weaning

so bubba is 18 weeks old and is showing all the signs for being ready to be weaned.  if your not sure what they are here is a brief list of things to look out for:

holding their head up
sitting up independently
interested in your food
still hungry after a milk feed


some of these could be signs of a growth spurt though as these happen a lot during the first 6months so if ur not sure you can try them with baby rice which isn't actual rice. its a powder that you mix with milk (not proper milk) and then spoon feed them.  this is really cute when they try n put a spoon into their mouth
 its a funny pic that's used a lot

so we are trying as part of his routine a baby rice meal at tea time and we've also tried mixing in purees although he doesn't like them on their own he doesn't mind them when they are mixed in.

so whilst ur reading this and paying no attention to your child have a quick look at what's happening and see how many you can tick off the list.

also you can buy really good weaning books we have some that are great for hints tips and tricks for weaning

babies development

I did want to put this in my last post but never mind. firstly at this point baby remembers roughly 80% of what is being said so at the minute if when your sleep deprived you end up calling your baby a knob head for keeping you up its not to bad.

 
its animated what's the worst that could happen lol  coincidently I did watch this and my lil bubba loved all the talking food he was laughing loads which was nice problem is the swearing violence and random food orgy at the end lol

so where is this heading well as baby retains so much you don't want his or her first words to be knob head no matter how funny it would be.

so as the months roll on remember baby is remembering loads of what you are saying and showing him so try not to swear lol

the other thing I thought id talk about is teats


unfortunately its not that kind.   its bottle teats those rubber things that if your bottle feeding go in babies mouth.  what's important to remember is that as baby gets older you need to change the size of the teats.

so for those bottle feeding and at the 4 month mark you should be on the next size up which is a medium flow 2 tears on the package and is a number 2 its that simple!

45 min monster

so here's what's happening with the bubba at near enough 15 weeks the bubba has been reading the how to not sleep manual.  He is pretty much getting up at all hours to feed again so those nice long 5 hour stints have disappeared ! if this sounds familiar don't worry! At this stage baby is learning to go into a proper sleep so at 45mins they will either go for it and into a deep sleep

  

which is all good but on the other hand it could go horribly wrong!

yea that's right you end up with an overtired baby that refuses to sleep!




So that's the first problem!  weve done some reading and as usual he's the textbook baby and doing everything he should be although this phase lasts until 6months which is a VERY long time when your seeing every hour of every day lol

but on a positive note  he is doing really well at baby sensory he's so good and joins in with what the tutor is doing and she uses him as her example for why its important to start these classes early as we can see a definite improvement in him already.  we've also booked him on the next set of classes as he does love it as well.

so their you go this is whats happening at the nearly 4 month mark!

12 weeks, jab time and tea!

well 3months have flown by and he's soo cute (not bias lots of people have said it although in reality not many people will say your baby is ugly to your face being British n all it will be done behind your back in a polite way lol)

things he's doing more now is that he's trying to laugh and makes lots of noises and gurgles he so cute!  if you haven't already take loads of pictures and videos they don't have to be works of art or last for hours but as time goes by you wont remember these little things but if zombie land has taught me anything its enjoy the little things and how to survive a zombie apocalypse!



Also if your at this point with your baby then you've started with the jabs which is horrible.  We took him to the doctors and he was all smiley and happy until the nurse jabbed him, which he didn't like n cried although its only 1 jab and some oral medicine  16 week is the worst so well see how he does it can make them quite poorly.

and finally sometimes I think of the future and what I'm going to teach him the important things and I was making a cuppa tea and thought that as we are British I need to teach him that if someone asks for a cuppa its tea not coffee not hot chocolate or those stupid herbal drinks 

cuppa means tea!

10 week mark pt2

so we've hit the 10 week mark again! I was going to wait till the 3month mark but with Halloween coming up and Christmas I've some top tips and general stuff to share

so firstly what's going on with baby and development type stuff firstly he's started to lose the startle reflex that kept him awake in the early weeks so that's a bonus! that has been replaced by drooling as they don't get teeth till 4months old they still move in the gums and this sets of the constant drooling none stop all the time



something like this lol

as its Halloween we have decided that its a must to get our lil bubba dressed up as a little skeleton with a baby grow now he probably wont remember this but with the power of media it will be a powerful embarrassment tool for later in life!

looking into the semi near future saving money at Christmas! now don't bother going mental buying loads of presents as hell not remember it at the grandparents will do that for you! so buy 1 main present and a few smaller presents and save some money!

although this is up late and tomorrow he will be 12 weeks old!