Sounds to me like you've got teething girls! Sammuel wouldn't be put down, go to sleep etc when his last one came through. Of course he still ate, but it's Sammuel!!!
Jess you're not doing anything wrong
Lou GREAT news on SAHM - you'll be able to chat to us all day forever
and play games!!
Lisa I love that pic! Love stroppy faces
Casey - re the weaning. I'd just be really concerned that he's already 7.5 months, and if you only give him these cracker things for a while, he'll become really fussy. I'm not saying that is what WILL happen, just that's what my concern would be.
Are you up for BLW? It takes them AGES to eat, and while he's eating you can get on with some other stuff. You need to be there in case he chokes of course, but you can be in the same room and get on with something else, rather than sitting there spoon feeding him.
I know it's messy, but we have wooden floors and just wipe up after, it takes 5 mins including his seat. We do Sammuels dinner at about 6-6.30 and then straight in the bath, then feed in bed and he (usually) goes to sleep. He also has one of those cover-all bibs.
I know you are VERY routine driven, and your routine is going to change, but it has to at some time. You need to cut down your pumping which I know you are doing, and this is the next step!!
If I were you, I would start with just one meal a day, before bath time. Let him play with some food, chunks of banana, ripe mango etc, and see how he goes. You can gradually introduce more. I started with just evening meals, then breakfast, then lunch. You can also avoid messy foods in the day, so you don't need to clean up so much! Toast for example hardly makes a mess at all!
And if it's warm, sit outside and eat. Chompy or the birds can clean up!
You know I'm not being horrible... I'm just giving you my totally honest opinion as an outsiders view.
x x x
Jess you're not doing anything wrong
Lou GREAT news on SAHM - you'll be able to chat to us all day forever
and play games!! Lisa I love that pic! Love stroppy faces
Casey - re the weaning. I'd just be really concerned that he's already 7.5 months, and if you only give him these cracker things for a while, he'll become really fussy. I'm not saying that is what WILL happen, just that's what my concern would be.
Are you up for BLW? It takes them AGES to eat, and while he's eating you can get on with some other stuff. You need to be there in case he chokes of course, but you can be in the same room and get on with something else, rather than sitting there spoon feeding him.
I know it's messy, but we have wooden floors and just wipe up after, it takes 5 mins including his seat. We do Sammuels dinner at about 6-6.30 and then straight in the bath, then feed in bed and he (usually) goes to sleep. He also has one of those cover-all bibs.
I know you are VERY routine driven, and your routine is going to change, but it has to at some time. You need to cut down your pumping which I know you are doing, and this is the next step!!
If I were you, I would start with just one meal a day, before bath time. Let him play with some food, chunks of banana, ripe mango etc, and see how he goes. You can gradually introduce more. I started with just evening meals, then breakfast, then lunch. You can also avoid messy foods in the day, so you don't need to clean up so much! Toast for example hardly makes a mess at all!
And if it's warm, sit outside and eat. Chompy or the birds can clean up!
You know I'm not being horrible... I'm just giving you my totally honest opinion as an outsiders view.
x x x
with your pumping/freezing, but you could let that go and replace it with super organised foods. You could drop a pump, and instead use that time to prepare some foods. I prepare stuff in larger quantities than I need now, and freeze it for another day. So some days involve nothing more than turning the oven on and sticking whatever I've made in to it!
