Hey all, am taking some time to post whilst Eric is asleep. Am going to read from where I left off last night so apologies if it seems disjointed!Am hoping I can fit everything in!
Glad you got your flexi request clarella Sounds like you'll be knackered doing all that lot!
Nice to hear from you Daisy glad you're having a good week and H is doing well with his sleep
Cheers for the dust Pikz E had 4oz and 3 scoops again and not a peep till I woke him at 7:15
Horsey I have and sometimes he takes it, sometimes he doesn't. I might try it again :)
Thankyou for the birthday wishes pp, pikz, fruit, bplp, catbag, clarella, bry,luis, thechick, eliza, fatima,
nothing planned, dp clearly has remembered my birthday as he wished me happy birthday this morning but said I have no card as he didn't think I would want one. I might have to not bother with cards on his birthday, xmas and fathers day then, since they're not important. I personally quite like cards, I like to save them 
Stunt Thankyou, I am trying not to worry, and I won't do the aeroplane or distraction techniques either because I feel that tricking him will make him trust me and food even less! I guess I need to look at things a little lot differently (i am really trying to), I am trying not to fret at each meal, seeing bottles of milk as meals too and see how we get along. I keep trying to offer a varied diet and hope he'll take what he wants when he wants and focus on the fact that he has an appetite which is the important thing. It sounds like he is similar to J, sometimes he eats quite a bit and other times he just won't even open his mouth.
Bry I am trying not to see it as my fault, and be pleased that he's hoovering up yoghurts if nothing else! I think i'm only worrying now about milk because i'm trying to drop the dream feed and i feel mean taking it away. Then again dp keeps saying he wouldn't sleep for 9 hours straight if he needed the milk. He goes down at 8, has a df of 4oz now at 10 and sleeps till 7ish. He would wake me surely if he was starving. And not leave the odd ounce here and there during the day. Found your other post more recently, big hugs it must be really hard sometimes but you do fantastically and both r and g are lucky to have you. Hope things ease a little soon even if it's hard long term, I hope you get a little break
chasing really sorry you had a bad night :( You've done brill to think of the positives though, sounds like he's eaten really well! How did he manage the pear? I've only given e pear when i bite a whole one and let him gnaw at it a little bit. Do you leave the skin on? E adores houmous too, I might offer it again as I haven't for about a week. I should probably make some as the one you buy in a pot is probably not good to have too often. Don't dwell on the negatives, you are doing brilliantly, so is Oscar, keep it up :D
catbag hope you have a safe journey
bplp fucking teeth and reflux, sounds like a really shitty night!
actually 
for allll the bad nights!! sounds like a few of them!
luis that's a fantastic sleep!!! well done to L!!
sorry thechick no advice on the chicken pox sorry
Det how are youhoooo? hope all is well
Anyway, Eric is still asleep having a nice long nap, this morning he had 2.5 scoops of banana cereal and an organix pot, without any complaining and with a smile on his face, which gave me the best birthday present ever and the notion that he does like food, he will get there and I can help him and make it fun and not miserable and like a battle. He's such a chirpy little soul, his smile lights up his whole face and makes me go all fuzzy. That's the best present I think i've ever had. A smile from my boy :) He tried some sweet potato and peas for lunch, wasn't going a bundle on them so we had a yoghurt, which are much more hilarious, and some babycorn, which are ok, he guesses!