July 2006 babies - on the move???

[MaeWest]

May I take the liberty of starting a new thread ladies?

Lordy-how many posts???

Bloss-you must get your tooth sorted hun.

Sleep-welcome back, glad you had a brill time.

Annie-fab pics. I didn't see Tech though-doh!

Impy-get you working for Hello.

Pavlov-hugs to you hun. Bloody work-gggrrrhhh!!! DD will be fine-it is always harder for the parents. Nice bath then?

Lysettes-no wonder you haven't lost weight with the stress of moving. Hope all is well with DH.

agalch-can't believe your wedding day is almost here. Bet you are exhausted with all the arrangements. Poor you having your outlaws arriving unannounced and having to deal with them on your own. Enjoy your big day and yes, most women have pre wedding jitters.

Ceebee-perhaps Josh will be better tomorrow. Hope so.

Beadmum-poor little Charlotte. Sending virtual hugs to her too. ((xx))

Took Sophie to be weighed today and she is now 16 lb 8 ozs so dropped a tad to about the 7th centile. I mentioned to the HV that I can't get any milk down her as she has now totally lost interest in BF. Anyway, seems the only options are to either introduce formula in a beaker or express. I said I find that difficult so she said to hand express instead of using the electric pump. When I said I couldn't do that either she said she would come round to the house tomorrow and show me how to do it. Am mortified at the thought but hey, Sophie needs milk.

Am really tired still so hoping for an early and undisturbed night Hats off to you ladies that get up several times a night. I regularly have a good nights sleep but wake up feeling shattered.

Take care

xxx

Can't keep up-more posts!

Pavlov-she is doing loads. Sophie just sits and rocks. Sooooo laid back. I saw my ex hairdresser whose DS2 is 2 weeks older than Sophie and he is nearly walking-such a difference.

kayzed-lovely pics of Roshi. Have tried many cups but Sophie can't do it herself and it has to be a cup that pours. Have bought another Easiflow one today for milk. HV said that she needs more milk than she is having and can't have cows milk (only for mixing) until a year old. Really don't want to introduce formula as she hasn't had any since she was about 6 or 7 weeks old. Can't see me faffing about expressing though. The HV said the usual 'how do you feel about her not wanting to BF anymore?' 'Fine' I said. She is bringing leaflets for me to read.

xxx

I have heard that too, on the grounds that Lo all but refuses a bottle. I have heard it lots, but am rather dubious? I was told also that I could miss out day feeds altogether, rather than give formula, and just give am/pm feeds.

HC - does your lo eat food yet? If so, you could try diguising the milk? I have done this with our LO. whatever I cook, I add 1-2oz of formula (could use BM) and if its too runny thicken it with babyrice. Also give her lots and lots of yoghurt/dairy type puddings, bits of cheese. I also found she likes thick shakes, because she sees us drinking it. Milk, fruit, yoghurt, whizzed, pretend its a drink, she loves it (we use the frozen summer fruits/banana).

DD is using a beaker, and has very recently just started to drink it herself, not much but some, I use the tommee tippee ones (the same that KZ's Lo fell asleep on in photo!). Unlike yours, she does BF, but I am trying to wean her off due to going back to work.

I don't know how much LO weighs. I have given up putting the pressure on myself/DD to gain more than she is going to. She is fine, has chubby legs, fit, active, eats well, poos and wees fine. At 8mth check she was 14lb 11oz. I was upset as I wanted her to be 15lb!

KZ - he he on your LO spitting water! DD does it too, tries to see how much of an arc she can get!

what is your 'bible' called?

KZ - I agree about the HV, how does she know how much milk you produce. A slight drop in weight is nothing, it could be anything, scales out slightly, LO wiggling too much, if LO has had a cold, weight can drop a little, growing up, LOs put on less weight, I doubt it is your milk.
I had never considered not giving LO milk in the day, but so many people have said it.

KZ - I do that with the pasta too! She really enjoys it. Cooked soup with lentils today, put pasta in it, mashed it up! Added a little milk (of course!).
I like the sound of that book, might try to get a copy. Can you get it in UK?

kayzed-could you Email it to me at [email protected] ? Ta v.muchly.

DD1 has this cup for her milk as she still spills drinks so can't be trusted with a cup.

I think the HV just assumed from what I said that Sophie wasn't having enough milk and didn't want me topping up with cows milk.

xxx

MY DP really wants me to give up BF. Every time she bites, or scratches, or will only settle after boob and I am frazzled. He says, you sure you want to keep doing this? I cant wait for this to stop, you are defining your relationship with her, you are tied to her, look at the state of your neck she has really scratched you, why dont you give up now? Its really not necessary any more.
I feel really pressured, as I had said I would stop at 12 months, he wants it done sooner but know I wont do that, but actually I would really quite like to continue for a bit longer. He is not happy about that at all. Not one little bit. I do not bother to tell him when she bites now, as if I do, I wait for the little rant about how its time to stop BF.

Pavlov- There is me wanting to carry on until at least 18 months but can't as Sophie self weaned and there is you having pressure put on you to stop. So not fair.

You are so right hun. Maybe she will come back to it when she knows what she is missing? How long has it been since she started refusing? Is she teething? Do you think its permanent?
I would like to continue, and it might be unfortunate if, for some reason, LO is not quite weaned off the boob by 12 months, but if that happens, oh well, another month wont hurt will it? .

He says, it defines my relationship with LO, in that, she will only settle for me, as she knows boob is close by. He is unable to put her to bed, when she is tired/thirsty/hungry it is only me who can console her. he feels it is time he was able to 'help' in order to releive me of pressure. He does not get that a simple back massage and getting off my case would do that!

I expect your right. He is probably thinking like a man. He isI am sure thinking about our wedding in Sept, and does not want me tied to LO then .

Seriously tho, his point is coming from good reasons, mostly, but just does not understand how much I enjoy it, even with the biting, which to be fair is not that often, and usually accidental, or the scratching, which she does in the name of affection. He does not remember, when I tell him of how she puts her hand in my mouth, or strokes my hair, or pats my boob, (or helps herself!). Just the negatives.
Maybe he is jealous, but does not realise thats what he is feeling?

She started losing interest as soon as she started weaning at 5 months. Then as soon as she had 3 meals a day she was too full for milk. I try and feed her when she wakes but she is far more interested in what is going on around her and uh, uh, uhs for her breakfast. I try and give her some during the day but the same thing happens-she would rather grab the remote control. Her bottom 2 teeth came through at 6 months but they are the only ones and are only just through. My ex hairdresser today said her DS2 screams for milk all day and won't eat food.

Thanks kayzed and Pavlov-am armed with some more info ready for tomorrow. Not relishing the thought of her groping my norks!

Night ladies

xxx

Night HC. Sleep well, good luck tomorrow. give her a slap if she goes anywhere near you!

Sounds like she is not hungry HC! LO does not feed much in the morning, she eats a bit, then laughs at daddy, if not him then the poosecats. If not them, the baby monitor!

If the remote control is more interesting than milk, she might not want it that much... just a thought.