MSE Parents Club Part 12

Mazcabs

Blimey Elle did you break the thread :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

redmel1621

Glam - What time does he have his dinner at creche, maybe something light half an hour before bed might help, fwiw I am not sure if weetabix is quite heavy to give, as eating too much before bedtime stimulate the metabolism too much and you can actually wake up hungrier than if you had just had a light bite...iygwim. I know I am the same, if I eat to much late on I wake up staving!!

K has his dinner at 5pm (well we all do now, for his benefit!) and then I usually give him a piece of toast about 6.20-6.30 with a cup of milk, then he goes to bed at 7pm. I have done the same with the older two from very little too and they still have it as supper now, although usually hot chocolate instead of milk....

Just a thought

Glamazon

Hi Mel

He has tea at creche at 3.30pm, the first week he was there I was giving him tea with us at about 6pm as well but it was then he started waking so I wondered if he was having too much so I just gave him weetabix but quite often he'd either refuse that or refuse his bottle. I'll try something light like toast rather than a full meal this week and see how we go.

I thought he was waking because he refuses a bottle at creche and now I'm not convinced he's eating that much when he's there. We'll see tonight cos he's had a big snack at 3.30pm and will be having roast chicken dinner in bit.

He burns off so much energy the way he moves about so I think we'll need to start introducing some larger snacks!

redmel1621

3.30pm is quite early! I would definitely give him something else when he gets home then, but yeah maybe something quite light would work if he has already had a biggish dinner at creche......got to be worth a try anyway:)

K has breakfast at 7am, snack at about 9.30/10am then lunch at between 12pm-1pm (depends when he wakes after his nap), then snack at about 3/3.30pm then dinner at 5pm then supper 6.20/6.30.

Glamazon

They do breakfast when I drop him off at 8.15am, snack at 10.30am, lunch at 11.30 and tea at 3.30pm. I pick him up at 5.15pm so get home about 5.45pm. He was having half a jar of food, it's been a bit trial and error with the whole change in routine so hopefully if I give him something light when we get in and then his bottle at 7.30am it should keep him going a bit longer.

Don't stick to creche routine on the weekend though - I am not eating meals that early! :cool:

JAM1376

Opinions please

Reading what your babies eat along with their bottles, I am sure C is not having enough as she won't have milk from me apart from morning, night and sometimes 3pm. Am secretly hoping having more milk may stop one or two of the many night wakings . She sometimes has a lot from me when she wakes in the night but often it's just comfort suckling.

I know cow's milk doesn't have enough iron in it but would people think I was just a bit silly or super silly to try and get her to drink some during the day?

She won't have formula and I've lost count of the amount I have thrown away. At least OH could use any undrunk moo milk in his coffee

She does love broccoli, will eat red meat and has lots of fruit and veg for her iron.

I know it's my decision but opinions would be welcome...

Thank you.

Hugs to all as usual (sorry for long post) xxx

PS I had kids at my wedding but would have loved Fitz' dad to entertain them during the vows and speeches cos kids always start creating at the wrong time IMHO (was my nephew screaming through my vows in my case :cool:). I wanted an entertainer but Ma and Pa said I was making a fuss and the one thing I said would happen did! xxx

jillie1974

Jam- i'd try it

a lot of what we are doing with Kian is trying something and if that doesnt work, trying something else. If you are happy to do it, it doesnt matter a jot what anyone else thinks.

Becles

I think feeding is just a matter of trial and error. Try loads of things and when you find something that works, stick with it

Eat festival was good. They had a street market with stalls selling food from all over the world. You bought a token for £2, and then went and picked a meal from one of the stalls. There were so many nice things on offer it was hard to pick something! I had Moroccan lamb meatballs and veggie cous cous which was gorgeous. Charlotte picked Polish smoked sausages with bread, pickled cabbage and onions.

There were loads of cup cake stalls and I said they could pick a cake each to bring home, but I was shocked to see they were around £1.25-£1.75 per cup cake! It was only a sponge cake with a swirl of butter icing and decorations on, then in a bag with a bit ribbon on. Had my business head on wondering what the profit margin is :rotfl:

Craig is happy as we found a bottle of Scotch Bonnet chilli sauce for him.

Krystaltips

<dances in> I just trounced Bruno at lexulous... :D:D That'll never happen again!! <dances out>

jillie1974

well done Krystal