Eve playing with her toys on New Years Day before the Christmas tree was taken down
Just after Christmas our rather lovely health visitor Carla stopped by for Eve's one year check-up. We haven't had any concerns, so as expected she said that Eve was doing fine, and that she is developing well, in line with her age. She hadn't lost weight but she hadn't gained much either - due to crawling and being active, along with the consequences of bad teething pain over the last few weeks (not eating much and bad nappies). Eve now weighs 19lb 2oz.
Carla is really nice and has a positive and realistic approach. I'm so glad. When I told her that I still haven't managed to get Eve to stop drinking milk during the night-time when she wakes, she told me that if it's working for us at the moment then that's fine, and that we should work on it over the coming months. I was speaking to a friend the following day about this and she said that her friend had mentioned a very similar thing to her health visitor who had been quite strict about it and had already made an appointment in the near future to check that she has rectified the situation. That seems a bit stressful to me - too much pressure. We've been so tired, and Eve's been ill so much over the last couple of months that we didn't want to push this.
Now that tooth number 7, the pesky blighter, has completely popped out Eve seems much better in herself. I'm really hoping that as we approach spring Eve will feel better, and consequently won't wake up so much during the night - and therefore, won't be needing to drink so much. Fingers massively crossed anyway. Carla said 'when you get some time, work on the night-time drinking with a recommended method'. This is easy to say but when you only have 3 weeks worth of holidays to take over the coming year it's tricky to work out when it might be possible to do that whilst working etc.
Now that tooth number 7, the pesky blighter, has completely popped out Eve seems much better in herself. I'm really hoping that as we approach spring Eve will feel better, and consequently won't wake up so much during the night - and therefore, won't be needing to drink so much. Fingers massively crossed anyway. Carla said 'when you get some time, work on the night-time drinking with a recommended method'. This is easy to say but when you only have 3 weeks worth of holidays to take over the coming year it's tricky to work out when it might be possible to do that whilst working etc.
I know that she's in a bad habit with the milk drinking in the night-time and I am worried about curtailing it, I'm hoping that if I try harder for her to use a cup during the day time, rather than her bottle for water that this may help with the evening drinking.
Eve just hasn't got on well with a sippy cup at all over the last few months, and I know that we are behind other kids on this part of development.
We've also tried a Nuby cup with a straw, and have also got handles for her MAM baby bottle. Nothing so far has worked but we shall keep persevering. When she was about 4 months old she would hold up her bottle, but over time she has realised that she wants us to do it and gets grumpy when we try to make her use a sippy cup. Oh the trials and tribulations of this weaning malarky!!
The thing that I haven't yet tried is a soft spout on a bottle, like this MAM Starter cup which is kind of in between the bottle and a sippy cup. However, we've decided that we'd like her to get to grips with the Nuby cup if possible as sippy cups are bad for a child's teeth if used for too long.
I sent Eve off to nursery yesterday with her bottle with handles attached and the nursery staff said she simply would not touch it or let them give her a drink with it, which in turn meant that she barely drank anything all day. They said they were worried about her becoming dehydrated.
When we arrived home she guzzled down a bottle of water with me during story time last night before her bath. I know that people say 'if a child is thirsty they will drink' - but maybe not in some cases. She is quite a determined little thing.
After Carla's visit I gave Eve cow's milk rather than formula for her bedtime drink for the first time. I made up one bottle of normal milk and one bottle of formula in advance - thinking that she may not like it. But thankfully she drank the whole 160ml straight down without a fuss. Phew! I knew that I could give her cow's milk to drink from 12 months but I wanted to check with my health visitor before going ahead with it. I'm so pleased it has worked without any tears. Perhaps this is going to help towards the night weaning.
Our good friend Fonz came to visit just before New Years. It was a sunny, but freezing day. We had a lovely walk through the park with some friends and their kids, and then had drinks in the cozy 'Star and Dove' pub. Unfortunately my camera ran out of batteries which was a pain so I couldn't get any shots of the wee bairns together.
Eve's friend Jake gave her a cool inflatable bear for Christmas. You fill the bottom with water which acts as a weight. She's been really enjoying playing with him - he's kind of like a mini punch bag rocking back and forth, ha ha.
Eve is a funny little thing and is constantly waving. She pretty much says 'Hello' and 'I love you' now (well, to mine and Daddy's trained ears this is what we hear) and she also likes to 'high-five'.
During the Christmas hols Eve has been having a lovely time racing round the kitchen with her walker. Once she starts she's off like a shot. It's most amusing and we are ecstatic with delight every time we see her walking. She pauses every so often to take her hands off the walker and just stands for a moment or two before zooming off again. I think she'll be walking unaided in no time.
Nuby
We've also tried a Nuby cup with a straw, and have also got handles for her MAM baby bottle. Nothing so far has worked but we shall keep persevering. When she was about 4 months old she would hold up her bottle, but over time she has realised that she wants us to do it and gets grumpy when we try to make her use a sippy cup. Oh the trials and tribulations of this weaning malarky!!
I sent Eve off to nursery yesterday with her bottle with handles attached and the nursery staff said she simply would not touch it or let them give her a drink with it, which in turn meant that she barely drank anything all day. They said they were worried about her becoming dehydrated.
When we arrived home she guzzled down a bottle of water with me during story time last night before her bath. I know that people say 'if a child is thirsty they will drink' - but maybe not in some cases. She is quite a determined little thing.
After Carla's visit I gave Eve cow's milk rather than formula for her bedtime drink for the first time. I made up one bottle of normal milk and one bottle of formula in advance - thinking that she may not like it. But thankfully she drank the whole 160ml straight down without a fuss. Phew! I knew that I could give her cow's milk to drink from 12 months but I wanted to check with my health visitor before going ahead with it. I'm so pleased it has worked without any tears. Perhaps this is going to help towards the night weaning.
Our good friend Fonz came to visit just before New Years. It was a sunny, but freezing day. We had a lovely walk through the park with some friends and their kids, and then had drinks in the cozy 'Star and Dove' pub. Unfortunately my camera ran out of batteries which was a pain so I couldn't get any shots of the wee bairns together.
Eve's friend Jake gave her a cool inflatable bear for Christmas. You fill the bottom with water which acts as a weight. She's been really enjoying playing with him - he's kind of like a mini punch bag rocking back and forth, ha ha.
Eve and Bo Bo the Bear
Eve is a funny little thing and is constantly waving. She pretty much says 'Hello' and 'I love you' now (well, to mine and Daddy's trained ears this is what we hear) and she also likes to 'high-five'.
During the Christmas hols Eve has been having a lovely time racing round the kitchen with her walker. Once she starts she's off like a shot. It's most amusing and we are ecstatic with delight every time we see her walking. She pauses every so often to take her hands off the walker and just stands for a moment or two before zooming off again. I think she'll be walking unaided in no time.
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