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« Reply #600 on: November 04, 2005, 03:29:37 am »
Traci, here's Danielle's eating.  She only on 2 solid meals a day at the moment - lunch and dinner.

7am BF
11am BF
12-12.30pm lunch
3pm BF
5-5.30pm dinner
7pm BF

I have noticed that the bedtime BF she's not as interested in as she was.  I guess I could move dinner up, but we're often out of the house so I feed her the same time that Nathan has his dinner.  In fact I'm really struggling to get her too interested in milk during the day because of the distractions!  :roll:  Got out my nursing necklace to try and entertain her with, with some success.

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« Reply #601 on: November 04, 2005, 03:43:57 am »
Traci, this is what we do..
6/6.30am BF
7/7.30am breakfast
10/10.30am bottle(6-7oz)
11/11.30am lunch
2/2.30pm bottle (6-7 oz)
5pm dinner
6/6.30pm BF
I notice this is also what you and Nikki do.
Oooo Nikki, what is a breast feeding necklace?? I am very lucky with the 2 feeds I do. In the morning, he is ravenous and cannot be distracted. In the evenings, he is half asleep and I feed in a dim room to get him ready for bed.
Hayley, are you still in Auckland? If you have got time, you should give us a ring and we should try and catch up. I should have organised this before you left! :oops: I have just PM'ed you my number.
Well, Sam is taking a catnap now  :shock: . The first one in a week!
Must dash and get some chores done.
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« Reply #602 on: November 04, 2005, 03:45:25 am »
Nikki-so glad...just checking

Traci- our feeding sched. is:
7 bottle
7:30 solids
11:00 bottle(doesn't really take this one...sometimes I don't even offer)
11:30 solids
3:00 bottle
4:00 solids(sometimes later)
6:30 bottle(doesn't really take this one either!!!)

9:30 df

Thanks for the suggestion Bec, I think I will try that....make sure the last solid meal is earlier that is...what are the teething things you mentioned? DH had to go fishing for another biter biscuit in dd's throat last night.  I don't know who was more traumatised him or her!!  We need a better alternative!

BTW, the cat (nap) came back, the very next day...the cat (nap) came back..they thought it was a goner but the cat (nap) came back....
Hopefully you know that song and don't think I am totally insane...
Yes, after saying we were done with the cat nap..it came back, today!! sigh
Too bad you couldn't chat Traci but yeah you do have to keep up the relationship with dh...btw did you do a preg test?????  I totally forgot to ask.
This is really dangerous, I am on dh's laptop and it is like a dream to type on...I could REALLY start writing some long posts now :)
Talk to you all tomorrow.

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« Reply #603 on: November 04, 2005, 03:50:56 am »
Nikki - what is a nursing necklace??  I think I need one!

Things are going "OK" at our place.  Ear infection seems to be on the mend (??)  We were only up once last night (for an hour and a half  :roll: )  Fraser has a nasty hacking cough but it dosen't seem to be bothering him too much.  Hope all the other sickly LO's are on the mend and giving their mums and dads some peace and sleep (mmm... sleep)

But I do have a question - is anyone else experiencing a super clingy phase?  Fraser is on the go, commando crawling around the house - so he sees something he wants, commando's across to it and then lies there and cries at it.  We then go to him, move him, pick him up, cuddle him, play with him, whatever he needs.  He then sees something he wants, commando's across to it and then lies there and cries at it.  Repeat ad nauseum.  Heaven forbid if we put him down between the hours of say midday and bedtime (7pm!!)

Yesterday MIL was over and took Fraser for a walk to the park etc.  He was quite happy.  She got him home and DH said - oh, pity he's in a mood, otherwise you would be able to see him "crawl".  MIL says "oh, he's fine, he's not in a mood".  DH says "not while you're holding him, he will be if you put him down".  MIL says "no, he's fine see", proceeds to place him on the ground and Fraser proceeds to scream at the top of his lungs  :P  :P   Told you so!  :wink:

What do you think this is - the beginnings of seperation anxiety?  Do you think we are not stimulating him enough during the day (I think DH's idea of entertaining him is "you lie here and watch while Daddy plays Playstation"  :roll:  :roll: )

Richelle - was it you asking about working F/T and getting stuff done?  I work F/T and DH is a full time uni student.  At the moment he's on uni break (until March 06 YAY!!).  On the days he's at uni I work from home (kind of - I end up doing most of it at nights and on the weekends when he's there to entertain F).  The house is an absolute bomb - DH doesn't quite get the "you do the cleaning/cooking duties etc"   :? but I was trying to manage it all and (as you all know) it all got on top of me a bit so I have just had to pull back and let it go (kind of  :D )  So I guess you would say life is a complete shambles but I'm working to pay the mortgage.  Life will be different when DH is finished at uni and finally back working again (2 more years, halfway there!!)  Until then, at least I have the satisfaction of knowing the DS and DH are spending some lovely time together (playing Playstation  :wink: )
 
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« Reply #604 on: November 04, 2005, 03:55:53 am »
OK - just posted at the same time as Karen and Hannah....

Hannah - I don't know that song - think you ARE mad  :P  :P  :lol:

Traci - what did I miss - are you pg??  :shock:  :shock: Brave lady!

Bye for now!

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« Reply #605 on: November 04, 2005, 04:12:40 am »
Jo, I hear ya about DH's and thinking themselves watching telly is entertaining the baby!!  My dh knows a bit better now to do that too much.  :wink:  OK, so I watch Home and Away at 5.30pm and think that's entertaining D, but I'm allowed to LOL.

I heard about nursing necklaces on this site (must be a US thing cause I'd never heard of them before).  It's just a long bead necklace that you wear and keeps baby entertained.  I got my mum to make one from fun bright beads with Danielle's name on it that she can have to play with when she's older (it's made with fishing line so it won't break).  There are people who sell them on the internet and some look like a fashion item rather than a kids item - but I don't wear necklaces usually.

Oops, better go and cook Nathan some dinner.

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« Reply #606 on: November 04, 2005, 05:25:46 am »
Hello to everyone. 
Traci-I don't think you are going to mess up anything by giving some cuddles and letting your LO sleep while holding, as long as you don't do it consistanly.  Ben is eating solids 2x a day, 11:30 and 5:30.
Hannah-It took me a long time and a lot of convincing from DH to drop the dream feed.  I am such a sleeper and was very nervous that if I dropped it, Ben would wake really early.  I moved the DF to 9:30.  His last awake feed was at 7.  It took a little while to get him to sleep to 6:30 ish but it happened.  For a few days he woke at 5 and sometimes I would give him a little snack and other times I would put the paci in with some pats and he was back to sleep.  I was doing it so I could go to bed earlier and now I am on the computer reading all this good info and posting!
Jessica-2x a day prunes, water in a sippie and some prune juice worked for us.  Ben never had hard pellet poops he just went from pooping a few times a day to not going for 4 days.  Not sure if you have pellet poop or not.
Karen-I am so impressed with your stamina and emotional capacity to get back to work.  I wish I could be in your shoes on days I am sniffling on the way to work.  Ben is staying up for around 2 1/2 hrs in am,2 1/2 before afternoon nap and 3 1/2 before bed time.  He is refusing to have a cat nap and is just exhausted by the time we put him down.  We are slowly trying to get him into bed earlier then 7.  I am worried if I go too much earlier that he will wake at 5 ready to start the day.
Not sure who asked about the soother... I changed sizes at 5 months and he doesn't seem to mind the size he is using now.  I keep buying more and lose them all of the time.  So glad to hear that others are using the paci I thought I was alone and was going to have to deal with the weaning of it by myself.  PHEW!  Someone said that they knew when it was time to get rid of it when their LO started trying to put the paci in their mom's mouth.
Micky-thinking of you and hoping the shingles don't spread.  You are not a bad wife, I wish my DH away when he is misbehaving and he doesn't have shingles!
About the crying when left alone to play.  Ben doesn't have any problems in the morning or early afternoon but when it comes to the evening he is a cranky pants.  If I am in the kitchen I pull out the tupperware drawer and that seems to keep him occupied for a bit.
I am having lots of problems with Ben popping off the boob and getting easily distracted when eating.  The BF necklace sounds neat!  I have tried letting him play for 10 minutes then putting him back on and that seems to work.
WHO is pregnant?!?!
Good long naps to everyone.
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« Reply #607 on: November 04, 2005, 05:31:18 am »
One other thing.  I am a super wimp about being assertive.  I know that it is my baby and I need to take a stand but I don't want to hurt my babysitters feelings because she is always put down at home.  I know not my problem.  Anyways she is great with Ben and he loves her but she doesn't always follow my directions.  For example, last night she fed him his last bottle then took him for a walk and he fell asleep in the stroller.  She has babysat many times and put him to bed properly.  SHould I just let it go?  Does anyone have this problem?  I don't want to seem like a fussy pants, even though I am. :?
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« Reply #608 on: November 04, 2005, 05:47:31 am »
Jo, don't envy you working fulltime and with a sick child to boot! Yes, we have noticed the clingyness as well. We have a similar thing here except maybe not as bad. Sam does not actually mind us not picking him up but have to be within eyeshot and chatting to him. No good if in the same room and on the phone. "We" (I) made the no TV rule when Sam was born and we have stuck to it. It is very tempting though.
Macaire, I am not as brave as you think. Still having a wee cry on the way to work but am loving the mental challenge. I do feel guilty that I actually enjoy work though. As for control freak, I am certainly one! Having said that, I hate conflict and seeing that she loves Ben and he loves her, I would let it slide just this once and maybe say something if it happens again JMO
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« Reply #609 on: November 04, 2005, 13:16:35 pm »
Ok, 1st of all, what did I miss  - Traci are you PG?  I don't think you can undo all the hard work you have done and some extra cuddles are always nice for you too, well not in the middle of the night...but you know what I mean!

Karen, I am glad you ahd a great week back to work and know how hard it is.  When I first went back i too felt bad that i was glad to be in 'grown up' land but you shouldn;t feel guilty, you should feel proud!

Andrea - you girls are my mommies group and I have been crying many times whilst posting.  It IS SO difficult these days to be a woman much less a mother, whether or not you are working or staying at home.  As women we demand so much from ourselves but yet don;t seem to hold other people to this standard.  Sorry if that is a bit of a blanket statement, but that is how I am seeing things lately.

On that note, at work they are still giving me a really hard time about resigning.  I am getting all sorts of comments, one in particular; 'you will be wasting your talents JUST staying at home! :shock:   That one was the last straw for me - I could not believe how insensitive that was to say, how could I waste anything on Sophie?  But of course the guilt ect... about staying at home and not 'earning' is such a stigma in the circles I am in....enough of that, I am of course crying again!  Must get over myself jeez!

Micky - YOUCH on the shingles and you are not a bad wife.  This weekend my husband was on the balcony smoking (UGHHHH) and i pictured him falling over the side :shock:  :oops:  - now who's a bad wife!  Also what meat do you feed Jack and how do you prepare it or do you buy it?  We are meat eaters here as well, what I meant was, I wouldn't eat that jarred meat :?  so, I don't want to feed it to Sophie...

Macaire- I have a written and signed contract with my nanny about how she is to care for Sophie, so IMO I would put my foot down.  I also find that people are alot more understanding than you would expect when it comes to your needs and wants regarding your LO.

Hannah - LOL, honestly.  I know the song and had a very good chuckle!!

Was it Erin asking about A time?  Sophie is 2.5 to 3 hours.

Jo - I hear you on the struggling with the F/T work and Sophie and the house.  I could honestly go on and on, this also having to do with picturing DH fall off the balcony :shock:  :oops: !  My nanny who is an angel did all the ironing this week, I almost kissed her!!  I am so sorry to lose her oh well.  Glad to hear Fraser is on the mend.  Sophie also is starting to be a bit clingy and she sometimes cries of she can't see me or I walk out of the room.  I hated but I had a litlle giggle at Fraser crying at everything!  Maybe he is dissappointed once he gets there, sort of a let down you know??  Sorry for laughing but picturing it in my head struck me as funny! 

OMG This is the longest post ever and I am still going to put Sophies Routine!

7AM - 2TBS Cereal/ 2OZ Fruit + 6OZ Formula
9AM to 10:15 Sleep (she usually needs to be woken up)
11AM - 4oz Veg & Starch + 6OZ Formula
1PM to 2:15 Sleep (woken up again)
3PM - 6OZ Formula
4:30 to 5:15 Catnap (sometimes only settles long enough to sleep 10 mintues, but wake always at 5:15 no matter what)
5:15 - 2OZ veg/starch / 2oz Fruit + 2OZ Water
7PM - 6OZ Formula + Bed!!

And she sleeps through and we have had to wake her at 630 the last week, I am going to try and let her sleep and refigure her whole day maybe next week.  As you can see, we have a schedule, sort of against BW and this shedule is pretty much set in stone around here but I know I will soften ect... once I am home F/T with Sophie!

OMG - enough already - sorry for the long post!
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« Reply #610 on: November 04, 2005, 14:09:40 pm »
Jo-very happy to hear Fraser is on the mend.  And happy to hear that MIL was proven wrong!LOL  Cole is clingy at times, wanting to have me in view.  Sometimes if he's very engrossed in something I can leave the room for about 5 minutes without him noticing.  If he's in his exersaucer then he isn't impressed when I leave.  He doesn't cry at his toys because he is so mobile he can get to anything at any time he wants.  Too much so unfortunately.

For those that are curious-no I haven't taken a pg test.  I mentioned on sunday that my belly seems to have gotten a tad bigger.  I really do think it's an ice cream belly though and not a baby belly :?   DH and I haven't exactly been careful so I was/am a bit paranoid.  I haven't felt extra tired or different or anything.  If it gets any bigger I'll do the test.

Hugs Richelle.  Of course your talents will be BETTER put to use with Sophie and you can tell them I said that :wink:

thanks for your schedules everyone...rats 30 min. nap...have to finish later.

really quick:
1) how many total tbsp/oz/cubes is everyone feeding?  cole had 12 tbsp yesterday, 7 cereal and 5 veg.  who mentioned starch?  is that just potatoes and stuff?

2) who's lo doesn't have a lovey yet?

we had an okay night...up at 10:40 and 2:50 to feed, 5:20 for the day :?

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« Reply #611 on: November 04, 2005, 15:50:43 pm »
well I have been lurking the past couple of days, Jay is sick once again, thank goodness he has a check up on monday. I feel like crap, doing all I can to make sure he is healthy and here he is a month later still sick as a dog.
Riley is in good health tho, getting pretty mad that she can't go anywhere, tho she is trying her damndest to try.
Her routine is all over the place, but I will try to put it down for you, we try to do the order rather than the times as her naps are sometimes long, sometimes short, but here goes.
E-cereal
A-
E-an hr after solids, booby or bottle
A-
S-usually up for 2.5 hrs
  - has a half hr snuggle to wind down
E-solids, meat and veggies, or fruit mix
A-
E-milk feed, same as before
A-
S-As before
 - Sleeps no later than 3:30 or 4pm
E-fruit mix or meat and veggie mix, whatever she didn't have before
A-
E-usual milk feed an hr after
  - I tend to cluster feed in the afternoon as well
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E-milk feed, usually a half hr b4 bedtime, if she will take it
A-snuggletime with daddy
S-bedtime, we try to get it at 7pm everynight, but you all know how that story goes

At night I let her wake for a feed, usually about 10 or 11 and then goes until 5 or 6, and after that snozzes until 7:30 or so

I must be a crappy as I don't really think about what she is supposed to eat, I am more concerned with making sure she doesn't reject her solids like she has been, which is why I take turns in what I feed at her lunch and supper solids feeds.
My servings are usually based on how much out of the jar she eats, like today she had a jar of sweet potato and chicken casserole for lunch.

I think riley does havw a lovey, her god parents got her one of those praying bunny toys that has a blankie attached, kinda nice how some nights the prayer the bunny says is the only thing to keep her calm.

Well ladies, that is me spent for now, I have to go, jay will not leave me alone when I am on the computer, it has taken me a half hour to do this post.
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« Reply #612 on: November 04, 2005, 17:04:23 pm »
Naomi - You must do Heinz food as you are in Canada, but I was still wondering about this meat thing.  You obviously feed Riley meat out of a jar, does she like it?  And for example is the chicken casserole mixed with sweet potato or do you mix it with sweet potato?

Traci - Sophie eats 10 oz of fruit/veggies and 2-3 TBS of cereal.  I have started giving her slices of fruit to chew on but watch her very closely and she also loves the gerber biter biscuits (basically a cookie!) and these fruit and veggie puffs.  If DH and I have dinner before she is in bed she sits in her high chair with fruit and her cookies.  I find she likes to smoosh bananas more than eat them but everything else is a go, it is usually very messy but it is right before bath.

SOphie has a kushies blanket with an monkey head on it, he also has a very heavy french accent and goes by ze name of Max.  She loves him and she cuddles him when tired(chews on his face when not tired).  She has him for wind down but I don't give him to her in bed yet.

I forgot to mention in my marathon post that Sophie got her little leg caught in her crib rails last night, poor girl - so much for the crib bumpers!
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« Reply #613 on: November 04, 2005, 17:09:59 pm »
Traci - I forgot, that was me with the starch thing.  I like to give her a starch if she is not having cereal.  For example; today's lunch was rice and lentils.  For supper i have spinach and potatoes.  I also classify sweet potatoes a starch.  Anyway don't know if it makes any sense...
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« Reply #614 on: November 04, 2005, 17:58:04 pm »
Traci - Little man has 4 tbs of cereal and 7 tbs of fruit and veggis.  I was introducing things every 3 days in the begining but he seemed a bit overwhelmed so slowed it down a bit.
Doesn't like fruit alone so I mix apple/pear/prunes with squash or carrots.  Loves it!

Sol  has 2 snuggly blankeys. One was knit by a friend the other by MIL.  He prefers the one from the friend but we try to alternate so MIL doesn't sulk.  It's in his crib and he reaches out for it when its time to sleep.

Glad to know Fraser is on the mend and So sorry to hear about the shingles   :(   
Hope all the working Super Moms are holding on.  I know DH would love to stay home with lo.  I can see it in his eyes every morning on his way out the door.  Breaks my heart.

Just found out that bottle nipples have a variety of holes in them!  :shock:   Asked my Mum and she informed me she already knew that.  Thanks for the 1 up Mum. :roll:   
Sometimes I wonder how the hospital just handed me this little guy and let me walk out with him?
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