November 2012 - Adventurous eaters, food refusers and everything in between

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Loving the fact that LO has stayed on French time and her 6.30 up for the day wakeups are now at 5.30.

Morning all anyway. I'm thankful for umbrellas, waterproofs and pickled onion flavoured monster munch.

Have a lovely day everyone.

Night wasn't half as bad as I expected.
Finally got M in to her own cot just before 10, I fell asleep, woke when DH came to bed and then didn't get woken again until M had a feed at 3:15. She then woke for another feed at half five but I kept her in bed with me and snoozed until get up time at 7:20.

M has another little toothypeg cutting through now.

I'm having my hair cut today, not sure what to go for

Mmmmmm pickled onion monster munch

I'm off for a dress fitting today for my bridesmaid dress for my cousins wedding next week. Hope S sits nice and quiet yeah right she slept until 5:45 and then into our bed until 8. I'm not surprised she slept late after last nights antics, little monkey.

Morning lovelies.

Big round of applause to bry's awesome DD! Good job young lady! I don't think it sounded silly - I don't think anyone would. It really made me smile when I read it.

You made it through the first night chasing. sounds like it went pretty well.

I thought of you yesterday PR while I tucked into a bag of beef hula hoops.

Glad you got fish slapped kyz. You really are doing a great job.

Could someone help me work out a rough routine please? I need a bit of assistance working out when to offer food. Currently P's bottles are roughly:

6:30-7:00
10:00-10:30
1:00-1:30
4:00-4:30
6:30

She sleeps pretty much 2 hours after waking now but gets pretty narky after 1.5 hours.

Any thoughts?

Gah I hate sharing my baby. I get worried it will affect our bond. And I miss him when I'm not holding him

Oh yes, forgot to say a massive well done to r bryz

pass I give S her breakfast an hour after her first bottle, lunch is normally an hour and a half after her second bottle then she has a nap, with her dinner, I offer that before her bottle and she's a bit hit and miss with that bottle, I think she's in the process of dropping it, she usually has 4oz instead of the usual 7 (I still offer 7) that's normally about 2 and a half to 3 hours before her bedtime bottle by which time she's hungry for that again. This works for us, but might not work for P. hope this helps x

Sorry for the x on the end of that post haha must have thought I was texting someone!

Morning all.

Pass sounds like Fs day. Breakfast at 8, first nap about now, bottle 11, lunch 12.15, nap 12.45ish, bf 3, tea 5, bf 6 then bed. She also has multiple feeds overnight.

Chasing the novelty of having a baby in the house will start to fade soon, and you will get more cuddles with him again. Make the most of being able to put your feet up. He will come along leaps and bounds with the extra stimulation of being around other people (something I didn't like the thought of, but it's true - and wonderful to see). And your bond will be just fine

GT 24 weeks! Wah! Hope appt goes well today. and that H is feeling better.

Bry lovely to hear dd1 has managed that, I bet she's so pleased with herself!

I have a meeting this morning for that charity tea party I'm getting involved in, so dh has F for the whole morning. I think he's a bit nervous. He's currently putting her down for her nap, as my boobs are so engorged I can't cuddle her properly to rock her

Chasing

G and Bryz

Sleep is still shit here. Plus I'm working 3 evenings. Whinge moan whine.

Anyone fancy pitching in on my fred?
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/a1778550-AIBU-to-ask-for-money-for-DSs-Christening#39656126

eliza I'm glad you like it when I sign my posts, I started to do it to make sure P want posting in my name. I always have MN open on my iPad.
As for the name I changed for Halloween, and it's stayed the same ever since.

pass I do breakfast, then followed by the bottle. Lunch is at 12-1 followed by a bottle. Supper is at 5ish. But I leave the bottle till he goes to bed at 7ish.

Evil

Chasing dont think of it as sharing. Think of it as him getting extra love and attention from ppl you trust who are allowing you to rest.

This is good for him and you.
Concentrate on unpacking , sorting out your paper work. Or indulge in a long bath/reading/ sleep.

Morning all,

on my laptop for the first time in months! Hope you all had good nights fatima glad yours wasn't as bad as you had expected! for those needing one. Not bad here, he only had 4oz and 3 scoops of formula at 10:15 and then wanted plugging with his dummy at 5:30. I woke him at 7:15.

This morning I tried 4oz of his bottle, then breakfast washed down with any more bottle he might want. Nope. Nothing. His favourite cereal and he wouldn't entertain it. Pursed lips and turned head. Then drained the other 4oz of his bottle. I don't understand :( I don't know what else to try. The half a bottle then food thing was something my mum suggested but I can't see it working. Just thought I'd try. I wonder if he'll eat when this df is completely gone. It's just, if he doesn't, I will worry he isn't getting enough. Will also worry he'll never eat. Wonder if trying food before bottle would work like we used to do. I don't get it at all, he had a week or so after he was ill where he ate really well and drained every bottle. Do you think he did that to catch up with the fact he'd not had much milk or any food when he wasn't well? Either way it's gone now. He just won't try anything. Drops finger food and refuses the spoon.

Anyway...

Nice to hear from you kirrin sounds like you've been really busy with work, don't worry about not keeping up!

sounds like you did really well with e's tube Eliza :)

Congrats on your neighbours twins GT and glad lo's temp went down. 24 weeks already?! gosh time flies!

Bry that is amazing, and not at all silly, I am sat with a big grin on my face :D Clever R!

you got through the night chasing and sounds like O did really well :) you both did hugs It won't affect your bond that people are spending time with O, and the novelty will probably wear off and you'll be left to it :)

what are you up to today pr? am i the only person who doesn't like pickled onion monster munch?

pass you could try food an hour after a bottle, i think that's the recommended way around of doing it, so perhaps see how that goes for a bit? It worked for us for a bit, just not for long

E's bottles are 7, 10:45, 2:30, 6:15 and a df at 10. Roughly. Was giving food an hour after those times, but it's not working now. I wake him up for that first bottle and the last one is down to 4oz. When i've dropped it I might go for 7,11, 3 and 7. If i do that then the 7pm feed can be after his bath rather than before like it currently is. Then food could be an hour after the above times, so 8, 12 and 4. Only i'm wobbling about trying this now because it's not fucking cunting working fucking cunting feeding him fucking cunting anything bar wanking yoghurts. Sorry. Missed out on sweary Weds . I don't know whether to try the above, or somefuckingthing else.

Kyz he could be off food because of teeth or a virus? Or could he have eaten something which has upset him, and made him reluctant to eat? Perhaps try offering something you know he likes, on your finger. After a day of doing this, F has regained her trust/fondness for food and is back to eating normally - this follows 2 days of food refusal because of a reflux attack, and 2 days of spoon refusal. Easy for me to say, don't worry about it, as I was a nervous wreck, but perhaps just go with it for the day, and try again tomorrow. It'll do him no harm.

big hugs stunt

wow gt! I couldn't even contemplate dealing with pregnancy right now!

ok can I steal a bit of sweary weds?

fucking WEIRD night. lo wouldn't feed to sleep (think this happens when teething). took an hour of bored walking about with dh. then woke an hour later. dh tried to settle (trialling this at mo) didn't work so as agreed I fed. put down. utter hysteria. tried to feed again. more hysteria.

fuck I thought. did chiropractor do something? she said he had a bit of a stiff neck (I can see it, holds head a bit funny) but actually not much so was only a little 'treatment'.

he has never ever screamed so hysterically. we checked nappy, took sleep bag off etc. took ages to calm. but wondered if sleep bag as was a smaller one so left off and I tried to get him to sleep with me.

I started getting into a position I've not seen before before finally sleeping, turned away from me FOR 3 HOURS. fed then THREE AND A HALF HOURS. no sleep bag but on side, with me but that doesn't usually make a blind bit of difference.

so it's either sleep bag annoys him/ stops him getting comfy or chiropractor helped a bit to help him move into this better position or he's just worked it out himself.

not getting hopes up.....

thanks Bplp, a part of me knows i'm being stupid and irrational but try as I might it won't go away, the 'he'll never eat, what am i doing wrong, he'll be going to school with a bottle, he won't be healthy, he's unhappy, i've broken him' type fears running around my head.

He doesn't seem unwell at all, he hasn't done much in the way of a poo for a couple of days but has still gone and doesn't seem upset. He sleeps very well at night. I guess it could be teeth but he doesn't seem in any pain, he is dribbling and eating everything bar food but he's been like that for months.

He ended up having more purees than finger foods for the week he ate well, because he was accepting of the spoon and seemed fine. He ate very well for about a week, drinking 40oz, eating 3 meals and quite big ones imo, and then he started to leave bits of his bottles and I thought okay, this is normal, then he left some food, and I thought, ok, i'm not always hungry, and then he started to whine and moan straight away, eating it but being annoyed at doing so. And now he just won't open up. Unless it is yoghurt. But even then I have to get a bit in first before he will open up. He doesn't want the spoon, he doesn't want finger foods and he definitely doesn't want any savoury puree. He had been doing so well eating food with lumps in and everything. And then he was eating smooth things but not lumpy things and now he'll refuse pretty much everything. And i'm probably going about it in all the wrong ways but I honestly don't know what to do for the best. I could theoretically just feed him endless yoghurts as that is what he will eat but I can't see that doing us any good? Unless I try yoghurt knowing he'll eat it so he knows yummy things do come on spoons.

He CAN eat, he ate some rich tea biscuit yesterday, and stole some bread we were giving the ducks, and will eat organix fruit pots and yoghurt. He won't eat any savoury things he did eat, like sweet potato etc. He has a bit of toast if you give him toast. He just doesn't seem to want to eat and I want him to enjoy food but at the moment both of us are hating every second of it.

Oh I don't know. I even tried giving him a rusk to eat himself. Nope. Broccoli, smushed it but nope. He loved broccoli.

I guess and i am repeating it to myself he has an appetite. Just not for food. But he is drinking his milk well and he is a big, healthy, smiley boy. I am thankful for these things and I know I need to chill out again. I did before. I can do it again, can can can can can.

What's everyone else up to today? I've got a friend coming with her toddler and baby, the toddler is 2.5 and hilarious and the baby is 3 weeks younger than Eric and such a smiley thing. They are bound to all cheer me up! :)

odd Clarella! FC it wasn't just a one off, perhaps the chiropractor was magical? Best not to get your hopes up cos they might well end up scuppered but you never know! :)

First day at work tomorrow. (1day this Week,2days nxt week) No idea what to wear. And have to drop off lo with my dad on route. So got to sort him as well.

Getting blood pressure checked with nurse later today. Any ideas on what the numbers should be?

Good thing is that I won't be teaching

chasing sound like O slept well for you. I hope you managed to get some sleep too. Don't worry about your bond with O, that will never break. It's good that he is around caring loving family members. Will help turn him into a confident young boy. You don't want a mummy wuss but seriously he we will be fine. If you feel like you want some alone time with him and just grab him back and lock yourself away for cuddles. In sure your family will understand.

kyz I don't really have any advice in afraid. It sounds tough but as you said it will be fine. He's a happy healthy boy an he will get there. It's still very early days in the weaning stages really.

kirren nice to hear from you, hope work is goin ok.

bry yay for R. Shakes Pom poms...

Well DD1 is feeling better but I'm feeling crappy now so must be a little bug. Went to baby sensory this morning which E really enjoyed. Just off to pick DD1 up from preschool and take her to tumble tots. Then back home for a rest, if DD1 will let me!

Off to make new thread. Can't think of a name...

Hello, no chance of catching up but wanted to pop by. Sorry, know it is poor form to post without reading.

Am on day 2 of 3 days away with work. Great day yesterday networking and nice to be able to stay for drinks without rushing off. Too many drinks though! Slept well and DH reported multiple night wakings at home evil laugh. Super busy day today then black tie piss up do tonight. Missing the DC but my mum is there helping DH so they are all having lots of fun and not remotely fussed that I am not there. Looking forward to picking them up from nursery tomorrow night though.

Hope all good with the quiche and fuckwit (x)Ps are sorting themselves out / otherwise not making lives too difficult. for whoever needs it. High 5s for anyone else. Can't give out any as all the is mine!

DH has earned himself some VVVs

He has had F for 2 hours (longest time ever), put her down for both naps today, played with her, done her 11am bottle and lunch. They even made a dairy free cake together for me

My left boob has leaked through 2 breast pads, bra and 2 t-shirts. Bring on 3 o clock!

Madam sounds lurvely, make sure you drink the quiches wine allowance tonight!

Thanks Eliza, I know I need to stop worrying as i'm finding i'm not enjoying my boy and he's so wonderful. I don't want to damage my relationship with him by being a fuckwit, and that's what'll happen. For lunch he had 7oz of his bottle and then an hour later I offered sweet potato and chicken and a yoghurt. The yoghurt he opened wide for, the other he did not. He had some. He also wouldn't eat finger food (Rice cakes, breadsticks and hummus). So he is on strike bar yoghurt.

Do I keep giving yoghurts or not? I don't know if giving them means he'll get sick of them eventually and a) eat something else or b) refuse yoghurts too. Or do I stop giving them so that he'll not have the option to refuse other things but still get a yoghurt?

Glad you had a good day madame bet the dc's will love seeing you too when you pick them up :) have a glass of vino for me won't you

aww BPLP sounds like your dp is doing a grand job with F!

Have posted far too much today. Everybody else must be all busy like!

kyz Pls don't stress, not sure what else to say.

gt 24 weeks? Oh my goodness, I can't believe time flies so fast.

Proud mummy alert: O finally figured out how to roll from back to tummy. She is nearly 7 months old but at least she is doing it now. Tomorrow physio, I can't wait to tell them. Next is crawling although she is already commando crawling in her cot and gets stuck at the top. Which reminds me of lowering her cot finally.

chasing i guess you don't need the travel cot? Let me know if you do. And from my experience, it's a novelty that there is a baby in the house, after about 3 days the interaction will be reduced to 5 min here or 5 min there. O loves watching people and she really bonded well with my parents. It's actually nice now to be just with her but than I'm a bit selfish when it comes to my baby.

Afternoon quiche,

Managed to get my dad's wifi password so I'm cosied up in my room with laptop, biscuits and baby.

I don't think I've ever seen O so happy, or so cute which is a huge weight off my mind. He is loving the attention, full of chat and smiles and the only sign of clinginess is that he now likes to lay on my chest with his arms wrapped round me giving me a proper cuddle [smille] he only ever did this while sleeping previously.

Productive day today, been to get O's food and emailed the police regarding evidence of DV. They emailed me back within an hour with my crime reference number so that's sorted.

O is currently feeding to sleep and then I plan to fill in an income support claim form.