Post by lilyelayne on Oct 26, 2015 11:20:17 GMT -5
How old is your LO?
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?
Solids?
Questions/AW?
GTKY: if you could go 10 years in the past & describe your life now to your past self, what part do you think 10-years-ago you would be most surprised about?
Post by kaydee0402 on Oct 26, 2015 12:17:27 GMT -5
How old is your LO? 8 months on Nov. 1 Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? All of the above
Solids? Pretty much everything now except for eggs and peanut butter
Questions/AW? Who has started peanut butter? How did you introduce it? I'm thinking of smearing it on toast. GTKY: if you could go 10 years in the past & describe your life now to your past self, what part do you think 10-years-ago you would be most surprised about? Hm. I think maybe my career path. I'm not where I planned to end up but I love my job. But for the most part, I have all the things I wanted to have by this point. A good job, a home, my husband and my sweet baby
Also, my ten year high school reunion was this year. I feel so old.
Solids? Purees and tastes of what we're eating. He's not the biggest fan of "real" food (he gags and throws up half the time) but we're working on it!
Questions/AW? I just ordered a bunch of 18m outfits last week. What. The. Heck.
GTKY: if you could go 10 years in the past & describe your life now to your past self, what part do you think 10-years-ago you would be most surprised about? Living in Colorado! I love it here but I would not have predicted I'd move here!
Post by cougarette on Oct 26, 2015 13:17:16 GMT -5
How old is your LO? 8 months yesterday!
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping at work
Solids? We've added in fruits, which he's enoying so far. Still purees, though he did like gnawing in a piece of apple in the mesh feeder
Questions/AW? It seems like I had a question, but now I've forgotten.
GTKY: if you could go 10 years in the past & describe your life now to your past self, what part do you think 10-years-ago you would be most surprised about? My 19 year old self was not interested in kids at all (like most, I'm sure). I'd be surprised at how much I'm enjoying it and how I really don't miss a lot of my old lifestyle.
Post by cloe111479 on Oct 26, 2015 13:26:39 GMT -5
How old is your LO? 37 weeks or 8 months and then some.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Just frozen.
Solids? She loves them, However. I got some of the stage 3 foods.. She hates them. I thought it was from the larger bits in them, but no .. She wants real stuff. She has had red beans and rice, toast, pancakes, mashed potatoes, and bread. We are just going to keep giving her regular stuff, and forget about the baby foods.. except.
Questions/AW?
1. Anyone else still doing puree's for breakfast? She really likes the pears and oatmeal, and the other mixes with fruit oatmeal/cereal. I hate to stop them b/c they are easy breakfast, and she likes them. But anyone else still doing those?
2 -- who has done eggs? I was trying to wait until her 9 month appointment to ask, but it seems so far away. We dont have any allergies to that or peanuts in the family, but it still makes me nervous.
GTKY: if you could go 10 years in the past & describe your life now to your past self, what part do you think 10-years-ago you would be most surprised about?
hmm.. if it was my pre-katrina self -- I think i would be most shocked at not living in St. bernard parish and that it took us as long as it did to buy a house, get married etc.
If it was my post -katrina self -- aka 10 yrs ago now -- I would be shocked it took less time for all those things than it did.
1. Anyone else still doing puree's for breakfast? She really likes the pears and oatmeal, and the other mixes with fruit oatmeal/cereal. I hate to stop them b/c they are easy breakfast, and she likes them. But anyone else still doing those?
2 -- who has done eggs? I was trying to wait until her 9 month appointment to ask, but it seems so far away. We dont have any allergies to that or peanuts in the family, but it still makes me nervous.
***Stuck in box*** We are still doing oatmeal with half a banana. I don't think of it as a puree since I eat oatmeal and I don't mush up the banana. I just cut it in half and give it to him.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing together, pumping when at work.
Solids? Doing pretty well with them, though her appetite has been off the past week, presumably from the 3 teeth that are coming in. Ugh. I hate teething with a fiery passion.
Questions/AW? BLW mamas, how are you feeding slippery food? Bananas, avocado, etc. I tried to give her pieces on a spoon that she could feed herself but that's apparently too much assistance for Miss Independent.
GTKY: if you could go 10 years in the past & describe your life now to your past self, what part do you think 10-years-ago you would be most surprised about? Honestly, probably that I found someone that makes me genuinely happy. I dated some real winners in college lol.
Questions/AW? When will this fucking sleep regression ever end? (That's rhetorical unless someone has a firm answer)
GTKY: if you could go 10 years in the past & describe your life now to your past self, what part do you think 10-years-ago you would be most surprised about? I'm thinking really hard but I think the answer is nothing. I think I'm very lucky to have gotten everything I wanted. A great DH, kids, good job and nice home - I'm a happy clam.
How old is your LO? 8 months on Nov. 1 Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? All of the above
Solids? Pretty much everything now except for eggs and peanut butter
Questions/AW? Who has started peanut butter? How did you introduce it? I'm thinking of smearing it on toast. GTKY: if you could go 10 years in the past & describe your life now to your past self, what part do you think 10-years-ago you would be most surprised about? Hm. I think maybe my career path. I'm not where I planned to end up but I love my job. But for the most part, I have all the things I wanted to have by this point. A good job, a home, my husband and my sweet baby
Also, my ten year high school reunion was this year. I feel so old.
We did peanut butter by accident when LO grabbed her sisters snack and got a handful and put it in her mouth. With dd1 we put it on her cheek and right at the corner of her mouth to see if there was a reaction. I find its good on toast or bits of pita bread.
Post by seamonster on Oct 26, 2015 15:06:19 GMT -5
How old is your LO? 8 months
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping. Using up the last of the formula to make up for bad pump days
Solids? He loves food. Starting finger foods and real foods now. Still freaks out MH
Questions/AW? Now I feel like the only one still doing mainly purees and mashed food. Kid likes his food, but I know we need to start more finger foods. Trying to figure out how to incorporate them more
GTKY: if you could go 10 years in the past & describe your life now to your past self, what part do you think 10-years-ago you would be most surprised about? That I switched PhD programs last minute and still graduated when I originally planned. I would tell myself not to move in with DH when I did and work on our issues sooner.
Post by seamonster on Oct 26, 2015 15:12:12 GMT -5
We've done scrambled eggs and peanut butter. Peanut butter on my finger or mixed in with oatmeal (easy because this is how I eat oatmeal).
DS gets purees for breakfast or fruit mashed into oatmeal. I don't know if daycare purees his food or mashes it or just gives him it. They have a baby menu. DS has stolen another baby's carrot stick before. He only gets lunch and dinner at home on weekends because they do those meals at daycare and bedtime isn't long after we get home.
Post by lilyelayne on Oct 26, 2015 15:31:17 GMT -5
How old is your LO? 7 mo + 3 weeks
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? - nursing
Solids? - lunch and dinner daily.
Questions/AW? - anyone have a manual pump they love? I've been using the manual attachment that came with my ameda purely yours but it's squeaky and awkward in my hand.
GTKY: if you could go 10 years in the past & describe your life now to your past self, what part do you think 10-years-ago you would be most surprised about? - probably that I live so close to my hometown and I'm happy about it.
Post by lilyelayne on Oct 26, 2015 15:33:29 GMT -5
krispy83 for banana and avocado I either do small pieces he can manipulate with a couple fingers (now that his pincer grasp is improving) or large pieces so he can sink his hand into it and still have some sticking out to gnaw on. Some of it is practice so he can learn how hard/soft to squeeze - there was a definite learning curve with watermelon, for instance. Pear I dusted in corn starch because he loved it but it was just the biggest mess.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Pumping, but have begun the quitting process. Did some rough math and have an estimated 168 days worth of frozen, so it's time to be free! Just waiting for the boobs to get the memo that this is a good thing, and stop being so angry.
Solids? We still do mostly purées. Have done some scrambled eggs and apple pieces.
Questions/AW? Anyone tried dairy products? Both milkshake and cheese dip (I know he probably shouldn't have unhealthy foods but we tried them anyway) made him have welts around his mouth. That's probably bad, right? We've avoided them since then, but he gets dairy in my milk so I don't know if that's the issue or not. #new
GTKY: if you could go 10 years in the past & describe your life now to your past self, what part do you think 10-years-ago you would be most surprised about? Maybe that I'm living in my hometown and teaching at the school I attended. I went away for college but here I am back at home. I would also tell past self to be better with her money!
danitaec DS has had plain full fat yogurt mixed with fruit. No issues. And some hard cheeses like cheddar and swiss. The cheese was in bits or as mac and cheese. My friends' give their baby cheese sticks or slices of grilled cheese sandwich.
Post by dmorgendorffer on Oct 27, 2015 8:08:10 GMT -5
How old is your LO? 8 months and a week
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping (down to only 2x a day at work!!)
Solids? Yes. The IL's were visiting this weekend and we went out to lunch. DD really enjoyed chewing on a roll and a couple french fries. She definitely prefers "real" food over the baby food now.
Questions/AW? Also interested to hear experiences trying peanut butter, I'm thinking of trying soon.
GTKY: if you could go 10 years in the past & describe your life now to your past self, what part do you think 10-years-ago you would be most surprised about? That I live in Jersey, I was definitely one of those people who thought it was the arm pit of America. Both DH and I are open to moving but finding new jobs and a location we can agree on would be really hard. I'd probably also be surprised about DH since I didn't know him 10 years ago and I probably thought I'd end up married to my current bf.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping
Solids? All of them, but see below.
Questions/AW? I am full of questions this week. I'm going to go back and re-read the thread so ignore me if I'm asking something that's been discussed already this week! Anyone else having problems with constipation? Poor LO seems to be having a hard time no matter how much water we offer (or how many supposedly poo-encouraging foods we offer). Starting today, I am stopping the solids until she seems comfortable, then slowly reintroducing. I think we might have ramped up the quantity of solids too fast because she enjoys them so much. Related: anyone else feel like LO is suddenly less interested in nursing? Again, may just be because we were offering too many solids. Who else is still feeding MOTN regularly? How many times?
GTKY: if you could go 10 years in the past & describe your life now to your past self, what part do you think 10-years-ago you would be most surprised about? I'm going to say the person I married. 10 years ago, I was SURE I'd marry my then boyfriend and stay in Atlanta forever. Since then, I've moved to NYC on my own, met and married my husband, really pushed my career, and ended up in Houston with a house and a family. Pretty wild compared to my expectations!
PSA that I may drop in the BF forum too: This is the best nursing top ever. Their 50% off sale just ended yesterday, but I cannot recommend it enough. There's a snap at the top of the neck line for easy access to the goods. There's a print version that's on sale here and another print not on sale here. I didn't get mine in the mail until last night and didn't realize the sale ended today, or I would have been online buying it in every color and print!
@kaydee0402 we've given LO peanut butter in small amounts. I usually put it on my waffles, and I've let her have some like that.
agm04, we've dealt a bit with constipation. One thing that worked for us was one oz of apple juice with one oz of water. That helped to loosen things up. Also, I've heard prunes with oatmeal. But if all else fails, pulling back on solids and just giving breast milk pretty much guarantees a poop-splosion.
We still have MOTN feedings (DS just won't drop those) and it's probably once a night around 2 a.m.
cloe111479 We give LO scrambled eggs - she loves them. I was certain she was intolerant and avoided them for months, but once I'd reintroduced them in my diet with no issue and my pedi said it was ok, we gave them to her with no problem at all.
lilyelayne I also have the medela harmony, and really love it. I bought the avent pump because I wanted a second one (and we love avent natural bottles), but I wish I had a second harmony instead.
Post by dmorgendorffer on Oct 27, 2015 9:12:56 GMT -5
agm04 DD is definitely less interested in nursing and has dropped from 4 bottles at daycare to 3. I think besides having the solids so she is not as hungry she is also just too busy to be bothered to stop and eat. Or nap. I suspect this may also be playing into our MOTN feedings. We are back to reliably being up at least twice a night. DD hasn't really been constipated but when we had daycare start with solids we asked them to only give once a day, the second day they gave them twice and she definitely got a little backed up that day so I can see how too much to soon could cause that problem.
Can I come back to AW the fact that I've reintroduced dairy to my diet in almost all forms (no tall glasses of milk yet, but I think I could!) and DD seems fine? JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN CANDY! And Thanksgiving pies! And Christmas cookies! #priorities
Can I come back to AW the fact that I've reintroduced dairy to my diet in almost all forms (no tall glasses of milk yet, but I think I could!) and DD seems fine? JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN CANDY! And Thanksgiving pies! And Christmas cookies! #priorities
Post by dmorgendorffer on Oct 27, 2015 10:44:07 GMT -5
cougarette I've been using the YoBaby yogurt from Stonyfield but our pediatrician had said we could use anything, although she recommended not using the ones with the chunks of fruit on the bottom. DD liked the flavored ones much better than the plain version.
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