February 09 mamas-a new home here? - Page 12

[Everrgreen]

When Royce gets a cup of water he spills it everywhere - and if I try and hold it, he will want to take it from me

Still no crawling or scooting. All he does is sit, he doesn't want to be on his tummy. But he will reach way far out for things and sometimes will fall onto his tummy (but then gets upset). When he is sitting he will spin around, and he also can make some forward movement while reaching he inches forward little bits at a time. Also in bed, when lying on his back he slowly moves up because of kicking, but again, it's all unintentional movement.

He's still a horrible sleeper and some nights I think I may lose my mind. He usually goes to sleep easily, but then wakes up after only half an hour and won't go back to sleep. And once we join him, he's still up every couple of hours. It is so frustrating, and I find I get really resentful when I read about babies who are good sleepers. So don't tell me about yours I don't want to hear it

How often does everyone offer solids?? I find I'm pretty lazy about it. I try and offer something once a day. He is 7 months now. I guess I should probably start offering at each meal? What do you do??

[monkaha]

I've been using the dome bottle lids as cups (you know, the part that goes over the whole nipple, like to carry it in a diaper bag or put it in the fridge?). Anthony likes drinking the breastmilk that I offer that way. Some of it runs down his chin, but he actually swallows most of it, I think.

[starling&diesel]

Originally Posted by Gillian28

How often does everyone offer solids?? I find I'm pretty lazy about it. I try and offer something once a day. He is 7 months now. I guess I should probably start offering at each meal? What do you do??

We offer solids at every meal. Our food day looks like this ... breakfast of applesauce or blueberries and rice cereal, lunch of yam fingers and yogurt, dinner of chunks of whatever we're having and a cube of greens (that we puree and freeze). She gets rice puffs to play with after breaky. She loves eating, and it's been a way to boost her weight, which has always been low due to my chronic low milk supply. That's why we're not doing BLW. I'm happy that she's a jolly eater ... finally a way to beef her up a bit!

[Past_VNE]

We have a little stainless cup that Aurora uses with some assistance. She also gleefully, though with spills, will drink from anything possible. We've never tried a sippy cup and just tried a bottle on Thursday, because yesterday she had tongue tie surgery and they suggested that she might balk at nursing afterwards, so I thought I would show her a bottle and see what happened. She thought it was great fun, chewing on the nipple, shaking it, beating it on the floor. But, as a "bottle?" HA!

She only balked a little at nursing and is nursing so much better!! We didn't really realize she wasn't nursing well, since she was gaining, I had no pain, etc. But, she was definitely tied on her tongue AND upper lip, so we had them done to avoid the dental/speech/social problems she would end up with later from it. The significantly better nursing was an added surprise!

[mckittre]

I think for Katmai it must be something about the glass. I have a stainless steel cup, and other more appropriate ones, but he's not interested unless it's the glass canning jar (though the steel cup is fun to bang on the floor).

We aren't too formal about meals around here, except we do usually eat dinners as a family. So I'll give him a few pieces of what I'm having at dinner (sitting in a crate on the table, or on the floor), and at other times if he seems interested. The days of the crate are limited though, since he's getting too good at pulling himself to standing in it, and I don't want him to topple out.
He often gets things like toast/bread, broccoli, potato, and salmon, and is improving at swallowing bits. He hardly ever gags, but does let things fall out of his mouth a lot. He gets greens and peas and carrots and such too, but can't swallow anything from them, so just sucks whatever dressing or sauce I've put on. I can't say I've noticed much in the way of food preferences/dislikes except for that he seems to really enjoy broccoli. I wonder if the pickiness comes later?

[mamamillet]

We have been offering just at dinner though we may do more often soon. Solids have definitely changed the poop around here. And sometimes if she skips more than a day she sleeps really poorly. Also, I have noticed that much of what she actually consumes (instead of just tasting and playing with) comes out looking the same as it went in? Is that pretty typical. My ds is 9yo and everything from that first year is a blur . DD was born with gastroschisis and her poops have never been the typical BF poop that I remember with ds so I know her gut works a little differently.
SHe is about to crawl up on all fours! She has been doing the army crawl for weeks and is really fast! She sits OK, but not for long cause she wants to be on the move! Her stranger anxiety has greatly improved and I am looking for some very very part-time work (about 10 hours a week)--she will be able to stay with family members. I love checking here for updates.

[Vegan Princess]

DD *finally* rolled back to tummy yesterday while I had my back turned. She caught a stomach bug at play group and has been pooping every diaper change for 8 or 9 days now! Last sunday was really bad - 12 poops...I thought she'd be back to normal by now. It's not a lot each time usually but it's pretty annoying and her poor behind is not happy with all the wiping.

DD has had a stuffy nose the past 3 nights but I can't get anything out...but she's been sleeping awfully..and sounds fine during the day when she's upright. PLus it's been unseasonally hot. I'm pooped! Had to cosleep the past couple nights and for us that means my boob stays in her mouth the entire time or she gets mad so I can't move and I get really uncomfortable. I love having her near but I don't know how people sleep like that every night all night!

I'm lazy about solids. 1x/day here still. Lately DD has been sticking her tongue out a lot (teething?)...it's getting in the way of feeding her now. I tried some finger foods and she never knows what to do with them. Maybe she's not that into food yet.

Cindy

[AKislandgirl]

I feel like we are going through some major transitions right now. Fi is working really hard to get on her hands and knees and wants to practice ALL THE TIME! Like in the middle of the night, when going down for a nap, its non stop. She's tired but won't sleep like she used to. Add in getting used to other kids being in the house and a noiser house because of it with the daycare kids here. Its hard. This weekend we've been doing long walks for naps because she loves her stroller. Yesterday was in the pouring rain (we have a great rain fly!) but I was desperate for her to get some sleep. Today is a gorgeous sunny day so that was better for me!

We've been doing BLW which was going pretty well. She'd gag a bit now and then but handled most things ok. And yes, it does come out looking much the same as it went in! But the other day she started choking on some mango and totally freaked DH and I out. She did cough it out but we were so scared. I haven't given her any food for days because of it. I know I need to try again though. Until then we have just been offering food at dinner. It is really nice to sit down as a family.

She loves water from a cup. I just keep her bib on because a lot does come back out but I like her to practice with a "real" cup instead of a sippy cup. She thinks a cup of water is the greatest thing ever! I think she's getting better at swallowing it too. I need to track down a smaller cup for her.

I'm hoping that we can get into a groove with the other kids and naps. Fall is upon us which means its going to start getting really dark and rainy around here. We usually start getting snow by halloween. I'd love for her to nap outside of the stroller walk!

[Mal85]

Owyn has started drinking some water from a sippy. I got some that don't have a leak guard on them, just cheap ones from Wal-Mart. She loves it! She drinks from it really well if I put it to her mouth, but usually just plays with it when she's holding it. Although this weekend, she got it to her mouth and was drinking from it a couple of times. She doesn't even dribble much, she actually drinks the water.

We took her for a weekend trip to the lake for the first time this weekend. I was nervous, she's only stayed away from home once when we went camping for one night. But she did awesome! The first night, she fell asleep on her own and slept in a room full of people until we went to bed at around midnight. She even let me put her down and was sleeping the bed. I was able to socialize and everything, it was great! I got a compliment from our friend that is most afraid of babies. He said she is the coolest baby ever. She was so laid back all weekend and just enjoyed whatever we were doing.

[newmothermary]

I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I am pushing Miles (a little) to crawl. He is 6 mos. old. Are there other 6 mos old los that are not crawling yet but is trying to figure it out?

[Vegan Princess]

Mine isn't crawling and she's 7 mos. She scoots backwards a little but not a ton. She finally lifted her belly off the floor today while on her tummy..so almost into the crawl position. I'm in no hurry for her to be mobile though!

Cindy

[mckittre]

6.5 months and not crawling. Gets on hands and knees and rocks, scoots backwards, and goes in circles, but not crawling yet. I don't think most babies can crawl by 6 months? I'm sure some do, but I think average is later.

[starling&diesel]

7 months old here and no crawling. She's happy where she is! Lots of scooting and spinning and inching, but no crawling. There's lots of time for that!

[Nillarilla]

AKislandgirl, I hear you on the choking. Delia choked on a carrot and I had to tip her over and do the between the shoulder blades thumping. Scared the wits out of me and her poor girl. I've just decided no more carrots since that's the only thing she's had trouble with.
No crawling here yet either and although I'm not really ready for her to be mobile I am ready for her to be able to go after people. She shrieks now when anybody leaves her including her 3yr old bro who can't pick her up.
Gillian we're having sleep issues here to. Although she doesn't wake after 30min initially unless she's teething. But she is up every couple of hours and sometimes she doesn't want to nurse she just wants to fuss. We sidecar cosleep and I have white noise going and she sleeps in a woombie. She has a great routine and goes down for naps easily and goes down at night fairly easily she just won't sleep for longer stretches. I don't really know what to do. Dr. Sears says if "you resent it, change it" but I don't know how. I've tried changing my expectations and if it was just her waking me I might be able to handle it but my dh comes in at a different time and wakes me and my ds wanders in to sleep in his tent beside the bed and wakes me. Some nights the dog wants out or is restless. I just can't ever seem to catch a break. If she's sleeping someone else is waking me. Ugh sorry that was a long rant.

[mckittre]

Choking sounds scary! We've been lucky so far - Katmai's dealt with everything we give him fine (a bit of coughing and some falling back out of his mouth occasionally). He's really loving eating and goes to town on whatever we give him (all self feeding). His poops have definitely changed because of it, though.
I gave him yogurt for the first time tonight. I offered him the spoon, and he immediately grabbed it, stuffed it in his mouth, sucked the yogurt off, and got mad because the spoon was empty! I had to keep two spoons going in rapid succession, handing him my full one for his empty one as soon as the yogurt was gone. Very messy, but he loved it!

It's all hands and knees all the time here as well AKislandgirl. He gets up on his hands and knees and rocks and rocks and gets annoyed he's still going backwards. I can't wait for him to figure it out so he doesn't get frustrated by it anymore. Though maybe I can wait - my floor is nowhere near free of baby-grabbable objects yet.

[Mal85]

Oh man, last night I felt like I had a newborn again and realized I do not miss that. Owyn is normally a very good sleeper, but last night a monster came out that I haven't seen since she was 3 weeks old. She cried and cried and cried for over 2 hours straight. She cried so hard she threw up all over me and herself. I could not figure out what was wrong with her. She was soooo sleepy and rubbing her eyes and digging into my shoulder, but could not stay asleep. I checked for teeth, but nothing was swollen.

She finally calmed down enough to nurse, slept for an hour and was at it again for another half hour. That's when I finally gave her some Tylenol and was able to nurse her again and she slept for 5 hours. She didn't have a fever, so something must have been hurting.

Anway, had a job interview on Thursday for that job I was talking about earlier. I'm supposed to hear from them next week. Keeping my fingers crossed.

And my best friend found today that she's pregnant!! I was so excited, I squealed and jumped and scared the crap out of Owyn. I can't wait for her little one to get here!

[Vegan Princess]

I feel for you Mal. DD had her first stuffy nose and it's been hot here so we had a bad few days of sleep too! Last night was our first great night in a long time! I hope Owyn is feeling better today.

Makenna had her 7 mo checkup yesterday (she goes in extra since we're spreading out the vaccines). 25.5 inches and 16.1 lbs. She's getting so round these days! :-)

Cindy

[starling&diesel]

Last night was a full moon (I think ...). Esmé had her first rough night since she was a newborn too. She's got a cold, and couldn't settle lying down, so she and I spent the night sitting up in the La-Z-Boy. Yeesh. We are a couple of tired chicklets today. Here's hoping tonight is better for all of us!

[Vegan Princess]

Starling: We put a few books under the crib mattress to keep DD elevated. I know you cosleep though so I'm not sure what you could do to prop her in your bed. We also ran a humidifier and I think it helped a bit. I hope Esme feels better soon.

Cindy

[monkaha]

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