MSE Newborn to 1 year (& beyond!) baby club 3

lazywife

Try not to worry about weaning cd, it'll take as long as it takes. You can start earlier, people always used to, but I personally think that by 8.5 months they'll be eating similar amounts whether started at 4 months or 6 months. I think they eat what they do because they're big enough and are capable of eating a certain amount rather than still learning what to do with food. At that age your child minder would be expecting to do a bit with bottles and food. (either spoon feeding, introducing lumps, or BLW... by then LO will eat whatever they're having).
L.xxx

BeNiceToMySelf

Congratulations MrsH on first steps, you must be such a proud mummy!

I was lying in bed wondering how you ever stop expressing how much you love your child - is it when they become surly teenagers and push you away? Lol. I'm gonna be the embarrassing mum for sure.

thanks for the back up on there being no link between sleeping and weaning. OH accuses me of sticking to books too much but he listens to myths too much!

Bangton

Congrats on first steps mrsh!!! So exciting! My son has slept through 3 times this week and by slept through he's done 6.30pm - 5am straight (which is fine by me) .. Please please please let sleep regression be over! ! Tbh it has coincided with introducing a second 'meal' (by meal he only has 1-2 teaspoons at lunch and same at tea time) so perhaps solids are helping. Then again my lo does wake with genuine hunger in night often taking 8-11oz in between kicking off because he's shattered (I seem to have cracked this. Initially I thought he was attention seeking but this has gone on so long I've released he's so hungry and tired he doesn't know what to do so he's goes mad and has to be soothed into having his milk.. putting his down with no milk results in fury because he's hungry ). I'm not trying to go against the thread and I'll watch this space but it's a coincidence that sleep has slowly got better with the introduction of solid food (he's been having porridge late afternoon as my blender broke so it is quite filling food) have a new blender so he'll be onto veg purees and we'll see how sleep is then. .. I was sure it wasn't helping as we had a bad night before last but now I just don't know! It's too early days to say

continualdiamond

Thanks Lazywife re the weaning.

MrsH congrats on the 1st steps, how I managed to miss reading that I don't know. How exciting though, you must be sooo proud.

Well I had fantastic post today (doesn't happen often, hahaha). Got a letter from my work saying my request to work 3 days a week was discussed at the governors meeting and it has been approved :D:D. I have to contact my teaching assistant manager to work out what days I will work. So still up in the air about the Friday business but hopefully it shouldn't be an issue. Will be contacting her on Monday as soon as school opens, hahaha.

Hope everyone has a great weekend for the rest of it.

Bangton

Great news cd!!!! just a quick weaning question. Has anyone on here chose not to introduce meat to their lo's diets? (For those who have or are weaning). I've been a veggie since childhood and have no idea how to prepare and cook meat or fish. I'm not adverse to my son having meat when the time comes but we don't eat it in our house and frankly the easiest option would be to keep him to a veggie diet. My OH is not a veggie but he never prepares it. He'll either have cooked meat in sandwiches or eat meat while out for meals but he really isn't fussed for meat himself. I'm just interested to hear others views on it as I'm not sure what to do. Oh and I'm veggie because I've always disliked meat and the idea of eating it not because of ethics particularly

amus

Bangton wrote: »

Great news cd!!!! just a quick weaning question. Has anyone on here chose not to introduce meat to their lo's diets? (For those who have or are weaning). I've been a veggie since childhood and have no idea how to prepare and cook meat or fish. I'm not adverse to my son having meat when the time comes but we don't eat it in our house and frankly the easiest option would be to keep him to a veggie diet. My OH is not a veggie but he never prepares it. He'll either have cooked meat in sandwiches or eat meat while out for meals but he really isn't fussed for meat himself. I'm just interested to hear others views on it as I'm not sure what to do. Oh and I'm veggie because I've always disliked meat and the idea of eating it not because of ethics particularly

We're not veggie but all the pur!es I made (made in batches using Annabel Karmel recipes) were made seperately to what we were having so it made no difference what we were eating, as I bought things in specifically for making the pur!es if that makes sense. So would just buy a single chicken breast from the butchers and make a batch of sweet potato and chicken. To be honest though from what I remember a lot of the recipes for pur!es are veggie so I don't think you would struggle.

minimuffin12

Hi bangton, we are weaning here, ds is 8 mths and hasnt had much meat but does love fish. I would highly recommend the annabel karmel books for trad weaning ie purees then moving on. Ds loves her poached salmon receipes, so easy no chopping or prepping of the fish. He has also had chicken which blends down v..well. she has fab veggie receipes, ds had the broccoli, cauliflower and cheese sauce one for tea and loved it and he loves lentils too.

cd, well done on your 3days being approved. We are in the same position, ds is starting nursery soon and I have started to give him thicker food so they will hopefully help with the transition to eating more things that are mashed etc. We have only just dropped one bottle and on 4 a day now. We are doing the same as sparkles, he mostly gets homemade dinners pureed or jars or pouches if out and about.

Cake4brains

Hi everyone, haven't been on in ages so Hi to any new mummy's


I would like people's opinions if that's ok. We have been invited to a relatives wedding (not til August) that is at a large hotel about 15 miles away. Most of the family are staying overnight at the hotel but I'm concerned about how this will work with the girls .


The wedding party will be going on until the wee hours but the girls go to bed around 8pm on a normal night. I have checked with the hotel but they don't have a listening in service . My OH said we should take the girls to bed as normal and just keep popping back to check on them throughout the night. I'm not comfortable with that . Someone else suggested leaving OH's mobile phone in the room after calling my phone so we could use it as a kind of monitor


How would you all deal with it?


Sorry for only ever popping on here with questions, I just never get time to keep up with this thread!

BeNiceToMySelf

Bangton wrote: »

I'm not trying to go against the thread and I'll watch this space but it's a coincidence that sleep has slowly got better with the introduction of solid food

Ooooh no OH might be right after all LOL. It could just be coincidence as LO's are getting older and better at sleeping or as you say he's waking up hungry.

Cake I wouldn't feel comfortable leaving my child alone in a hotel room. I wouldn't leave them alone at home asleep so I see no difference in leaving them in a hotel asleep. Could you and OH alternate who stays with them?

katiechoc_2

I'm fairly sure nutella doesn't eat meat?

Cake must admit I wouldn't be happy with leaving them in a hotel room either. Is there anyone not going to the wedding you could rope in to sitting with them in the room? How old are your girls now? If no one you could get to sit with them then I think for a one off I'd keep them at the party til they're worn out then take it in turns with OH to sit with them? (Or in my case I'd just go to bed too as I'm a lightweight!). G loves a party, has done since he was old enough to enjoy it, and when he was teeny he'd just snooze through it in the pram. I think you might be surprised at how big a pair of party animals you've got on your hands!