Babies born April / May 2016

What is your opinion on amber teething beads? My son is currently wearing them and I think they do make a difference

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Hey ladies...

How you and your little one's doing?

So Kiara is 2 weeks away from 6 months and she's sitting for short periods of time and tends to fall over to the sides... Her bottom teeth are now through the gums - Thank heavens! She's eating her cereal like a champ and she enjoys Purity fruit so its less bottles too...

She also enjoys Biltong and Teething biscuits... I've also heard celery sticks are good for baba while teething...
She sleeps well too, really have no issues there...

I can't believe how quickly our babies are growing up!

Hope you all have a lovely day

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So TC getting more cute as the day go by! He has 2 bottom teeth and wants everyone to feel them. He eats 2-3 meals day depending on what he wants. Purity has the nices pouches and it taste sooooo good if your not able to cook meals yourself this is truly the best replacement.

Jay-bee what strong mamma I just cannot imagine having them so close together.

Sonsbaby I need to confess: I am a co sleeper and I'm proud of it lol , Both my boys sleep in our huge bed and there is no way I will be able to put them a different room. Now with TC I'm breastfeeding and co sleeping makes it so much easier.
Good luck with pumping I'm also pumping and I just keep myself motivated with the bond between me and my boy

AFM
TC is starting to sit for short periods and also seems to have a interest in crawling although backwards and this makes him very mad

Have a great DAYYYYY!!!!

Good morning ladies!

Welcome Svdw!!

Hope everyone's weekend was good? I find weekends now so extra special because I get to spend all day with my little boy!! I miss him sooo much during the week when I am at work breaks my heart!

@Jay-bee - how did you get your little one to sleep three times a day! I am lucky if my Connor sleeps twice a day and then only about half an hour. We had to move him to his cot in his room that is next to ours as he was getting to big for his moses basket that was standing next to our bed. Now there is not enough space in our room for the cot so he needs to sleep in his own room I miss hearing him breathe and move about during the night! The first few nights he slept in his own room this mamma cried herself to sleep (all while baba was not phased at all he slept through peacefully lol) Sjo you are brave to start for number 2 I would love a second one but want to wait a bit longer before starting (and convince hubby cause he is not so excited about the second baby idea!)

On the food issue. I started single fruits and veggies like butternut, apple and carrots. This weekend I started with sweet potato and pear. I thought in about two weeks time I will start mixing a few veggies together.

@MomToChloe - Connor was also super clingy when his teeth pushed through! Shame you feel so sorry for them when they cry and you know its the teeth that are hurting Sorry to hear about the inlaws! I am so lucky that mine stay overseas!! If my husbands mom stayed close to us she would have interfered ALLOT!! She is very set in her ways and her ideas of baby raising is a bit different than mine!!

@Maj - Yes think stress during the day is a factor. I have started drinking mothers milk tea (it says its for calming and relaxing) and camomile tea to try and help me relax during the day. I started giving Connor prunes yesterday will see how it works. Giving him three teaspoons at a time. is that enough or should I give more? Will try the rooibos tea during the week. I also make lots of food and then freeze it in small ziplock packets.

Connor started flipping over from tummy to back a while ago already but only a few days ago did he start rolling from his back to tummy! So proud of his progress

Anyone's little one wanting to start crawling??

I'm so glad this group is here!!!!

My boy was born 17/05/2016 by c section we are still breastfeeding and expressing at work he is eating 2 meals a day my hungry bunny. This is my second born and so sweet and loving.

I'm also mommy to a very sweet 7 year old boy

@ sonsbaby, the milk prob gets harder to express with the stress of the day, once you are rested it seems to flow more.

if you feel he is in pain, go see the dr. My suggestion would be try the rooibos and prunes first.
Rooibos: any brand would do, personally I feel the "baby" rooibos is just a gimmick. We use freshpak, but if you can get an organic brand, get that. Make it as normal, should be a reddish. Town, not too dark as you are not adding sweetener or milk, so a bit of flavour but not strong.
The prunes: stew them or soak them in boiling water overnight and then purée. I'm not a fan of prunes, but my sister says it works great on her 2 yr old.

@jaybee, how did they do the sleep training?
Naseeha likes sleeping in her cot, but the cot is next to the bed, like a co-sleeper so it's an extension of the bed. She doesn't like sleeping snuggled next to me. My elder daughter however used to climb over me, and sleep squashed between us until she was 2!!
Regarding the meals: I give my Naseeha some fruit, and lunch and dinner is veg. I gave her all the veg separate. After about 3/4 servings, I have started mixing the types. But I make about 4/5 servings of the veg and freeze it.

Wow JB, you are brave! I am glad we have a 4 year gap! My sister is 38, and expecting no. 2 in Dec. but her elder daughter is a handful at 2. Hopefully Rosalie is easy going.

@mtc, I know what you mean!! Naseeha just wants to be carried! And for 2 nights, wakes at 4am needs to be walked and rocked and then wants to sleep in my arms, sobs if I put her down!
7 types of formula! Gosh that must have been frustrating. Glad you finally found something that works!
I can only imagine what it must be like with your inlaws! Maybe make special time for the girls with your inlaws, and you do something for you in that time! Go for a walk, a bath, meditate, play a game on your phone alone in the room! Maybe they feel you are overlooking, and they sorta do things to aggravate you!

AFM, Naseeha flipped from her tummy to back, and back to tummy yesterday!!


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Morning Girls...

Gosh! Teething sux! Kiara is so grumpy and clingy... So the bottom teeth have pushed through the gums, I can feel them, they pretty damn sharp too!

Jay-Bee, I see alot of Kiara in myself... You are very brave to be trying for another baba! I waited a long 7 yrs for Kiara and I have no intentions of having more, I'm honestly scared to get intimate even though I'm on a contraceptive....

I haven't started Kiara on veggies, I have bought her the fruit made by Rhodes call Squish, she seems to enjoy that, so she gets that around lunch time, she's not a fan of her cereal in the morning's and late afternoons..
We also struggled with reflux when she was born, changed her formula 7 times after I had stopped breastfeeding at 11 weeks...

The in laws are so interfering as we live with them, I'm so sick and tired of their rubbish!

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