LADIES DUE SEPTEMBER 2015 :-)

Hi DieSwartKat

these toddlers are doing their own thing! My boy does not want to sleep in his own room yet. he still wakes up at night crying. has 2 feeds and sometimes wakes up for a hug. I'm also over it. so tired as well. he eats quite well so I'm not sure what the problem is really.

In other news, i am pregnant again!!!! due in December. Will be our second child if all goes well!!

Hi everyone!

Time flies, doesn't it? We're all staring our 2nd birthday in the face.

My little man is usually an absolute dream BUT I'm having to deal with a difficult phase at the moment. He's suddenly become a VERY fussy eater and won't eat dinner at all! He did well with his baby foods, and finger food after that, but he's never been a keen chicken, veggies & rice kid (or basically, I've never been able to feed him whatever I make for us that evening, grown-up food). But he's always done well enough with finger foods, or failing that some Weetbix or a slice of toast. For the past 2 - 3 weeks he's been refusing all foods at night. He pulls his head away and it usually ends up with him being extremely upset. I stay calm as much as I can, but it's so hard!

Ordinarily I would not freak out, because he eats breakfast and lunch at nursery school. Some snacks during the day and usually a small snack when I fetch him at 4pm. He drinks plenty of water, no bottle anymore except at 7pm when he goes to bed. He eats and drinks enough, skipping dinner would not be a train smash except that he's now waking up at 2am like clockwork. Wants a bottle, is usually fussy to the point where we have to put him in bed with us (which we've never done and I'm firmly against!), he'll doze off but at some point after 4 he wakes up and wants to play. I'm sooooo over it. He used to sleep through and I've now done my time twice with babies and broken sleep. My kiddies should both be sleeping. Fortunately my daughter (almost 5) sleeps through, but this little man and his strong will is killing me!

Hi Ladies

how are we all doing?

I have been struggling to post for days. Kept giving me an error!


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Hi ladies
Thanks for the replies
He is currently 9kg.. lost 200g when he was sick but I'm sure he has put it on again.
He has a bottle at 7am
Cereal around 9am mixed with formula
Lunch at 1ish - usuall a woolies meal or I make veggies and meat. Not very fine.
Fruit at 3ish
Snack invetween a biscuit or something
Then dinner at 6:30.
He may had a bottle of milk midday. Depends. But drinks rooibos or water.
I am slowly transitioning him into eating food that I make for us. Which is mostly chicken and veg or meat and veg.. he eats it if I'm eating it. He seems to like rice. But whatever food it is, he will eat a bit then start the spitting.! He will not go to sleep without a bottle. I tried but he cries.
The spitting is very frustrating as I worry he isn't getting enough... that's probably why he wakes up at night for milk cos he is being so fussy with his food. I've read it's just a phase but gosh this is one bad phase... he ate brilliantly from 6 months to about 12months ...


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Hi Mommies,

Wow time flies hey. Our babies are toddlers

Ayla has just been such a dream. I am soo in love with her. She was sitting at 6 months and now at 13 months she is running around and climbing on everything. On the chair, then the table and so on.
She has 8 teeth and weighs 9.8kgs.

She is still exclusively breastfed. I have given her a few sips of water out of a normal glass. Just holding it for her, but she pulls her face. Will give her a few sips on a hot day. She breastfeeds whenever she wants. She isn't on a strict schedule as she is with me all the time. On average she will breastfeed every 2 hours. Only for about 3mins or so a side. She breastfeeds to sleep as well.
She still sleeps in bed with me and wakes around twice a night, then feeds to sleep. Takes her about 2mins to fall asleep. When she is teething she will wake and feed to sleep a lot, sometimes every hour. That will be as the toothy is pushing through. Around 2 days then she will be back to normal. During that time I will give alternate between Panado and Neurofen syrup every 6 hours during the day. That doesn't seem to help a lot, but a little at least.

Ayla eats absolutely everything she can get her hands on. Olives, pizza, all veggies, fish and meat. I give her the woolies foods 3 times a day. Like the oats for breakfast, fruit for lunch and the lamb, chicken or beef and veg for dinner. Then inbetween she finger feeds on whatever I put infront of her. Whenever I eat anything I give her mouthfuls and she chews and swallows. Such a dream.

Now my Son was a different story. Bottle fed with reflux. Only started chewing his meat a few months a go for real! Doesn't want to eat ever. Mealtimes for him is a battle. I changed him from formula to fresh goats milk from one year and he loved it. I also used to give him the parmalat growing up milk. He loved that too. I took his bottle away at 13months and replaced with a straw cup. He never held his own bottle, but would hold the straw cup. He only sat on his own at 8months and was still walking holding on to furniture at 13months. Such a difference between the two. But as DieSwartKat says, with baby no 2 everything is more relaxed - no pressure. Thinking back now, I could have kept him on the bottle until 2 years. It really wouldn't have been a big deal or made any difference to anything. This is totally personal choice. I don't think there is a right or wrong here. Whatever works for your family TCS84. Also my Son only started sleeping through at 18months. That's when I started to give him water when he woke at night. He just stopped waking up. Before that he would wake twice a night. Kids are really so different and they don't only wake because they are hungry. They wake for cuddles and comfort more than anything.

Ayla loves taking her own shoes and socks off. Really a pain on a cold day. She has been saying Mama since 7 months. She now says No whilst shaking her head no. She says Dad, Yes, Come. She kisses and says love when she hugs us. She meows like the cat. She has also started to get on and off her ybike on her own. Not riding it yet. We roll a ball back and forth to each other - she loves that. She pushes her trolley around. Growing up too fast!