MSE Parents Club Part 11

searching_me

right done abit of my theory .. for a few passes but now the kids wont let me do it so have to stop for a while will do more later when there bellies are to full for them to move :rotfl: x

Becles

money_maker wrote: »

kindof, I only remember to take mine now because it sits beside my toothbrush !! I have 2 children, both conceived while I was on the pill because I kept forgetting it

I keep mine next to the toothpaste so I remember to take one every morning when I clean my teeth.

Weaning - best just to let them go at their own pace. I think it helps having babies with you at meal times and giving them something like the pizza crust to chew on. Gets them used to eating as a family and it's easier to introduce table manners when they are already aware of how to behave during a meal.

elle_gee

It's a lovely day outside and I even fancy a walk to the shop but I've lost my car keys so can't get the pushchair out the car or (un)lock the door to get out

I've set Rhys up with his highchair, tray and a handful of raisins instead. He can pick them up but I think they're all ending up on his knee :cool:

searching_me

gone quiet here? ... looking at clothes bundles for jayden on ebay saw a really nice monkey romper suit i want but its £16 :think: x

pigpen

oh just get it..you can sell it on when he outgrows it and you won't get himto wear one when he is 10!!

searching_me

pigpen wrote: »

oh just get it..you can sell it on when he outgrows it and you won't get himto wear one when he is 10!!

good point .. still got to wait til payday though ... he'll be the cutest monkey and it has a tail as well :rotfl:x

Tigsteroonie

Just to share the weaning worry burden ...... I'm not sure we're having heaps of success here either Andrew took to it quickly, then went backwards and refused everything (letting it drop out of his mouth), now he's taking some but is disinterested again. Still cannot really grab and manouvre things to his mouth, so BLW not an option yet. He'll take about a dozen tips-of-weaning-spoon of a main meal, and half a dozen tips-of-spoon of mushed fruit or fromage frais as pudding; breakfast is a quarter weetabix and he doesn't finish that.

It's harder for me to get a handle on how much he should be eating, as he's so tiny compared to the average weaning baby, and presumably has a tiny stomach too. I feed him until he looks like he's bored with the process. I'm terribly wary of him gagging as not only does the food come back but so does a flood of milk.

jillie1974

thanks jam, fitzio and tigs

i posted the 20 weaning spoonfuls as that is the most he has ever took. usually struggle past 5. anything will go in his mouth apart from food on the spoon.

like i said in my OP, he did suck the sauce of my pizza crust last night so after chatting to DH before, i've decided to just do this every evening. put a little of what i/we are having on his highchair tray. and see where we go from there.

so tonight will be a few chips and some chicken, maybe a carrot stick or 2.

i know he will get there eventually, just taking his time.

thank you everyone who has shared so far it is very much appreciated.

will keep you informed

searching_me

tigs if hes gaining weight i wouldnt worry as much zoe ate barely anything til shes was 9/10months and she was a 'normal' birth andrew will get there xxx

elle_gee

Found my keys.. under the sofa seat cushion, obviously! :doh: :cool:

We've been for a walk. It's all paved paths here so I don't think the bumpiness was exactly helping Rhys sleep (not that it is nap time!), so I walked on the (cul-de-sac!) road on the way back and he's fast off in the hallway now

We only weaned Rhys properly at 26wks corrected, he wasn't really interested before then despite the docs etc going on to get him onto something with more calories. When we started properly we didn't give him anything runny - he hated yoghurt (still not keen) and the 4mth stage jars because they just run out his mouth. He's always preferred something with a bit of substance to it like mashed potato. Maybe that would help someone else.. *shrug*