SLEEP IS FOR THE WEEK part 7 -- prop your eyes open with matchsticks here

[MegBusset]

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EP that is so weird - i give ds puffed spelt all the time. he loves popping them in his mouth! he'll only eat them one by one (not on a spoon or anything) but it'ssomething...
great minds think alike huh. i got them at mother earth a few weeks ago. also some quinoa spaghetti which he loves.

RoRo, my LO does not do sit still breastfeeding much anymore, unless positively starving... I have to lie on the bed while he lunges in some crazy position and hopes to get the right part of the boob in his mouth. sometimes it drives me nuts as it can be quite rough. if it gets too bad i just stop the session as i figure he doesn't need to feed that much if its all about the games. anyway, it's calmed down a little bit lately, but he still likes to control the positions.

Amber: do we have twins or something? DS shoves the spelt in by the fistful though - it's very messy and I'm not sure he gets to eat any more as most of it goes down his front

have just added a photo to facebook on the breastfeeding doodah, didnt think that the photo would come up on my profile, duh .............my brother's gonna love that one, he'll be

i bought the spelt puffs and some rice puffs too when ds was on his 'only eating peas and raisins' pincer diet.

do you put milk on them? in a bowl? ah, the mess, i'm very scared!

i think i'm going to market that as a weight loss diet. you can eat as much as you want as long as you use your pincers to pick up food no bigger than a pea.

lol tibs, just looked at the other pretty photos you posted though. so lovely. love the beach one.

ta amber!! hows ds going with the eating now? i take it you had a good night, but arent wanting to jinx it?

All this talk is making me crave a bowl of Sugar Puffs!

DS is supposed to go to a birthday party this morning but not sure whether to take him as he's still got a bit of a cough. Not sure if it would risk infecting the other babies with his bug? Would you ladies take him?

Can you add a link to the photo, tibs?

Amber and Effie, you're really scaring me on the active breastfeeding...DS is going to be mad wiggly as he gets more mobile. Must get him eating more spelt . Out of curiosity, when did your DSs start eating more solids? DS tried mango and had some rice cakes and carrot puff thingys, plus his normal ration of cucumber for the teething, but doesn't get much more than breastmilk at the moment.

Meg, I doubt he's contagious anymore. Doesn't contagion dissipate from the first signs of illness? And he's nearly recovered.

Amber, just looked at your profile...ex-lawyer? Ergh, erm, I am a current-lawyer. How does one become an ex-? Sounds lovely

RoRo, my ds would delve in and out of solids, but just recently in the last 2 weeks seems to have upped his intake quite a bit. i'd now say that he's eating properly instead of just nibbling. he also seems to chew things well rather than just sucking them to death. he's 10 months now and i hear it's common around 9-10 months for them to start eating better, although some take 12-18 months to really get going. and then there are those freaks that love food from 6 months (or 4 months as the case may be)
don't mean any offence if your LO really did take to food at that age!

RoRo, you just quit. or in my case i took a downstep to government while i studied yoga and then started teaching. i have a VERY wonderful supportive dh though which is the only way i could do it.

DS would have started eating solids at 4 months if given the chance, but I held him off to 6 months, no puree after the first try and it was all over the kitchen because he WON'T be fed, must feed himself, and it's been BLW with more or less success/gagging etc. He's a real fatty and v. interested in food, but we try to keep him to one or two pieces a day, mostly because we just don't have the time to commit to watching him (he likes to put the ENTIRE piece of anything into his mouth at once, then look at you like, what? this isn't how it's done?).

Am main breadwinner, don't think it would matter how supportive DH was (and I think he could be v supportive of any move I decided to make), so as a practical matter there will be no quitting for me anytime soon. It was SO HARD to leave DS this morning.

roro for not wanting to leave ds this a.m
if you click on my profile you can see the pic i posted. gonna take it off soon tho, dont want me boobs plastered all over the internet

yep, i'm very luck that dh is lawyer also!
must be hard leaving LOs. sometimes i get frustrated that LO is so clingy, but then i think how lucky i am to spend every moment with him.

it does take time (and mess) with BLW, but i think you will be well rewarded in the end. i have been really frustrated with it at times and just wished i could shove some puree in his mouth and be done with it. but when you see them eat and REALLY enjoy a meal, it is sooo satisfying.

often ds will eat in his highchair in the kitchen while i unpack dishwasher/put on laundry/cut up things for dinner or eat myself, so in that way i try to give him time to do his thing, while i still get stuff done. also once i felt comfortable that he wasn't in major risk of choking, i'd give him something whenever we went out in the pram so he could nibble or throw it over the side depending on the mood that took him.

it's amazing how flexible kids are isn't it. just looking at that photo of your ds tibs in a deep squat with heels flat. i think we really lose that softness in the body by sitting on chairs and being so sedentary. i wish to go back to that kind of freedom. it's interesting that most people in india can squat like that no problem because they sit on the floor to eat, don't have chairs (unless westernized)
uh gotta go, ds up nowxx

Amber: puffs and milk and yes it is messy! I tend to spoon some directly onto his highchari tray as bowls are flung across the room once he gets bored .

RoRo: are you working f/t or /pt? I work 4 days a week and I'm pretty happy with that. But I was always sure I'd want to go back to work as I enjoy my job (it doesn't pay that well, but hey ho )

ps: beautiful pics Tibs . I have some lovely pics of DS bfing asd well (in the early days when he didn't wriggle as much!)

another busy morning...my pg brain can hardly keep up!

thanks for letting me stay...though wondering will i ever get any time to get on the computer when the lo arrives?!

roro - answer to your questions, don't know the sex, though i feel it's a little girl. It's amazing how quickly you forget about previous pg, though i know i am a lot more relaxed about this one (you know what's going on, not so worried about puking in public, understand all of the aches and pains better etc etc) but the tiredness thing has really caught up with me now!

really must be off - haven't even packed hospital bag yet (haven't bought anything for it yet! - that's how much more relaxed you become!), and must organise ds's 1st birthday party!

Tibs and Amber, your LOs are so lovely and sweet...can't wait to meet them one day!

Effie, I work part time, but get this--that means 9-5, M-F. How crazy is that? For now the money is good and we're still learning to live within our means, so my working, even these hours, is a necessity. DH has quite a spending habit that I've been working to curtail for ages, esp. his love for expensive suits...

Tibs, we have identical taste in music and television, and whilst I also love camping, DH HATES it and will not be caught dead near a tent/sleepingbag/campfire

Amber, that your DH is also a lawyer. Mine works at the College of Law as the facilities manager, so quite close to lawyers but couldn't be further from one. Used to play drums before DS came along, now who's got the time for hobbies?

Skirmish, it's just thatthe sleepinessthat I dread in the next pregnancy. When we decide to go for another (want to wait until DS weans) I am going to take a year off of work for sure. I can't wait to have that time to spend with my LOs! Then DH is thinking of being a stay at home dad for a few years

Well, the advantage of having a lowly librarian-type job is that I work 30 hours a week over 4 days and that counts as 85% of a f/t contract . Plus I get to meet lots of nice people (two turning up this afternoon - must goa dn get some stuff to show them) and I can bore people about obscure technical history facts . DH works in education, so equally low-paid but more hassle .

I love camping as well, perhaps we should organise a SIFTW camp-out? Bet the other campers would love us...

So much chat today I can't keep up!!!!

I know how you feel leaving your lo Roro. i would also love to stop work, but would make it v difficult financially. I'm due to go back end of feb. and tbh I am dreading it. (not least 4 people to get ready in the morning)

I am teacher and work 2 days. Its the stress and pressure that goes with the job which I hate. I love being with my class, but hate the pointless paperwork and meetings.

Like alot of you seem to have had we had a bad night last night with many unsettled wakings. I wish I knew what was bothering him, cos he seems to be in pain/discomfort. Can colic last this long?

RoRo, agree that 9-5 IS part time for a lawyer. ridiculous really.

Effie, I won't hear you talk about librarians that way, I love them! My best friend is a librarian in Michigan.

CM, sorry to hear about your wakeful night. Could it be teeth? We're all going through a round of those at the mo.

Amber, what I'd really like to do is start my own business, but that seems a ways off at the moment. Still reliant on the paycheck (at least until I can stem the tide of DH's spending ways ).

Lots of chatter today is keeping me uplifted as the nanny isn't answering the phone so I can't talk to DS