Hey hey friends. It's frigid here today, I am OK with it as its been warm for too much of this winter already. However I think the drastic change in weather is killing my head boo. Thank goodness for drugs and caffeine. I skipping my mom's group this morning because of it but hopefully I can get other stuff done sometime today.
Random question does your LO drink juice yet? It seems weird since it's not necessary- then again it's never necessary. I have also been pondering the transition to wcm since that will be soon and feeding snacks along with breakfast /lunch/dinner. How did we get old enough for all this? Fwiw DD only nurses 3 times a day so I am sure we will be weaned fairly early.
Post by dmorgendorffer on Jan 6, 2016 9:04:43 GMT -5
badw0lf I am totes jelly that you are wfh today. Last night I realized that I it has been over a year since I have actually gone into the office all 5 days of a work week - I am not a fan.
I let DD taste my OJ last weekend and she seemed to like it but we haven't really introduced anything besides water yet. She will take sips from my cup but I can not get her to have any interest in her own, we've tried a spout sippy, a straw cup, and that miracle 360 cup. Anyone have any tips?
Yaaaay the week is half over! Work has been far busier than I would like it to be this week.
Little Man's crib at daycare was moved to the back of the room into the "Big Boy" section. He's now one of the oldest in his class and there's a ton of new, squishy babies in there. I don't know how we got to this point so quickly, but time needs to slow down.
We've only done water, and the Dr. Brown's sippy has worked well for us, FWIW.
The United Way, who dispenses the free monthly books I've signed up for, sends periodic questionnaires to see how baby is doing. If you fill it out you get a free pass to the local children's museum. I didn't fill out the first one, but I did the one for 10 months. It asked about sounds he was making, movements he can do, etc. Well, now they've sent a follow-up and checked boxes where he may need "further assessment or additional support". Yeah, that was FOUR out of five boxes. This is why I didn't want to do this questionnaire. I KNOW babies develop at different rates, and he excels at some things (like walking!). Now someone will be contacting me to make sure I'm doing what I'm supposed to do... I may need to be talked down.
aggiebug, no juice here. We will wait until as long as possible. Meaning on e she realizes there is something yummy and shes missing out. I'm thinking 18 months since there is an older sibling.
danitaec, can't wait to hear how they expect you to force sounds out of his mouth. Also kids focus on one development at a time - yours clearly chose physical first if he's walking at this age.
LO seems to have settled into a new wakeup time of 6. I can't complain bc it's much better than the 5 or 5:30 she was doing.
But getting two kids our the door, by myself, in the freezing cold is such a bitch. I think we'll just hang at home this morning and then visit daycare again in the afternoon.
dmorgendorffer that is actually what got me curious about juice. DD is ok with a sippy cup but not great and she is rapidly dropping feedings (down to 3 now) so I want to encourage her to drink a little more. I figure flavoring water with a little juice may encourage drinking. The one time I have done it she has been much better with the sippy cup.
Also I started on one that had a soft nipple and leaked a little I.e. Took no effort from her so she understood what was happening.
I am glad others have avoided juice. I might make fruit infused water and see what she thinks vs juice. I know I will like it.
Yet another morning where I didn't wake up with enough time to take a shower. It's always days when I need that hot water to clear up a headache too. And we don't have any regular coke here at the office, so I don't have the caffeine boost to help my headache. fwp indeed.
I'm still trying to figure out if DS understands/likes the sippy cup or not. He'll being it to his mouth, but doesn't tilt it up enough. I'll tip it up or hold it for him and he'll take some sips, but can't quite get it on his own. When should I keep going with this one versus trying a another one?
I wouldn't care too much at this point, except that they don't give bottles in the 1 year old room, which he's moving to on Feb 1. Then again, maybe he'll stick in his current room for a few more weeks? Who knows.
I'm tired of feeling like I have no idea what I'm doing. I thought I'd have some confidence by now, but I question everything and feel like I'm waiting for his real mom to come and pick him up.
cougarette, DS does the same thing. He gets it to his mouth, but doesn't understand that he has to tip it back. He does much better with his cups that have a straw. Maybe try that? We too are on a deadline for mastering the sippy cup. He moves to the one's room on March 1st, and they won't give bottles, so it feels like the pressure is on.
And you're not the only one who feels like you have no idea what you're doing. I feel like this day to day.
cougarette welcome to the next 20 years of our lives? I think.
That is exactly how DD uses a sippy cup I think they just have to grow into it? This is why I tried flavoring the water with juice (and promptly felt like that was a bad mom move because it was a splash of juice).
I need to make a video of what he's doing - he'll bring the cup to his mouth, then pulls it away and gives it the most curious look, like he's trying to figure it out. Haha
Maybe I'll give him a few more days and try the straw one if there doesn't seem to be any progress.
danitaec How annoying! I'd just not answer any calls from numbers you don't know (or ignore mail, however they contact).
cougarette, kaydee0402, Eek! DS just likes to play with his sippy cup and I didn't even consider the move to the ones room being an issue with that. I'm not sure what our daycare's policy is, but I guess I'll have to look into that and practice, practice, practice!
Also, +1 to not knowing what I'm doing on a daily basis.
Post by dmorgendorffer on Jan 6, 2016 12:11:16 GMT -5
cougarette we've definitely been getting pressure from daycare about transitioning to a cup too. Everyday they say something to DH about how they really struggled to get her to take her bottles - yet she usually finishes all of them and takes them fine when we need to give her one at home. I'm pretty sure they just want her using a cup but they are very careful about making suggestions like that.
Hey hey friends. It's frigid here today, I am OK with it as its been warm for too much of this winter already. However I think the drastic change in weather is killing my head boo. Thank goodness for drugs and caffeine. I skipping my mom's group this morning because of it but hopefully I can get other stuff done sometime today.
Random question does your LO drink juice yet? It seems weird since it's not necessary- then again it's never necessary. I have also been pondering the transition to wcm since that will be soon and feeding snacks along with breakfast /lunch/dinner. How did we get old enough for all this? Fwiw DD only nurses 3 times a day so I am sure we will be weaned fairly early.
No juice yet. Probably not until he's one and even then mixed with water. We do a snack between breakfast and lunch of fruit because daycare does one then.
I need to make a video of what he's doing - he'll bring the cup to his mouth, then pulls it away and gives it the most curious look, like he's trying to figure it out. Haha
Maybe I'll give him a few more days and try the straw one if there doesn't seem to be any progress.
Yeah I would totally skip aheah to the straw cup. We never used a sippy bc I figure that's a lot of head tipping required lol.
Also no juice here. Then again, there's never juice at my house anyway. We're not juice drinkers.
Data point of 1, but I'm convinced that interest in sippy cup might just happen naturally and might have nothing to do with the cups, that one day it'd just click with your kiddos. This week it totally clicked for L. He used to toss his cup around and would only take an occasional sip out of the cup, no more than 2oz a day. On Monday he refused all his bottles at daycare and at home, unless he was tired and about to sleep or just woke up. I let him drink his formula out of his miracle 360 sippy when we got home after daycare and he chugged it down. I started sending sippy cups to daycare on tuesday just in case he continued his bottle strike. The ladies there told me he definitely prefers the sippy now, chugged 7oz in one go. Hopefully he keeps this up, I'm looking forward to washing less bottles!
(The miracle sippy is wonderful, but L prefers to drink from the wrong side of the cup...)
PikoPiko I am sooooo tired of washing all those dang bottle parts (Dr. Browns)
I hear ya... I have 9 of them, just thinking how he used to have 8 bottles a day and BM was so much harder to wash than formula... I'm just glad he's not drinking as many anymore.
Re juice. I don't think some apple or orange juice is so bad. We just try not to get sugary ones and even then I just add a splash. That being said I haven't started with DD2 yet but once she's off formula, she might be looking for something different then just water. I was literally thinking about this yesterday (trying to remember when DD1 had juice). Juice is not the devil IMHO. I mean don't we give our children fruit?!
aggiebug DS has had prune juice 3x for poop purposes. Other than that just water. All I drink is water or milk other than very special occasions so it doesn't really occur to me to offer anything else. danitaec sorry strangers who don't know your baby are judging him based on some questionnaire. Sounds like bullshit to me! cougarette hugs. You are N's real mom, and you're a great one. I'm with PikoPiko on the cup just clicking one day. Also DS has gotten lazy and prefers it if I hold & tilt his cup for him. Unsure when that started but I realized it's our routine now. Oops. badw0lf F is too precious.
DS stayed /one night/ at my mom's, and today my ILs asked DH if they can cancel his ticket on the weeklong cruise they booked (without consulting us and oh yeah it includes Mother's Day.)
NO NO NO.
I was actually excited about the cruise and thought I'd gotten over being irritated at how it was planned. Thanks for reminding me.
DS stayed /one night/ at my mom's, and today my ILs asked DH if they can cancel his ticket on the weeklong cruise they booked (without consulting us and oh yeah it includes Mother's Day.)
NO NO NO.
I was actually excited about the cruise and thought I'd gotten over being irritated at how it was planned. Thanks for reminding me.
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