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April 2013 - Trying to keep our (babies) cool in the summer!

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Mumof3xx · 10/11/2013 10:29

I also am not on FB!

Dd is 7 months and one week and doing fab

She sits with very few topples and we have had some pushing up onto knees in the last few days

She takes mashed and finger foods well

No teeth yet

Sleep still a bit hit and miss. Some night she wakes for a feed others sleeps 12 hours

AmberLav · 11/11/2013 05:06

I am on Facebook, but am also sticking around here to show support for the non Fb crowd!

E has had her first proper cold for the last couple of nights, so has had her first (of many!) dose of Nurofen as she had a bit of a temperature. I'm looking forward to grtting my happy baby back soon!

Mumof3xx · 11/11/2013 19:38

We had our first cold recently
Now on second
Have found calpol plug in to be great at night only £6 would highly recommend

birdbrain21 · 11/11/2013 20:57

thankfully no colds here yet but lots of teething Sad although haven't actually seen any teeth yet and I'm still bf so assuming I would feel them even if I couldn't see them Wink

FaithTheVampireSlayer · 11/11/2013 22:24

We're both recovering from a cold at the moment. Not a horrendous one but taking ages to shift. I'm asthmatic so they do tend to sit on my chest. She's been very unsettled since she went down tonight, I just had to go in and feed her so I gave her calpol. Hopefully she's settled for a bit now poor munchkin!

Mumof3xx · 13/11/2013 10:13

I don't remember my elder two having colds is little!
Tiny snotty faces Are sad

What are all the babies getting for Xmas?

Dd has-
Some brother max bath toys
A my first dolly
Pram push along walker
Sit and stand giraffe
Tomy eggs
A spinner thing
Pull along ducks
Some board books
And a catapiller thAt pulls apart

Jo1984uk · 14/11/2013 06:30

S has also not been well, had temp of 39c on Saturday so we ended up getting out of hours Gp appointment and it turned out she had an ear infection. Oh and she had conjunctivitis at the same time, that cleared up within a day or two luckily.

I thought it might have been the swimming but doctor said its just a time of year thing.

For Christmas S has got:
A soft doggy walker/ride on from kiddicare

Some bits for her stocking:
Penguin top for gro egg
Next size happy nappy for swimming

Planning to get her some noisy books, not sure what else to get though! Oh one more gift will be a couple of musical instruments from maraca jacks website. There's a flat round rain maker/ drum with fish inside that she loves Smile

Cannotbelieveit · 14/11/2013 12:17

Hi everyone I'm on fb more too sorry!

H is doing really well with food, eats anything he's given, he has mashed food and finger food and feeds himself his water from his sippy cup now. He has 3 meals a day and a bottle when he's first up and one before bed. Last time he was weighed he was 21lb7oz (93rd centile) HV told me he will be referred to gp if he gains like he has been doing recently as he was only born on 26th centile.

For Christmas so far we've got him the rainbow sound blocks, books and 9-12 clothes. Mum and dad are getting him one of those trike things with the handle on the back and hubby's family have so far bought various shape sorters, wooden puzzles/toys and clothes.

I have a private gender scan tonight to find out about baby bean I'm currently 16+5

Back at work beginning of December! EekBlush

Mumof3xx · 14/11/2013 19:52

How exciting!

I wonder if you know yet!

Cannotbelieveit · 15/11/2013 07:59

It's a boy!!! Grin

Mumof3xx · 15/11/2013 09:08

How lovely!
How many months apart will they be? I have two boys 16 months apart but yours will be closer I think?

Jo1984uk · 15/11/2013 09:24

Congrats cannot, lovely news Smile

Noticed yesterday S had cut a top tooth! It's not the middle one though, its to the side a bit! No wonder she has been super clingy.

I need to get S weighed.. She's still on two meals a day, she has a few bites at breakfast with me but I think she is full in the morning from her 4 night feeds! She still really enjoys hummous on bread and just about anything else that I am eating. Got her some emergency fruit pots from sainsburys for times when the fruit bowl is empty but she hated them! She loves a whole peeled apple, she knaws away at it with her front teeth. I think it may help with the teething pain.

Am getting quite excited about first Christmas with S now Smile

Cannotbelieveit · 15/11/2013 09:32

They will be 12 months apart if this one arrives on time Grin

Mumof3xx · 15/11/2013 17:41

Oh it will be fun at your house!

Dd loves big chunks of Apple or pear, tbh she eats everything and anything though, well apart from brocoli!

No teeth yet, lots of dribble. She's a fairly happy little thing ATM and sleeping better.

3 meals and 3 bottles, milk intake between 20 & 26 oz per day

She is outgrowing next 6-9 but not tesco or Asda

BonaDea · 15/11/2013 22:14

Hi all - feels like ages since I posted on here.

Can't believe that some babies are on three full meals and just two bottles!! We're blw and although DS shows loads of interest at least 75% of each meal ends up on the floor!! He's basically still bf on demand but probably that means 5 feeds a day plus a night feed

We've come v close to sleeping through the night but then all goes to pot. Currently trying to drop dream feed but we still have a night wakening most nights.

Are all the other babies sleeping through the night?!?

Mumof3xx · 15/11/2013 22:25

In the past 2 months dd has probably slept through about ten times
From 3-5 months though she slept through every night!

birdbrain21 · 16/11/2013 21:18

cannot so exciting! How you feeling during pg with a lo to look after?

H took finger food for the first time today, well I held a piece of melon and she chomped her way through most of it. She has no teeth yet but has been teething for months so it must be coming soon. She's on on 3 meals a day plus 4/5 bfs depending on her mood.
She mostly sleeps quite well but then every now and again is up half the night for no apparent reason...

What are people giving as meals to their lo?I fell like poor dd is getting the same food day in day out!

Cannotbelieveit · 16/11/2013 21:51

The nausea has gone but tbh H is such an easy baby it's been ok!

A couple of his nappies have made me gag though!

H has slept thru since 10 weeks and is very good at self settling so I cannot complain

Mumof3xx · 17/11/2013 09:46

Dd started on just fruit and veg but now has most family meals, some I part blend others I just let her have if it's all soft enough
An average day would be

7oz milk for breakfast & porridge with another 3 oz in it

Fruit/toast/rice cakes

Cheese pasta and veg
Yogurt

8oz and maybe bit of fruit

Fish potatoes veg
Small pudding

7-9 oz before bed

Mumof3xx · 17/11/2013 09:47

When I was pregnant with dc2 I was so sick I could rarely face home making food for dc1 plus jars made me sick too, poor dc1 lived on sandwiches and tins of spag Bol for a while

FaithTheVampireSlayer · 17/11/2013 10:35

Faithlet eats pretty much anything! Started with fruit and veg, she hated baby rice! For breakfast she usually has baby porridge, weetabix or toast with some fruit - pear, banana and plum are firm favourites. Lunch is usually finger food - philly on bread, tuna sandwich, cucumber sticks, more fruit or a fruit pot. For tea she'll eat a variety including roast dinner, stew and mash, fish pie, meat balls, spaghetti bolognese. As a treat she sometimes gets yoghurt. She has had Ella's kitchen pouches when out and about which she loves. Also rice cakes and organix carrot sticks are fun finger foods.

I'm so excited for you cannot!

birdbrain21 · 17/11/2013 10:45

wow I really need to get myself more organised and start giving H a better variety of meals. I just find it difficult to remember to cook food plain for her otherwise I would give her the same food as us like shepards pie, soup, pasta etc maybe I should put the salt on the table not in the cupboard and then when I go to get it I'll remember to not put in the food I'm cooking!

How often are people taking their lo to be weighed? When she was first born she gained weight quite slowly (was on the 25th centile when born but dropped down 2 centiles) so the hv told me to bring her every couple of weeks, she's been back on the 25th for a while now and although small for her age (still wearing 3-6 months at 7 months old) has been gaining steadily so I've only been taking her once a month to be weighed is this often enough or is it too much?!

Mumof3xx · 17/11/2013 11:21

I only get dd weighed once a month, I don't even think that is compulsory at this age unless there are probs

Cannotbelieveit · 17/11/2013 11:57

Thanks faith!! Little bean has lots of aunties on fb doesn't he!!

FaithTheVampireSlayer · 17/11/2013 20:04

Yes he does cannot! :)

bird I try to shop to buy bits for her too. She doesn't have a huge variety of food, often it's leftovers of stuff we eat. Or like with the spag Bol I cooked it without herbs and spices, popped a bit in a little saucepan for her then added the herbs and stuff to ours. Then I put some in an ice cube tray for good size portions to keep in the freezer.

I haven't taken Faithlet to be weighed for weeks! Til they're 6 months it should be monthly, after 6 months you can drop to every two months. I think I'll take her this week.