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

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million that sounds really tough. I'm totally on your side on this, no matter how things are for mil your dh shouldn't let your child be used as emotional blackmail.

puggle I have to keep a well stocked freezer for dh too! My favourite today was "I gave him 2 cubes of mash and 1 of the carrot". No darling, that was the enormous sweet potato you saw me preparing last night. So mini pops lunch was mash and more mash . A couple of recipes I have are lentil ragu - chopped tomatoes, courgette, pepper, onion, carrot, celery, bit of water and balsamic vinegar then add lentils. Whizzes quite nicely. Other is chicken casserole - chicken breast, mushrooms, onions, carrots, bit of water and herbs, and some peas near the end. Both seem quite popular he has no choice given we have a freezer draw full of them

I need to make more freezer stock too. At the moment we have got cubes of sweet potato mash, puréed strawberry with yoghurt and nectarine/blueberry. The Annabel Karmel book I've got has some good ideas so I'll dig it out tomorrow.

I need to make some more dinners for A too as we've fallen back on Ella's pouches the last couple of days, which are fine but an expensive way to feed a baby. He tries hard with finger food but he doesn't quite have the dexterity to eat a full meal of finger food, and he gets frustrated.

M's diet ATM is boob, boob and more boob with the odd bit of baby cereal/banana. Major regression since catching vomiting bug last Thursday. It has been a fun week in the Stitch household

million that is difficult. I 100% agree with you, no way my kids are being used as a pawn in a blackmailing game.

Good news getting :)

Hope all goes well with the fracture clinic Toby

I just give h whatever we have so he's had beans on toast for breakfast (i just cut off a bit of toast and put it in his mouth), mushroom risotto for lunch then prob porridge for dinner. I do a mix of finger foods when I can be bothered to clean the mess and spoon fed. I don't really purée things any more just cut it up. Depends whether they are happy to chew or not I suppose.

I've given him tuna Mayo before out of my greggs sandwich. I read they can have tinned tuna but you should limit tuna steaks due to mercury

We don't puree any more, just cut food up. He has one tooth so have to make sure meat is small etc, but the purees are too pureed (iyswim) and so he gets bored.

He usually has Weetabix for breakfast, then toast or pancakes
Lunch - Beans on toast, or scrambled egg and toast
Tea - Either a jar, or whatever we are eating. He's a big fan of beefburgers and hot dogs. and potatoes in any form

We don't puree any more, just cut food up. He has one tooth so have to make sure meat is small etc, but the purees are too pureed (iyswim) and so he gets bored.

He usually has Weetabix for breakfast, then toast or pancakes
Lunch - Beans on toast, or scrambled egg and toast
Tea - Either a jar, or whatever we are eating. He's a big fan of beefburgers and hot dogs. and potatoes in any form

You can give them canned tuna in spring water or oil.

congrats getting fx the sale and purchase go smoothly.

million that's a rubbish situation to be in.

toby hope dd1 is coping ok with the arm

Wow looking at this list of weaning foods is making me worried. We are still only on veg (individual and mixed). I don't know if I'm being too cautious or it's just that we started later with the weaning. Was going to try some fruit soon. I'm not using purees just mashed and finger foods. O still doesn't eat very much but going to up it to 2 meals a day from tomorrow.

Awful night last night. We had a good night on tuesday night but last night was pretty much constant feeding Not sure if she is having a growth spurt or it's just that she isn't feeding much during the day. She is having another settling in day at the MILs today so making more progress with her room.

Henry at 31 weeks (7 months and 6 days)

I wouldn't worry Nature, add more food if you want to. I'm kinda lazy and as he's my second, i'm not as worried. Which isn't always the right attitude!

nature I think just do what you are comfortable with. It took about 2 months for h to get into eating properly (I started early)

Hv has suggested making sure he eats a proper 3 meals a day in an attempt to cut down how much milk he's having (50oz a day!) and then can eventually cut out the night time feed once I know he's getting enough in the day. As he's 99th percentile (dad is 7ft) I think he's just hungry

Look at those chunky little thighs million very cute :)

Waaah I can't see pictures on the app

Wow getting! 50oz and a 7ft Dad I thought my DP was tall at 6ft 4 haha

Nature just go at your own pace. We all have plenty of time to get them established at eating proper food.

S is usually ok at eating finger foods but when we were at my parents the weekend before last, she had roast dinner bits in chunks and she kept coughing it all back up and crying and now I'm really worried about giving her solid food. I bought one of those dodgy net things she can chew on with food inside so I'll try that. The thought of chewing on net really goes through me

Wake ups every 40 minutes last night. Going to do some research on sleep training today. She seems to wake up every time she spits her dummy out so do you reckon it's worth weaning her off it?

Probably, Felix. According to the books I've read, dummies cause a lot of night waking.

Re weaning, I'm still just giving her whatever we have and she'll either eat it or not eat it. If she eats nothing, I'll give her a yogurt or a banana. I'm not really fussed about whether or not she eats loads. I don't even cut it up. Last night she had chunks of roast chicken (she has no teeth!), broccoli florets and carrot batons. She doesn't like potato so she didn't have any.
Tonight we're having chicken and ham lasagne.

Yeah, Persephone eats what we eat generally. Toast/crumpets with peanut butter or marmite for breakfast, tuna sandwich or something on toast for lunch, and dinners this week have been tofu stir fry and noodles/ pasta with tomato and courgette/ sausage with mash and beans. She is fine with pouches if we're out and about, which is handy. She did a roast chicken dinner with stuffing on Sunday! Being dairy-free is pretty limiting though, and her appetite has gone this week as she has two teeth coming through together.

Congratulations on the house getting.

million, that sounds very hard. Your DH is in a tricky position, but surely he can understand why you're concerned?

Hmm I'm doubting myself now because she's woken up twice already this evening and both times she still had her dummy in! So confusing

I'm not the dummy expert! None of mine have ever had a dummy, but not for want of trying.

I'm thinking of weaning H off her dummy too felix although she LOVES it so I don't think it's going to be easy. The nighttime wakings are doing my head in and I don't even know if removing the dummy will fix it but I'm willing to try. At the moment a place a few spare dummies around the cot and she will sometimes find one herself and put it back in - problem is she fiddles with the one on her mouth and keeps taking it back out!
million that's very hard - I hope your husband manages to come around and see things from your point of view. I find mine is happy to criticise his parents and can see their shortcomings very clearly - but god forbid I say anything! Even if I agree with him he will change his mind! Good news on the house getting - how exciting!
I need to get more adventurous with weaning - she loves her food and will eat whatever I give her (mixture of spoon & finger feeding) but I am
Really struggling to get any real cooking done because she will not be put down. It's starting to get me down a bit to be honest.

I hear you, madame. Meredith's separation anxiety is off the scale lately, particularly around the time I need to cook dinner. I'm using my slow cooker a lot, and prepping as much as possible in advance. But there are days when I have to let her scream a bit. And on Monday I made an entire cauliflower cheese one-handed.

Same here, can't even put her down for naps. It is like having a newborn again, totally exhausting. To get a shower this morning I had to sneak out while she was asleep in bed and get DH to sit and watch her!

Dies anyone have any tips for getting Calpol into them? Percy hates it (and Nurofen) but she's having such a horrible time teething that she's barely slept at night since the weekend. She takes other medicine from a spoon or a syringe, but just spits the painkillers back out.

book it's a long shot but have you tried the sachets? I rip off the top and squeeze it into his mouth. Not much different from other ways but as it's different might trick her into taking it? Or i think you can get suppositories?

And I assume you've tried syringe into cheeks a little bit at a time?

I've found that Ibuprofen is better for teething. It lasts a bit longer too and you can get it in orange flavour, which seems to be more palatable! My daughter used to vomit with the tiniest taste of calpol but was ok with orange ibuprofen. As for getting it in them, we go with teeny amounts squirted into the cheek so it's less hard to push out with their tongue. I have to pin my toddler down to do this. Archie is more compliant, but he's used to having medicine has he's been having ranitidine since he was six weeks old.

Ps. You can get paracetamol suppositories for babies. Some GPs will prescribe but some not as they're really expensive. You can buy them over the counter too, but they're about £18 for ten

Today is going to be a looooong day I also have a mega clingy baby, and Dh is sick (he is not a good patient). Might take O down to the soft play just so we get out the house.