Moms of April/May/June 2010 babies thread! :)

[maybebaby3]

Erin is dresses in her Merida costume with high heeled shoes from monsoon kids dancing gangnam style with wii just dance 4 what a sight!

 

[maybebaby3]

well scan went well. Dr put me ahead at 7+2 instead of 6+4 but as it's a private scan it won't have a bearing on what the hospital decides my due date is at my 12 week scan. i saw a heartbeat too at first the dr thought it was twins as he saw a shadow but it turned out to be one! he said i have cysts on my ovaries but that this is ok and they should disappear by week 12. all in all i'm glad that i spent the money as i feel reassured now there's a heartbeat. i'm going back on 14th march for a nuchal fold scan.

 

[Mork]

maybe!!!! How exciting! Bet you both held your breath when 'twins' was a possibility!! Xxx

 

[Sarahwoo]

Maybe I told you were ahead on your dates

I'm so glad all went well

How do you all deal with your toddlers when they won't eat? It's driving me crazy! I try to ignore it and just get on like normal but when I've spent an hour cooking and he won't even try it it's so hard not to feel really pissed off

 

[maybebaby3]

Sarah - I've learnt the hard way not to be pissed off about food. It's s power struggle. I don't make a big deal if they don't eat. With Dylan I'd get into a state and then he'd throw up the food on purpose!

Mork - yes and Danny's face was priceless! I'm glad it's just the one, though twins would've been cute!

 

[hope&faith09]

Maybe - yay glad everything is looking good!

Sarah - Amy went through a phase of being a nightmare, but we decided enough was enough and a few weeks ago when she tried it she had an option eat up or head to bed (it sounds really harsh but she had been being a nightmare) well she didnt eat so she went to bed ... and she hasnt refused dinner since.

Hope your all ok! x x x

 

[muddles]

Oh wow Maybe can you imagine if it had been twins? Glad all went well.

Sarah I make the dinner and he has to try it. I say give it a little kiss, then say give it a little lick (that way he gets the taste of it on his lips and in his mouth but there is no pressure to eat it) and I have found that he will then put a bit of it in his mouth and chew it then he either realises he likes it or he takes it back out and says he doesn't like it-either way he has tried it so I'm happy. Some days he eats all of what is on his plate and some days he eats pretty much nothing. I have found that if I really want him to eat something the best thing to do is to put whatever it is on my plate as it always seems to be far more appealing if it is being stolen from me If he eats virtually nothing I figure he isn't going to starve himself so just let him get on with it, as he has a beaker of milk before bed so wont be going to bed hungry. He has an annoying habit of trying to leave his fruit or veg (unless it is sweetcorn, peas, strawberries or blueberries) and says 'all finished' and I found that the best thing to do then if it is just the fruit or veg left behind is to say 'ok then you don't have space for dessert if you can't manage some fruit (or veg).' Funnily enough he then can't eat it quick enough I don't ever make him finish other foods though, as like that he regulates his own appetite, but know he is just trying his luck at leaving the fruit and veg.

 

[Sarahwoo]

It's good to know its not just Oliver with the food thing. Generally he will try stuff but today he was really over tired so I don't think that helped. I don't offer an alternative and I don't with hold anything ie he still got his yoghurt and raspberries. I try to not make a deal and to just ignore him but it can be really hard

 

[emera35]

Sarah, i find with food, first if i'm not sure if he'll like it, i either get him to help me cook it, or i just put a little bit on the plate so it doesn't get wasted. When he watches things being cooked, or is involved in it, he's less fussy. I just try not to push him with eating anything. If i think he's just messing around though i'll start talking to him about the food, asking him what things are on the plate, and what he thinks of each bit etc, so i can work out what he likes/doesn't like more easily. I was giving him dinner at about 5.30pm and we'd all eat together, but i think he's been too tired and distracted by then to eat properly. I've now moved his dinner time to 4-4.30pm ish and i'm finding he's clearing his plate most days. So he has a good sized breakfast, a small fruit snack, a sandwich with bits (tomatoes/celery/carrots or similar) and either fruit or yogurt for lunch (at about 11.30am), then just a drink in the afternoon, early dinner, and then a jam sandwich or toast or porridge as a snack before bed with his milk. Its working for us anyway

 

[Sarahwoo]

Emera that sounds good Oliver doesn't get up until after 9 most days so sometimes we end up having a later lunch and I think maybe he's just not hungry?

 

[emera35]

Omg, Sarah! He gets up so late! Roh used to get up late too, but these days he's dead on 7am every day.

Maybe, meant to say, yay for a good scan! xxx

 

[L-C]

9 am I'm sooooo jealous!!!!!! lol xx

maybe fantastic news about the scan x

 

[maybebaby3]

Owen wakes up at 7 too, sometimes a bit before, sometimes a bit after. The other two sometimes a bit later but by 8 everyone is up even on a weekend after a late night!

 

[L-C]

I'm so jealous, we're up from about 6 am! To be fair to him he does stay in his bed until 7 thanks to the growclock but he does make himself known during that time!

 

[Sarahwoo]

He loves his sleep Even at that time he'd stay in bed if I let him, not sleeping, just lazing about

He does have the odd morning where he wants to get up at 6am, such a shock

 

[emera35]

Haha, i love that he lazes about Sarah! Roh is like that after his nap every day, he always gets up and if i don't sit and cuddle him on the sofa under a duvet with snacks and a movie he gets really stroppy!

 

[Sarahwoo]

Boys and there lazing about

Oliver is so like his Daddy it's untrue - utterly grumpy if he's tired or hungry and absolutely loves his sleep If they are both tired at the same time it always ends in tears and grumping about

 

[Mork]

What am I doing wrong ladies??? Mine are awake anywhere between 5 and 6 am!!!!! xx

 

[L-C]

Mork whatever it is I'm doing it too ha ha

 

[Mork]

Lol l-c!! Xx