The Nora Report

Breakfast

mike — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:07:11 +0000

Plain yogurt with raspberries — 2-3oz.

Raw broccoli with parmesan, declined.

Wheat bread with butter and apricot jam — 1/2 slice.

Pear with cinnamon — 1/4.

Grapes.

1oz formula.

Night

mike — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:49:38 +0000

Went to sleep around 8:00. Awake at 11:30, took 4-5oz formula. Woke up at 6:30.

Night

mike — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:00:04 +0000

The last week or two, she’s mostly been following a schedule of going to bed at 7-8, sleeping until 4-5, having a feed, then going back to sleep until around 7. She’s been occasionally waking up and wailing, but if we wait she usually puts herself back to sleep. Last night she woke up around midnight and wailed for a while. She didn’t seem to be going back to sleep, so I made up a 3oz bottle and went in to her. She guzzled it, in a way I haven’t seen her do since she was about a month old — we’ve long had a problem with her being unwilling to suck, but apparently she knows how to suck fine, she just chooses not to. Last night, after a day of lousy meals, she was hungry and so she sucked. She finished that bottle and most of another 3oz bottle, but then got sleepy and pushed the bottle away. She went back to sleep pretty quickly.

So it looks like we need to go back to night feeding, especially since she hasn’t been eating that well during the day. We had also dumped the bottle in favor of a sippy cup, but maybe that was a mistake too.

Breakfast

mike — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:31:32 +0000

Cauliflower with butter, parmesan, and basil. Dice cauliflower into Nora-sized pieces. Cover with water and microwave on high for 2 minutes. Drain water. Add butter and stir until melted. Add parmesan and stir. Sprinkle with dried basil. Blow on to cool to baby temperature.

Chicken with butter and parmesan.

Lunch @ Chiang’s Gourmet

mike — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:11:29 +0000

Cheerios (a few).

Pears (a little).

White rice.

Salt & pepper crispy chicken (breading removed).

Noodles (with a little soy sauce).

Lunch

mike — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:10:10 +0000

Cheerios and organic-Os.

Cheddar cheese.

Pears.

Breakfast

mike — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:06:40 +0000

Tofu roasted with sesame oil (declined).

Butter chicken (declined).

Potato bread – 1/2 slice.

Plain yogurt with raspberries, oatmeal, and pear juice – 3oz.

Oatmeal with pear juice and cinnamon – 2oz.

Recent Nights

mike — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:15:02 +0000

After a couple of rough nights of adjustment after getting back from the east coast, Nora’s been going to bed around 7-8 and mostly sleeping through until 4-5 the next morning, when she wakes for a feed. She then goes back to sleep until 7ish.

No Reports Today

mike — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:18:51 +0000

Mom & dad are still in Montreal, NLP still in Burlington. Grandma says she ate like a champ, slept through most of the night, and woke up happy.

No Reports Today

mike — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:42:32 +0000

No reports today, because NLP is in Burlington with her grandparents while mom & dad are in Montreal living it up. The bedtime report from grandma was that she ate pretty well today and went to sleep with almost no complaining at all.

Night

mike — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:20:39 +0000

Bedtime was kind of a fiasco, with the whole family a bit confused by the time change. Nora went down at 7-8 EST but then woke up after a couple of hours and would not be put back to sleep (lots of crying) until we got her up and played with her for a while. She finally went to sleep around 10:30. But when she did finally go to sleep, she slept like a champ, straight through until 6:00, when I got her up and gave her about 3oz of formula, with her actually sucking on the bottle a little. She went back to sleep until about 8:30. Best of all: mom managed to sleep all the way through the night, a first since Nora was born.

Dinner

mike — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:49:24 +0000

Finger food: macaroni, turkey.

Mashed roasted potatoes with butter and parmesan.

Breakfast

mike — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:46:29 +0000

Finger food: cheerios, macaroni.

Oatmeal with pear juice.

Vanilla yogurt with cinnamon.

Nights this week

mike — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:28:24 +0000

I took the 1am-ish feeding most nights this past week. We had a couple nights where she took an ounce or so of formula before pushing it away and falling asleep. One night where she just wasn’t interested and wanted to go to sleep. And one where she actually took three ounces and sucked a little at the end (usually, it’s just chewing) and then went right to sleep.

Breakfast

erica — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:41:17 +0000

A huge handful of “cheerios” and 2.5 Tbsp baby oatmeal mixed with pear juice, breastmilk and 1 Tbsp plain yogurt

Dinner

mike — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:27:13 +0000

Finger food: chicken, swiss, cheddar, avocado, mostly declined.

Carrots and tomatoes, declined.

Breakfast

mike — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:15:48 +0000

Finger food: chicken, whole wheat bread, tiny butter cubes, ginger, cinnamon.

Oatmeal with milk and pear juice.

Oatmeal with melted butter, zucchini (one cube), and parmesan.

Plain yogurt with pluot.

She’s been enjoying the cinnamon, so I tried her on a little ground ginger. She was okay with it, not as into it as the cinnamon. But then she ate some herself on her finger and it was obviously too strong for her. Her faces were funny.

Night

mike — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:13:19 +0000

Erica got up with NLP at 1-2 and fed her. I got up with her at about 5:30. She took about an ounce of formula from her dragonfly bottle, after playing with it for a while. But after a while she kept pushing it away and complaining a lot. So I let her go to sleep on me and put her back in her crib at about 6:30. She was awake again for breakfast at 7:15.

Dinner

mike — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:49:33 +0000

Finger food: cheerios, chicken, whole wheat bread.

Pinto beans with yogurt, oatmeal, and pears.

Plain yogurt with oatmeal and pears.

Diced spiral pasta with butter, chicken, and parmesan.

Plain yogurt with pears and cinnamon.

Lunch

mike — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:47:05 +0000

Finger food: chicken, cheerios, cheddar, swiss, diced spiral pasta.

Zucchini (two cubes) with milk and oatmeal.

Diced spiral pasta with butter, chicken, and parmesan. Dice the pasta and put in a small bowl with some butter. Microwave for 15 seconds or so, until the butter melts. Mix in grated parmesan and diced chicken. Serve by spoon or as finger food.

Plain yogurt with cinnamon.

Cheerio pieces dipped in yogurt and cinnamon.

Breakfast

mike — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:44:27 +0000

Finger food: chicken, cheerios

Plain yogurt with peaches and prunes

Oatmeal with milk and peaches