ITS A BOY!

Congratulations to my friends Laura and Giles on the birth of ...

Rudi Jenson Curel Duke

Born 07.05.10 1pm weighing in at 8lb 7oz.

Bank Holiday Fun.

We brought Tabitha-Lo a walker this weekend and have had so much fun watching her playing in it. She loves the music and her little legs go crazy when she is banging the keys. I think her back has really straightened up even in the last few days and she is nearly holding herself up in a sitting position.

She is having a bit of a sensitive phase at the moment. When we had a family gathering the noise of people laughing made her cry. Today we went to Ikea and she screamed when i put her on their change mats. Babies do go through periods where they are unsure and nervous of people and change, i'd say thats where we are at with Tabitha right now. I'm hoping she'll return to her normal happy personality soon or i'll be worried she has inherited my social skills.

What is BPA?

What is BPA?

Are your babies bottles BPA Free?

When you see that a product is 'Free' of something you assume its something harmful or bad for you. My bottles are BPA Free so i wanted to know why....here is what i found.

Taken from Tommy Tippee website:

BPA is one of the 50 most-produced chemicals in the world. It is used in the manufacture of numerous household articles, from plastic water jugs to take-out containers, sports equipment, canned food liners and baby formula cans. This widespread use of polycarbonate feeding bottles is due to the exceptional combination of properties that the material gives, including safety, toughness, durability, lightweight, glass-like appearance and its suitability for all common household methods of sterilisation.

On Saturday March 14 2010, BBC News featured an item about BPA in baby feeding bottles. And in recent months many environmental groups have expressed concerns that the BPA contained in baby feeding bottles could ‘leach’ or leak out into a baby’s milk from the plastic when heated under certain conditions, or when bottles were cracked or scratched. This, they claimed, could result in health concerns for babies and children.

Bisphenol A has been intensively scrutinized for a long period of time and no credible scientific evidence has yet been found as to whether BPA is damaging to humans. The Department of Health and the Food Standards Agency are among many national and international bodies to publicly state that polycarbonate is safe to use.

Tommy Tippee with 50 years of experience, have decided that they should do whatever they could to minimise the confusion for parents in order to provide the total reassurance they have come to expect from them. The Closer to Nature range are BPA Free.

Teething.

Tabitha-Lo started teething at two months and cut her first two teeth within two days of each other at 4 months old. She has been very good about it all having a bit of Bonjela here and there and one day of calpol induced dosing through the pain. She didn't really take to the teething toys we offered her, however i have now discovered Bickiepegs. They are teething biscuits that are available from Boots. The biscuit does not break down contains no salt or sugar and going by Tabithas face when she is biting down on them do the job!

I have however vamped them up slightly by replacing the string that comes with them (the company advise you to tie them onto a button hole) with some pretty ribbon. Admittedly they look a bit like a dog biscuit but she keeps herself very quiet in the buggy biting away on them, dropping them and picking them back up again. Result.

Swaddling Update...

It has not been going well. My daughter does not like her arms. First night i was in and out of the nursery every hour settling her back down. This basically involved holding her arms down by her side as if she was swaddled until she went back to sleep. By 2 am i broke and swaddled her in a cot sheet, in my head this wasn't 'real' swaddling and didn't count. Last night i put her down to sleep swaddled in the cot sheet still going with my 'not real' swaddling angle. She still woke at midnight sobbing and requiring a feed to go back to sleep and at 5am i was awoken by screaming...5am!

I have been listening to friends advice and of course Grannies and today have come to a decision, the swaddling is back! She likes it and it makes her feel safe, she'll grow used to her arms as she gains more control over them.

Or as her father put it...She has won me over.