut kiwi n avocado, I'm hoping YouTube will b my assistant in these things.

I also bought some petit folou yoghurt things. So plan is for this week is Yoghurt n Banana for breakfast. Lentils for lunch. Veggies for 6pm dinner.

Oh dear. Look at the time! Wine

Clarella · 28/04/2013 02:01

argh izzy annoying Angry

well stirred a little, picked up, wet burp, he's back down. Hmm so that's another 2and half hours on the pillow. I knew this baby isn't fussed about co sleeping.

Izzybuzzybuzzybees · 28/04/2013 02:15

He still isn't settling. Normally if I'm in his room I hand hold and he quietens and drifts off. DH is in with him and J is as noisy as anything so I go and say to him that if he isn't calming or settled now he's unlikely too and will need to come in our bed. So are they here?!? Nope. DH has just come asking for a new sleeping bag as J has been sick, not surprised at that as he didn't need fed just wanted fed and wouldn't settle without it for me. How the man can't look for anything that's right in front of him I don't know!!!

Argh!!!!!! I'm insanely pissed off!!! Can't sleep cos J is so noisy and dh is just ignoring me when I've said to bring him thru!!!!!!

Clarella · 28/04/2013 02:27

oh yes izzy I've had similar issues with Dh in recent weeks - adamant not to hand hold till lo in a state and its too late!

YellowWellies · 28/04/2013 02:40

Hugs to Izzy and Clarella and everyone having a shit night - not great so far here either 8.30-11.30, 12-2 hmmpf.

GT is next weekend LO's first on solids or first time trying any / or all those foods? If so it really is worth slowing down my love. If you introduce all of those at once you're likely to upset his tum and if he has a bad reaction / allergy to any of them you won't be able to tell which. Try introducing a new food every 3 days as the NHS guidance suggests - its slower and more boring but less ball ache if something goes wrong. If you've been weaning for ages and he's had all those foods ignore and tell me to piss off! Grin Grin Grin

Stunt it was made for me by a wonderful eBay seller called dustylionheart. I'm v chuffed with it Smile

Dixiebell · 28/04/2013 04:32

3rd wake up here. Grr. Last night's one was obviously a once-off. Although kirrin, you do give me hope. Was hoping DH might try a bit of shushing with this one, but he just put the covers over his head. Hmph.