🩵🩷 Bumps 2 Babies & beyond #2 🩷🩵

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New thread as the other was getting full 😀

I did a workshop on baby led weaning, it was very informative and I'm following most of the advice but I still feed my son mashed foods because he gets frustrated when he can't get his belly filled from the little bites he's able to take by himself.

Don't worry @Meeting my boy is well into his 9-12 month clothes now, he's tall and chunky ❤️

Oh wow, such big babies in comparison to mine!! She turns 6 months next week and is only 5.5kg so about 1.5percentile!! She’s still happily in 0-3month clothes although she is long so quite a few of the footless baby grows finish mid-calf on her! Been trying to get more weight on her but think she’s just a little one, she’s been tracking the curve nicely for the last 4 months so they’re not too worried and we started weaning early to try and help with the weight but only doing purées at the moment. Sweet potato was a firm favourite and butternut squash a no - you’d think they’d be fairly similar but she definitely has her preferences

@Gardenfingers23 If she's staying on her curve that's all that matters. 😍 My little boy has been catching up on the centiles he dropped in the beginning for months and he's only just stayed on a curve for the first time now since his previous appointment.

@Meeting theres such a mix, a friend of mine had a LG same week as me and she’s into 9-12 too, I think my LO is just gona be small. We’ve gotten great wear outta her 0-3 month clothes in fairness.

we were flagged and under a consultant for weight and length at 9% since she was born but got signed off this week as she consistently growing on that % she’s just small. Its funny because she has proper wee rolls and is chubby but just very compact 😅

@Gardenfingers23 like that we started solids early at 21/22 weeks and she eats loads, loves a big bowl of porridge in the morning and has roughly half a Ella’s pounce throughout the day, they must just have fast metabolisms.

@Cheetocat great to hear how ur Lo is thriving after a tough start x

@DmcinT Thanks so much, he amazes me every day! He started pulling to stand yesterday, I am very proud but trying to discourage it, I don't feel like it's safe for a baby this small.

What toys is everyone's baby enjoying? We're hoping to buy a few soon because his current stuff is getting a bit boring for him.

So, finally ordered little man's cot and cos he now also has his own room it'll be going in there.
So those of you who's baby is already in their own room/a cot did you transition baby slowly like only naps in the cot to start of just jump straight in with night too.

Unsure what to do really

I put him straight in the cot the night I put it together, I felt like he'd be way more comfortable with more space and all, he woke a couple extra times that night but then the next night he was back to his normal.

@ProudMummyxo we did naps in the cot for at least a month before trying night sleep in the cot in his own room. To be fair I don't know if it was necessary, but it made me feel better about booting him out of my room 😂

So interesting to hear all of your weaning approaches. Like someone else said all you see online is perfect little blw meals and babies eating 'real' food like pros. I've mainly been doing porridge for breakfast, and a puree for dinner. I try to make sure he has a finger food of some kind every day to get him used to other textures, and practice eating for real - he usually puts the finger food in his mouth but 9 times out of 10 struggles to know what to do next. He doesn't usually chew it and it usually just gets dribbled out so he's not really getting any nutrition from solid food or getting full up from it which is why I don't want to give up the purees. I need to get better at making my own puree though rather than buying pouches.

LO also now sits up without me now. So grown up 😛

Why don’t you feel it’s safe? If you’re holding on it’s amazing for their core and leg development. My LO LOVES it, huge grin on his face as I think he enjoys seeing the world a little higher up and feels like he is the one standing.

He is the one standing, he does it on his own, that really scares me. He already bumps his head very often because he's always climbing and contorting himself in different ways.

Oh wow!! That’s seriously skilled but can understand the new level of worry!

My LO acts like she has been starved her whole life and fights me for anything I’m eating. I made a mixture of finger foods and purées but she took to the finger foods right away. It looks like she can’t be eating much but her poo has changed so she definitely is. Funny how different they all are. Now she pretty much eats what we are eating

@Cheetocat I got a totter and tumble play mat which reassures me she is less likely to seriously injure herself for the moments I can’t supervise her. She has only managed to pull herself to standing in the cot, the bath and on a book I was holding so far so I don’t think she can do it from the sofa yet, I don’t know whether your LO has started doing it on everything already? Sounds like your LO will be an early walker as well as crawler ☺️

@Mismatc He hasn't managed it in the cot yet but he's doing it everywhere else, I'm going to make a separate play area for him today with nothing he can pull up on. I'm all honesty I can't afford to buy him anything to play on this month.

I emailed my boss this week confirming I’m going to take the full 52 weeks leave.. I think she was a bit miffed but understood at the same time! We are also going on holiday at the end of September so hopefully that’ll be nice & not too hot for little one

Truly in the thickness of teething right now 🙈 these first few teeth are just being a nightmare at cutting through.

Little man is getting so upset with the pain he's being sick at times.

@ProudMummyxo we are struggling too! You feel so helpless don't you 😩 I find that Anbesol liquid helps for a short while, not sure if you have tried it?

@2boysandmee I've bought some today.
And some of the Ashton and parsons teething gel as it comes with a brush which I thought might make it easier for application as trying to do bonjela in the dark early hours was a disaster 😂 and I've got him some of the teething powders, willing to try anything right now.

Have just discovered we can alternate calpol and nurofen though so 🤞🏻 that helps also.

@ProudMummyxo I hope it helps! Nothing worse than seeing your baby in pain! I've also been freezing some puree and putting it in one of those dummy type things for him to chew on, he seems to love that!

Does anyone else think 5ml of calpol is a lot for a 6 month old? Especially when it's not the easiest to give when 2.5 never mind 5 😄

I think it looks a lot in the syringe but it's a teaspoon I think?

Depending how you feed, I put it in her bottle. Just have to make sure she drinks it all.

Finding the teething particularly hard. A few weeks ago We had to give calpol going to bed every night for about a week🫣, I’ve tried everything but calpol or nurofen was the only thing that would calm her. She hasn’t cut anything yet but isn’t as bad as a few weeks ago. Wish they would just cut and be done with it.

Teething is so hard!

I've found it hurts them more as the teeth push into the gums, DD was a nightmare few weeks ago, calmed down and woke with a tooth and you'd never have known. Got her second also!

@Sunshineclouds11
Glad to know I'm not the only 1 which puts medicine with the milk 😄 I just give about 60ml when it has medicine in so I know he's had it all then he has the rest.

I think you was right about calpol just looking more in the syringe

Is there anyone else who would really like another baby? I’m breastfeeding so not likely to be able to get pregnant, and don’t want to stop feeding her for fertility, but I would also would love another one now