Hello all
Wish I lived in London sometimes so I could go to the meet-ups! Having said that, there's no way I could afford our gorgeous 3 bed semi darn sarf, so I'm quite happy here with my views of Ilkley Moor .
Weaning wise, Ben has been on solids for the best part of 6 weeks now, and I've just started him with finger foods. It took him 20 minutes, but the other day he ate almost a whole tenderstem broccoli piece, and absolutely loved it! He's also eaten a few rice cakes, and I'm going to try him with bits of banana and carrot soon. The puree he has (homemade, usually whatever is on special offer / reduced to clear in Tesco that week) has been getting increasingly lumpy over the last few weeks and he's been coping fine. He does gag sometimes, but I just try not to make a big deal of it, and he gets over it fine. Not once has he actually choked, although a couple of times now I've had to remove some large bits of broccoli from his mouth because I knew there was no way he could swallow them! I made a vile concoction today of avocado, mushroom and broccoli (it seemed like a good idea at the time until I smelled it!) and it looks (and smells) absolutely vile, but come dinnertime he wolfed it down like mad! He's never turned his nose up at any food, and I've given him some pretty bad ones! Banana is still the staple, but it's being mixed with lots of lovely summer berries, and then we stick to carrot, parsnip and avocado based purees for the savoury side of things. I gave him a tiny bit of my friend's gluten free chocolate brownie the other day, and the look on his face was priceless! If that experience was anything to go by, he's going to be a right chocolate fiend as he gets older!
For those of you on 2-3 solid meals a day, how much milk do your LOs have? Ben has 4-5 milk feeds a day at roughly 6 hours apart - 7-8am, midday, then sometimes a couple of ounces at 4pm, then 7pm and 2-3am. He usually downs 8oz with ease. I would be tempted to wean him off his night time feed, but he always has at least 6oz, and always still drinks his breakfast milk, so he obviously needs it still.
He's still not crawling yet (I always seem to say he's about to!) but he is very very mobile - he can shuffle backwards at great speed and spin like a pro!
Finally sold my old motorbike today - it's good to have the cash, but I feel a little sad as it did us very well, getting both me and DH to our tests. Still the money will go to pay for the bathroom that is very nearly finished and looks awesome! I'll have to post some pics when it's finished
Right, off to bed before I fall asleep - hugs to all having trouble with LOs - remember "this too shall pass!".