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

[Shiv]

I gave my mum the book to read a week ago to try and stop any negativity towards BLW - we shall see how it goes!

 

[Boothh]

haha, im going to say tonight when she gets home, he hasnt had any baby food today just normal stuff and hes had a couple extra ounces of milk, hes not crying for food or cranky at all hes woke up from his nap an hour early but he slept for an hour after breakfast so hes not any different, it still wont convince her though lol

 

[cleckner04]

Thankfully my family hasn't been able to say too much about BLW yet. But they also haven't seen Emma doing it because I keep giving the excuse that she isn't six months yet so people would stop trying to feed her.

Last night my dad was like 'isnt she a little young for chicken'. I just gently explained that when she is six months her belly will be matured enough to have nearly anything I eat. He seemed to understand and even sounded interested in it. My mom doesn't even want to listen to me. She says 'oh you ate what I ate too, I put it in a blender and mixed it all'.

 

[Boothh]

is anyone gunna start using 6month + milk soon? just wondering,

xx

 

[Shiv]

Sophia still wont take a bottle so we cant give 6 month plus milk sorry can't help on that one!

Booth - how is Jesse's excema? We have been using oilatum and aqueous cream on Sophia and it hasn'thelped her dry skin at all We had to get some special shampoo for her cos her head was so dry and she was scratching the life out of it - it si all scabby

 

[Boothh]

it comes and goes, he has some hydrocortizone cream from the docs now and they changed him emollient from aquious to epiderm, which seems to be alot better so ask for that if you can? he still scratches though more out of habit i think his legs and face are covered in scratches its awful, the excema has nearly gone but he keeps making himself bleed and hes all scabby

there was blood all over his sheets last night cus hes scratched his head so i put scratch mitts on him for the first time, he was not impressed, and resorted to rubbing his face with the mitts on and made it all red!

i bath him in oilatum i try to keep him in for half an hour, doc says it takes 15 - 20 minutes to start working!

 

[Boothh]

also shiv i cover him in cream when he wakes up then i change his clothes at dinner time and cover him again then the same after his bath before bed, i cover his legs everytime i change his nappie too, its very tedious and hes always sticky but ithink thats the only thing that will really work, xx

 

[tmr1234]

Hiya girls sorry i have not been arond had a lot on the last week.

i have read some of whats been going on but cant rember anything lol

Boothh~ I put lucas on 6 month milk on sat i know it was early but i thort whats a few days. he seems to like it more than the 2nd milk.

lucas is going good with his food he loves pancakes and yogurt but will only eat that off a spoon but he has to do it his self.
we moved him in to 9-12month cloths as 6-9 was getting way to small he is 21lbs6 last week. He is also sitting up on his own for a few min then he will think about what he is doing a fall down. Hes been really grumpy the last week as he has got another tooth throw. he loves them being brushed (wich is good)

 

[cleckner04]

Speaking of teeth. Emma still has none. Am I the only one that still has an all gummy baby?

 

[Mary Jo]

boothh, I'm not bothering with follow-on milk )or, when we get to them, toddler's milks), I don't think there's any need, he can stay on the regular formula till he is a year old or I decide to give cow's milk. it's a marketing ploy - the only way manufacturers can legally advertise formula in the UK is for babies of 6 months +. they are not allowed to advertise stage 1 milks. they advertise follow ons as though they are better than the alternative, with regard to iron, etc, but they are not when compared with stage 1 formula, only compared to cow's milk, which you wouldn't be giving as a drink yet anyway. apparently the extra iron in the follow on milk is useless to babies as they can't absorb it and it makes them constipated.

shiv & boothh, that's awful about poor Sophia's and Jesse's skin poor babies, must be so distressing for them itching and not understanding why. I hope they get some relief soon.

clecks, we've only given Adam one meal a day so far, and not every day, BUT if he has been asleep in the evening and I make us dinner I don't know if he smells it or what but he is awake and bright-eyed and wanting some, so it's been an evening thing for us and I guess that'll continue. whether I give him breakfast and/or lunch every day is another thing. depends if he looks like he is interested. actually I think right now might be a good time. either than or a walk. he's had a bottle and a poo/nappy and is irritable. DON'T think he'll sleep. hmmm. maybe a rice cake and some pear wil help.

 

[Mary Jo]

boothh, I'm not bothering with follow-on milk (or, when we get to them, toddler's milks), I don't think there's any need, he can stay on the regular formula till he is a year old, till I decide to give cow's milk. it's a marketing ploy - the only way manufacturers can legally advertise formula in the UK is for babies of 6 months +. they are not allowed to advertise stage 1 milks. they advertise follow ons as though they are better than the alternative, with regard to iron, etc, but they are not really when compared with stage 1 formula, only compared to cow's milk, which you wouldn't be giving as a drink yet anyway. apparently the extra iron in the follow on milk is useless to babies as they can't absorb it and it makes them constipated. if they have a varied diet they should be fine.

shiv & boothh, that's awful about poor Sophia's and Jesse's skin poor babies, must be so distressing for them itching and not understanding why. I hope they get some relief soon.

cleck, we've only given Adam one meal a day so far, and not every day, BUT if he has been asleep in the evening and I make us dinner I don't know if he smells it or what but he is awake and bright-eyed and wanting some, so it's been an evening thing for us and I guess that'll continue. whether I give him breakfast and/or lunch every day is another thing. depends if he looks like he is interested. actually I think right now might be a good time. either that or a walk. he's had a bottle and a poo/nappy and is irritable. DON'T think he'll sleep. hmmm. maybe a rice cake and some pear will help.

eta: sat him in highchair, offered ricecake and apple slices and - happy, busy baby for 1/2 hour. now sound asleep. hmm, think my plan to move only gradually to 3 meals a day is failing already.

 

[Boothh]

jesses got no teeth either hes been 'teething' for a few months though so it should be soon enough,

i didnt know that mj thanks, i watched that panorama thing and im wary about the goodnight stuff now but didnt watch it properly so not sure if they mentioned it!

 

[Mary Jo]

oh the follow on milk is not a bad thing - and apparently it is cheaper - but I was just reading a thread in FF earlier and someone said their HV said it really constipates them. Adam's been fine on Aptamil stage 1 since three or four days after he was born, we've never changed it and I am a bit wary of making a change, especially at a time when he's having a lot of big changes what with the solids anyway. he makes a song and dance about his poos anyway and they have definitely been more solid! (and easier for me to clean off his nappies )

 

[Boothh]

they told me that hungry baby makes them constipated too though :/ but jesse poos 1 or 2 times a day, always has regardless of what milk or food he's had he must have a lead stomach lol.

 

[joeyjo]

Just gave G leftovers from the weekend - he had Moroccan lamb stew with couscous on Saturday but wasn't that into it.... today was a different story; he ate loads!! He chewed on a strip of lamb and bit a chunk off; he chewed it for ages & I can't find it so can only assume he swallowed it! He was unimpressed with the sweet potato bits in the stew but liked the tomato and onion pieces. I mixed the sauce into the couscous and gave him loaded spoons - he kept giving the spoon back to get more
I have decided tho' that when he wants to eat couscous is very messsy!! I found bits all over him and in his hair - which considering how little he has is pretty impressive!!!

 

[Boothh]

aww well done george! hes doing really good isnt he, im scared to give jesse really messy stuff yet, mainly cus were staying at my mums and the dining area has a pale brown carpet and she'd go mad if he threw food all over it, when we move out which should be a couple of weeks hopefully we can experiment a little more

 

[joeyjo]

I put a cheap shower curtain under G's chair - 99p tesco value - then chuck them thru the wash machine as and when.

Yeah - he's really starting to get good at it; not every meal but usually at least 1 good meal a day

 

[Mary Jo]

they told me that hungry baby makes them constipated too though :/ but jesse poos 1 or 2 times a day, always has regardless of what milk or food he's had he must have a lead stomach lol.

lucky Jesse (and you, for that matter). Adam used to be a one-poo-a-day baby, and that was great; occasionally he'd skip a day then surprise me the next with 2 or 3. then he got the shits around Christmas and all bets were off. obviously while he had the shits he had many many many dirty nappies (11 in one day at one point) but even once he was a lot better he has carried on shitting for England. three or four times a day. UNTIL he's started on some solids and though he's still pooing like a trooper, it's - not so liquid. I know real weaning poo is not meant to be nice and we're only getting a small taste of it for the moment, but I'd welcome some solid shit after what I've had to deal with over the past 6 weeks. he was in disposables for 3 weeks but well and truly back in cloth now and there is some bad staining going on.

 

[CARTER157]

mummy had a night out at the theatre so me and daddy went wild lol don't no why any one at this stage would feed there baby meat there are so many other foods out there babies are not up to digesting it .. and if you do go with a yogurt desert to help break it up ?

 

[spidey]

Cleckner- Kira still has no teeth and it'll be okay with me if she remains toothless till she's one! Like you I also wanted to wait till 6 months before introducing food, but Kira's been so interested that we've let her play with some food at dinner time. I don't think she's actually eaten anything yet, but it keeps her busy for 15 minutes so I can eat

MA- Kira does like being snuggled in blankets. Thats funny that JP doesn't. So cool that she's sat up on her own in bed though- thats amazing!!

Ash- I had a choking freakout with Kira but I should have stayed calm and she would have handled it herself. It was a piece of pear. After that I mashed the pear up and she made a HUGE mess, but I felt better about it.

I'll post more later- I have to get off to bed. DH is hovering around me with Kira waiting for me to finish up on the internet!