November 2012 - Babies' first holidays: India, Australia, the world is their oyster

[StuntNun]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1746351-November-2012-In-denial-about-the-six-month-sleep-regression

Thought about making a jokey reply, but cheesy as this sounds MrsG is my archetype. Think Dannii Minogue or Lindsey from CSI NY.

Knee pain is my excuse for the cheese.

VQ. Lol at mum taking home after birth.
Det. Shocking how badly work can treat you.
Kzy and pass. I started with one cube about an hour before milk. But quickly it seemed that he was a bit when it finished, so upped to two. 3weeks on we r on 4. And like horsey we wing the milk. Depends on my getting my timing right as well. In morning I'm crap. So usually give him milk n the breakfast as 11/12feed. So we do milk first then weetabix.
Then depending on his nap, when he wakes we give him 3cubes of different veggies n 1 of lentils. Followed by milk. If he is hungry on waking I will give milk first then wait an hour n do food.
Then at 6 ish I will try give yoghurt n a fruit. But this depends on me having time.
In terms of puree. I just use blender. No mesh strainer. We started a week before 6months. N he was ok with texture to food n it not being totally runny.
I did-
Week1- different fruit/veg every day( i didnt know about same thing for three day rule. Opps)
week2- more then one type of veg per meal.
Week 3- introduced yoghurt and lentils.
haven't done meat yet. Will try boiled egg tomorrow maybe.

Qq. Should I be making weetabix with FF? As I've been giving him 3 table spoons of mine which is made with milk and add boiled water to thin slightly.

Pr sucks your not sleeping. I know how frustrating it can be.

Det, thanks, I've googled those recipes easily, so will try! But yes, we should all recommend any good ones we find!

On that theme of sharing, just bought some nursing tops from /www.mamaway.co.uk which are pretty good for summer, actually hide tummy and boob whilst being nice!

And eliza, no period here either. With ds1 I think it was almost a year, when we were down to just a couple bf a day. Is good!

F has been awake since 11.30 . Poonami, feed. Now she just fancies a chat. Gah. Very whingey though so have given her some calpol. DH is oblivious, asleep on the sofa. If he dares to say that he's tired tomorrow there may be fireworks.

Talking of which I can't wait for Wednesday to see luis' rage - I recall some spectacular swearing recently?!

Eliza no periods here either

Pfft.

Gah.

Anyone up?

I haven't gone to sleep yet. But only because of boring cold. Grumble grumble atishoo. L is asleep. How's tricks?

L won't sleep anywhere but on me. P grateful neither of us have a cold now, though.

He keeps stirring due to light from phone I think (also from snorting mother) so will have to sign out. Good luck with your night...

I have now been up for 22 hours. 22 is a small number, right? It's just two little ducks, after all

Poor Luis that sounds terrible. Any chance of you sneaking off for a nap tomorrow?

GT I think cow's milk should only be given if it's cooked into something until one year as it can be difficult to digest and hard on the kidneys.

Too tired to post any more. I really hope J doesn't wake up for the day at 5 again.

2nd waking since DF.

Meant to say before, the first waking, Ted normally snuffles and grunts and kicks for a while which wakes us up before he starts crying sometimes even goes back to sleep. But earlier, he just woke with a blood curdling scream, made DH and me jump right out of deep sleep. DH was then lying there doing deep breathing for 5 minutes, as if he was having a heart attack or something. I know I shouldn't find it funny...

GT yes cows milk only if cooked until 1 year. I would make weetabix with FF. I can only begin to imagine what J would be like on lentils. He is windy enough as it is.

J woke at 11.45 and 5. 9 oz both times. He self settled at 3.30.

I was tempted to get up for the day at 5 and he is still not settled. Fuckballs.

I am so tired. She woke only once for milk but cried out every 1.5 hours. Enough to wake me up. Than did a poo at 5 and just went back to sleep. We are off sofa shopping this am so can't rest. Tmrw will be the first day I leave o with my mum, we are going to paint the flat with my brother and dad. I'm just afraid she will let her sleep a lot, she has the tendency to solve problems by putting kids to sleep.

We only tried broccoli, courgette, sweet potato, butternut squash, carrots and some fruits. She is 6 months old on the 20th, will start weaning properly. We are still on one cube per feed twice a day.

Oh, and I'm tanned already. The weather is so amazing here, skirts and vests enough. O is do happy here, will try to post a pic of her big smiles on Facebook.

pennie enhanced parental leave is up to 12 months off unpaid to care for any of your children over 1 ( as you can have 52 weeks mat leave) or under 5. So my plan was, as we are moving to NI in sept and I didn't want to have to pay back any MA, to return to work ASAP then apply for my year in DS1s name. But the the VR potential came up, and it's all kicking off at the same time, obviously VR would be better as the package is quite good and I have been there 17 years.

I don't give cows milk till over 1, but would cook it into meals etc. like you vq I use ff on cereal Nd even in porridge but mainly as he never finishes his breakfast milk!

Morning.

I have to go buy DD1 shoes today. I hate doing this as over here children's shoes are so fucking expensive, and their feet grow so fast, but she needs some summer type things, and some slippers. Damn.

lily so busy. I hope you are feeling ok I have been thinking of you.

O had his first pasta yesterday, it went down really well.

MummyPidj 1 -0 PidjChick

What was shaping up to be a horrendous night with wake ups every 40 minutes resulted in me throwing a strop right back at him at 2:30. Nappy changed, dummy held in gently and Ewan on.

1 1/2 minutes of shouting, 20 minutes of harp music, 4 hours sleep.

And he woke up happy!

Mummy will he imposing boundaries more often

Go pidj

Ahem. O slept 6 hours . And only one night feed . Am sure it is only a one off but it proves he can do it.

Off to the hairdressers later so will spend the few hours there catching up on the thread and missing O

Happy Saturday all

Feeling smug. Have slipped down into the 10stones department, ok am 10 stone 13lbs but am so pleased. That is 2 stone off since having O. 1/2 stone to go hoorahhhhhh.

Enjoy the hairdressers chasing .

Hi-5 pidj!

Poor you JJ. Sounds rubbish.

Thanks for all the thoughts on cubes. Really helpful.

luis you must have a very large bottle by the sounds of it. The Garcia family are very lucky to have you.

I don't think P has Rotavirus either. I think she just nommed something grubby. I must say I am not a dettol queen really. She seems to be on the mend although she has developed an annoying dry cough.

DH's birthday today. P's birthday pressie was sleeping an extra hour! Nice one wee P. not sure what we will do later.

Random rant - if I wanted to know what was happening on the Apprentice or the Voice I would watch them. I don't. Why oh why do they get coverage on the frikkin breakfast news?

That is ace sophia! These milestones are so important. You have done brilliantly - I am very impressed. I need some of your resolve. I wanted to get back to pre-pregnancy weight before going back to work which I though was a really attainable goal. What I didn't factor was a) my fat-bastard appetite b) my total lack of will power.

Enjoy the hairdressers chasing.