Fruit and Weaning

Hi

I don't often blog about Aaron's eating habits and I should. Plus it's too long since I posted a video.

I was inspired by this post at Grumpinator - The Wean Machine.

Aaron loves blueberries (whole), bananas (in discs - see video), grapes (peeled) and clementines/satsumas (segments peeled).

Aaron's now nearly 11 months.  This video was taken back in March when he was 9 months.

Liska xx

Car Seat for a 9 month old

Hi

Well I am very happy.  I have had it at the back of my mind for months that Aaron needs to go up to the next car seat.... In December I was happy to stretch things out as we spent 3 weeks in Ireland in January and you can't beat the convenience of a carry handle car seat.

Anyhoo! moving on.... I could not decide and felt stressed every time I thought about it.

Aaron was weighed at 10.41 kg on 21st March so it's definitely time to move on, and he's 9 months....

Anyway I am really glad I have stalled as I just got the car seat of my dreams for the price of my dreams....

This car seat does 9 months to 11 years!!!!!!!!!! and is currently on offer with Mothercare.

£40 off AND 10% off, so it's only £107.99 when the RRP is £159.99

See here: Mothercare next stage car seat offer BUT DON'T FORGET TO ENTER THE CODE AT THE CHECKOUT TO GET THE 10% OFF.  J4AP

This offer's on till 17th April 2011.

This is not in any way a sponsored post... I wish!!! I am just happy with my bargain.....!  My one reservation was that 2 of my favourite bloggers had blogged about car seats a few months ago so I went back to their blogs in case they had blogged about a better car seat, but luckily (look at this review) it's the same one..... Lucky "Mummy's Little Monkey" got hers provided - wish I did!

I purchased the Britax Evolva Plus 1-2-3 Car Seat - Jet

Very happy with my purchase. Click here and then click "view video".  If you watch the video you may just love it as much as me, and I haven't even seen it in the flesh yet.

Liska

Today's Status

Hi,

well due to the diarrhoea last night, my Sister-in-law who's a paediatrician has recommended staying off the formula today, and only having breast milk, dioralyte and maybe toast.  May also try banana later.

Aaron's in a good mood, just doesn't have his normal energy.

I will keep editing the below as the day goes on.


Last night

• explosive diarrhoea last night that came out of his nappy 10 p.m.
• bath (bottom half).
• refused liquids.
• refused breast milk.
• Asleep by 11 p.m. in cot.

Today (Wednesday 30th March)

• Woke in cot at 5 a.m.
• Breastfed back to sleep in our bed.
• Woke 7.30 a.m.
• Breastfed back to sleep in our bed.
• 9:15 a.m. drank 60 ml of dioralyte.
• 10 a.m. drank 30 ml of dioralyte.
• 10:15 a.m. breastfeeding while sleeping on Mum.
• 11:15 to 12:15 drinks a whole 200 ml of dioralyte - staggered. 
• 12:30 till 1:00 p.m. eats 3 x organix apple rice crackers
• 1:15 p.m. eats a quarter of a slice of dry brown toast.
• 1:45 p.m. eats 3 teaspoons of cooked rice with organix baby food on for some sauce.
• 2:00 p.m. drinks 20 ml of diluted blackcurrant cordial (free of aspartame!).
• THE INCREASE IN ENERGY AFTER THE ABOVE IS REMARKABLE - crawls for ten minutes.
• 2:10 p.m. breastfeeds. 
• Breastfeed him frequently all afternoon.
• 5:20 p.m. eats half a banana in accordance with the BRAT diet.
• FINGERS CROSSED - he HAS kept everything down and in so far today........ here's hoping 
• 6 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.  Eats bits of brown bread and bits of brown toast and plays with it really cheerfully in his highchair. 
• 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. drank 140 ml of dioralyte.
• 10:30 p.m. ate three apple Organix rice crackers.
• 11 p.m. am about to breastfeed him to sleep and put him to bed.
• Night night!

A step back

After writing the post about Aaron's sickness, I thought he was getting better today.  Nothing coming out either end, BUT very weak.


However, at 10 p.m. he had explosive diarrhoea
yet won't accept any fluids.... and is now asleep.... not good.  Yet another change of clothes for baby and mummy.  The washing's stacking up...

Fingers crossed he's a little better after a night's sleep.....

Liska x

Sickness since Saturday night

Tide mark from large amount of sick.

Saturday night
vomit 130 to 530 a.m.

Scary and makes a big splash in sink

Sunday
6 oz bottle 8 a.m.
vomit all back up when being winded

slept on lap till 10 a.m.

30 ml water 10 a.m. stayed down
breastfed and slept 10:30 till 12

12 o’clock 120 ml bottle stayed down

2 o’clock arrives at Sandra’s

3 o’clock 2 spoons baby rice and refuses any more
refuses all liquids all afternoon

He has energy and spends a lot of afternoon crawling

5 p.m. breastfeeds for 10 to 15 mins

700 pm bath with mum, and he’s cheerful and full of beans

830 p.m. 120 ml bottle keeps down
*sleeps on mum’s lap
10 p.m. massive poo and nappy change and bottle is still down
10:30 p.m. whole bottle comes up.

Hasn’t had calpol yet temp is 37.0 which is good.

No diarrhea today. (But 2 poos - one in afternoon and above).

Bed at 1130 p.m.

Sleeps soundly in cot till 5 a.m.

our bed and breastfeeds on hour till 830 a.m.

Monday
930 a.m. 90 ml bottle
1130 a.m. 90 ml bottle
above stays down

1 o’clock diarrhoea

2 p.m. baby clinic weight is 10.17 kg after being 10.41 kg a week ago

330 p.m. only drinks 1 oz of bottle

Sleeping while waiting to see GP.

4:50 p.m. GP who says fluids little and often

Pop to Tesco to get some more baby clothes.  Clothes in wash at the rate of knots!
Daddy puts Aaron in the trolley (first time in one) when Mummy isn't looking (Mummy not happy as he barely has the energy to sit upright!

Daddy what have you done to me?

730 p.m. 20 ml dioralyte
830 p.m. 10 ml dioralyte

diarrhoea
845 p.m. drinks bottle 120 ml
sleeps

wakes and won’t drink bottle
10:30 p.m. diarrhoea

In bed at 1130 p.m. Monday night and sleeps till 1115 a.m. Tuesday morning

Tuesday
1130 a.m. Bottle 120 ml and stays down.

Sleeps
Refuses dioralyte

1230 to 2:00 p.m. sleeping and breastfeeding

Today is limp and has no energy whatsoever
still sleeping

2:15 p.m. takes 30 ml of dioralyte from the bottle

our new best friend

2:45 p.m. eats a quarter of a slice of brown toast and although he is still limp, his personality is showing signs of returning.

3:00 p.m. quarter of a sweet (butter crinkle) biscuit.
3:15 p.m. takes a 4 oz bottle and keeps it down.

The mixture of the dioralyte, the toast, the biscuit and the bottle now means at 3:30 p.m. Aaron is talking and giggling and a little like his old self. Even finally has the energy to sit upright in high chair.

No option to rotate this photo :-(

Was short-lived... by 3:50 he's laid across me breastfeeding and sleeping once again.....

5.45p.m. eats half an oatibix
6 p.m. eats 3 oz bottle.

Sleeps 7:30 to 8:30.  (Farts non-stop in sleep - VERY smelly!)

8:30 p.m. Give him 120 ml bottle of which he only drinks 50 ml.


Everything today's stayed down.
Still VERY weak.

Liska x

Garden Centre Lunch

Hi

Aaron had lunch in a garden centre today.  He was a very good boy and we all enjoyed the fresh air and the day out.

Liska x

Ideal Home Show

Hi

We went to the IHS today.  The main highlight was the Corrie House.  On the one hand I liked it (queued for long enough) but on the other, I was a little disappointed.

Highs

1. The fab footage of old fab storylines being shown to us in the queue.
2. Seeing the upstairs of the Barlow's house.
3. Some great photos on the Rovers' Return wall.

Lows

1. The queue.
2. The emptiness of the Rovers. (Just a place to queue).
3. The fact that the modern version of the Barlow's house had no personal possessions in it - are we to believe they redecorate and leave their photos down?
4. There was something missing... can't put my finger on what...
5. It was shockingly hot at the whole show.  Aaron ended up in vest and jeans...

Anyway, here are the snaps... My one regret: that I didn't get "before" pics of the sitting room and kitchen.

Born Free bottle while Mum ate lunch.

Sparko!

Cardboard Ken in Rovers

Photo wall in Rovers.

Ken and Deirdre's bedroom.

Their boiling cupboard.

Their bathroom.

Is this Tracy and Amy's bedroom?

The knocked through kitchen diner.

Flash kitchen.

Snazzy sitting room.

Ken's bedroom's now ensuite.

Photo of mirror in loos - us babywearing.

STUNNING water feature!

That photo above is taken by me, but I am taking a picture of the mirror.... yet it came out so clear.  I had to hold the camera away from my face to see what I was capturing in the mirror.  My Silent Sunday (27th March) is a close up, where you can't see the frame of the mirror, and there is no blur or haze, you can't even tell it's taken in the mirror.  It's confusing actually.... me photographing me, photographing me.... a picture of a picture of a picture..... Is it just my newly acquired baby brain, or is it indeed a brain fuck???? (Excuse the language I don't usually swear).

Find out more about the Corrie house: click here

Liska
xxx