September 2014 - Rocking and Rolling

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Our babies are rocking and rolling, crawling and climbing into the second half of their first year.

Let the fun continue...

I brush his twice a day have done since his first tooth came through. It was a lot easier at 4 months than it is now! He mostly cooperates. I follow the toothpaste instructions and use a smear on the brush.

Usually one poo a day now and they're proper

No teeth here either! I was beginning to think I was the only one.

Poo...he used to do one a day on milk only. Now he goes every meal time. Mid meal. Every time!! And sometimes between. I'm sure I'm getting through more nappies now. And yes they bloody stink, dh said its better because he hated those milky baby poos but I completely disagree.

Only 1 tooth here still. Very red cheeked so wonder if there is more to come soon!

Poo's about once or twice a day now. Usually fairly solid and very strong smelling! I too prefer the milky poo's and I never thought I'd say that

Not sure what the Irish air has done for ds appetite but he is wolfing food down like he'll never be offered more! He is eating so much, basically what we are having. As long as he can feed himself lol. Hope he keeps it up when we get home tomorrow.

Brush your teeth with the baby. DS copies Daddy. This is good. We COULD NOT get anything into his mouth at 6 months. Now its a game and fun and he opens wide and smiles.

DS has one or two poos a day now. Definitely preferred the milk poos to these proper poos but they are easier to clean up & no more poonamis.

DS had a bit of an upset stomach last weekend & was sick, that's now proper sick too & smells revolting. I'll never complain about milk sick again.

DS has had two teeth since the beginning of March & no more through since but lots on the way. Teeth brushing is a bit hit & miss here. Think I need to build it into our routine more so he just accepts it's happening.

We are rubbish at remembering to brush E's teeth but he actually enjoys it when we do, we will have to work that more into his routine!

Hmm E for just over a month was suffering with loose/diahorrea poos the Dr said there was nothing wrong, before he got that he was doing one or two a day, during that period he was doing four to five a day (and they often leaked) and now it is kind of going back to normal at 1-3 a day!

We have only just seen the first tooth last week, I too was wondering when it would arrive! Looks like second bottom tooth is close behind too. She's pretty good at opening her mouth for teethbrushing but then clamps her mouth so it's more of a wrestle than a brush!

Poo - usually 2-3 a day now. I prefer the more solid ones I have to say, though it's much more often. Her milky poo was usually a massive explosion every other day! Definitely go through more nappies too though.

I managed to get a bout of food poisoning! We think it was a dodgy Chinese on Friday night but didn't feel it til Saturday night, felt sick going to bed but then was throwing up (and the rest!) all night. Thankfully I did get to rest yesterday as DP took over baby duties. Most rest I've had since she's been born for certain! Still not 100% though.

We have been to the supermarket this morning. We popped DS in the seat as usual.

DS decided to climb out of the seat, stand on it and try and climb onto me whilst I pushed it.

WTF. I didn't know this was a potential issue. How do you get them to sit in the seat and stay there? He's done the same with high chairs too. And climbed on the bloody table (thankfully with the cushion in, he can't do this with his Ikea one. He can do it without the cushion though). Waist straps are a complete waste of time. Are there magic straps you can buy that attach to everything???!

I'm tearing my hair out as its starting to really become an issue. DH was with me at least this time. We couldn't get him to go back into the seat without him trying to come straight back out.

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How do you get them to sit in the seat and stay there?

Distraction and boundaries. A mixture (according to your own parenting style) of treats/activities/toys and just setting boundaries of what's acceptable and what isn't.

Things like shopping, unfortunately, will no longer be a simple affair of trundling around with a shopping trolley unless you go childless. For a long, long time to come.

Talking, singing. Things like grapes, raisins, lollipops. Giving baby something from the shopping basket to hold (and keep swapping it). This alongside constantly putting back into seat and being stern about saying no. Not positively re-enforcing bad behaviour. Repeating and modelling expected behaviour.

Once older bribery works - behave and you can have a magazine/toy/sweet. Rewarding good behaviour. Involving the children with shopping - giving them their own list and having them help choose what we buy.

Also when older and into the refusal tantrum years I have been known to plonk child on floor in supermarket facing the wall until ready to do as told, sit still in the trolley and behave.

Better this than be one of those Mum with a screaming out of control, badly behaved child in the supermarket

Two teeth here. There is a baby on the October 2014 post natal thread with 7 teeth already!

Sorry to hear about your food poisoning lilone. Are you better now? I got the same a few months ago and was really, really poorly. Lasted a couple of days.

Half term this week. Bigger children on all manner of sleepovers and DH is off work. We plan to (finally) decorate DDs bedroom. I'm not ready to move the cot from right next to me in bed yet, but nice to know that the room is there when I am ready she is ready.

Been to our local village fate today. A bit meh but always feel obliged to support these kinds of things.

Have any of you done anything special for the Bank Holiday?

Thanks Fate. I'm feeling a bit better, but still not great. So sadly, no bank holiday fun for us! Also means i'm behind on the hoovering (which seems to need to be done constantly!) so poor DD is getting quite dusty rolling around on the floor! And obviously the best places to try and go are under the TV, the coffee table, the jumperoo etc.

Red, I was also going to suggest reins with clips on the back. Then you can just attach them to anything! I know some people hate reins, but I'm a big fan

Had a nice long weekend here. Just relaxing and spending time as a family (DH has been crazy busy with work recently). Took DD on the swings for the first time and she loved it.

Glad the poo question was asked. She goes at least five times a day. That is way more than anyone else!!! Do I get a prize?!

I know what you mean about getting behind on the hovering. We have a dog and a cat (and four messy children) and I do sometimes feel for DD picking random bits of dirt and mess stuff up off the floor.

We usually do a surface hoover (ie just what you can see) twice a day. But at least one of those times will be child labour in the big tidy up we do before bedtime.

Team - 5 poos a day is loads! Quite a healthy regular habit to have though.

Mmm Fate, not sure if I prefer the screaming child or not tbh

Getting him to sleep is a big battle here; ladies, things that some of you suggested just does not work here; last night it took no less than 3 hours to get him to sleep; twice he slept while bf and woke as I was transferring him to his cot; he goes from sleepy land to awake land in one second and the next second he is on the go... standing up in his cot trying to climb out! It took so long I actually had to take him and give him another dinner! Aaaagh! He just wants to go go go and he is actually very forceful, it is already very difficult to keep him from going and he is only 9 months! i don't even know if I can keep him still when he is 2 yrs old

Ds had his first little proper food ordered in a restaurant today; not a baby food ; a kids one from hungry kids menu! Grilled Salmon with mashed potato and green beans. He loved it and ate most of it !! I think he will be on adult size food in 3 yrs then !!! Should have taken a photo...

Team poo-wise we've just gone from 4/5 times per day to 1/2 times, which is what made me ask, so I think you're still winning!

FATE I'm amazed you manage to hoover twice per day. We only do once per week, and that's when the cleaner comes! I'd love to do more especially atm while Ddog is moulting but am too disorganised to manage any more.

nazly that's why I feed to sleep in my bed and leave him there. No chance of being able to put him down asleep. Even feeding to sleep in his cot doesn't work, the second I get up he's up too. Though I need to do something quick as my mattress is memory foam and is way too hot for him. Going to look at mattress toppers today or maybe just buy another ridiculously expensive mattress in the hope it'll help him sleep

Just noticed he's got another tooth coming through which explains the shocking sleep and grumpiness. This is his 7th, I feel bad for him, with his cold as well he just can't get a break recently.

Thank you for the tooth brushing tips everyone! Must buy some toothpaste for Jessica later.

Gosh, twice daily hovering Fate?!? I do it once a week --or less-.

Jessica has been a tad better the past couple of nights. I think watering down her milk is starting to work. Plus she's eating better in the day (probably because she's not so stuffed with milk at night) so I think that's helping too. Obviously now I've written this she will be the devil child at night!

Pretty certain I have a dental abscess developing. It's swollen and bruised feeing, and my face is slightly swollen on that side. To cut a long story short it started early evening yesterday. Despite several phone calls to NHS 111 / the local emergency dentist helpline it turns out all the emergency dentists shut at 5pm yesterday, and was just told to phone my regular dentist this morning for an emergency appointment, who, apparently can't fit me in until 4pm tomorrow (unless they have a cancellation), so I just have to grumble on until then!

Better this than be one of those Mum with a screaming out of control, badly behaved child in the supermarket

Guess I'm going to be one of those.

If I could distract him for any length of time, I might actually manage to feed him.

Seeing as he's a danger to himself we don't have a lot of choice but to remove him from high chair/trollies etc.

I don't think we will be leaving the house a lot.

Ouch @ the dental abcess Kitkat! The pain you get with them is awful. Hope it gets better soon once the dentist has seen you.

poo DD has usually been 3 per day since she was born ( the odd day she's not pooped at all and I've been convinced she's bunged up, until the inevitable poonami has hit. The following day!). She's still on 3 daily since she's started on solids but yesterday I got a little bonus onethey're definitely more solid than milk poops, but then she's still not a big water drinker.

teeth - 8 months and almost a week old and zero teeth. Is anyone else still waiting?

sleep - getting DD off to sleep varies. Usually she is okay if left with a bottle of milk with a dummy next to her ( she will usually find the dummy once she's finished/bored of the milk.) now though for her daytime naps she can spend up to an hour amusing herself with a toy or just generally wriggling around her cot (until she gets stuck somewhere!)

Kitkat, sounds painful! Hope you manage to get a cancellation appointment soon.

Red, have you thought about the reins? I know some children who seem to just hate being babies. Once they get a bit bigger, can communicate and be a little more independent they suddenly change. My cousin was just like this! I think your DS might do that? It sounds like he is just desperate to be a big boy!

DD only fed once last night, needed dummy insertion twice and slept until 6.15!!!!

I'm sure we all be that mum in the supermarket at some point, just accept and move on I guess ?? that's kids.

We have been struggling to get ds to sleep without having to have up to THREE bottles a night. I've tried all the soothing, crying out etc and yet this did work until he had a cold a month or so ago, so frustrating. Last night we gave him a massive bowl of ready break (thanks for the heads up on here!) And a bit of bottle and that worked a treat...slept all night. Woo hoo.

Yup I'm another one needing to start brushing ds teeth..

No crawling here yet. Two teeth and two more coming through

At some point dh and i need to have a chat about contraception, I don't think withdrawal mixed with rhythm method is very foolproof.... Dh and i seem to be putting off that conversation. Yet I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be happy if I fell pg again. (Says waiting for period??)

Kit kat you poor thing, nothing worse than dental problems, hope you manage to get sorted later xx