August-September 2010 Moms

Janine - What hubby and i had in mind (in case our little pumkin didnt eat her pumkin on the second night) is maybe try mixing the home made with the purity... maybe 50% ?

I know with the sitting i know my little on can sit... she demonstrates that often... sitting up on her bath support or refusing to lay back in her car seat etc, its more a case of wether she wants to sit... lol

such a cute photo!!!

Hi Ladies,

Girly, great to hear K is doing so well!!

BabyZee, I also did what KerryA suggested
Willem has his last feed at around 7pm, and then the next one is at 4am - if he wakes up earlier, he gets his dummy.
The first few nights I was up every hour or so to pop in the dummy, now he only wakes up once - usually around 1-2 - and not every night.
I pop in the dummy, and back to sleep before I even hit the pillow

AFM: I did mix his veggies with some breastmilk on saterday (right after that photo was taken ) - No luck.
So gave up for the day.

Come Sunday, offered him some more of the butternut (same batch, so nothing different), and he pulled a bit of a face at first, but ate everything I warmed (which was only about 1 teaspoon )

So seems his mommies cooking isn't THAT bad afterall

Oh, and my baby suddenly decided on Sunday that he can sit!!!
Saterday he still toppled over every few seconds - Sunday suddenly he sits like he's been doing it forever

Eileen - Hope you got your cupboard in? Jealous of the holiday, could really use one at the moment, ah well theres a long weekend next month at least...

Robyn - i only use milk in her cereal! and then shes having veggies at night... but she seems to be trying to drop her milk feeds before the solid feeds...

JanineK - Kaelyn also didn't like the home made stuff the first night, the second night she couldn't get enough... now she pulls faces when i give her purity!!

Girly - I also offer Kaelyn water after her meal in a sippy cup (i have the avent one and i swopped the top to be a normal bottle teat to get her used to her water being in a pink cup instead of the usual bottle. it seems to work she drinks quite a bit and then takes a nap. but she was still struggling with the poos and i didn't want it to get too bad... so now what hubby and i have sort of started is she gets flavoured porrige every second night and veggies every other...

So glad to hear Kaylee is doing so much beter! such a pity you are getting sick now

Babyzee - wow still waking three times a night? I don't know that i can help you, but lets try huh?

What i did when Kaelyn stopped sleeping through on holiday is i just gave her her dummy when she woke up the first time, shen shed go to bed and wake an hour or so later so i'd give her a feed and so on, and i carried on like this for a few days, every day she would sleep longer realising that the milk was really only going to come after a 5 hour sleep.

but i have also read that if you don't like that method you could try giving her a bottle with 80% milk 20% water the first night and each night make more milk and less water till eventually there is no milk in the bottle, once baby realises there is no nutritional value at that time of night and they dont get hungry they sleep through it. but only do this with one feed at a time!

My hubby is the same, he also doesn't hear little one cry but as a compromise to this he would take little one in the mornings over weekends, (I'd leave him a bottle), so would get to sleep in! And believe me that helped immensely During the week maybe DH could take het in the the afternoons for you and let you have a nap?

Ladies i am totally, utterly exhausted.

I dont have time to myself my body is about to give up my energy levels are so low i have to rely on caffeine to keep me going.

Those who have one child enjoy, i have a soon to be three year old bday on Tuesday and a six month ol boy, its not easy giving them all attention plus dh and cooking and work and the worst part is that Fayaz wakes up three to four times at night for feed, he always keep to be hungry i have now added a bottle at night though bm is not enough.

His schedule is as follows

7:00-cereal
10:00-150ml milk
01:00- Mixed veggies (Plus meat)
Milk in between
4:00- Fruits
5:00- i breastfeed him
6:30- Mixed veggies (Plus meat)
Then bf or bottles when he wakes up for the night

He is now over 9kgs and always seems hungry

Please give me advice about the sleep , i need my sleep otherwise i will collapse at work, dh tries to help but he sleeps deeply and in end up waking him up to feed the baby.

All his developments are going great, he is sitting upright and crawling (Backwards) for now its too cute, he also moves backwards with his waker, no teeth yet my LG only got teeth at 10months good thing is they came out four at a time.

Sorry no personal for now i have to go feed again, for those that are on facebook atleast i get to see your precious baba's photos and developments.

Jeanine, Dakota also isn't keen on butternut, but loves sweet potato, so try that (also try mixing some milk or even cereal with the veggies to make the taste more bland)

What a good day for Kaylee!
Her catheter is out as is her oxygen line. The only stuff left are the monitors for sats and pulse and bp checked regularly, and then the line for the meds into her neck.
So we can now pick her up to console her, and they allowed me to breastfeed her twice today.
I feel so bad though as with the discomfort from the cut and drowsy from the meds that even when she cries its more like a whimper.
But apparently she smiled at the doctor and sister this morning!
Her BP is much better now - we were a bit worried - but doc has reduced her meds which is just awesome!

Only problem is I have a head cold Woke up with a sore throat and post nasal drip and although I feel fine if not just a bit uncomfortable, I now have to wear a mask to keep my germs away from Kaylee So she cannot see my face properly and so all my smiling she cant really see. I really hope I get over it before she gets moved to general ward so that I can look after her properly. But I cannot risk her getting sick now or it will really hinder her recovery!
Problem is I can only take homeopathic meds cos I'm breastfeeding. They all forget to tell you about that at antenatal!

So sister reckons she'll be ready to move to general ward tomorrow, but the doctor standing in this weekend doesnt rush things so its likely she'll move over on Monday provided there's a private room for us, as we cant be mixing with babies with pneumonia / gastro!

I am going to have a cupa coffee and pack my hospital bag now and then off to bed. Tomorrow we have a family lunch thing at Knor Hoek but its R180 a head so a bit steap, and it means time away from K so not sure yet what we'll do.

Jeanine that is SOOO cute! He's obviously just not used to the taste but he should get used to it. I was lucky with K she loves her veggies. Maybe try add some breastmilk cos its sweeter.

Robyn / Kerry - K's poos also gotten much harder but apparently its normal. Long as theyre not struggling to push it out, and not pellet type consistency its just how the poo gets. Also I read to offer her water along with her solids so after her solids I always offer and she has about 10mls water. Also all sorts of colours coming out there these days hey!
Well at the moment K is only on milk in hospital (except today they gave cereal this morning!) and her poos are soft again. I'm not used to it!

BabyK's mom they should not be dropping milk feeds yet as its still their main nutrition so if they are indicating the intention to drop a milk feed rather reduce amount of solids given at the moment.

K was on morning cereal between 8 & 9, lunch veggies (sweet potato / carrots / butternut) around 2 or 3 and dinner usually a half veg half fruit (which she loves!) around 5 or 6. I had started giving her fruit pieces in her food mesh feeder as a snack mid morning as well, but just one piece. She also loves selero icies and doesnt give me a chance to take a bite and her mouth is open for more. Lots of fun watching her. Also if I drink water or cooldrink from a bottle, I have to have her water bottle nearby and give her water so we drink together otherwise she would get upset!
Well it'll take a while to get back to this feeding schedule again as she's currently only on 60mls milk a feed (Up from 20mls 2 days ago!) but probably by end of tomorrow will be on full feeds again.
All the sisters comment on how much she loves her milk though!
And I love feeding her where I dont have time to get the spoon back in the bowl and her mouth is open for more!