November / December 2012 Babies

momtoc J looks so serious here what was he watching?

hey clueless
its so frustrating at times but other days its better.
the two reason why punchy is staying with mum is because she believes that babies cant be brought up in townhouses ( that her opinion) as they are too small for them to explore and the other is that she stays alone and is lonely so it would be better off if she took care of punchy for us. HB is ok with it though it has become so lonely in the house without any kids around as my LG is in boarding school. so we have sat down and decided that we all going to stay in one house here in jhb. currently we busy looking for a house and its so frustrating for we only got one that i love but its located in the wrong area house hunting is hell.
so far its good i havent had any bad news from mum and the helper about P. i only visit him 2 a month for its really expensive to travel from jhb to NW. but if finances are available i make it 3 times a month. saturday we are going to fetch them (helper mum and P) and take them back on Sat next week then on the 30th its LG's weekend out and i will be on leave on the 3 & 4 so we all will be at home in Nw with him.
please ladies do pray for us that we get the house we looking for ASAP to end all up and downs.
i will take pics of him and post them on monday for tomorrow he will be 5 months old.
you all should have a lovely day

I sent you a whatsapp invite. Did you receive it?
She is growing nicely. Jayden weighed 7kg @ his 16 week vaccinations. His father was a big baby and he loves his milkies....I guess

I will never be able to see J just over weekends......it is just too hard.

Punchysmom, your little angel is just so handsome! It must be so hard for you to only see him om weekends! I must confess, my mom offered to do the same for me, she lives in Modimolle (Nylstroom). She said that she knew it was not exactly the Afrikaans culture to let baby stay with granny during the week, but if other cultures can do it, then so can we I declined because then DH would almost never see her, I would miss her terribly, and also because my mom was being VERY optimistic. She usually freaks out at the first sign of tears from Isla, and refuses to change nappies

Momtoc, Isla weighed 6.8kg last friday (they get weighed on Fridays at creche). She's getting verrrrry chubby

Ah thanks Clueless I am truely blessed with my children.

I will add you to the group. We all chat on whatsapp.

Sounds like everything worked out great for you and Isla! as for the solids.....you did it right as she showed interest in food and u took it from there. Like you said, if they experience food on their own, they less fussy and enjoy their food more Can't believe she is almost 6 months already. How much does she weigh now?

Yes, I am considering creche but hoping I can get my mother up from Danabaai to look after him for a little while but he is registered at the same creche as my lg.
Luckily I'll be able to express 3 times at work. If our one office is occupied, I'll express in my sister's car in the basement lol

Hey punschysmum, nice to chat with u on here again hahaha. I can just imagine how excited you are to see him. He is just gorgeous!!!

Hi Ladies
back to work. its so hectic but i have settled in so nicely.
it has been a long exciting journey for all of us. wish i could turn the hands of time.
punchy is temporarly staying with my mum in Northwest and its so stressing me though i talk to him each day but now mum has asked me not to because he doesnt sleep at night. here is a pic of punchy at 4months
i will be seeing him this weekend yeepiii and bringing him along for a week stay.


how is everyone doing??

Momtoc, it was very hard in the beginning (last week), but we did half-days for the 4 days. I took two afternoons off and hubby took one off and on Friday I had a friend pick her up. Isla has always been very easy in the mornings, I made a habit of going out with her and had a "Fitmommy" group 3 mornings a week, where she got to interact with other babies. So I knew she would be ok at the creche in the mornings.

afternoons were what I worried about, so when she started doing full days this week (7:00 - 16:00) it was pretty tough on me. But it seems she's not bothered at all, she loves her caretakers and at the moment there are only 3 babies in the afternoons with two caretakers, so she gets lots of attention. every afternoon I've picked her up she is either napping or being entertained by the two ladies there. They say she laughs all the time, so that really put my mind at ease.

Thats great that you can go on breastfeeding so long! I decided against expressing at work since my office is not very private, but hoping that the morning/evening feeds will still do the trick now she's at creche. She will be 6 months on the 22nd, so I feel comfortable with that.

I have read about Baby Led Weaning, and it sounds very interesting. Isla feeds herself half of the time, we only started solids after she started taking food out of my hands when I eat (and trying to get to my coffee when I drink). So I give her pieces of food to suck on, which she loves, but we also spoonfeed her, since that is what they do at creche. Even then she'lll grasp the spoon and try to feed herself (it mostly ends up on her face I do think the fact that we let her experience feeding herself helped a lot in her being so happy with her food.

You were also considering a creche, if I remember correctly? Or are you going to get a nanny?