Old thread here.
worse we're like Plonky on the timings - we keep mealtimes and milktimes separate. I spotted something in Evil Baby Whisperer that suggested around this age milk should be at the time you'd give a snack. Thinking about it, that's pretty much what we do - milk at the crack of dawn, 11am, 3pm and bedtime, food at 9am, 1pm and 5pm. It seems to work, and Fartypants is definitely in the process of reducing milk herself. Those middle two feeds, she's having about four ounces now.
How is the worselet on mush? Does she show any preferences? If we were sticking with baby led weaning we'd be getting absolutely nowhere. Savoury mushes, she'll try a mouthful then get distracted by the cat. Fruit mushes, she practically inhales. For a reduced stress option, can I suggest getting yourself to Asda? They've a hell of a range of cheap fruity mushes, and then at least you're not having to throw away purees you've spent hours lovingly creating.
Incidentally, six month old Molly may love her porridge, but all that means is that Molly's a total weirdo - porridge is vile. It's weetabix all the way round here, with mashed banana in.
eco hang in there, it does get better. How long until 37 weeks for you?
I am thanking my heathen gods we don't have crawling yet. Nappy changes with rolling are bad enough. Especially when it's a particularly horrific one.
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StormyBrid · 04/12/2013 11:21
We were up, no surprise there, but for once not hunger. I think the worselet is just unwell to be honest. She has a horrible cough and a windy stomach - bad combination. DH went in to get her up at 7am, but she is determinedly having a lie in. All that midnight partying takes its toll eventually 
Hope you guys aren't too knackered after a rough night. I've bags under my eyes that could carry Victoria Beckham's luggage.
No flooding round these parts. No storm even. I think we had a 10 minute flash down pour late last night, but nothing to write home about. I hope those of you on the east coast are warm and dry and not flooded out.
It's Friday, nearly the weekend. Yay! Plan for today - we're going back to baby lead weaning. I've had it with food stress. Food shouldn't be stressful. If she eats she eats, if she doesn't she gets milk. The font of all knowledge that is Annabel Karmel (which may or may not be spelt like that) states babies often won't eat when unwell. The worselet is definitely unwell. It's a theory anyway!
Awesome Gerry, and for the benefit of everyone else on this thread can I just say Gerry looks gorgeous, super fit and healthy.
Pete Tong? Well done that mum! My family's claim to fame.... err.... we don't have one . Must try harder.
I hope the snot didn't come from here, as we've had more than our fair share of it lately. Apologies if it did.
Time to get up and out here I think. I've just thrown the tiddler's specially bought 'all babies love it' muesli away, she's had her milk, so all is as it should be.
DH had to go down to where the boat is moored at midnight as the surge tide was on its way - he had to let the ropes off a bit as the water was nearly a metre above the jetties and it would have floated away if the ropes had snapped
and then he went to work at 5am. He's had no sleep so I shall overlook the wake of cr*p he seems to have left all over the house and try not to have a go when he gets home 
plonky yay for no work for a while, boooo for no longer having easy access to wine.
Stabbing pains? Yep, get em checked out.
Now I didn't say we hadn't had hassle from them! 
Way to go mini Stormy though! We have to be close i fear so child proofing is on the agenda now dh has done his flexible working form
Cheers plonky to the end of nasty jobless
I mean baby led! I keep writing lead. I have no idea why
Oh no Gerry. I hope she settles down for the night and sleeps herself better. Poor baby 
so many milestones whilst I've been in the pantry! teeth pud! actual food worse! crawling stormy! end of job plonk! first temperature Gerry! that last one's not so great (may it be short lived Gerry) but hearty back slaps to all other babies. lovely to hear about.
baby Gerry must have inspired ecobaby because she's well into downward facing dog now and today pulled herself to standing for first time which is exciting in this baby centric world. we also have a chesty rattle and lots of snot. my antibodies must suck handsomely because we only had three cold free days since last one, but at least we're building resistance ahead of the snot fest that will be child minder. I'll gloss over pantry gate but will say we're on day five of the Kent/Sussex sans daddy tour and we're ready for our own beds. I'm holed up in rusthall tonight and return Home to the flood plain that is Norfolk tomorrow. which reminds me, lovely heroic dh any!
in the spirit of spreading some Friday cheer I shall share and anecdote: there are three babies in the house tonight and as we waited to get into baby fest bath a naked eco baby sat sideways on my lap on some stairs opposite the bathroom door chatting to sil and bil. we chatted absentmindedly and then sil alerted me to eco baby pulling a poo face. instinctively my hand went down under her bum just in time to literally catch a poo. sil and bil had the pleasure of seeing the poo actually exit my lovely baby's bum and neatly into my hand. but 
what a classy girl! prunes for breakfast tomorrow.
right,bedtime. sorry to have been sulking and to have missed your news everyone. happy weekend to all.
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