August-September 2010 Moms

BabyK, shame man! I really hope John's mouth feels better soon It's so horrible having babies in pain. It's wonderful that he is eating so well. I hope he feels better without the dairy.

I feel you on needing a tarp! I put a mat under Evan when he feeds himself because the mess freaks me out (lol). I actually got him the rubber alphabet mat so it's easier to clean.

I also try limit Evan to 1 piece of food at a time. I put peas, rices and fishfinger pieces in a bowl for him to feed himself a while back. He loved it but at some point he tipped the bowl over. He tried eating off the mat directly with his mouth. Such a mess I bought loads of pasta for him so I can give him a variety of shapes. I cooked a bit of rice last night so need to make something for Evan with rice in it tonight.

We're planning on going to drive in tonight. The new Pirates of the Caribean is showing. I'm taking a bottle of wine with. Evan is very good at sleeping in the car. We've taken him to drive in a couple of times already. We used to go watch movies all the time so this is as close as we can get to watching a movie on the big screen

Sher, I used to mosaic and did a little scrapbooking before Evan. The last mosaic I did was actually a round outside table I started the same weekend I found out I was pregnant. I am super lazy, no gyming for me I would like to start doing something again. I am also semistudying at the moment.

Evan gums his food and he actually uses his finger to help move it around. Especially when he has his toast.

ladies,

what are you hobbies if you have any, before baby, during and after baby ? when in school etc ...

how many of you are super fit moms

yip i over cook all K food, steam it to death - ha ha..no not really otherwise they lose their nutrionall juices

but from tomorrow, we will cook in the oven. def much better taste. will def give K soft soft foods in small peices... she can start now...

oh man, its only 12:30... feels like a long day when you wake up at 4:30am everyday ..... i feel like i have just gone to bed at night and bam, its time to to get up again....

i wish i was a dead log sleeper, K is just like me, light sleeper. i could run a marathon and still wont sleep dead...

Sjoe i look away for a few minutes and you guys chat up a storm! It was miserable this morning wasn't it? I sooo hate winter because it still feels like midnight when that alarm goes off in the morning... its cold and dark... and all i can do is sit here and think summer is on its way... solstice is on 21 June and then it will start getting brighter in the mornings... slowly

Pink mommy - at least now you know what it is, i am sure once the meds start working she will be better, but yes it seems all our babies are going through the same and we can only home it passes... or organise teamwork... Ill babysit all the Joburg babies on sat friday if someone else does saturday... lol (if only it worked like that huh? ) the sadest part is my parents have offered to do it for us... we took them up and i just couldn't sleep with baby not there... it stressed me out more than her crying! Her god mother also wants a turn heh hee least i don't need to worry if i every really need a night off huh?

With feeding herself, K doesn't feed the dogs if i only give her one piece at a time to deal with... so i put her plate next to mine and we eat together. sometimes she even finishes her veggies and starts on mine... or last friday at the restaurant she wanted my brothers pumkin...lol she ate so much of it i was ready to order him more.

She drinks water with all her meals, but from a sippy cup and not her bottle, if i give her water in her bottle she spits it out - i think its like if you are expecting a sip of coffe and you get tea... you too spit it out. so now water comes in the pink bottle and milk in the clear.

Congrats on the 9 months! and the waving sounds utterly adorable!

Cols - don't worry i will get Kaelyn to give him a quick course in crawling, waving and clapping at the get together..

Sher - they actually chew the food with their gums you just have to make sure its pretty soft... so overcooked pumkin cubes... or slices of Avo.... as long as its pretty soft. Also they have an overactive gag reflex so they really are more likely to cough it out completely than actually choke. but still watch... just when they gag give them a few seconds to sort themselves out before you go charging in to rescue them.

BabyK - Kaelyns two bottoms are through and she too seems to still be suffering, even as far as refiusing the bottle unless i give her prodol first and hold it just right... we think its the top ones now, but you put your finger in and she bites real hard... and if you still manage that she sticks her tongue out... even now smiles with her tongue over her bottom teeth... amazing how hard they can bite actually, you would never have thought such a tiny tooth could inficl such pain!

We also had a daytime nap thing when she learnt to crawl... i think it may just be that he is more interested in crawling than sleeping... we also have a small issue now in that she is dropping the 10am feed some days, but still wants the nap, but she doesn't seem to know yet how to nap without having the bottle... so she gets niggly... but i am sure it will pass.

Have a great weekend guys! I better get back to work... lots and lots to do

Hi ladies

Jeepers John ate alot yesterday. I think he might be going through a growth spurt. He had 1 and a half bottles before bed

He has been teething badly again - the top two are still giving him hassles even though they cut through last month. Or maybe his canines are starting to come through, its really hard to try see in his mouth and if I put my finger in he bites down HARD and gets me on my nail bed, which is really sore!

He is fighting his day time naps, yesterday he screamed/ cried for 45 minutes before he finally fell asleep. It was terrible. But thank GOD he is an awesome night sleeper, even with the teething, he sleeps through most nights. And he seems to have stopped the sleep separation anxiety waking up he was doing.

Ja PM, I think John can't take yogurt and cheese yet either - I keep trying but this time I cut it out completely for 3 days and he has hardly vomited. He would vomit all the time but somewhere along the line, someone (paed or nurse) told me that some babies/ children are just vomiters so I assumed that was John. But I was watching Great Expectation on Monday on etv and the nurse said if a baby is still vomiting by 9 months it is not posseting and it warrants a trip to the doc to look for reflux or lactose intolerance. He is not allergic to his formula but I have always had a mother's intuition suspicion that yogurt and/ or cheese is a bit rich for his digestive system still. So anyways we will see. Today (4th day) he had a little bit of cream cheese in his cereal. I will see how he goes over the rest of the day. Tomorrow I might give him a yogurt and watch him.

Its disappointing because he loves his yogurt and always finishes those Woolies tubs (Cols, the ones you told me about). And he often doesn't finish other food.

I made him some eggy toast the other day and he LOVED it - wow was it messy. I'm thinking of getting a tarpaulin or something along those lines and putting him in the middle and feeding him like that

Oops better go, he is getting niggly again and its time for a nap, wish me luck

PS: LOVE the hand print/ foot print cards for Dad ideas - think I'm gonna steal that for Father's Day

do your babies actually chew the meat you make, even if diced up...or swollow ?

mine has only one tooth, she chews her pureed food but wonder if i give her pea size meat or rice, will she gag or chew...

its time for me to do that now..she is over 7 months next week

i am gonna cook some rice tomorrow, blend some and leave some just grain, maybe mashed a little, and then do the chicken in the oven and some butternut and gems and then blend all together and give her some, she has not had starch yet...

eating very healthy but now for some variance

phew, Evan ate well yesterday what a relief! He had fishfingers diced up in rice and covered with butternut puree for dinner. I'm going to try do the same with tuna and see how that goes.

He didnt have his night bottle so woke at 1am and downed the whole bottle He woke at 5am with a leaky nappy, went back to sleep until 7am Lets keep this up!

He has learnt to sleep through noises. We take him pretty much everywhere and he now passes out when he's tired at night. I dont know how his mobility will impact this...

Evan is bouncing on his bum a lot now

Happy 9 months to Iz! She is doing so well with her development! Evan was also terrible with his ear infections. He would literally only sleep on me with me sitting upright. It will get better hun! I also dont think it helps that our little ones are going through a ma vas phase at the moment. I love the hand waving to music! Too precious!