Last 2 days not so good..

Well after a great day on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were not so good and I was having trouble getting anything into Kyan, solids or formula, fruit or cereal. I tried Potato this evening with no luck, as soon as I get a chance I will try pumpkin or custard made with formula, but I have a feeling it will be a while yet before Master Kyan will take to solids. Formula is a struggle too........he does not like the bottle at all.... BUGGER!

Amazingly he slept through last night but I won't get my hopes up just yet, he has pulled that trick on me a few times before....

He did it!

Yay! I am so excited! Last night Kyan STILL wasn't taking solids very well so I was getting very disheartened (emphasised by him feeding 3 times the night before) so much so that I went out and got some formula samples to try. With a lot of protest we managed to get 60mls into him last night but it took an hour to get him to take that much.

Anyway, this morning I persisted with his cereal and he ate it a little better, and at lunchtime I gave some more and he FINALLY started voluntarily opening his mouth for it and I even managed a second serving! This evening I managed to get several tablespoons of rice cereal and fruit into him so I am starting to feel hopefull again!

Fingers crossed it will help improve his night time feeding habits!

Party Time

Jasmine went to our neighbours birthday party today and had a lovely time. They coloured their own masks which I thought was a wonderful idea! She also got a shrek tatoo and ate lots of lollies. Catching bubbles was a big hit as well! Oh boy do I hate those hooters... she LOVES the fact she has finally learnt how to blow them and loves making noise with her hooter thingy!

Made the final!

I made the final with the photo of Jasmine sleeping. I must say I was surprised that the black and white photo of Kyan didn't make it over that one, perhaps because it was a collaborative effort between Dean and I. (He took the photo and I edited it)

I don't think I will win this one... the competition is pretty fierce! :-) Take a look if you like!
Sleeping Photography Challenge

I won the last challenge which was with the theme 'Petals'. This is the photo I won that challenge with... and the link to the other finalists.. Petals Photo Challenge

Jasmine's New Bean Bag!

Dean made Jasmine a new bean bag today because she was becoming more and more difficult to pry off her old one when I needed to put Kyan down. Kyan prefers the bean bag to his rocker. Anyway, so Dean made a huge adult size one from leftover macrosuede fabric from the shop. As you can see she absolutely drowns in it! She loves the colours. I think they look pretty cute too! So handy having a hubby who sews! Granted I was just going to buy a cheapie from Big W!

Jasmine's Wish List

Jasmine is at that age where she is asking for things that she sees that she wants, and since Christmas isn't that far away and neither is her birthday, I thought I would put up a wish list of things she has asked for. For those family members who don't know what Santa should bring her, or need Birthday idea's, here are some the things she has mentioned that she would like. I will update the wish list as she mentions new things...

• A Kite
• A Kick Board for swimming
• A Piano
• A Guitar
• A Hanky
• Bubblator
• Butterfly Punch
  

PS. Leave a comment if you want to snag an item to get her for Christmas or her birthday and avoid others getting the same item.

Kyan's First Meal

Here is a pic from Kyans first feed of solids! He tried some cereal and wasn't too impressed. I started him right on the 6mth cereal since he is nearly 6mths but he didn't like it much. Today I bought some of the 4mths+ stuff and he seems to like it better. I will try him again tomorrow with it. I also made it a bit thinner and that helped as well I think.

With Jaz I made her cereal REALLY runny first time round and she virtually sucked it off the spoon but because Kyan is used to having his medicine thickened I didn't think I would need to do that with him, but I think to start with he prefers it thinner..... so thinner it is!

Hopefully he will start enjoying his solids soon and they might help him sleep a bit better at night time! Fingers crossed!

DSP are having a 'sleeping' photography challenge and I have entered a few of Kyan but thought I would enter this photo too, which I took last night. See my other entries in my scrapbook gallery.

Jasmine and her two bears

Update on Kyan..

Kyan has improved heaps with the combination of his reflux medication, my cutting dairy from my diet and getting his eczema under control. He is no longer as cranky as he used to be and is a much happier baby but he is still wanting to feed frequently.

Before he came down with croup and then bronchialitis he was mostly only feeding once a night which I can cope with ok. He actually slept through a couple of times when he had bronchialitis, but now he has gone back to feeding twice a night which I am not coping with very well as I don't cope well with lack of sleep!

Dean has been great and is getting up with Kyan when he wakes at 5am in the morning to give me a bit extra sleep.. he copes better with lack of sleep than I do!

Last night he was feeding every 2hrs which just kills me. Thankfully it is a kindy day and he had a longer than usual sleep this morning (3 hrs!) so I was able to have a nap.

Anyway, I have decided to start him on solids a little early in the hopes it will help him sleep through.. we have tried cereal but he isn't too keen on it (in fact he hated it!) so I will buy some apples tomorrow and stew them up to give them a try.. I will see what else there is to try while I am at it. He is great at taking his thickened medication so I do think he is ready for the solids, just a matter of finding something he likes.

Fingers crossed that once we find some solids he likes he starts sleeping through.. if not I might start him on formula for his bed time feed...

Published!

I am soooo excited! This layout has been accepted into 'For Keeps' Scrapbooking magazine and will appear in issue #36. I will let you know when it is on sale!

Jaz and Kyan

Here is a photo of Jasmine and Kyan. It is my most recent posed photo of the two of them. I am going to add photos as I have time that have already done and also photos as they are taken..

I love this photo! Jasmine just loves giving Kyan cuddles and it really shows in this photo....it was soooo hard getting them both to smile at the same time so in the end I just gave up.

Jump and Splash!

This is my most recent layout. Jasmine has a ball at swimming and I managed to capture her having fun in the tots pool a few months ago.

She is progressing really well at swimming, and while she is still in level one classes, she is now swimming with her head under water and getting better at looking at the bottom of the pool. She can't wait to go swimming every week and really enjoys giggling with her friend Emily during classes.

Jasmine also enjoys wearing her goggles in the bath so that she can practice her swimming.

Kyan will be starting swimming lessons too next term.. I can't wait as I know he will love it because he LOVES the water!

Welcome to my Blog!

Welcome to my blog! I plan on using this blog to post photos, scrapbooking layouts and updates on the happenings of our household, so that friends and family can keep up to date on what is happening at our part of the world.