--Lion Cubs - Mummy and Baby Group!-- We are all One Year Old!

[Sam_Star]

I would love to just slap his chops Boothh but he would probably hit me back the way he has been acting lately!!

 

[Boothh]

god i dont think stuart would even think of that even if i did punch him, he sounds like hes jealous cus your attention is on other things must be hard putting up with such a bi baby xx

 

[Shiv]

does anyone elses baby try to do headstands/forward rolls. for the last week or so Sophia has been bending over double and putting her head on the floor (so she is like a triangle with her feet and head on the floor) and staying like that for ages, I go up and pick her legs up and flip her over (like a forward roll) and she laughs her head off!

 

[Sam_Star]

Awww bless her Shiv that sounds sooo cute!!
Boothh its really hard having him behave like this im getting so down and depressed (and i have suffered with depression my whole life) because of it I just think that as a father of 3 he should be able to control his behavior more you know?

 

[Boothh]

aw bless that sounds so cute, jesse doesnt do that yet xx

sam he does sound like he is acting pathetic, he needs to get his act together, he should be supporting you, you obviously has a lot going on you need someone to help you through things thats what a partner is not someone who makes it worse, id slap him for you if i could xx

 

[Kimberly28]

Did it take for you guys little ones to start trying to use their hands to feed themselves? Once Bryson started eating the little apple and cinnamon puffs he tried to but couldn't get the pieces to his mouth without dropping them and since then he wont use his hands. Instead he lowers his head to the tray or bowl or whatnot to pick up food like a dog or a cat. Every time I try to help him use his hands to do it he refuses and pulls back. Should I be worried about this? Did anyone else's LO start out like this until they figured it out or was willing to try to use the hands again? The only time he will use his hands it seems is to push food the rest of the way into his mouth it if feels to him like it's not all the way in or falling out. *sigh* I cant have him eating like that in public or people will think I'm not teaching him how to eat correctly. Even though I keep trying and trying.

 

[Shiv]

Kim, Sophia has been through phases of eating like a dog, and I know that Cleck's Emma did the same at one point. i would try not to worry and ust let him get on with it, he will get better at getting the food to his mouth the more practice he gets. Try not to interfere too much and just let him get on with it would be my advice.

 

[Kimberly28]

Thanks Shiv. Hopefully at some point he will start trying to use his hands/fingers again.

How is little Sophia doing today?

 

[Shiv]

She is a bit brighter today - had a decent amount of breakfast, not much lunch and is still alseep so will be having a late dinner! i am guessing she won't be going to bed until late tonight!

 

[Kimberly28]

Awww bless her. I hope she recovers and is back to her old self very soon!!

 

[Boothh]

kimberly the main thing id suggest is to offer bigger more chunky things and not try to fuss and help, they will do it on their own and jesse used to just get annoyed if i used to get in the way trying to help, it took jesse a while to figure out how to pick up small things like raisins etc but he could easily eat bigger stuff long before he figured out small xx

 

[cleckner04]

nutty- Yay for a cherry tattoo!! Mine is on my inner wrist and I love it!! When you get it, you have to post piccies. I'd love to get a cupcake tattoo. I'm so unsure what to get for Emma but I know I want to get something for her. I think maybe I'll wait till I'm done having kids completely and get something for all of them in one go.

Shiv- for everything. For being sick and for Sophia and BFing. I'm glad Sophia is better. I hope you feel better soon. I've heard that when some women quit BFing, it's a bit like postpartum depression from all the hormones changing and regulating. So I think it's really normal to be hormonal. Emma does the whole headstand thing too. She likes to bend over and look around behind her. It's very cute but she's a weirdo sometimes.

Sam_Star- Your DH needs a good slap. You are going through enough without needing to deal with his attitude. I'm sorry Elinor is going to need another surgery I know nothing I say will take the stress off your shoulders but I will be praying for you guys.

Kimberly- Emma had trouble getting food to her mouth in the very beginning but she's been feeding herself since 6 months so we are over that now. But she does still eat like a dog. She just started doing that about a month ago. It's funny but annoying because she will drop a Cheerio on the floor and literally get on her belly and eat it up with just her mouth.

Boothh- My milk tastes sweet. Like when you eat sweet cereal and drink the milk afterwards. It tastes like that milk sweetened from cereal. And I just gave Emma her first hotdog last week! She loved it.

Everyone's babies getting back teeth already!!! And Emma is just now working on her 6th tooth. So she'll have 4 top teeth and 2 bottom teeth whenever the next top one decides to come in. So her mouth is a bit uneven with only 2 bottom teeth.

 

[Shiv]

I'd be really interested to know what those of you who don't breastfeed do as your bedtime routine. I am a bit lost now that Sophia doesn't have a breastfeed right before bed. she won't take milk from a cup before bed either so I am pretty much just putting her in her cot - it feels weird and she really isn't settling well - any ideas?

 

[HeidiLSparks]

Aww Shiv I am so sorry hon. I could imagine that would be hard for it just to be over like that. Just always remember you gave her a HUGE gift by breast feeding that long with her. You did the best thing for her, and this is NOT your fault at all

I can see Caylees back teeth when she laughs hard or when I brush her teeth, I have to kinda open her mouth for her. Glad you are feeling better.

Speaking of BF...Since we got back from out vacation, my milk has not been coming in at all She will try to feed and scream and scream because she is not getting anything. I try to pump and get not even an ounce out of both boobs So we gave her formula and she calmed down and slept like she never slept before, I tried to breastfeed again this morning and she screams and does not want anything to do with my nipple I've been breastfeeding for almost 5 weeks, so this is really upsetting because I was LOVING it this time around and now...my boobs are like two flat tires..

With Caylee we usually feed her dinner, give her a glass of milk with dinner and then at bedtime, I put her to bed with a sippy of water only. When we took her off her bottle at 12 months, it was a good 3-4 days of pure hell. Screaming and crying and it was because we were breaking that routine, but after 4 days, she would lay down and sleep, it took a bit but once she knew we were not going to give her a bottle and she needed to sleep without a feeding, she did very well

 

[Boothh]

shiv this is our routine,

first we give him a bath and then put his excema cream on in a soothing sort of way like baby massage sort of thing, then we get his pjs on bring him downstairs and do story, then he has a small bowl of baby porridge and then he lies with daddy and his blanket and has his milk all cosied up then when hes falling asleep we kiss him good night and stuart takes him and puts him in his cot, xxx

 

[cleckner04]

Heidi- You can go back to full blown breastfeeding if you are really wanting to. You would just have to feed as much as you possibly can from each boob, top up with formula, and than pump like hell. You can take fenugreek pills and it will bring your supply back up. And eating oatmeal helps as well. I was at that point with Emma when she was a week old and I just slowly decreased the amount of formula top ups each day until she wasn't getting any at all. She fed like crazy and wanted to be attached like 24-7 for a while but than we got back into a normal feeding pattern. I know all this would be so much harder when you already have Caylee to take care of but it is definitely doable. Pumping is NOT an indicator of how much milk you have. I can never pump anything out. Not even now after feeding for so long. At the end of the day just do what makes you both happy.

Edited to add: Don't forget lily is nearing the dreaded 6 week growth spurt and babies tend to go a bit crazy around than. Emma popped on and off and would slam her face into my boobs in frustration because she wasn't getting what she wanted right away.

 

[Shiv]

Heidi I agree with Cleck - this stinks of a growth spurt to me. If you really do want to continue breastfeeding then I think you should be able to. The more Lily sucks on your boob them more milk you will produce, not right that minute but after a couple of days your supply will have increased to meet the demand. If you do give formula then make sure you pump at the same time as otherwise your body isn't getting the message to make more milk. This age is the hardest with regards to supply issues, you can do it, it just takes a bit of time

 

[HeidiLSparks]

Ahh, Thank you! I was seriously going to give up because I thought I had nothing!

 

[spidey]

Shiv- You've had a bad week! You could be feeling hormonal just from sleep deprivation from being sick and having Sophia not feeling well.

Kira still bf's, but she does not fall asleep with booby and hasn't since about 3 months old. So our routine is bath time, naked play time and then pj's. I've been getting DH to do most of the bedtime stuff, so then he wraps her in her favorite blanket and gives her a pacifier. For whatever reason, Kira goes to sleep when rap music plays, so DH bounces on my birthing ball and listens to rap music and she drifts off to sleep. Then she's transferred to bed. She only takes a pacifier at nap times, so a pacifier is something that is strongly associated with sleep.

LOL about Emma eating like a dog off the floor. Kira does the weirdest things too and eats off the floor in the same way. She uses her mouth like a hand and will pick toys off the floor with her mouth and then crawl around with them. She does so many strange little things and my playdate friend always looks concerned when Kira's off doing something odd, but I'm so used to it now

Heidi- Cleckner is right on with increasing your supply. I use to let Kira nurse for hours at a time when she was a newborn to increase my supply. I can feel letdowns, so in one session I would have multiple letdowns and Kira went in and out of sleep. Of course I didn't have a toddler running around! The only thing I can think of is trying a carrier that allows you to bf. So you can do other things and Lily can be on the breast for longer periods of time.

 

[Shiv]

Ahh, Thank you! I was seriously going to give up because I thought I had nothing!

oh no, PLEASE don't give up Heidi - you do definitely have milk, feed feed feed pump pump pump and i will bet you in 3 days time you will have loads more milk. make sure you drink loads of water and eat plenty as this will help your supply too