I woke up rather early and went out to buy supplies. I bought her these awesome heat sensing spoons by Tommee Tippee which change colour to show you that the food is hot, some freezer tubs, and lots of different foods by Organix. Once back home, I labelled the food fior easy recognition and put ti all away in Morgan's cupboard.
At first, I was finding it all to be way too daunting and was going to postpone the First Weaning Experience til the following day. I changed my mind a few moments later though as I was way too excited to give it a shot and see what happens!
HSS and I sat Morgan down in her highchair, and put on a bib round her neck. I chose the try out this thingy here first.
NOM! [25June2012]
I scooped up a tiny bit of food and fed it to Morgan. I held my breath to see what would happen.
What's this?! [25June2012]
Morgan's reaction seemed to be "What's this thing she's putting in my mouth? Why can't I suck on it? What's this new taste? THIS IS ALL SO STRANGE!! AND STOP TAKING PHOTOS OF ME WHILST I TRY TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT!!!!!!!!!"
"I'm so confused!!" [25June2012]
She was hungry and seemed to like it, but couldn't get how she was meant to do it. Her tongue kept darting in and out, dropping half of the food out of her mouth and down her cute little strawberry-shaped chin.
:D [25June2012]
HSS was taking shitloads of photos in the meanwhile, dancing around us with his phone, enjoying the scene unfolding in front of his gorgeous eyes, and yet being antsy due to wanting to try and feed Morgan himself but not really daring interrupt.
Having noticed his eagerness to give it a try, I handed over the spoon and my seat, and went camera-happy myself.
Hand-over completed! [25June2012]
The first spoonful fed to Morgan by HSS was accompanied by this tune here being hummed. I couldn't stop giggling at the nerdiness of it all. Poor Morgan is doomed! Muahahahaha.
"Why are you making strange sounds? AND WHY ARE YOU NOT FEEDING ME?!" [25June2012]
Morgan grew more and more perplexed but seemed to be enjoying the New Noms.
Omnomnomnomnomnom! [25June2012]
Morgan's tongue kept darting in and out, however she repeatedly lent forward towards the spoon, indicating she wanted more.
Food is fun! [25June2012]
It was really fun watching HSS and Morgan go through the whole process - this was one hell of a First for all three of us!
"Ok, just a little bit more." [25June2012]
After a short while, Morgan started getting frustrated at too many new things to deal with all at once - new flavours, new textures, new feeding method and new feeding equipment, and ultimately, sitting in a highchair instead of being held in our arms whilst being fed. She was clearly hungry, and not in the mood to keep experimenting for much longer.
Is it time for my milk yet?! IS IT?! [25June2012]
When she started showing signs of distress, we stopped the First Meal and gave her her bottle as usual - which she drained happily.
Since then, we're trying the weaning thing twice a day - breakfast and lunch just before giving her her bottle. With every Feeding Session, she eats a little bit more, and is slowly getting the hang of it!
On other news, Morgan's second tooth is breaking through! This one is on the left bottom side - it is either a canine or a molar, I'm not entirely sure. Tiny gums with no teeth make it difficult to say until the tooth emerges completely. Poor girl is in quite a bit of pain lately - however thankfully the Dentinox Teething Gel seems to do the trick in soothing her.
I'm currently trying my best to make the most out of the remaining days before this week is through. Monday is Back To Work for me. Eh, I'm dreading it to be honest - not because I don't like the job - I do. I missed it actually! I'm just not looking forward to spending so little time with Morgan and HSS. Morgan discovers something new every day - at least one thing evolves in her behaviour and in her physical appearance. Her First Word, First Crawl, First Step and a plethora of other Firsts are bound to happen at any given moment - and I'm likely to miss out on those milestones. I wish I could be a Stay-At-Home Mum, however it is in Morgan's best interest that I be a Working Mum.
A midwife came over yesterday to check up on us. I had forgotten she was meant to come over, kinda. I knew she was due on the 17th, but I failed to realise that the 17th was yesterday.
She checked my blood pressure and C-section scar, as well as my uterus's position. She confirmed that everything was fine and the uterus has moved back down and shrank closer to its pre-pregnancy position and size.
She also checked Morgan and said she still has slight jaundice but it will soon go away. She stripped Morgan down to check her GirlyBits and her belly button and confirmed all is well. She also confirmed that the dry skin on Morgan's hands and feet is normal and gave the thumbs up to the cream I'm using on her, as well as the shower gel.
Morgan's belly button is an "innie", by the way. My soon-to-be sis-in-law has been asking me whether her belly button is an "innie" or an "outie" ever since the umbilical stump fell off. [If you're unsure of the difference - clicky here ]
The one issue we're facing at the moment is gas. It is causing Morgan to suffer abdominal cramps, which make her cry out for a few seconds several times throughout the day and night. I have mentioned this to a few people and have been told of a product called Infacol. Needless to say, I decided to look it up.
Infacol is a product that has an active ingredient called Simethicone. It is meant to help group the tiny gas bubbles trapped in a baby's intestines into larger ones for easier explusion. Having said that, the information I found about this product is disheartening. Have a read!
Infacol is currently out of stock on the island. My mum went to the pharmacy to ask about it and was instead sold a product called Dentinox which I refused to use for two reasons - it seems like it is intended for Colic not Gas - and it has an expiry date of May 2012 which makes me think the pharmacist had old stock he is trying to get rid of.
The active ingredient in Dentinox is Dimethicone. This is similar to the one in Infacol, however the one in Infacol is mixed with Silica Gel.
An interesting read was the following article: http://www.babycareadvice.com/infant_gas/infant_gas.old.htm
I have had friends swear by Infacol, saying it works. When I googled the active ingredients I mentioned earlier a fair number of hits I got were about rabbits. You know, long ears, twitchy nose, furry. They hop. Sounds familiar?
I am not about to give Morgan something which is used to treat rabbits effectively and yet seems to have little more effect than a placebo would.
A friend of mine suggested I try Infant Fennel Tea. Upon looking it up on Wikipedia, I came across the following:
"Carminative properties of fennel are known from ancient times, as recorded in the Latin phrase "semen foeniculi pellit spiracula culi"[11], which literally means "the fennel seeds make blow the arsehole"."
Needless to say, I'm still giggling over it. The article does carry on to say, however, that "Fennel can be made into a syrup to treat babies with colic (formerly thought to be due to digestive upset), but long term ingestion of fennel preparations by babies is a known cause of thelarche."
At this present moment in time I think I would much rather prefer to continue acting as her mattress and holding her close to me, belly-to-belly, to warm her up. Perhaps I go into too much detail, but I'm not willing to risk it.
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