December 2010 babies!

Hi all, not really much to say but thought it was a bit sad to see our thread sitting at the bottom of the page. We are ok, Jess as a little cough but dowas says nothing to worry about, she is rolling all over the place but no sign of crawling, do we have any crawling bubs yet?

We had no signs of teeth either but that isn't a problem r She loves her food and had a good munch on some broccoli and home made fish fingers tonight. Any one got some more ideas for finger foods ? And lunch on the go food?

Got ourselves a manduca carrier and love it. Jess seems to really enjoy hanging out on my back and I have my hands free for Beth. Well. That is us for now. Hope all you lovely ladies and bubs are keeping well

Edited by Richtea

Richtea Noah is crawling and standing up and shuffling around the table/couch it is so tiring, lol but the one saving grace is that his day sleeps have become a lot longer as he is more tired now.

I usually give Noah some baby rice cakes (organic brand at supermarket- says 9 months+ but supervised they are fine) or rice rusks as snacks, or those Heinz rusks if I have them, or give him a banana to chomp on, one of the little bobby ones. I have also given cut up vegetable sticks. I read somewhere that for an easy meal to go out you can just take with you a banana or an avocado and a bowl and you're good to go, no cooking needed.

You can also make your own baby biscuits with 1 cup flour, 1 cup baby rice and 1 cup fruit juice, they turn out nice and chewy

Wow - we're near the bottom again. I don't have a huge amount to report either, other than Kenzie now has a couple of teeth and she bit me for the first time tonight. Yah ... NOT!!

Ideas for finger food:
Vege croquets (or mix with a bit of meat)
Bananas, pears, melons, peaches - soft fruit that they can sort os squish off
Toast/crumpets/English muffins soldiers - marmite and cheese, vege mash, avocado
Cheese
Meat loaf cut into finger shapes once cooked.
Fish fingers
Mini quiches
French toast
Pancakes
Fritters - you can put nearly anything into a fritter!

The possibilities are endless really. I've just been looking through the Edmonds cookbook, the Alison and Simon Holst cookbook and the Annabell Karmel cookbook for inspiration. We're also doing Baby Led Weaning but I do give Kenzie mash but I let her feed herself by passing the spoon to her. I also think cous cous is great for making meals more filling and Kenzie also loves yoghurt - especially with banana!!

hey all. Well Lil's operation was very successful. We go back on Friday to get the stitches out, she looks a bit odd at the moment with blue stitches from the inside of her nose down to her lip and into her mouth. She is a bit sad at the moment but we are managing the pain with some medicinal help and lots of cuddles. She has arm splints which are fabric and velcro with boning inside to keep her arms straight so she can't put anything in her mouth. I reckon its these combined with no dummy and no front on cuddles that are making her the most sad.
She is eating and drinking well - and is still sleeping through the night which is a god send. We have 7 teeth at the moment with number 8 coming through now (good timing not!) its kind of hard when you cant chew anything to manage the teething situation but distracting her with weebles seems to be working ok - man weebles are awesome!!!
sorry for the all about us post - just an update for those of you who knew the op was coming up.

Arggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Nathan Cried until 4AM. That's right, 4AM.

Sleep. Deprivation. Sucks. Today.

Trying desperately to look on the bright side, we've been really lucky with Nathan that this is really only the first time he has done anything major like this. DS1 on the other hand was like it from birth. I asked DH last night how on earth we coped for months when he was little and how did I not do something very silly to myself? I think I have been spoilt this time round. Hugs to anyone who is still having some sleep issues.

hey weehee - sorry to hear Nathan had a bad night (and you too of course) Lili has her stitches out on Friday so she has another general anesthetic. Hopefully after that we wont need anymore. It takes a few days for the affect of the anesthetic to wear off so we are expecting another few days of upset baby. then everything will be good again. She is back into her normal day sleep patterns which is awesome, so we know for next week that it will just be a few hard days then we can expect her to be her happy wee self again.

I am loving being a SAHM for these couple of weeks - I wish I could do this forever, am dreading going back to work after the school holidays, term 3 is definately the hardest term. anyone else here working fulltime? (obviously all mums work fulltime, but you know what I mean - fulltime at work and then home to fulltime with bubs)
man I wish I could be at home.....or even work part time..... anyone out there who has some connections with the universe can you say a few words to get our house sold please.

Minkiwings wrote: No teeth at all here.

I'm really hoping that this is what was up with N last night. He has four teeth already (2 bottom middle and then 2 top ones - one either side of where the middle two should be) but he has the top two middle ones about to burst through - everything is so swollen around there.

Glad to hear that things are going swimmingly with you Minki - you deserve it. Enjoy

I concur Minki

So good to hear you are feeling so great Minki.
I am having good days and bad days depending on the amount of sleep I've had and the way the girls are interacting but there are certainly lots of great moment to pull me through.

Music_mummy and minkiwingsI know what you mean, having bad days here at the moment as N has decided screaming is the fun thing to do, all the time, not cos he's unhappy just he likes the sound? I don't know? But it's got me at my wits end, he does it at home and out. But then he will crawl up to me and climb all over me and give me kisses and cuddles or do something so cute and I'll think oh my god I love you so much. So there are very trying times and awesome times. Being a mother is so hard sometimes!

Ecomummy that must really suck. I hope your house sells soon. Is dropping the price a little an option? I hope you get some good luck soon. I find being a stay at home Mum hard enough with the small amount of part time work I do, so I admire you.

On the brighter side though N's appetite has gone up hugely and he's eating a lot more solids (he was very picky before) and in turn that seems to have him sleeping through most nights which I have not had in months maybe since he was 4 months old so I am very happy for a reprieve from waking up 2 or 3 times however long that may last. He is sleeping a lot better in general because he's more tired from all his standing and crawling and moving about. And I have found these things have naturally happened despite all the efforts Ive made with verbal reassurance, self settling etc I have found that his sleeping has improved naturally with time and persistence with routine, etc so I hope that comforts some of you who want their babies to sleep through- I tried everything under the sun but in the end it seems he'll just do it when he wants to. Sleep training was a fail for us.

Had paediatrician on Monday and discussed some concerns with paed as Noah's reflux has been back with a vengance since I weaned him off losec and also with some foods he was puking the whole dinner back up especially if it had meat or pasta. The paed advised me that with his problem he's not able to tolerate chunks in food at this point so I need to keep all his foods really smooth. That makes sense as usually when he pukes its lumpier food. So I am going back to basics for a while, simple purees and he seems happier. Still not allowed to give dairy until a week after he turns 1 at least, when he will have more allergy tests. His tummy is still really tender when pressed on and he's very refluxy so we have put him back on losec and keeping an eye on him after everything he eats. He's such a sensitive boy lol. What I can give him for food is really limited without dairy and big pieces.