MSE Parents Club Part 9

angela6834

SS, hope you and Molly both feel better soon.

Mel, Yay for Kai using a spoon.

Hope your night settles down a bit MFD. My day seems to have been a bit like that!

searching_me

elle_gee wrote: »

Daddy and Rhys have fallen out. Rhys wouldn't eat his tea when Daddy fed him, but wolfed it down when I took over :whistle:

jayden did this not to long ago but philip fell out with me .. saying id made him in to a mummys boy .. not that i like it or anything :whistle: x

angela6834

Elle, I forgot to say, Im not sure how much those little pots hold but i found some little ones in Home Bargains and the look about twice the size of those and Rose has a savory and sweet sized one each meal. ie a main meal and normally pureed fruit one. Porridge always seems to be a little larger but thats just my inaccurate measuring x

angela6834

Ooh and i was a bad mummy today. Rose had some of DD1's birthday cake ( chocolate) with cream.

money_maker_3

angela, is your porridge making like mine ?? I put in the porridge, then add the milk, realise its too much milk, so add more porridge, realise its too think now, so add more milk ... and repeat untill you have one very full bowl :_

SugarSpun

angela6834 wrote: »

Ooh and i was a bad mummy today. Rose had some of DD1's birthday cake ( chocolate) with cream.

You WERE a bad mummy :mad:

Why didn't we get any cake?!?!

elle_gee

searching_me wrote: »

jayden did this not to long ago but philip fell out with me .. saying id made him in to a mummys boy .. not that i like it or anything :whistle: x

I told OH it's his lack of practise.. :rotfl: I always do brekkie and lunch so I make OH do tea. Rhys is usually fine, it's just that tonight's tea was a bit coarser than he's used to

angela6834 wrote: »

Elle, I forgot to say, Im not sure how much those little pots hold but i found some little ones in Home Bargains and the look about twice the size of those and Rose has a savory and sweet sized one each meal. ie a main meal and normally pureed fruit one. Porridge always seems to be a little larger but thats just my inaccurate measuring x

Oh yeah, porridge servings are always too thick, more milk, too thin, more porridge.. repeat to fade :cool: Rhys is only having one course at the minute, then a yoghurt or fruit an hour or so later. He's filling up on food and not milk these days and he's still only little so don't want to give him even more food and him not get the milk, iyswim

redmel1621

angela6834 wrote: »

Ooh and i was a bad mummy today. Rose had some of DD1's birthday cake ( chocolate) with cream.

:THehe

Yesterday we went out to a Hungry Horse pub (we often go actually) and youshould have seen Kai gobbling down my dessert...it was the thickest, gooyest, chocolate fudge cake smothered in rich chocolate sauce and served with ice-cream.....he couldn't get enough. I was doing one spoon each and everytime I put the spoon in my mouth he huffed and opened his mouth as wide as possible:o:rotfl:

My_Fathers_Daughter

elle_gee wrote: »

I've just been reading the AK puree book again and she suggests dried fruit (raisins and apricots specifically) from 7mths in the finger foods section

Yup, honey is one year (info)

Daddy and Rhys have fallen out. Rhys wouldn't eat his tea when Daddy fed him, but wolfed it down when I took over :whistle:

Ta chick. If honey is 1 year then I won't have a cow next time Benjamin tries to eat daddy's honey cheerios!!!

Dunno why I had a thing about raisins in my head!

Ah - Rhys has just learned the 'playing one parent up then being an angel for the other' trick!! Enjoy *rolleyes*

redmel1621 wrote: »

Thanks, I am made up as feeding has been tricky with him only using his hands.

MFD - I don't know of any reason he couldn't eat raisins....I haven't tried Kai with them yet, but the older two love them. i think I just thought he wouldn't be able to chew them??

We still have a spoon for me and a spoon for Benjamin Mel. He is doing well but I wouldn't be able to let him feed himself with a spoon. Although TBH he eats much better when he eats with his hands so we may be moving in the opposite direction to you ATM (more finger foods!!)

Benjamins chewing has really come on in the last few weeks. Now he has teeth (even if it is only 2) he likes to bite on things! I can safely give him whole grapes and he bites them open at the front and lets the juice run down his chin!!

SugarSpun wrote: »

I screamed like a girl
Then I very shakily informed her that biting is painful, took her off gently and winded her to give us both a little break and put her back on.

We have tooth powders that seem to help.

I am sure you know this but screaming or reacting to being bitten can make the problem worse. It can make it like a game to baby. Best thing to do is to not react and take them off with a firm NO and stop feeding for a time. Or, if they are clamping down, push their face into your boob so they have to release to breathe (Krystal's trick).

Luckily Benjamin has never been a massive biter, but it could be worth checking your positioning too, obviously as they get bigger the way you hold them has to change too.

Glamazon

Hi Nicki! I was only thinking about you yesterday!
Jack has reflux - I started a few things at the same time and not sure which has worked. I can some you have tried or have already been suggested but here's what the HV suggested.

Feeding sitting up, wind before a feed, use a fast flow teat on the bottle (appreciate you are BF). We started the Gaviscon on a Monday and I started weaning Jack the next weekend - it was in between this time that the possetting stopped and the evening screaming! I also put J down to sleep on his front now as it's the only way I can get him to go to sleep on his own and stay asleep.

J really fought sleep tonight - I think its because Daddy's idea of spending time with him is to have him infront of the TV! From now on every weekend I'll take J for a walk in the pushchair just to get him out the house for a bit.

Got loads to do tonight as got an early start tomorrow but I CBA to get started!