Today J is 21 weeks old part 1

I can't believe where the time has gone and how much my little boy has changed in the last 21 weeks but more scary it means that there is only 21 weeks until I return to work! Wow that's scary.

So I haven't actually written a post about J and his progress since he was 3 weeks old. He's already changed so much in such a sort time and is learning more and more every day. He comfortable sleeps through the night most nights. I'm really not sure how that happened really, at about 4-5 weeks old he started not to wake for his 10pm feed and over a few days I stopped waking him. He continued to wake at about 2 am for a week or so but at about 8 weeks or so he stopped waking. So now he goes to bed about 6pm and sleeps through until about 7am not sure how he does it.

In the last week or so I've started weaning him. I thought long and hard about how I was going to do it and after a conversation with a few people, hubby and I have decided on the purée route. This means mashing up fruit and veg and us feeding it to him. Cow and Gate have produced a very good 5 step weaning plan so I have decided to follow that. It starts by introducing 1 fruit or vegetable a day. So far it seems to be going ok, he like something's more than others and I can soon tell the items he doesn't like as much as he ends up wearing most of it.

Entertainment wise well I've been taking J to Water Babies which he seems to love, I've continued to meet up with my NCT girls on a Wednesday so he always gets to play with the other babies that day and then more recently I've been taking J to Baby sensory. I'd 1st taken him when he was a month or so old and was so not ready for it but now he seems to really enjoy it.

He's only just growing out of his size 0-3 items so I've started washing of the the 3-6 month items. It's funny how like women's clothing baby clothing sizes varies so much in the different stores. With dropping down to statory maternity pay I've been trying to look for some bargains. So not only have I been buying a few of my favorite expensive brands off eBay I've also been to a few NCT sales and also visiting my local supermarkes who are great for tracksuit trousers and t-shirts.

I wonder what the next 21 weeks will hold?

Mam

I'd never heard of Mam until just before I visited the Baby show back in February I was downloading the list of which brands I wanted to visit when I saw that if you downloaded a voucher from them you would receive a small sample of their anti colic self sterilising bottle. So armed with the voucher I made a visit to their stall for my free bottle, once home it got put in the back of the cupboard.

Fast forward to midnight the day I got released from hospital and there's me and J crying our eyes out as I could not get him to breast fed. Then in a light bulb moment I remembered the bottle and I told hubby to get it and the emergancy carton of formula I had in the cupboard downstairs. 15 minutes later he was back up stairs bottle in hand, J took to the bottle straight away and we then had a happy baby. Since then we've never looked back and Mam has become one of our favorite brands.

What I love about their self sterilising bottles that they come completely apart which makes cleaning very easy, you can sterilise the bottle in 3 easy steps in the microwave in just 3 minutes, there's even a mark on the lid to help you measure the 20ml of water. The vented holes in the bottom it helps to reduce colic by upto 80% by reducing the amount of air swallowed. 

J has always loved the bottles from when he was 1st born with the little bottle to now with the larger bottles.

After making the decision to stop breast feeding and to go to formula feeding we knew that we would need several bottles to the Mam starter kit was the perfect purchase from Amazon. It contains :

2 x 130 ml bottles

2 x 160 ml bottles

4 x 260 ml bottles

4 x size 1 teats

4 x sealing discs though I've never used these 

1 x soft spout

1 x handle 

& 1 x starter soother 

J is a very sucky baby so having a soother has been a life safer in trying to calm him. He started with the small starter smoother and now has moved to the slighty bigger one. I also purchased a couple of the clips which means I can clip the soothers onto his pram or car seat so we don't loss it.

As the teething started I went straight to mam to see what teethers they had we have a bite & relax which J seems to like. It's design also helps J develope his coordination.

At the last baby show I visited the stand again to see what other teethers they had but to also look at their weaning items. I picked up a set of cutlery for J to use and a cooler teether. The ends are filled with water so when refridgrated they cool down which helps soothe his gums.

I'm sure as time goes on more of the brilliant products will be used in our house.

This is not a sponsored post.