MSE Parents Club Part 13

Sarah_Joanne

Somnium wrote: »

Well baby clinic was manic yesterday and ended up waiting so long to be seen had to dash back to the car and get another ticket! T now ways 14lb 11oz and is still on 50th centile so thats good, and talked to HV about starting to wean. She was all for us starting now T is 5 months. I did mention we wanted to do BLW and she was really pleased as they said not many people want to give it a go and could I let her know how I get on, so I thought that was really nice. We will mix in a few puree's to start too as her hand to mouth cordination is hit and miss atm, but she can have some of our carrots and broccoli to start playing with at dinner. Debating buying a BLW book just for some ideas, but am sure Internet is more MSE, but a book I could show to OH and more importantly MIL.

I would recommend http://www.babyledweaning.com/forum/ as it has pretty much all the info that's in the book! I have the book though if you would like to borrow it? If you decide to go for BLW, the thinking is that they don't need any food until they can get it in their mouths themselves, but obviously plenty of people do mix the two successfully. Personally having started doing it this way, it's sooo much fun, and I totally couldn't be bothered doing any mushy food just for A!

gill_81uk wrote: »

SJ - (or anyone else who knows) Did you find out what was the cause of Alfie's green poo? Thomas's was very green yesterday morning then he appeared to have diawoowoo all day. I think we changed about 8 dirty nappies! Had to change him twice overnight too which is unheard of! It gradually got more normal coloured all day, then when DH changed his nappy 1st thing it was very green again. He seems very well and happy in himself, even his teething isn;t bothering him too much. He had a bottle of expressed milk day before yesterday and I'm wondering if it was connected to that.

I think it was the hindmilk / foremilk thing that GISI mentioned with us. I did a few feeds of only one side, and made sure it was fully, fully drained. And it sorted itself out after a couple of days. Alfie always seemed fine in himself so I wasn't really worried, just curious as it was very strange!

Re naps in the day, Alfie sleeps in his carrycot bit of the pram, but will soon be a bit big for it I think so need to swap to his cot i think. I would imagine that once they've mastered day and night it's not that likely they will forget again.

Well we are setting off back home now but I'll poss be on later tonight x

3onitsway

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMBER - we hope you have a lovely (spoilt) day. xxx

got-it-spend-it

Happy Birthday Ambertronic!

I definitely saw 18-24 month sleep suits in Asda yesterday, although only in some styles.

redmel1621

gill_81uk wrote: »

SJ - (or anyone else who knows) Did you find out what was the cause of Alfie's green poo? Thomas's was very green yesterday morning then he appeared to have diawoowoo all day. I think we changed about 8 dirty nappies! Had to change him twice overnight too which is unheard of! It gradually got more normal coloured all day, then when DH changed his nappy 1st thing it was very green again. He seems very well and happy in himself, even his teething isn;t bothering him too much. He had a bottle of expressed milk day before yesterday and I'm wondering if it was connected to that.

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/baby/breastfeeding/greenstools/

hth x

CAFCGirl

any suggestions (following on from all the poop talk) to help babies pass their stools.

Landen has been really moany all morning and sounds like he's straining, going all pink in the face etc, and I know he needs to poo but it always seems to be so uncomfortable/painful for him.

HV suggested diluted apple juice but our local shop only has sweetened stuff and she said it needs to be pure...... ive tried him with some water but he just kept on crying and wouldnt take any.....

hes exhausted imself now from the crying and is asleep, but not sure how long thats gonna last....

Mazcabs

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMBER - Have a lovely day.:bdaycake:

Mazcabs

Glamazon wrote: »

I went last night and got 2 MEGA boxes of Pampers 5's for £6, went back this morning and they had all gone so picked up 3 boxes of Huggies 5's instead for £5.50! I am a Pampers snob but for the price I'll convert for a little bit!
The 5's are probably too big as he's only just gone into 4+ but we'll get use out of them eventually.

not had chance to catch up so hope everyone's OK.

Might shoot there tonight I think after LO's in bed !

ladybirdintheuk

CAFC girl - if you are BF then you easting grapes might help. Diluted OJ is meant to be good too. And tummy massages (always clockwise round his tummy button - you can use olive oil/sunflower oil if you want), and "bicycling" baby's legs. I also found that having some nappy off time seemed to help, so I got some disposable changing mats, took the nappy off to do the tummy massage and leg bicycling, then left her to kick for a bit

redmel1621

MFD - will you not put him in pyjamas? I always move to pj's by 6-9/9-12 mths, they last so much longer;)

Baby news
Managed to put T in her cot last night at 9pm and we managed to watch nearly a whole film together....on our own, she just woke near the end for a feed and then went straight back to sleep:)

xx

CAFCGirl

Thanks hun

He's formula fed. I tried cycling his legs, it didnt seem to do much apart from push out some rather juicy farts LOL

When he wakes up I might try him with some nappy off time, with any luck he'll poo in his sleep

How dilute should the oj be?