Weaning- I?ll be waiting til 6 months, mostly through laziness! Once you start giving solids it?s just another thing to think about .
Caz I ended up doing blw with dd because she refused to be spoonfed. I tried weaning her at 20 weeks on advice of hv (she was waking upwards of 6 times a night!)but she only ate a few spoonfuls of banana/baby rice before she got her spoon aversion. It was all a bit of a nightmare really cos she went on a complete hunger strike and refused all solids milk and water for nearly 2 weeks. I think maybe I may have tried to wean too early and her system wasn?t yet mature enough-the little she did eat came straight back out in a very explosive manner and maybe that scared her into not eating? Anyway I forgot about weaning for a few weeks then tried again but she still wouldn?t eat so I then went the blw route. She barely ate anything until 9 months and very little until 13 months but was fine developmental/weight wise and now usually eats fine. Will probably do blw with ds too, just cos it really is loads easier-no havng to think about meals in advance or spend time pureeing or mashing, just bung a bit of your dinner on their tray and leave them to it! Actually just before I had ds she wen t through a brief phase of wanting me to feed her and I found it really tedious after being used to her doing it herself!
Wizz with dd I only went to a couple of structured groups as I found the ones where the mums all sit round while the kids play a complete waste of time when you have a young baby (they are good once you have a toddler though and save my sanity most days!). The best one I went to was a singing group and I almost didn?t go cos it sounded so cringy! Basically it was an hour and a half of singing nursery rhyme type songs with actions and a little bit of baby signing. The babies all loved it and even the tiny ones started to recognise the songs etc-because they were lying in front of us there was loads of eye contact and it really helped dd feel safe when put down etc (she had been a bit of a velcro baby!). Poor ds just gets dragged to all dd?s groups. I do do the singing with him at home though(and hope the neighbours can?t hear me cos am tone deaf!). Lucky you having mums to go to the pub with, think most of the ones I know would be shocked at the prospect!
Oh no BT, I normally only get poo leaks in disposables not in cloth , sounds like a bad one!
Good night last night, ds went to bed at 8.30, woke at 2.20 for a feed and then straight back into bed. It took him a while to settle but he did it all by himself. He then woke at 6.30 and was awake for an hour before sleeping until 9! Dd also slept through until 6.20, she is doing it at least once a week now so hopefully not too long until she does it consistently.
Took ds to be weighed yesterday, he is 12lb 10 now weight gain has slowed since resolved oversupply issue. Hv (not my usual one) really pissed me off though cos she started lecturing me on eating proper meals and not starving myself to get back tp pre preg shape blah blah blah. I wouldn?t mind but she didnt even ask about my eating habits, just took one look at me and decided i must have weight issues. I eat 3 meals plus snack fgs, what else does she want me to do?!
My legs and hips are killing me tpday cos on the way back yesterday I was pushing the buggy into the wind-at one point as I was going over the bridge the wind caught me and I couldn?t move for a good few minutes-just stood there like i was on a treadmill-pushing the buggy but not actually going anywhere!