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July 2014 - sleepless nights but lots of smiles

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NancyinCali · 26/10/2014 23:10

The old thread is nearly full so here's a new place for us to chat about our July babies. Help yourself to some tea & cake to keep you going through the sleepless nights Brew Cake.

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ismarah · 01/03/2015 20:58

Wahey well done Snow and ds1 of course.

What is a suitable meal for a baby? How much of it is enough? Bean had a 1/3 of a banana and an Ella's kitchen biscuit oh so healthy for her dinner and ate it all herself. For lunch she had wedges of watermelon and a piece of frittata. She's still drinking all her milk so I know she's not hungry, but I'm struggling to figure out meals for her. She's completely gone off spoons so finger food it is. At this point she will happily grab and shove the things she knows, like watermelon, banana, bread, biscuit, rice cakes, cheese and frittata. New things take a few goes to accept, especially if the texture is new. At the moment I'm aiming for two things per meal and different things in each meal per day. I'm hoping to get her to eat these kinds of things for breakfast and lunch and then for dinner to be something that we're eating. I can mostly think of things to feed her but I don't know what is 'enough', IYSWIM. Our guide has been when she starts to seem tired to stop, but obviously the trend should be towards larger portions and more foods. Babies. It's a mystery.

ZingNinjaRoll · 02/03/2015 01:10

ismarah

I recommend "What should I feed my baby" by Suzannah Olivier.
Also Annabel Karmel's books.
good tasting, sensible recipes and lots of advice.

I think it is very difficult to gauge their needs exactly.
best rule of thumb is the obvious - see if they had enough and refusing more.
teething & illness - they will eat less
growth spurts and different stages of physical development - they will need more energy

try those books (borrow from library first or just buy off Ebay cheaply), I really love them

ZingNinjaRoll · 02/03/2015 01:13

well done Snow !Thanks
i bet it was a great feeling to see him asleep after a new way of doing things. so happy for you!

and what a sweetie he is, aaww! Smile

icklekid · 02/03/2015 05:35

Yay well done snow enjoy those pancakes this morning!

ismarah plenty of fruit/veg is good finger food or mashed food on toast sometimes works. Ds just eats and eats and eats but then has really cut down his milk himself. I think not worrying about how much they have but introducing new textures /flavours is fine for now especially with baby led!

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AuntieMaggie · 02/03/2015 20:27

ismarah this guide was useful for recommended meal sizes. DS sometimes eats more than this sometimes less.

I give ds pretty much what we have to a point and if it's something he can't hold to feed himself I just cut it up to mouth size pieces so he still gets to chew it. Its got to the point where if i'm eating something he wants it! The only thing he really struggles with is meat which he will still have a good chew on. The only baby food he has is baby porridge and baby pasta though if we have spag bol I just cut up the spaghetti and he can great it. He loves cheese sauce and pasta.

Breakfast is usually porridge then some fruit normally blueberries. Lunch leftovers from dinner or frittata, something with/on toast or baked potato and fruit or veg. Dinner is what we're having or if we're eating late or something pasta and sauce.

If you're looking specifically for finger foods ds loves cauliflower, broccoli, carrot, green beans, baby corn, courgette, asparagus, potato in any form, sweet potato, sprouts, marrowfat peas, blueberries, raspberries, apple, pear, orange, kiwi, toast with butter/peanut butter, crumpets, croissants, bread sticks, rice cakes...

Ds is crawling well now and pulling himself up on stuff... where did my baby go?!

GrouchyKiwi · 03/03/2015 09:20

That is a helpful guide, auntie.

DD2 is now having 3 meals a day, though some are more successful than others. And she'll chomp on things like cucumber to make her gums feel better. She also cries if I don't let her have a bite of my food.

Sleep is still rubbish. Had PILs staying for a few days and it didn't help having MIL ask me what I was going to do to fix it. I don't know what to do because I don't know why she wakes so often. Starting to feel stressed about it now.

Things I know: she's not cold or too hot. She's not always hungry. She doesn't dirty her nappy till about 6am (most nights).

So it might be a comfort thing, but if it is I don't know what to do about it as she can't come back to our room. Putting one of my tops in with her doesn't help either. I'm really tired of waking so many times during the night but it seems that this is going to be my life for a bit longer.

ismarah · 03/03/2015 09:39

Spot on Auntie!

icklekid · 03/03/2015 16:08

Oh kiwi I would be asking mil what she is going to do about it? ! Don't stress you know you are doing all you can- I'm hoping once ds next 4 teeth are all through we will get a bit more sleep...he woke at 1 with a temp last night took over 90mins to settle and ended up cosleeping at that point poor little thing!

auntie that guide sounds about right

AuntieMaggie · 04/03/2015 12:53

ok I'm at my wits end. ds loves food and will eat pretty much anything but the past few days he screams at lunch and dinnertime and I'm at a loss as to what to do. We put him in his highchair and start feeding him but around the second or third mouthful he starts screaming and I mean proper full on barely breathing screaming. I take him out and give him a cuddle and he stops. its not the food as it's things he likes and he will eventually eat it. Sometimes I put him back and can feed him or start feeding him on my lap other times I feed him through the screaming and he will gradually stop. but it's like he won't eat until he's driven me to tears now. and he's not like it at breakfast time. Any ideas?

Fox28 · 04/03/2015 15:21

DD started doing this about 4 or 5 days after I started putting cows milk in her porridge. She'd lap up her porridge, but then act just like your ds at the other meals. I'm pretty sure she has a cows milk intolerance and had tummy ache. Could it be anything similar to this?? Something new you've introduced? DD is back on track now with eating since I stopped the cows milk.

ZingNinjaRoll · 04/03/2015 16:02

BabyZing is better after a 2 day stint of having fever and hanging onto me like a baby monkey.

he is in his baby walker, whizzing about.

do you all find that you are constantly cleaning the floor, checking baby is not eating bits of whatever they could choke on?
or maybe it's just me - older ones make so much mess, I (or they!!) have to hoover living room floor twice a day.

icklekid · 04/03/2015 18:04

Is he tired auntie? Ds cries if he is tired and sometimes I feed him on my lap other times I put him down for a nap and try again after...

zing I imagine that was hard work- glad you have older ones to help with the housework! I brush and mop kitchen and dining room floor regularly but hoovering not so much as just put large mat down in living room and ds isn't properly crawling yet...

AuntieMaggie · 04/03/2015 19:53

No new food but he might be tired though once we get past the tantrum he's fine and will happily eat.

zing I'm constantly checking the floor - I don't know where all the bits come from but dp has to hoover as I'm banned by my physio

AuntieMaggie · 05/03/2015 08:01

I had a thought overnight - could it be because we've changed to fast flow teats?

GrouchyKiwi · 05/03/2015 08:27

It could just be that he doesn't like the gaps between mouthfuls, ie it's not fast enough? DD2 is like this. I've had to work out the perfect distance to hold the bowl so she can't reach it and make a mess but making sure I shovel the food in fast enough!

Ifyourawizardwhydouwearglasses · 05/03/2015 09:01

Hello! Can I join please?

To introduce us....I am 28 and have a DD born end of July, and a 2 year old DS. DH works away a lot (just gone for another 2 week stint) so we're alone a lot!

DD is a joy, slept through from 7 weeks (7-7 with one dream feed) but about a month ago she gave all that up and is now up every hour trying to feed. Only she knows why Hmm
Has anyone else had sleep regression like this? I can't seem to solve it!

She's also trying to pull herself up on things now Grin and has just started crawling.

Can't think of anything else just now! Hope I'm welcome to join so late Smile

ZingNinjaRoll · 05/03/2015 09:24

hi glasses , welcome and a belated congrats on your little one!Thanks
well not so little, is he? Smile

ZingNinjaRoll · 05/03/2015 09:25

*she

sorry

icklekid · 05/03/2015 16:25

Waves at glasses - had your dd continued to sleep through you wouldn't be welcome Wink only joking, ds does this when teething could it be that?

AuntieMaggie · 05/03/2015 17:35

ds is waking several times a night at the moment but goes straight back to sleep - I'm assuming it's a reassurance/comfort thing... I hope it doesn't last long!

Casmama · 05/03/2015 19:09

Just moved ds2 from the sidecar cot in our bed to a cot bed which we've put beside our bed and the wee blighter has gone from normally two wakenings between 7pm and 6am to waking up every hour last night!

I'm hoping it was either because his naps were messed up or he was a bit cold and will use more layers tonight

ismarah · 05/03/2015 20:44

OMG, we've been invited to a first birthday party...in July! the mind boggles