Tuesday, again

[musicfrk2002]

J has been out for almost 2 hours now. He stirs every once in awhile but doesn't fully wake up. He was also up from 5 to 630 this morning, and 8 to 1130, so he must need the sleep. He will probably be up around 2, then maaaaybe take a half hour nap at daycare or the ride home, and go to bed between 730 and 8

[musicfrk2002]

Anyone else going through and getting rid of baby things? Cue all the tears...but yay for making some $ back and getting rid of things! Then I can buy more things, right?

[belle0720]

Jan 12, 2016 14:19:01 GMT -5 silv3rlining said:

Jan 12, 2016 14:12:45 GMT -5 belle0720 said:

Anyone doing BLW and know if these Baby Mum Mums are okay? The ingredients show sugar and salt which we've been steering away from. I'm totally fine preparing food for LO when I'm home, but now that family is watching her I would love to be able to give them some snacks to give her that aren't too messy or high risk that she'll gag or choke on them. I think my ILs will probably freak out when LO gags.

Why wouldn't they be OK with BLW?

I say feed your kid however works (btw we do a mix of BLW & purees, did with DS as well)

I have no idea. LOL. I was thinking maybe because of the way they dissolve it might impede with learning to chew since I've read it's risky to mix BLW and purees. I'm going to order some.

[erbear]

I made her room really warm, I dont know if that helped!

[candylandycane]

Jan 12, 2016 14:27:27 GMT -5 belle0720 said:

Jan 12, 2016 14:19:01 GMT -5 silv3rlining said:

Why wouldn't they be OK with BLW?

I say feed your kid however works (btw we do a mix of BLW & purees, did with DS as well)

I have no idea. LOL. I was thinking maybe because of the way they dissolve it might impede with learning to chew since I've read it's risky to mix BLW and purees. I'm going to order some.

They definitely dissolve easily, but have a "crunch" also. I think part of the reason V loves them so much is because she gets to use her bottom teeth to bite into them and make the crunching. She does some chewing motions with them too.

[musicfrk2002]

Jan 12, 2016 14:32:02 GMT -5 candylandycane said:

Jan 12, 2016 14:27:27 GMT -5 belle0720 said:

I have no idea. LOL. I was thinking maybe because of the way they dissolve it might impede with learning to chew since I've read it's risky to mix BLW and purees. I'm going to order some.

They definitely dissolve easily, but have a "crunch" also. I think part of the reason V loves them so much is because she gets to use her bottom teeth to bite into them and make the crunching. She does some chewing motions with them too.

+1 J bites a piece off and chews on it while it dissolves

[pghtruelove]

Has anyone started puffs yet? When is it okay to start? Jules is crawling, sitting unsupported, and sitting up by herself(like from tummy to butt). She doesn't have any teeth yet but I don't think that matters since they dissolve? I'm clueless on this.

[alayne926]

OK, gonna try to gif from imgur....

standby...

Gah....

Crap...

ignore me...

[pghtruelove]

Think in gonna try some puffs tonight with her dinner(still rice cereal) thanks for the input!

[billyhorrible]

Jan 12, 2016 14:51:40 GMT -5 budders said:

Jan 12, 2016 14:27:27 GMT -5 belle0720 said:

I have no idea. LOL. I was thinking maybe because of the way they dissolve it might impede with learning to chew since I've read it's risky to mix BLW and purees. I'm going to order some.

Also, I am on a Facebook group for BLW, and a lot of the moms talk about giving their kids freeze dried fruits and vegetables or those yogurt melts, so I can't see why MumMums would not be "allowed".

This is what we do. I can't bring myself to spend the markup for "baby foods" when you can get regular stuff so much cheaper.

[silv3rlining]

Jan 12, 2016 14:26:22 GMT -5 musicfrk2002 said:

Anyone else going through and getting rid of baby things? Cue all the tears...but yay for making some $ back and getting rid of things! Then I can buy more things, right?

I haven't because I like to hold onto everything "just in case." We have a family friend who's daughter is KU (A/S today) that will need everything. ..it's a bad situation (girl got married at 20, abusive relationship, was having an affair, KU, lost job, now living with parents, considered abortion and adoption but had decided to keep the baby, doesn't have a good job, and her mom just started working again after her govt contract ended a few months ago). If I knew for sure we were done I'd give them a lot of stuff but I'm just not sure. I am loaning her some things though.

[veggiemo]

Jan 12, 2016 14:12:45 GMT -5 belle0720 said:

Anyone doing BLW and know if these Baby Mum Mums are okay? The ingredients show sugar and salt which we've been steering away from. I'm totally fine preparing food for LO when I'm home, but now that family is watching her I would love to be able to give them some snacks to give her that aren't too messy or high risk that she'll gag or choke on them. I think my ILs will probably freak out when LO gags.

I'm doing BLW (sort of, LO doesn't eat much) and I gave him spaghetti last night to play around with and attempt to suck the sauce off. The sauce was jarred with sugar and salt and lots of other things. So... yes? But if you're steering away from salt and sugar you probably can't do anything jarred or packaged.

[jillywilly]

Jan 12, 2016 14:42:34 GMT -5 pghtruelove said:

Has anyone started puffs yet? When is it okay to start? Jules is crawling, sitting unsupported, and sitting up by herself(like from tummy to butt). She doesn't have any teeth yet but I don't think that matters since they dissolve? I'm clueless on this.

I've got a non-crawling  toothless baby who loves puffs, and he does fine with them. He loves it when we pop them in his mouth, but he also likes trying to pick them up from his high chair tray - he's starting to get better at it, so I am 100% pro-puff. Again, anything that keeps him happily seated while we get to eat our food while it's warm works in my house

[belle0720]

Jan 12, 2016 15:04:01 GMT -5 billyhorrible said:

Jan 12, 2016 14:51:40 GMT -5 budders said:

Also, I am on a Facebook group for BLW, and a lot of the moms talk about giving their kids freeze dried fruits and vegetables or those yogurt melts, so I can't see why MumMums would not be "allowed".

This is what we do. I can't bring myself to spend the markup for "baby foods" when you can get regular stuff so much cheaper.

This is one of the reasons we're doing BLW, by feeding LO the same foods I'm already making  it's less work and zero extra cost. So the Mum Mums kind of go against the cost factor, but I think my ILs would feel comfortable feeding them to her and I don't want to limit her to solids just when H and I are around.

[purple]

Jan 12, 2016 14:10:15 GMT -5 Joolschweets said:

purple the same as Farley's rusks pretty much. They do the banana flavoured Farley's over there, my Mum brought some over thinking we couldn't get them in Canada. My kid doesn't know what to do with them anyway...everything else goes in his mouth but rusks he plays with like a steering wheel!

You said you're Scotland, right? Spent many lovely holidays around Stirling as a kid and the borderlands. So much beautiful scenery. I'm a recent Yorkshire expat and I miss the landscape a lot

I have seen banana flavoured Farley's, but sugar is the second ingredient in those things! Sounds as though mum mums have much less.

Yes, I live in the Scottish Borders. It's beautiful here but most visitors go straight through the Borders with their sights on Edinburgh. Mine is a tourist town, and more than half the tourists are from Scotland.

My town is mentioned in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Ron and Harry are seen by a Muggle and it's the first canon confirmation that Hogwarts is in Scotland. But when I read it I thought it was such a ridiculous place name that it must be made up. Years later, my best friend said he was moving to Peebles, and when we got married I found myself living here, in a place I used to think was fictional.

Funnily enough, I lived in York for several years, too :-) I went to uni in York and stayed for seven years, and loved it so much that I went back for two years and actually got married from there :-) Yorkshire is beautiful. So is Scotland, and so is Wales, where I'm originally from!

[erbear]

I won some puffs from BRU at Christmastime & we haven't tried them yet since LO isn't actually crawling but she does so well with mum mums that maybe I should.

[jillywilly]

Jan 12, 2016 15:13:37 GMT -5 veggiemo said:

Jan 12, 2016 14:12:45 GMT -5 belle0720 said:

Anyone doing BLW and know if these Baby Mum Mums are okay? The ingredients show sugar and salt which we've been steering away from. I'm totally fine preparing food for LO when I'm home, but now that family is watching her I would love to be able to give them some snacks to give her that aren't too messy or high risk that she'll gag or choke on them. I think my ILs will probably freak out when LO gags.

I'm doing BLW (sort of, LO doesn't eat much) and I gave him spaghetti last night to play around with and attempt to suck the sauce off. The sauce was jarred with sugar and salt and lots of other things. So... yes? But if you're steering away from salt and sugar you probably can't do anything jarred or packaged.

The way I see it is - are Mum Mums the super most optimal nutrition I can feed my baby? Probably not. Does he love them? Yes. Do I still make sure he eats plenty of formula, veggies, oatmeal, etc? Yes. I'm not even going to pretend like he's not going to chow down on pizza, ice cream, fast food, etc later in life - but as long as his overall diet is balanced and healthy, I'm good with it, and letting him have his "treats" here and there.

[jillywilly]

Also, in the spirit of TMI Tuesday... I've officially gotten my first PP period. This sucks. Please send chocolate. If I knew how to Gif, I'd insert a clever one here, but alas, learning to Gif is on my to-do list.

[belle0720]

Jan 12, 2016 15:13:37 GMT -5 veggiemo said:

Jan 12, 2016 14:12:45 GMT -5 belle0720 said:

Anyone doing BLW and know if these Baby Mum Mums are okay? The ingredients show sugar and salt which we've been steering away from. I'm totally fine preparing food for LO when I'm home, but now that family is watching her I would love to be able to give them some snacks to give her that aren't too messy or high risk that she'll gag or choke on them. I think my ILs will probably freak out when LO gags.

I'm doing BLW (sort of, LO doesn't eat much) and I gave him spaghetti last night to play around with and attempt to suck the sauce off. The sauce was jarred with sugar and salt and lots of other things. So... yes? But if you're steering away from salt and sugar you probably can't do anything jarred or packaged.

Yeah I'm trying mostly do veggies, fruits, and meat with just spices/herbs for now which is fine when I'm around. But since I can't always be with her it'd be nice to have something easy to pack in the diaper bag that my family can give her. LO doesn't eat a whole lot yet either but she seems to be learning really fast. We started Christmas Day and she wouldn't even touch the food (which seemed so crazy because she puts EVERYTHING else in her mouth). Fast forward to now and she makes a lemon face every time she puts food in her mouth, but she keeps doing it and definitely actually consumes a little bit.

[purple]

belle0720, we're doing BLW and L basically eats what we do. We usually cook from scratch and we've just stopped using salt in our cooking (we add it to our plates at the table). I find it very helpful to have portable snacks as we're out and about quite a lot. Sometimes we have lunch out and there isn't anything she likes (say if I have a salad). So she has plain rice cakes broken into pieces, bread sticks snapped into manageable lengths, and a particular brand of cheesy cracker that is very low in salt. She doesn't have all of those things every day, but it does mean there's always something she likes. She doesn't have any teeth and although she sits very well, she can't get there on her own yet. She munches up all those things and is more likely to gag on banana or yoghurt.

[jillywilly]

Jan 12, 2016 15:27:12 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

Jan 12, 2016 15:16:19 GMT -5 jillywilly said:

I've got a non-crawling  toothless baby who loves puffs, and he does fine with them. He loves it when we pop them in his mouth, but he also likes trying to pick them up from his high chair tray - he's starting to get better at it, so I am 100% pro-puff. Again, anything that keeps him happily seated while we get to eat our food while it's warm works in my house

+1 to all of this. Hell, I would give M candy if it meant I could cook dinner without having to stop and soothe her every 5 minutes. Then again, I'm a horrible mom

From being a creepy lurker for so long, it's funny you say that because I've actually thought you seem like a really good mom, and probably have a very similar mom-ing style to me. But then, I've also joked that I'm pretty much a terrible mom, sooooo, there's that

[beersandweirs]

Jan 12, 2016 15:27:12 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

Jan 12, 2016 15:16:19 GMT -5 jillywilly said:

I've got a non-crawling  toothless baby who loves puffs, and he does fine with them. He loves it when we pop them in his mouth, but he also likes trying to pick them up from his high chair tray - he's starting to get better at it, so I am 100% pro-puff. Again, anything that keeps him happily seated while we get to eat our food while it's warm works in my house

+1 to all of this. Hell, I would give M candy if it meant I could cook dinner without having to stop and soothe her every 5 minutes. Then again, I'm a horrible mom

Said Liz Lemon while shotgunning a pizza.

[veggiemo]

belle0720 , I would just send things like cucumber spears, zucchini/squash spears, big carrots, bell pepper, etc. All of those things are good non-chokey snacks that I have been giving LO. Once you start getting a little less worried about extra salt/sugar (which you will, hate to tell ya) there are some good whole wheat crackers and things you can buy. The mum mums aren't really a snack of nutritional value, it's more just for fun.

ETA: I give LO mum mums, not knocking them!

[jillywilly]

Jan 12, 2016 15:40:15 GMT -5 @littlechivette said:

shit, are we not supposed to be barfoot? Are the babies supposed to wear shoes?!

My baby hasn't worn shoes a day in his life, unless you count slippers that look like monster feet. I'm actually dreading him walking just for the fact I'm going to have to start putting shoes on him.

[veggiemo]

Jan 12, 2016 15:41:52 GMT -5 budders said:

Jan 12, 2016 15:20:05 GMT -5 jillywilly said:

The way I see it is - are Mum Mums the super most optimal nutrition I can feed my baby? Probably not. Does he love them? Yes. Do I still make sure he eats plenty of formula, veggies, oatmeal, etc? Yes. I'm not even going to pretend like he's not going to chow down on pizza, ice cream, fast food, etc later in life - but as long as his overall diet is balanced and healthy, I'm good with it, and letting him have his "treats" here and there.

V's favorite food so far is pizza crust, if that makes anyone feel better.

SAME!

[purple]

Jan 12, 2016 15:45:44 GMT -5 Kristykristyleelee said:

Jan 12, 2016 15:41:52 GMT -5 budders said:

V's favorite food so far is pizza crust, if that makes anyone feel better.

I got growled at the other day while trying to take one away from her. She then screeched when I gave it back. Safe to say a favorite in our house as well!

L just loves pizza. No toppings, but crust with sauce and cheese is yummy. More, please, Mummy!

[mrsmonogrammed]

Jan 12, 2016 15:38:02 GMT -5 @badwolf321 said:

@jemomma, crap are they not supposed to have diet coke?

There goes my whole parenting philosophy.
Damn.

[musicfrk2002]

Jan 12, 2016 14:36:50 GMT -5 @littlechivette said:

I don't think I have seen these mum mums anywhere around here. Are they similar to puffs?

I got ours at target.

[musicfrk2002]

Jan 12, 2016 15:55:57 GMT -5 @badwolf321 said:

Jan 12, 2016 15:53:31 GMT -5 @littlechivette said:

well, damn. Get to judging. Some days that little alligator is lucky to get a diaper on

Side eyes for not having a matching bib and hat to do with onesie and pants.

Ain't nobody got time for that!

...most of the time anyways. #ftmproblems

[alayne926]

Jan 12, 2016 15:56:55 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

Jan 12, 2016 15:53:31 GMT -5 @littlechivette said:

well, damn. Get to judging. Some days that little alligator is lucky to get a diaper on

I don't know if you were around for the thread I'm referencing, but just to clarify - I don't care how babies are clothed

I sent S to school in her pj's today and I was thinking the whole time, "I should post a pic of her today so that I can be judged for sending her out in public in pj's!"