paintedlady said:

That's what I did

MrsMdiver said:

That is interesting. I assume (hope) it is something you can always and with out question opt out of. (I love the support but I cherish privacy).

Also, does the UK system allow parents to decline the vaccines?

In the US it is up to the parent. Some states will even let the kids go to school (if they apply for exemption) without them.

I would opt to have them spread out as mush as I could. Let their immune system develop some on its own.

Mach said:

my sister in law used to spray me! OR she would bring me a glass and say "want some milk?" I got her back, I drank it!

Mach said:

I did express for a while but was not getting enough out to feed him much. I had a c section and it took a while to get much in and then he was just comforting himself on them so it was not encouraging my body to produce much.
I was just getting an ounce out here and there so I got to the point that it was too time consuming for that little amount.
He was and still is feeding every 2 hrs so it made it hard to have time to express in between.
I did it for as long as I could so hopefully he got some good stuff.

MrsMdiver said:

Oh yeah then - that's not gonna be enough and that's perfectly OK ~ never feel bad


I had TONS of milk ...I mean tons I had enough to feed 3 babies and it took a LONG time to NOT have milk drips

Mach said:

Just like babies, mommies are all different too.
I am just thankful that I healed very quickly from my C-section and was able to get up and down stairs and take care of him myself.

I told the health visitor that he got paired up with the wrong boobs.


She told me early on that he is a hungry, lazy feeder. I did not believe her at first, it did not take long to realise she was right.

I breastfed my daughter and my family was so against it. One of the things I learned was pay attention to her weight etc. As long as she appeared fine, don't worry. My family wanted to start her on soft food at 3 months and she had no interest. By the end of the fourth month she was ready. It's like walking or sitting up etc. I really do believe that each child is different.

MrsMdiver said:

That is so interesting...I love how they find new things all the time. Val, you have to remember my eldest is going to be 24 this year...so I know much has changed.

paintedlady said:

I think it was. My Mom use to say that the babies needed water, and it was best to make it sweet. Well I didn't listen to her.

Shorty said:

My Mom use to try and get me to do that when my kids had well "pooping" troubles...she said it worked like a laxative. Funny how things like that were used back then. And my Mom always says..."You are here aren't you? I didn't kill you."

Mach said:

great advice, right there

Ben was on bottles when i went back to work during the day, coz expressing was too hard, with morning an night feeds.
He was on solids as well by then.

gave up the night feed when he was able to drink cows milk (12mths) and morning feed went 2 mths after (no choice, i got sick..dried up!)
still had a bottle of milk morning and night for ages..milk is great for growing bones.

started solids around 3 1/2- 4 mths...rice cereal..then pureed vegies (and custard my sister got him one day while i was at work wanted him to get used to savoury before sweets)
i hope that all makes sense, i just woke up

prb said:

I bet he loved the custard.

I gave him carrot first before banana because I did not want him to want sweets over savory. He did not want the carrots, loved the banana.

MrsMdiver said:

yes he did, i walked in the door just as she was feeding it to him ..

boys

I just love watching babies try a new food. The expressions on their faces...so cute!

MrsMdiver said:

i mixed rice cereal with breast milk in a bowl..very thin texture at about 4 mos or so when the milk alone was not doing the job ..its so fun first feeding your baby with a spoon..my kids ate more veggies (baby food) as infants than they do now..so when he is ready..introduce all the good veggies and fruits you can!
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I kinda love the idea of the kid being raised collectively by the org.

My daughters were both eating eggplant parmigiana by 8 months.

MrsMdiver said:

WHAAAAT? Some babies teeth at six WEEKS old! It's rare, but it happens. There's no cutoff age for babies to start teething.

Shit, Nong New is 2 years old and he consumes about 8 cartons of milk per day. He will eat some noodles, rice, little bits of chicken and fish if someone else is eating it and gives him some but in general he basically consumes milk only. He drinks a lot of water too, which is good, but we really need to get him eating more solid food.

Hi
My daughter was a greedy baby and looked like Winston Churchill at 6 months - ha ha!!

I started her off on Farleys Rusk with warm milk and mashed to a mush and just took it very slowly - maybe one or two teaspoons at a time. She loved apple sauce and chcoclate pudding if I remember correctly!!! Its all just experimenting with what your child will also tolerate as every baby is different. Mashed potato was a great favourite if I remember correctly as well. I used the milk formula until they were 12 months old and then went onto milk. Aso by the time they were 12 months they were on children's cups and the bottles went (thank goodness). You have to go with what the child feels comfortable with as if you push something too early is just stresses you both out. Just a little at a time and you will get there.

Now potty training will be a different matter,,,,,

Thanks for everyone's tips and sharing what they did.

It helps. A few of my dear friends that I would rely on for tips and pointers are back in the states. Two of my closest girlfriends are not huge computer users and are very busy with their children. I do not get to talk to them much especially with the time difference. So, it helps to have the org during times like these.

Boobs are a magical thing lemme tell ya

tackam said:

...we would completely ruin any chances for a normal life...

PurpleJedi said:

Define normal.

MrsMdiver said:

...the complete opposite of the collective consciousness of the Org!

MoniGram said:

i put a teaspoon in my second son's bottle in the morning and at night
at 3 weeks!!
he was going thru more than a quart(32 ounces) a day of formula and
still seemed hungry.. doctor's couldn't give any reason for it..and it didn't seem to cause any problems with eating from a spoon starting a 4 months either..
but every baby is different..
and he was sleeping from about 11 pm to 7am..
all night..by a month old, and 1 short nap during the day
this kid missed nothing..
he's 19 now..
and is 6 feet 3 inches tall.. (taller than either of his parents)

peb319 said:

Sounds familiar with the amount of food being consumed.

Though we have only had 4 nights so far where he has done more than 5 hrs at night, 3 of those nights he had a cold and did not have much of an appetite.

Now that his appetite has returned, he is doing 3 eight ounce bottles through the night to the morning.
Whenever I have talked to the health visitors about it, they just say, he is a hungry baby and it will change soon.
17 weeks in and I am still waiting for it to slow down.
Somethings gotta give soon, mommy and daddy are tired.

paintedlady said:

yep!!!
it was a way for them to get them to drink the water..my mom would do that and i would tell her that she didn't need to he would drink it anyway..
and the cool water/juice stuff does work.. i'm sure it felt good against those gums
my older son started not wanting to drink his formula if it was warmed up.. (both of mine were formula babies..poor things would've starved off me.. )
trying to figure out why he wouldn't was driving me crazy!!!
crazy as it sounds he was drinking it cold from the fridge at about 6 and a half months..i tried to warm it for ten seconds but he just
and i don't know if its connected to that or not, but he was spitting up less..
it could have had something to do with his age but i'll never know..

MrsMdiver said:

i remember his doctor saying that he would go on an eating spree around 3
weeks or so..yeah he just never came off it..
after a week of putting a teaspoon of cereal.. in an 8 ounce bottle..
i put it in every one of them for another week..
which didn't seem to change anything so i started making little bowls of it
and feeding him that 3 times a day..
soon it was veggies and some fruits.
and he had a tooth at 5 months also..
somewhere i have video tape of him..
where i ask him if he's 'yessing'
and he would nod his head yes..
on his belly on a blanket holding his head up and when u ask if he's yessing
he would nod
but i feel for that sleeping thru the night thing
his older brother was sleeping thru at 2 months..and him(Branden) at just over a month.

i also found it strange that Branden( the younger) was not really napping like his older brother had..just one nap a day..
even when i put him down for his naps, he would just entertain himself..til
it was time to get up