*** NOVEMBER 2011 BABIES ! *** Chrysanthe-Mums - 39 babies here already!!!

[fides]

So far logan seems to be coping well at daycare - doesn't cry when i leave him and is never crying when i fetch him. The teacher said he cried a little every now and then on monday, but yesterday (tues) she said he was much more relaxed and didn't cry at all. And the teachers are nice - they hold the babies if they're sad/crying so i know he's cared for well. And he's been full of smiles and super happy after i've fetched him and before i leave him so i think he's happy there. It is weird for me being away from him all day though - i keep paging through his photo's on fb when i should be working.

wow! our LO still cries a lot and i'm with him all day, lol! awww, sounds like so far it's harder on mommy. glad he's growing well.

 

[tlh97990]

my LO is on solids and she usually eats rice with a little fruit in the morning, the same fruit in the afternoon, and a veggie at night and one 2.5 oz jar lasts us about 3 days. she'll eat her solid and then have a 3 or 4 oz bottle right after and seems fine with that. i'll increase the amount she eats when she gets a little older

 

[Huggles]

tlh - do you mix the fruit in with the rice, or give it seperately afterwards?
(just trying to figure things out for when we start).

 

[Leopard]

We don't use rice at all. Did our research on it, and it is unnecessary really. We chose to go more natural, fresh veges and fruit mixed with breastmilk.

 

[k8y]

Martha has porrige made with formula milk with 1/2 an organix fruit pot mixed in for her brekky. Then she is BF through out the day. and now has a vege puree dinner with a plum organic fromage frais after for a pudding. Sometimes she will have a vege or fruit puree for lunch but then she doenst get a fromage frais after her dinner.

 

[bbygurl719]

Aaryella eats 2 jars a day half veggie/half fruit for lunch and half veggie/half fruit dinner

 

[Huggles]

I think we have finally started logan on solids.

2 weeks ago we tried giving him a little bit of baby rice. He seemed to enjoy it and opened his mouth eagerly for more, but his tongue thrust reflex was still really really strong and so I'm not sure he actually managed to swallow any of it. So decided to rather wait a while longer.

he is drinking very little milk at the moment - we still mix up the same amount as we were at 12 weeks and he doesn't even finish the bottles. He generally drinks maybe 5oz per feed, 5 times per day. But he is still gaining weight. However, based on this i felt he wasn't really ready for food yet as normally they start demanding lots of milk, not drinking even less.

But then yesterday morning i was sitting eating a hot cross bun in front of him and he was just staring at me, making chewing motions with his mouth, and crying like he was desperate for some as well. So on the spur of the moment i decided to try him with a bit more rice again. He seemed to enjoy it and kept grabbing the spoon to help me put it in his mouth faster (and to ram it half way down his throat LoL).
However, I mostly decided he still wasn't quite ready, although he cried when i stopped giving it to him, but he still seemed to push a fair amount out of his mouth.

Then when i was eating supper last night he again was staring at me and crying, desperate for some. I felt so bad that I wasn't giving him any. So i decided to see what he did with veggies. About a month ago i cooked and puree'd some veggies to put in the freezer, so i took out an ice-cube of pureed butternut and defrosted it and gave him some. He loved it and kept flapping his arms excitedly and opening his mouth wide for more. I only gave him half the cube as I was worried about upsetting his tummy with too much since it was the first time. He again cried when i took it away. But he did seem to actually swallow most of the butternut.

So i'm not sure if the texture is easier for him or what, but I think I have now decided to give him veggies for supper and then in a couple of weeks I'll try the rice again for breakfast. If he still can't take that nicely i may try a different baby cereal.

 

[babyhopes2010]

We don't use rice at all. Did our research on it, and it is unnecessary really. We chose to go more natural, fresh veges and fruit mixed with breastmilk.

Thats what i was told. Dont bother with rice as its broing for baby and doesnt encourage them to eat plus has no nutrient value

 

[babyhopes2010]

Aaryella eats 2 jars a day half veggie/half fruit for lunch and half veggie/half fruit dinner

wow i thought my lo ate alot its around 3/4 jar a day.

she would eat more if i let her but isnt cutting down on milk yet

 

[Mrs. AJ]

We've just started Connor on purees this week. So far he's just had avocado, which he has loved. I've also got peas, sweet potatoes, butternut, beets, and apples all made up in the freezer, it has been really fun making my own and I love seeing the rainbow of baby food in my freezer!

Connor has also just mastered sitting up on his own: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=506508808177&set=vb.304600060&type=2&theater

 

[Tish5478]

We've just started Connor on purees this week. So far he's just had avocado, which he has loved. I've also got peas, sweet potatoes, butternut, beets, and apples all made up in the freezer, it has been really fun making my own and I love seeing the rainbow of baby food in my freezer!

Connor has also just mastered sitting up on his own: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=506508808177&set=vb.304600060&type=2&theater

Mrs AJ that video is so so so cute!!!! Connor is adorable!!! xx

 

[fides]

We don't use rice at all. Did our research on it, and it is unnecessary really. We chose to go more natural, fresh veges and fruit mixed with breastmilk.

Thats what i was told. Dont bother with rice as its broing for baby and doesnt encourage them to eat plus has no nutrient value

That's interesting. i need to do my homework on weaning - it will be here soon and i have no idea how/what we're going to do yet...

We've just started Connor on purees this week. So far he's just had avocado, which he has loved. I've also got peas, sweet potatoes, butternut, beets, and apples all made up in the freezer, it has been really fun making my own and I love seeing the rainbow of baby food in my freezer!

Connor has also just mastered sitting up on his own: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=506508808177&set=vb.304600060&type=2&theater

good job on the sitting up! LO's certainly not there yet - he'd much rather stand when we go to the floor - i have to bend him to try to get him to sit... anyway, glad Connor's got it down!


well, we had baby's 1st Easter basket blessed this morning (samples of food for Easter breakfast are brought to the church on Holy Saturday to be blessed - old Eastern European tradition). Took a few pics afterward - DH said we could just crop out his arm to make it look like he stands on his own, lol!!

https://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc490/fidesqi/0407121113.jpg
hope everyone has a wonderful Easter!

 

[fides]

oh, and one more i want to share - i am sure your babies are like mine, wanting to put everything in their mouth. well, he was standing and looking into the mirror, then he dropped to his knees and tried to put his reflection in his mouth - toooo silly!

https://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc490/fidesqi/040312.jpg

 

[bbygurl719]

i had the scare of my life today with aaryella..my mom put her to sleep for a nap this afternoon and laid her in the middle of her king size bed with pillows all around her. i than went in to check on her (which my 13 yr old step son was suppose to be doing) and i went in an she was on the floor. i freaked out and ran her outback to my mom balling my eyes out terrified. my mom and husband went in side to look her over while my sister in law hugged me and tried calming me down (which didnt work) than DH came out and grabbed me and tried calming me down by telling me she was fine and to come see her. i didnt end up calming down until i saw her and held her.. never will i ever leave her or any other baby i have on a bed when im not in there.. oh and my moms room has stickytiles on the ground no carpet.. and when my neice was a year in a half she fell off the same bed when she was lsepping with my grandma and broke her collar bone.. but she is okay which im absolutly shocked about. i have one strong little baby. we are all trying to figure out how she got from the middle of a king size bed with pillows surrounding her/ touching each either onto floor!! alot of what happened in that time is a total blank for me all i remember is grabbing her and screaming mommy mommy on the top of my lungs until i got out side and she heard me!!

 

[Huggles]

Glad Aaryella's ok! Must have been super scary!
mil and sil keep trying to convince me to put logan down on their beds when we're visiting and he's asleep and I keep refusing. I'm sure they think i'm over-protective or something but i don't care, at least i know he's safe on my shoulder.

Fides - those pics are gorgeous! Jacob stands so well! And it's so cute how he's trying to eat his reflection!

When I asked my paed about starting solids he said to start with rice cereal/baby rice. We tried that, but he seems to cope better with veggies (just from a swallowing aspect). I think everyone has their own idea's/suggestions/methods about how to start solids so best to just do what works for you and baby.

 

[Sun_Flower]

Eden's on one tablespoon of baby rice a day mixed with her formula - the only reason she's on that is she was draining 7oz bottles every 3 hours and making herself sick when she's never been a sicky baby. What the HV thought was happening was that the milk wasn't satisfying her as much as it had been so she was trying to take in as much as possible to stop feeling hungry but her body couldn't hold that much liquid so she was bringing it back up. She literally went from bringing up a tiny little amount maybe once a day to constantly bringing up milk between every feed. Now she's having this one little bit of baby rice, she's back to her normal self. She seems to love it and I feel like it's a good in-between thing so she's not weaning properly as she's still young (18 weeks) but it's enough to satisfy her and see her through until she IS ready to wean properly

 

[k8y]

Hello everyone. Hope your all doing well. Loving all the pics. Just thought I'd put a pic of my little Martha, most of you have prob seen it on my parenting journal...

I love her so much !!!!

 

[Mrs. AJ]

Bby that must have been SO scary! No idea how that could have happened, but so glad that Aaryella is okay.

Fides, those pics are so precious, what a cutie and he really does love to stand, doesn't he??

K8y, you know I love that pic of Martha!

 

[k8y]

Link to some cool recipies for BLW or finger foods ..

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bzv...YzNjNTAwMjI5/edit?hl=en&authkey=CNuvl04&pli=1

 

[babyhopes2010]

Freya is on around 70g food at 12 and 70g at 6 and isdoing very well. x