Whine.

[rivka]

It has been an absolute pigfucker of a week at work.

I am tired of not being respected.

I have a headache. My back hurts.

I am tired of nursing. And pumping. I am so tired of pumping I can't even begin to tell you. And I'm having trouble keeping up with it, too. And now that Colin is eating cereal I have to pump extra milk for the cereal on top of the milk he takes in his bottles.

It was 90 degrees and 75% humidity today. My glasses kept fogging up every time I went outside.

I am tired of Colin pulling my hair and gnawing on my chin and taking off my glasses. I am tired of being slimed with drool.

I am tired of Alex's incredibly loud and shrill voice, and her insistence on sitting in my lap when it's 90 degrees out.

I am tired of having it be so hot that I can't sit at my computer at home because it's too hot for the boy, especially if he's swaddled for a nap. I am bored with my living room. I am bored with hanging out on the floor supervising Colin's play and rescuing him every time he gets into a position he doesn't like.

I don't have anything to read.

Comments

[ailbhe]

No, it's that women who don't express milk otherwise often don't use breastmilk in their babies' cereal. I, for example, never did. It seemed like too much hard work.

I keep hearing that avocado is the most densely calorific thing to feed a baby, too. Certainly I find them very filling for myself. I have no idea whether they are on the current Approved List For Babies though. I think banana and avocado used to be a popular puree?

[rivka.livejournal.com]

What did you mix cereal with? Just water? Soymilk?

Avocado and banana both have to be prepared from fresh. Colin's been eating things that come in handy little organic jars. But they are good ideas, and we do have bananas in the house.

[ailbhe]

I mixed cereal with whatever was handy - Linnea had porridge made with ricemilk or water, and mainly she ate out of my bowl, too. Emer had bits of avocados and banana that I ate the rest of; it didn't need to be blender-smooth, mushing it with a spoon or fork or her own hands worked fine. I never actually mixed them, though, because I didn't want to eat that myself and I get all weird if I have to throw food away.

I didn't buy specific baby-cereals, though I did use various jars at various times. It all depended on what was easiest, really. Emer was mainly self-weaned onto solids, minimal spooning. Linnea was spoonfed a lot, because she was ready for solids before I was ready to give her *solid* solids. In Sweden there are gruels which are mixed with water and served in a bottle; I think they already have milk powder in. They're not a breastmilk substitute at all, they're a separate foodstuff with mixed grains.

I believe that current nutritional guidelines for children who are not dairy intolerant are that they should not use cow's milk as their main milk drink (that is often their main source of nutrition!) until they are 12 months old, but that it's ok in cooking. Some people add butter and cream and yoghurt to a lot of things, for babies under a year old. Here, I'd ask my Health Visitor (actually, I'd ask at least two, because I have a thing about trusting them). Is there anyone you can ask? Do the AAP have guidelines?

[rivka.livejournal.com]

He has a well-baby visit with his pediatrician tomorrow, so I can ask him if a couple of tablespoons of cow's milk would be problematic.

You can't beat the instant baby cereals for convenience; they're tiny flakes that can be mixed up with a little warm milk instead of having to be cooked and cooled. We get two varieties: brown rice, and oatmeal, both organic. I think they're pretty tasty.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

I have a very food-allergic baby, but he's always been fine with rice cereal mixed with bottled water. Also, bananas are one of the only fruits he can eat, but since I'm allergic to bananas* I feed him gerber puree'd bananas, so I can keep it kind of contained. They have added citric acid (like most jarred baby fruits) but otherwise are just banana. Gerber has an organic and I think the other brand that's always organic (I can't remember the name right now, dang) has bananas in their "first" group.

*one of the quirks of adoption is that my large list of food allergies bears no relationship to Charlie's large list, so I have to feed him things that I shouldn't actually be handling.