July 06 Toddlers

Caitlin still hasn't grasped the idea of finger food, perhaps it's due to lack of teeth?!?!

Brekkie: 1 weetbix with formula milk, 200mls bottle

Lunch (her dinner): 1 cup of either last nights dinner turned to mush for her, or a jar of stage 3. The a little jar of the dessert or a yogurt.

Dinner at 4pm: More fruit/yogurt, 200mls bottle

Evening (6pm): peas and chopped carrots on her hair chair tray.

Bed at 7pm after bath: 200mls bottle.

We try to offer her snacks but she's never been one for snacking between meals. But it's usually a cracker, biscuit, cheese slice or fruit

She also drinks heaps of water and juice during the day.

She's been consitent with her weight gain but I'm surprised she hasn't hit the 10kg mark yet. Perhaps she's having too much formula and not enough real food?!!? We have Plunket next Saturday so I'll ask then.

How/when are you guys introducing cows milk?
My plan is to start off putting it in her weetbix, then gradually replace 2 of her bottles with it and leave her bedtime bottle as formula.
I can't wait for her to be off formula and hope that will fix her bowel probs for good and she won't have to take the homeopath stuff forever, but I know the formula has lots more good stuff in it than milk so I'm keeping one bottle a day in her diet.

Elle's only 10.5 months so I'm being a bit cheeky posting here but I've been wondering about food. Elle has:

Morning Breastfeed
Cereal and fruit (2 tblsp oat cereal + 2 icecubes fruit). This is less than 1/2 a cup in total.

Lunch: Maybe 1/2 a peice of bread with marmite, 1 small can of babyfood (or equivalent amount of homemade stuff)

Afternoon tea - breastfeed

Dinner: Homemade veges and meat, equivalent to 1 small can + 1/2 of a small can of fruit (total is equivalent to 1.5 small cans)
Breastfeed

She has the odd biscuit as well. She won't eat any finger foods unless it's bread or biscuit and she won't do textures. She only has about 1/2 of what some of your babies have.

She also won't drink water...we've been trying for 4.5 months.

She is growing fine so I guess it's ok...?

sick again? poor lil' guy and no formula?!?!? huh?

You know how all our little ones are starting to drink a lot more water/juice... Well I was wondering, do you ladies think they drink because it's there or because they're really thirsty? I guess I'm interested to know cause it seems Alyssa will drink and drink until her straw bottle is empty if I left her to it (and she also likes those cartons too).. and I remember reading somewhere once about how babies/toddlers shouldn't drink too much water as it can be dangerous...brain swelling or something..

So how do we know how much is too much? Do we actually need to be worrying about this or do they just stop when they know they have had enough?.. I suppose I just want to make sure I'm not depriving her or overindulging her

It was a while ago I read about it, so just looked up a couple of articles and it's called water intoxication. Something to do with kidneys, and sodium levels in their little bodies...

Anyway, looks like it's more of an issue for under 1 year olds, although anyone can get it including adults... So I guess I don't need to be such a worry wart

We did small bits of formula but ended up wearing it in our bed last night....yum.
So far today we have had no formula at all, trying to give him small snacks but my boy has just never been a big eater.

He has just had a nap so here is hoping he ends up in a better mood.

That is enteresting Pepsi, I have never heard anything like it. Tyrell is lucky if he drinks more than 20 mls other than formula. Something we are working on!

Thanks, we were told that he isn't dehydrated(SP?) so no need to use it, Also because of everything else he isn't allowed anything sweet. Which the Gp said that is quite sweet????
Thanks tho, nice gester!!!!

Amy - not disputing what your GP has said, but when we went to the hospital we were told that even though Erin wasn't really dehydrated, that it was better to give her the Pedialyte anyway to prevent that from happening, just in case she didn't keep her bottles down or needed more fluid that just her bottles could provide. It is kind of sweet but also has stuff like extra potassium and electrolytes in it as well.


Bought Erin a drinking bottle thing with a flip top straw bit, and she sort of gets it, thinks it is more fun to throw around for now (as she does with most things). There is a 'proper' cup (empty) in her toy basket though which during most play times she will pick up and try to drink from, although I am not so sure it is a good idea to put much / any actual liquid in it just yet (if she is not restrained in her high chair).

I appreciate that you've looked into this with the best of intentions, but I would NEVER knowingly do something that would make my little girl sick. First and foremost, I have checked with my GP - who said that toddler milk is really designed as a supplement to the nutrition they are already getting from their food. Also, on the tin it says that you can use *up to* five scoops of the powder in 175mls of milk or water "to taste". Eventually we plan to wean her onto plain milk, and do not plan to give her the toddler milk long term.

Kirst - birthday? what birthday? I am firmly in denial - although I will probably have to go shopping for wrapping paper tomorrow