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'm so sorry about your dog, Fate. Hugs.

KitKat it depends on the type of mini pill. Is it just progestogen, or does it also contain desogestrel (eg Cerazette)? If the latter, you have a longer window of time to take them, as they usually prevent ovulation in addition to thickening the cervical mucus. The progestogen only pill works by thickening the mucus, not by preventing ovulation, so it's a smaller window. Here is a link: www.nhs.uk/Conditions/contraception-guide/Pages/the-pill-progestogen-only.aspx. Fingers crossed!

Team glad to hear that your nights away went well. I was feeling impressed that I was away from the baby for 12 hours yesterday! I think in terms of food volume he actually consumes very little, but then he's still a boob monster, so that probably makes sense. We just got an extended rear facing car seat from carseats.se. They are the norm where I come from, so that was what I wanted. The owner of that site, Håkan, was really helpful over email, as we wanted a seat that took up as little room side to side in our car as possible but that would fit our very tall DS as long as possible. I hope we're sorted til age 4/5!

I think we have escaped the dairy mishap unscathed unless the symptoms are really slow . If he's still fine after a week I'm going to start introducing dairy, scary but exciting!

Hi IAte it's the mini-pill (I.E, progesterone only) so only has a 3 hour window, so because I forgot it until the next day it's possible that I ovulated, although I think it's pretty unlikely that I would have got pregnant, but hmm.

Team I think your DD is actually probably having a bit more each meal than Jessica is so I wouldn't worry, but then Jessica is still a milk monster. The last 3 nights she's wanted between 12-14oz of milk just in her night feed. We're having to do her two bottles as that much milk won't fit in one! I think we are also going to have to look at car seats soon. Jessica is 75th centile for height so getting quite cramped in her car seat now. Oh and Jessica rarely naps for longer than 30-45 minutes. On the rare occasion she may nap longer I wouldn't be prepared to wake her for anything! Lol!

Acorn wahoo! That's great news!

Hello everybody
Fate that's sad; so sorry

Kitkat even the small likelihood is exciting :)

Team that was a very positive post; glad all went well with your trip

We have around 1-2 hrs nap in the morning and 2-3 hrs in the afternoon but I recently found out thats just too much; as he sleeps a lot better when he has had less nap. Babies are complicated; as if it was only yesterday that he would have a massive problem when he was overtired and we had to get him to nap as long as possible; now it is the other way around and we just have to find a balance; too much naps= difficulty going to sleep; too little nap= a massive grump !

Team i don't think we can compare portion sizes; they would be different for boys and girls and different percentiles ; ds is on 98% and his potion sizes are big; he would have a 7m Ella size portion for starter !!!

Do you think a trike is a good idea for 1 yr bd?

Nazly I think you're totally right about not comparing portion sizes. As well as baby size there's also how active they are to consider. DD is 50th percentile weight and height but sometimes eats a bigger lunch than me It must be because she's so active.

Team really glad your trip away went well

Acorn fingers crossed for growing out of the allergy!

We're going to try out soft play today. I need somewhere safe to just release DD. Does anybody more experienced know how long babies take to go from cruising and standing unaided to walking?

Iate can I ask what seat you bought, DS is 97th centile for height so the seat you have may well be what I'm looking for too.

Nice to hear from you team, glad things are going well.

I don't worry too much about portion size, DS seems pretty good at self regulating. He has a big breakfast, small lunch & good size dinner. I struggle with variety as he doesn't like bread lunches tend to be the same thing. I did try him with hummus & pitta bread this week which he enjoyed & he did actually eat some bread.

It's a 'how long is a piece of string' question Apples. My eldest cruised for less than 2 weeks when she walked. My other two, maybe a couple of months? If she is standing and balancing unaided then you've probably not got long until first steps.

Sorry can I ask another question? Jessica still doesn't get finger foods or feeding herself at all, and she's 9 and a half months now. She'll hold food but just play with it or throw it on the floor, even if I 'show' her first that it's food and tastes nice by holding it her mouth first. Any tips? Do your babies feed themselves yet? xx

E is terrible with finger food unless it is finger food he wants to eat E.g organix crisps, toast, crackers, bread sticks, some fruit and chicken! Oddly bread he will throw on the floor! I just offer it all the time, each meal he gets the finger food he likes and something new!

E has been cruising for a while but has the fear for walking :)

Jessica has yet to EVER put anything in her mouth herself. She'll eat it if I hold it to her mouth for her but won't hold it herself to eat. It's very frustrating!! x

KitKat does she put toys in her mouth? If you do messy play with something like spaghetti does she put it in her mouth?

FATE thanks about the walking, thought piece of string might be the answer. S is climbing stairs and taking steps between things she holds onto so I'm wondering if steps will be next.

Topsy we bought the Britax Max Way. Here is the advice from Håkan at carseat.se:

'Isofix is likely not a good option for kids high on the weight chart since the maximum RF weight limit is 18 kg. Seats lasting longest rear facing are Britax Multi Tech and Britax Two-Way. Both will last to around 125 cm of height and six years. Weight lmit is 25 kg. These seats are not the most compact seats though.

Axkid Minikid and Britax Max-Way are a good combination of quite long rear facing time and compact size. These seats need 5-7 cm less space depth wise with Mw lasting to age five or 115-120 cm and Minikid to 120-125 cm. These two seats would in my opinion be beter choice for your car even though they last slightly shorter time than MT and TWE.'

DD prefers to eat finger foods more and more. It is becoming more of a battle to spoon feed her (except fruit puree and yoghurt!), and she seems to prefer either completely puree or completely solid, nothing in the middle. I imagine KitKat that as some people just refuse to be spoon fed and eat only themselves, other babies would do the opposite! Does she have different texture spooned foods?

Well she'll put toys in her mouth sometimes but never food. She won't use her bottle or beaker herself either. I guess I just have to keep persisting with it until she 'gets' it. Oh and she will have lumpy foods a bit but clearly prefers smooth, but I'm persisting with trying to get her used to lumps. xx

Thanks Iate, that's really helpful. I'll try & find a local stockist.

Does anyone use a Connecta sling / carrier thing? Would you recommend it? DS is too big for his baby bjorn now & I want to get something else as its so handy when I'm just nipping to the shops & don't want the hassle of getting the pushchair out the car.

KitKat I'm sure she'll get there in the end. Maybe some messy play with food would help, or is that just every mealtime that you give her something to feed herself?

Topsy you're brave still carrying at this stage, I find dd way too heavy now - she's a quarter of my weight! Back carrying must be easier but I've no idea how easy it would be to get them into the carrier if you're on your own.

Do all of your friends have kids? Most of mine don't yet (although a few are pregnant now, yay!) and there are a few who just seem to have no idea what it's like having a baby. I'm a bridesmaid for one and she keeps asking me to take things on based on the fact I'm 'not working at the moment' whereas the other bridesmaids are. I can't work out how to explain how much work a baby is without sounding like a complete tool. Maybe it's just not possible??

Spoon feeding is becoming a battle here to, but I'm not very good at thinking of meals to cook that he can feed himself! It happened very suddenly, I thought he didn't like the food but then when his hands were diving into the bowl it clicked.

Ive never tried a connecta but they look great. I'm still carrying DS and he weighs 22lb, I've carried him all day before in the ergo baby. I think as long as you have a good carrier then carrying to this age and quite far beyond should be easy. I'd say for popping into the shops a ring sling is great, I use mine a lot.

None of my friends have children and they just DO NOT GET IT. But then I didn't get it before either. I've mentioned to a friend before that DH was out for the evening and it was gone 8pm and she said 'why don't you pop round?' 1. There is no popping anywhere when you have a baby and 2. He was fast asleep in bed already! It was very kind but I find I think in a completely different way to them now. Although I must say that I thought I might lose friends by having a baby but so far, they've all stuck by me and we somehow muddle through our differences.

None of my friends nearby have babies, and none have come to see DD more than once, and i've only seen them a couple of times for dinner when DP has stayed in with DD. We're all dispersing though as we move away from where we grew up so none of us really see much of eachother anymore.

Apples - That would really annoy me. I'd probably have to make some comments about not having a lunch hour, or home time, and doing night shifts!

Please help me! I simply can't cope with this level of sleep deprivation any longer. Yesterday I realised I was walking down the corridor at work with my eyes closed. I actually managed to fall asleep walking

Part of the issue is my insomnia, but I can't fix that without meds and can't knock myself out with meds when I have DD to take care of. But five hours a night is just not enough and the deprivation is really starting to impact on every other aspect of my life as I'm constantly tearful and DH and I have never snipped at each other so much.

DD goes to bed at 7 and at the moment is waking at 5 (that's a different problem!). Between this she feeds three times. I'm not expecting her to sleep right through, but I don't think it's unreasonable to want her to just feed once through the night. Is it?!

So, any ideas on how to achieve this? I've tried cramming as much milk and food in her as I can through the day, but it doesn't change anything.

She's getting through 4-8 oz through the night at the moment.

Thanks!