MSE Parents Club Part 13

redmel1621

Hey, hope everyone is well:)

Thank you for all your lovely comments about my beautiful children.

Susan, have you done a test yet to confirm pregnancy, have I missed it?

Been to Asda this morning, we went at 8am and it was great, really empty;) T has her jabs tomorrow along with her 8wk check.....I hate them, just as she is becoming slightly more content and smiley, along come the jabs to make her grumpy again!! She is still only waking once in the night now, I am still tired but obviously not as bad as I was.

Sorry to hear about the jobs MFD and BM I will keep my fingers crossed for you both.

3 - I hope V responds well to the bed:)

xx

brednall

My daughter is about 6 and a half months and I am beginning to wonder if her feeding routine is right or wrong (as the advice I get from my local clinic is not exactly useful!)

SHe has breakfast at about 8-8.30 or 5 tsps of usually Heinz cereal mixed with water followed by 5oz of follow on formula

Lunch is a 7oz formula followed about an hour later by some fruit puree (currently one of the Organiz pots)

Tea is half a jar of baby food (up to now she's eaten whatever we've given her) or 5 tsps of Heinz dinners mixed with water followed by 5oz of formula

Last bottle is 7oz formula about 9pm then she usually sleeps through.

Unfortunately, she has chicken pox at the moment and we've had a few disturbed nights. This morning I had to give her 5oz at about 5am but then she didn't drink all her breakfast milk.

I am wondering whether to increase her 'solid' intake and give her a full jar at tea time then reduce her milk.

Also, we have wondered about the flavoured waters - would these be better with her meals rather than milk?

Thanks in advance

Emma & Jessica

SusanC_2

redmel1621 wrote: »

Susan, have you done a test yet to confirm pregnancy, have I missed it?

No I haven't (and am not planning to). Based on my longest recorded luteal phase, I reckon I'll be sure by Thursday. (Based on symptoms I'm currently about 90% sure I must be.)

kindofagilr

Cafc i just had a look and there is just a time knob and another knob which has what I can only describe as a half sun and a sun?

cazscoob

Susan did you test yet??

For everyone with kids going to school have a look in asda as they were reducing the schoolwear tonight and i got a few more bits and pieces half price Abi cannot wait and is in the bath already!!

Its been a busy day here have named all the school items, sorted out bags and play pieces. Had app to get my depo and was writing the next app on the calender when the kids asked what it meant. I explained that it was to stop me falling pregnant and having a baby to which they all groaned and told me how much they would like a baby brother! i had to pick myself up from the floor in shock lol!

MFD and BM sorry to hear about the jobs

salesshopper

redmel1621 wrote: »

Hey, hope everyone is well:)

Thank you for all your lovely comments about my beautiful children.

Susan, have you done a test yet to confirm pregnancy, have I missed it?

Been to Asda this morning, we went at 8am and it was great, really empty;) T has her jabs tomorrow along with her 8wk check.....I hate them, just as she is becoming slightly more content and smiley, along come the jabs to make her grumpy again!! She is still only waking once in the night now, I am still tired but obviously not as bad as I was.

Sorry to hear about the jobs MFD and BM I will keep my fingers crossed for you both.

3 - I hope V responds well to the bed:)

xx

Litte A has her jabs tomorrow and i have my check up - not looking forward to either.

Halfway through packing why did i think going on holiday was a good idea i need to go back and take stuff out E has too many clothes but u never know what the glorious english weather is goin 2 do

SusanC_2

brednall wrote: »

My daughter is about 6 and a half months and I am beginning to wonder if her feeding routine is right or wrong (as the advice I get from my local clinic is not exactly useful!)

SHe has breakfast at about 8-8.30 or 5 tsps of usually Heinz cereal mixed with water followed by 5oz of follow on formula

Lunch is a 7oz formula followed about an hour later by some fruit puree (currently one of the Organiz pots)

Tea is half a jar of baby food (up to now she's eaten whatever we've given her) or 5 tsps of Heinz dinners mixed with water followed by 5oz of formula

Last bottle is 7oz formula about 9pm then she usually sleeps through.

Unfortunately, she has chicken pox at the moment and we've had a few disturbed nights. This morning I had to give her 5oz at about 5am but then she didn't drink all her breakfast milk.

I am wondering whether to increase her 'solid' intake and give her a full jar at tea time then reduce her milk.

Also, we have wondered about the flavoured waters - would these be better with her meals rather than milk?

Thanks in advance

Emma & Jessica

Up to twelve months, the main source of nutrition is milk. My NHS birth to five book suggested introducing milk puddings at around nine months in order to reduce milk intake (which effectively is just changing the mode of milk intake really) but at six and a half months any solids should definitely be in addition to milk rather than in place of milk unless you have been advised to do otherwise for medical reasons. I think formula fed babies may need water when they start solids but someone else will know better than me as I didn't formula feed.

SugarSpun

THAT OTHER BABY HAS CAUGHT UP TO BENJAMIN!!!! I insist that anyone who hasn't voted do so, there is no way this travesty can be allowed to stand.

Incidentally, I don't want to speak ill of babies, but I can't believe they think some of those babies are cuter than Molly - and they have two of the same baby, which I think is unfair.

Krystaltips

Brednall, I would say it's better to offer water in a cup rather than juice... But don't be surprised if she doesn't drink much just yet...

Sugar, you should send them a strongly worded email!

3onitsway

lauhen wrote: »

Don't normally post on here, but regarding toddler beds, ds is tall for age, he is 3 but the size of 5-6 year old, we didn't see the point of a toddler bed, but he wasn't quite ready for a full size bed, we found a bed in ikea that is expandable (is that the right word) well anyway it can be a toddler bed but can be converted into a full bed. It is a good bed and sturdy. I thought this might help.

:wave: Lauhen. Thanks for that.
I looked at the Ikea expandable(?) bed this morning before I ordered ours. The only reason I didn't get it was that the colour was wrong for our bedroom.
:o V is still in our bedroom atm, until we decide she's ready to go in with her big sis - so needed a bed as small as possible to fit in our already cramped bedroom. The plan is when she goes in with L is for normal bunk beds, or a loft bed for L with the little bed under.

redmel1621 wrote: »

3 - I hope V responds well to the bed:)

I'm hoping so, but doubting it. She doesn't like being still and i'm thinking the only reason she's been such a good night sleeper is because she was trapped in the cot and bored herself to sleep. :rotfl: She's hardly sleeping in the day at all now, because she can't stay still long enough too. The only time she sleeps during the day is strapped in the pram and out walking or in the car.

Buttonmoons wrote: »

Oh think I did it right :rotfl:

You did - thanks.