Re: New Mommies to be May, June & July 2011

Hello.

@Laurakim, LOL about keeping baby's sleeping parttern a secret.

@Rakker, I love Cherise's dress. So beautiful. I hope the sleep training is going/will go well tonight.

@Kariehn, I don't think anyone handles crying very well. I didn't know about the growth spurt, i just googled it and it explains a lot!

I think Ayanda is going through the growth spurt Kariehn mentioned. His sleeping partterns are erratic. But it is the most precious time cause he seems to be exploring his surroundings. Little things like the minute i hold his hands he starts trying to pull himself up before i even do anything. He is looking at things with such interest and is forever reaching out to grab something. I'm trying not to get caught up in trying to have everything on camera but rather try to stay in the moment and just enjoy watching and playing with him.

Karienh - I have posted it under the Food and Nutrition category as well

Jacks nanny is alot more tolerant of Jacks naps than I am - she also just goes with it! I battle because I have stuff to do and if he is awake and chilled its fine but if he is awake and crying its hard!

Karienh, I also heard the 17 week thing. You must just add the amount of weeks the baby was born before 40 weeks. For us it was 19 weeks. We actually started with rice cereal a week after 19 weeks and I haven't seen any adverse effects. Cherise is 5 months old today and we have been doing solids for about 3 weeks now. Basically rice and maize cereal, yellow veggies (also some sweet potato), and some fruit. I make the fruit and veggies myself, using that hand thingy to puree. I keep it slightly lumpy as my son struggled with the lumpier food because he was used to purity. Cherise loves her food, but it took about 2 weeks for her to really get excited about food and actually open her mouth by herself. She also doesn't push the food out or spit it out any more.

Thanks for the christening gown compliments .

Sorry for those who bragged and are now sleep deprived, LOL. Hopefully we will survive... Cherise slept much better Sunday night, but last night was a bit worse again. I think the fact that everything was rushed before bed time might have contributed to it. I hate coming home late and having to get everything done in record time.

I have started some sleep training, but I must admit I'm not doing it well at this stage. I usually think the sooner I put her dummy back in her mouth, the sooner she (and I) will sleep again. I also feed her too often just so I can get back to bed. So, ya, I have only myself to blame. So tonight I will do it 100% and hopefully get the results soon.

laurakim, please send me a link when you have posted it. Would love to read it.
How old is Jack now?
I'm sorry you're also struggling. I've been beating myself up about it, but after the weekend and lots of encouragement from my mom and dh I just going with the flow.

Karienh - I am actually going to do a blog post on feeding!!!

We had a dietician come and chat to us yesterday and it confused me so much And Jack is kid no 3 so you would think I would be ok with it!!!!!

Jacks also not napping nicely any more - drives us dilly cos he is tired but nothing we do put s him down and if we can then he is up 15 min later!

hi everyone

Rakker, that really is a beautiful gown! Hope the sleep is going better! I'm not sure how old he now is but did you know that most babies have a sleep regression at 4 months - apparently they have a mental growth spurt and can't sleep well with all the new things they have to process.

And it's true that you should never ever mention how your baby sleeps
K is doing well - growing well and learning everything he should learn. But his naps are getting worse and worse - I'm a bit desperate and don't know what to do anymore. I try not to stress about it and when I can't get him to sleep in 20 min, I just leave it till the next nap. Sometimes I'll spend 15 minutes putting him to sleep and then he'll sleep a whole 10 minutes. Sooo frustrating.

I'm still breastfeeding exclusively but heard this weekend that babies can start solids from 17 weeks. K is definitely not ready for that, but it got me thinking about how we're going to introduce solids. I've read up a bit and think we're going to do baby-led weaning - where you start with solid, not pureed, food and baby feeds himself. Have any of you done that?

Laurakim, glad Jack is such a happy boy some of the time. Good luck with the crying. I suck at dealing with crying - I always want to give him panado syrup after 5 minutes because it feels like hours. So I stand in front of the clock to keep it in perspective