A Big Week in the Life of Lauren

A monumental week for Lauren as she had her 1st spoon-fed!

“Spoon feed” being the key word here as she only managed a few morsels.

As the spoonful of Orange & Banana flavoured baby rice met her lips, her little eyes lit up. She knew it wasn’t milk and knew she was onto something.

Whilst she managed a little, most was pushed back out, spooned back in, pushed out & spooned back in etc. She has got the idea but it’s baby steps for now. I’m not worried about how much she eats only that she experiences the taste and enjoys the textures.

I must be mad to introduce this now cause my little angle is off her formula at the moment, dropping an ounce here & there through the day, which makes her hungry at night and means she is waking up again!

Generally bottle times have become a nightmare. Even though she is hungry and jumps on the teat, she pulls away after a few seconds and soaks herself, her bib and me in the process. She then jumps back on the teat again and so we repeat until she settles down.

Talk about feeling guilty for getting frustrated by her behaviour!

She would cry, I’d check her nappy, check when her next feed was due and then give lots of cuddles. But when she cries it means she is teething, has thrush and her damn mouth is sore and on fire!

“Mummy, wake up & listen”

Did I mention she is teething. Well she is ~ big style!

Blowing bubbles, eating her hands (and anything else that crosses the path of her mouth), bright red cheeks, dribbling and using up to 4 bibs a day!