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a typical day… June 3, 2010

Filed under: Parenting,Raising a Child — rakster @ 6:48 pm
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Wake up.

No, rewind. I already did that at 2:30 am. For some reason you awoke early last night and just woudn’t settle again. Your dad walked you around and put you back to bed. More upset noises. So you had some boobie and finally went back down at 3:30 am.

So yes, when I woke up at 7:00 am and your dad brought you in for your morning boobie, I was a bit tired.

8:00 am breakfast. You got sick of yours (toast with avocado) and decided you were much more into my breakfast (muesli with yoghurt).

8:20 am I gave up and just gave you mine on a big metal spoon (because you’ve decided, that obviously those plastic ones are just for babies. I mean, no-one else in the house has to use the red plastic spoons, why should you? [yes – i can read your thoughts]). (more…)

 

WALKING!!! – Movie June 2, 2010

Filed under: baby stuff,development stages,emotion,family,Parenting,Raising a Child,walking — rakster @ 11:40 am
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poogie learning to walk

walking!!

Well, all I can say is that our little family has been flat-out!

So have had not a minute to write anything on the blog, take photos, do videos. Anything.

But. Last night’s video that your dad took of your and your Aunt R1 warrants a post.

Because he finally got you on camera – WALKING!

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Reaching and tentative efforts at stepping out! – Belated Movie Monday May 19, 2010

Filed under: baby stuff,development stages,Parenting,Raising a Child,walking — rakster @ 2:34 pm
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Standing – look – no hands!!

 

 

Finger lickin’ goodness. May 14, 2010

Filed under: baby's feelings,bad parent of the day award,eating,emotion,Parenting,pregnancy — rakster @ 5:45 pm
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Alternately: “Is my dad a cannibal or did he bite my finger by mistake?”

Hello!

Bad Parent of the Day Award today – very simple.

DAD. For biting your finger as he was attempting to eat some food that you were offering to share with him.

Your reaction: disbelief, then loud crying and screaming.

End result: 20 minutes later, red swollen finger….

ooow!! someone bit my finger

ooops.

love mum

P.S. Note, you were hungry. As per the photo, you continued to try to eat your spinach and cheese muffins with blended roasted vegetables through the tears.

 

Is it a bird, is it a plane? YES! The amazing signing baby! – Movie Monday (once again belated) May 11, 2010

Filed under: activities for kids,baby stuff,Communication,development stages,Movie,Parenting,Raising a Child,Sign Language,video — rakster @ 7:58 pm
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Hello!

It’s belated Movie Monday again.  I’ve been busy, what can I say.

You have also been busy.  Learning.  Do you remember that I’ve mentioned that I had decided then started trying to teach you baby sign language?

Well, the fruits of my and your labour are starting to pay off.  (more…)

 

My First Mother’s Day… May 9, 2010

Filed under: cooking,eating,Parenting — rakster @ 8:32 pm
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Breakfast.

Not quite in bed (it’s hard to cook at all with a babe at your feet but kudos to your dad for getting it done even if it did take a while). They were superb!

Homemade waffles and berries with icecream… (more…)

 

It’s nearly mother’s day… But where is the Mother? May 8, 2010

Filed under: emotion,family,Parenting,Raising a Child — rakster @ 6:09 pm
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It’s a question I ask myself quite a bit.

Who am I and where do I fit into this equation of our family and day-to-day life?

Being a mum for the past almost-year has been an all-subsuming, totally rewarding, utterly exhausting and overall transformative process. Positive. But inarguably challenging on many levels.

As an aside about being all-consuming and mind-bending:  I’m re-reading the title of this post and thinking that I’ve subconsciously started to style my language along the lines of a children’s book – we read so many each day, and my waking minutes are so focussed on looking after you.   (The book it’s based on has slipped out of my mind, but the language persists. It’ll come to me, just give it about 36 hours. Dead of the night. I’ll sit bolt upright in bed and remember.)

Coping?

Some days I think I’m coping really well, and all is gleeful (Wednesday).   (more…)

 

Drainage Issues – parenting for dummies May 5, 2010

Filed under: bad parent of the day award,Parenting,Raising a Child — rakster @ 11:13 am
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Last week.  Washing day.  5 loads of laundry and one load of nappies/diapers.  Done, but an issue.

The downstairs toilet started bubbling. Then the laundry bubbles started coming up while the washing machine was running.  Our house was renovated in the last 10 years and we’ve NEVER had a drainage / plumbing issue.   Damn, I think –  time to get the plumber in…

A few hours and a few hundred dollars later: plumber extracts stinky white mess from about 15m down the garden on the end of his spinning, whirring, metal machine.   He examines stinky white mess and asks:

“Do you flush your nappy wipes down the loo?”….

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Banging the Pans – (belated) Movie Monday May 4, 2010

Filed under: Parenting — rakster @ 3:02 pm

It’s been a while, but we’re all well and healthy again (touch wood). And you’re getting noisier by the day!

 

…and the pasta comes back up again. April 23, 2010

Filed under: baby stuff,healthcare,Parenting,Raising a Child — rakster @ 10:34 am
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So we’ve had the dreaded gastro bug that people tell me has been going around. Poogie, you started with it early Saturday morning, Aunt R1 got it on Saturday morning too, your Dad got it on Sunday evening, and I got it on Wednesday afternoon. So we’ve had a few days of retching (more…)