September 14 babies - bring on the weaning!

[KitKat1985]

New thread for the Sept 14 babies. :)

Aw FATE that's a really nice idea. I've been looking for something to do with the hundreds of new baby cards we got because they were all so pretty and that could just be it!

holls don't worry, your employer should value you for trying to be as upfront as possible.

Cookie glad to hear about the food!

Those of you who are weaning, can I ask how often you introduce new foods?

Holls I'm sure this is a bigger deal in your head than it is in your boss's! Sounds like there might be a small bit of bother but then it will pass for everyone.

We're not ready to wean yet, but we did make an ikea run yesterday (the horror!) to get a high chair, etc. we tried him out with a bit of water in his new beaker cup last night and he did have a lovely time sprinkling it all over.

Swimming today. He's really starting to enjoy it!

Oh I forgot. How are you all coping with getting pinched/ poked/ mauled? My boobs in particular are quite keen for him to learn how to be gentle!

apples - quite regularly...eg
sat - carrot lunch, apple tea
sun - carrot lunch, pear tea
mon - sweet potato lunch, apple tea
tues - bns lunch, apple tea
today - sweet pot and broccoli lunch, bns and pear tea
tomorrow - an ellas pouch as out lunch, apple and carrot tea.

going to make more apple puree tonight and was wondering about maybe doing pea puree too.

team, herbal nytol is good & fine if u r b/f

pies, my bingo wings r coping the worst of it from my non sleeping baby

Apple Do you mean for allergy, etc? Apparently if you have history of allergy in either side you have to try things three times before moving on to next , but if not once is enough. I tried every thing once in the first two weeks and swiftly moved to more balanced food in week 3.
Today I gave him nuts with his breakfast porridge. (Grated with a tiny grater)

Pie- not so well, I am slightly bruised right now, but he is already getting gentler.

Cookie I forgot to say this about leaking: mine is tummy sleeper too, I fasten the nappy so that more of it is in front if you know what I mean. Then somebody here mentioned to leave the bottom of the vest undone and that worked wonders.

Holls I honestly would not worry about it; let them sort it out; it is business. Also I very much doubt if any business is so organised to have worked out a plan ages in advance so you can go part time; aren't they just making you feel bad unnecessarily?

Well we were going to wait for 26 weeks for weaning.

On Sunday DS started doing this weird chomping action. And today he's been fighting me with the bottle as he wanted to feed himself (he kept missing and couldn't hold the bottle) and wouldn't let me give it to him.

So food...

OMG CHOMP! He could not get enough. He started trying to eat his bib. He started trying to put his whole face in it.

He's now gone completely hyper. I think its stimulated his senses so he's going a bit loopy.

So I would say he was ready to be weaned...

Aw Red sounds like it went really well! How many weeks is your dd and what did you try him with?

Nazly we don't have a history of allergies or anything but because of dd's reflux I was wondering if it's worth introducing things slowly to see if some foods make it worse than others.

23 and a half weeks. He had banana. I think this might have been a mistake.

He is currently going utterly potty!

He only had a bit.

Apples to be honest I would not worry; I read three books and based on that and my own experience these are the tips I could give you:

• avoid anything which may bring up acid (anything remotely sour) to start with. And I don't mean only citrus fruit, even apple may not work.
• refluxy babies like to take control (even more than others, specially the ebf ones), so let her try finger food or let her have the spoon (while you hold on to the end of )
• if you are making puree make sure there is absolutely no lump in it to start with. You can introduce lumps gradually
• be guided by your baby as to how much she wants but I would start with just few spoons, not more...

We started with ripe Avocado. It is a brilliant first food; really good in vitamins, etc. ; bland enough for reflux babies; smooth texture; and you don't need to prepare so you can just try and stop if she is not ready yet... (Have the rest yourself! Yummy :) )

If you are going with puree mash it with your own milk or any milk she is on and mix it well so it is smooth. Good luck

Banana + Baby = Trying to Cruise

God help me. Why did I let DH take control of this one? Why?? He's not going to like vegetables now is he?

cries

haha Red! From what i've heard banana is a firm favourite of many babies! Hopefully he'll still be enthusiastic enough to give veggies a go!

Red don't worry, he is going to love veg too; they are extremely acceptant of new taste at this age... They start becoming more fussy at around 1 based on what I read; so aiming for a very varied diet here, as varied as possible...

That's reassuring. He's calmed down now thankfully. Though he's not going to sleep. It was like someone had given him speed for a while there. He's had a bit of an unsettled day though and not done his usual routine so its not so surprising. DH wanted to do banana as apparently he had loved it as a baby, and its one of the few things I despise and don't eat.

DD will be 21 weeks on Saturday and we started food every day about a week ago.
So far carrots have gone down great as have parsnips
I gave a little bit of Apple purée today and she loved that too. She does try to eat her bib half way through and gets very stroppy if I don't give her the spoon at some stage!
I'll try banana and avocado mash tomorrow and hopefully some mango over the weekend.
I've given her some finger food to grab now and again but she never really knows quite what to do with it, tends to pull a face and then just let it slip from her fingers.

Today at baby sensory she decided to rollover again after three weeks of not bothering at all. Four rollovers back to back and out of the blue. She's a,so enjoying exploring my face and grabbing my fingers for a nice chew and dribble to help with her teething.

She's changing so quickly!

Fate: great idea with the cards, still got all our new baby ones , thank you!
Nazly, thanks for the chicken recipe idea (from yesterday I think? ??)

Ella, I would complain.

Hi Ella,
Sorry that this happened and it has left you feeling anxious. Your post struck a chord with me as I also have similar feelings about my experience. Sending you hugs

ella I would definitely complain. I had issues with the care provided by my gp at the end of my pregnancy and complained. I had a written explanation and an invitation to go in and have a debrief as to what happened which I found really have me peace of mind.

As it's the hospital you could use PALS? I've heard they are very good for handling hospital complaints.

Ella, I would TOTALLY do something about it. That is not acceptable care.

Ella, so sorry to hear about your awful experience. I think you should definitely say something. Otherwise the staff involved will be oblivious to how they come across to patients and they'll never take steps to change, and someone else ends up with a bad experience. PALS at the Hosp is a good place to start.

Ella. I would def complain. As Zan says, hopefully it will improve the service for others.

Ella I complained over the behaviour of one of my community midwives. She was appalling. It was handled really well by the senior midwives.

What you described is not acceptable; the NUMBER ONE thing a midwife should do is listen to the patient and not be dismissive especially if they are in pain. Everything else follows on from that, especially complications. If they don't listen complications are more likely to arise and be more serious.

Remember its not about you and your experience ultimately, but trying to make sure the same does not happen again to someone else and perhaps with a more serious outcome. If you frame it in that way, they are also much more likely to listen to your complaint and deal with it properly too.