Jan 2014 - can we call it a sleep regression if they didn't sleep in the first place?

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Here goes...

'In the next couple of months?', book? That's bloody years in baby development time. What a ridiculous thing to say. In the next couple of months she could be pulling herself up on the furniture!
You're very welcome to visit us today if you are at a loose end with a mardy Percy :)

nature, I've heard of that happening but thought it was just one of those mad things that's only happened once.

Nothing much planned for the weekend. Supposed to be going for a bbq at my sister's on Sunday. The weather is supposed to be a bit shite on Saturday so I doubt we'll do much.

book I was becoming concerned about N not babbling (he will be six months old at the end of the month), but he suddenly started three days ago and now won't stop. Everyone I talked to seemed to think five months and not babbling was all right.

N is still pretty inconsistent about responding to his name. Depends on his mood.

Meredith doesn't really babble either. There's the pterodactyl noise, the Rat Fans noise, the squealy noise and the all new 'we're pretty certain she's going to murder us in our sleep' whispering noise. Also the Attention Cough.

Babbling is a very recent thing for us too and Sylvie has just turned 6 months last Sunday. Oh the attention cough! She's started doing it when I'm feeding her now, which is odd. Also high pitched scream. But she only ever does that when I'm trying to watch telly (tiny bastard).

This weekend we are building her cot and going out to buy some babygrows and vests as I got down her 6-9 months clothes and she's got 7 sailor dresses and literally nothing else. Great prioritising there on our behalf.

DP is at the cricket tonight so will be back late and very drunk then he's going out with the cycling club on Sunday. What a lovely life he leads.

I forgot to say I gave S some chunks of banana this morning but she couldn't hold them. Every finger food I try seems to be to slippy to hold! What can I give her that won't fly out of her hands as soon as she grabs it? She ends up crying because everything falls out of her hands.

We're finding strawberries work well. If you hull them, there's a hole in the top which M has worked out is perfect to put her thumb in to hold it. Also slices of pear with the skin on. It makes them easier to pick up.
Breadsticks and houmous went down very well yesterday. And baby corn and broccoli.

Ha, that's a brilliant idea with the strawberries. Could I give her cherries if I chop them in half and squish them slightly so they aren't so round? And can I give her apple/pear without cooking it first? I'm such a newbie

I'd probably quarter cherries, but that is because I am a paranoid mental overly cautious. I give ripe pears raw but probably wouldn't give her raw apple yet. You could steam it a bit. You could take a bite out of an apple so she can get to the good bit and give her the whole thing, though. It would be funny! We're giving M a corn on the cob this weekend for the same reason :o

Also garlic bread goes down a storm :o

Can I add the "creepy growl" to the current list of noises?

F has a v snotty cold at the mo so his moods are a bit unpredictable, but he's bearing up well. Just managed to get us into an art session next week - Manchester city centre stuff is sooooo competitive to get into, driving me nuts!

On a more sobering note we just got word that our landlord is not renewing our tenancy and is selling up. That means we've got two months to find a house, put in an offer, get all the legal mortgagy bits done and move! oh shit

Reading all your weaning tips with interest - think we're going to start F this weekend...

I quite like the idea of feeding her hilarious food. That's my new weaning rule.

I'm sorry, Angel. That sucks :(

Felix, if we have to put up with all the tiny bastards' crap, we might as well be able to laugh at them too, right?

Angel how stressful! I hope you find somewhere quickly. This is why I hate renting. You can be kicked out rather quickly

Hi everyone. Just catching up,

I'm also reading the weaning stuff with intrest. Don't know why but I'm really anxious about it. H is 23 weeks and I want to start her soon but she can't sit up for long on her own and I know that's one of the signs, is everyone's baby's sitting up by them selfs?

Toby Baby's eating garlic bread...really is crazy how quickly they are growing.

Angel that sucks hopefully you guys find something soon.

Nature what a horrible thing for people to do and crazy that things like this happen.

Responding to her name?! That's more 8/9/10 months stuff surely? Archie isn't responding to his name either. He turns to look at whoever is talking to him but not definitely for his name. I really wouldn't worry about that yet!

Bandon, no sitting up here either, although he is trying to do it but far too floppy at the moment! 23 weeks too.

Leave the skin on weaning foods if you can. They usually don't eat it but makes stuff less slippery. Banana is tricky though.

Archie's just scoffed some chunky veg soup (mashed it down a bit) and some mashed banana! He cried when it was all finished! He's SO ready for food. We do give him bits of finger food to chomp but I think he finds it frustrating that it doesn't go in fast enough and he often drops it, so we'll do spoon feeding plus some finger foods for him. It's quite lovely seeing him eat because my daughter rejected nearly everything until she was ten months, and even then she'd only eat bits of fruit, marmite rice cakes and humus.

band, apparently the 'sitting up' thing counts if they can sit propped up in a highchair or similar. It's for safety and to lessen choking risk. It depends on if you plan on doing BLW or purées. The likelihood of choking is obviously higher with BLW so it's important that they can hold themselves upright while they eat. It's fine if this is with the help of a cushion or something.

Thanks for the info toby, She can sit in the chair without doubling over. So that good news.

Also are people sterilising spoons and bowls and stuff?

I'm not bothering sterilising stuff. I gave him water straight from the tap in a non sterilised beaker at lunch. When they start putting everything and anything in their mouths there seems little point sterilising eating implements.

I do sterilise bottles, though, as milk residue can harbour nasty bugs.

The advice is that you don't need to sterilise anything but the stuff which comes into contact with milk after 6 months. I'm not sterilising beakers and she's having tap water.

Hi every

Argh phone!! Hi everyone, just having a catch up - quick question re water once babies are on solids - are you giving water as well as breastmilk/formula? We're ebf at the moment but probably planning to switch to formula for daytime feeds in the next couple of months. Off to catch up properly now...

nature that's awful - lucky the tenants were so understanding, but how horrid for them too.
angel what a pain. We are going to be moving from our rental in a couple of months and I'm not looking forward to it.
Hope all the poorly babies are on the mend. H has been a bit off colour today - not sure if its teething, the wonder leap, or if she's just being a tiny bastard. I couldn't put her down & if I did she just sat there and cried at me (the cough cry - most annoying!)
I need to get more creative with her menus - first tastes have gone well but there's only so much sweet potato/carrot/pumpkin she can eat before she starts turning orange! Loving some of the ideas above though. Does anyone know when they can start having yoghurt?

I'll also not be sterilising. I am bfing and will offer a bit of water with meals to start getting Alex used to sippy cup but only in small quantities.
So far Alex has had some mashed banana and sucked on some plum and a bit of toast.