Hi ladies, I'm another MIA case, hello to all mummies and hope everyone is doing fine. Been reading the thread silently from time to time...
Baby Isaac turns 6 months next week and cos he arrived earlier, he has been reaching milestones like the Dec2008 babies...
On the topic of solids, he has 2 lower front teeth already and I think more are coming out cos he's drooling and wanting to bite so much again.
He started growing those cuties around 4 months - isn't that pretty early? My mom was like, 'Wah piang! FM nowadays dunno got what type of extra stuff make babies develop so fast.
PD says Isaac is ready for solids when we checked up at 5 months, so he has taken cereal and pear...I have yet to add too much yet cos also scared there is allergy.
Same as many babies, if too hungry, I give him milk first then save a bit of balance milk mix with cereal to give him - that's morning feed, pear given in the afternoon. My mom also has this old generation suggestion - to feed cereal & FM in bottle...but many books advise not to do that - must let baby associate cereal as a solid to be fed with bowl and spoon (get the feel of spoon and how to swallow)...so I am holding firm on that.
Also planning to intro spinach / carrots next week...been looking around for blenders, ending up decided to borrow Mom's U-Like Blender, just bought new spare parts...was in 2-minds about the Philips & Braun handheld ones.
How come there is no BP on blenders? Was looking for good buys...the sales staff at best Denki know peanuts about the blender differences.
Isaac's flipping like dolphin now, but prefers to stand and walk...i listened to my mother, introduced the walker which he loves.
But went to PD...have to take away walker, baby must follow milestones i.e. flip, roll over, sit up, crawl, stand up then walk....skip some of the steps may cause baby to have other coordination and confidence issues in the future....sigh! so much for listening to much to the older generation. I was glad mom was with me listening to PD's advice and rationale. Now I have to make Isaac unlearn stand & walking, and back to basics flipping on the mattress & try to crawl.
So u mummies learn from my lesson ok - let babies learn step by step.
I was looking the trial classes for MyGym and Gymboree next week, how come u all chose Gymboree in the end?
