Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Despite my empty tummy, I slept all night and woke at 6.30am when Dad was getting ready for work. Once I had some milk in my tummy I felt alot better and had a good day today.
Mum drove us to East Perth and took me for a walk in the pram around the bridges. It was a nice walk alongside the water, but that didn't stop me grizzling most of the way! It took Mum about an hour to walk and I got to sleep just before the end. Luckily Mum had brought her lunch so she sat in the sun and ate it while I slept. When I woke up, she got me out onto the rug too and I lay with the breeze in my hair, watching the gum tree leaves blowing in the breeze.
Dad came home early from work and soon had me jigging around in my Jolly Jumper!
Mum drove us to East Perth and took me for a walk in the pram around the bridges. It was a nice walk alongside the water, but that didn't stop me grizzling most of the way! It took Mum about an hour to walk and I got to sleep just before the end. Luckily Mum had brought her lunch so she sat in the sun and ate it while I slept. When I woke up, she got me out onto the rug too and I lay with the breeze in my hair, watching the gum tree leaves blowing in the breeze.
Dad came home early from work and soon had me jigging around in my Jolly Jumper!
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Mum and I went to our Mother (and babies) group today at Charlie and his Mum Sam's house again, we go there each week now. The others are all sitting and rolling lots more than me but I'm lying back, taking it all in!
After that, Mum walked the long way home while I slept in the pram. Later on, we went to the big toy sale on at Target. I was checking out all sorts of interesting toys but the main thing Mum bought was a Jolly Jumper. At home, she set it up with me suspended by a spring in a doorway just before Dad got home from work and they both watched me bounce around on my tippy toes with big smiles on my face (as they flashed photos of me!)
Tonight I threw up my last feed and then kept throwing up, even the water Mum helped me drink. After changing my PJs and bedsheets a couple of times, I fell asleep really quickly. Its the first time I haven't felt well, apart from the cold I had, and I really looked quite sorry for myself.
After that, Mum walked the long way home while I slept in the pram. Later on, we went to the big toy sale on at Target. I was checking out all sorts of interesting toys but the main thing Mum bought was a Jolly Jumper. At home, she set it up with me suspended by a spring in a doorway just before Dad got home from work and they both watched me bounce around on my tippy toes with big smiles on my face (as they flashed photos of me!)
Tonight I threw up my last feed and then kept throwing up, even the water Mum helped me drink. After changing my PJs and bedsheets a couple of times, I fell asleep really quickly. Its the first time I haven't felt well, apart from the cold I had, and I really looked quite sorry for myself.
Sunday, July 24, 2005
This morning we went to a Baby and Kids market at the Loftus Centre. There were no babies for sale, but lots of baby-related stuff like clothes, books, toys, prams etc. It was just as well that Dad came along to keep an eye on Mum because she was getting a bit carried away, she was even looking at pink girls clothes! They bought me some bodysuits and long sleeved shirts which I need, some toys and even a jigsaw puzzle for 5 year olds!
Tonight on my late night visit to the lounge room for my nightcap, I watched Lance Armstrong win the 2005 Tour de France, a record 7th consecutive win! Mum and Dad are very glad that the Tour is over because they have been staying up to watch the finish each night and now they're exhausted! They've been interested because they both recently read Lance Armstrong's book and also because they watched the Tour de France in Paris in 1999, the first year that Lance Armstrong won it.
Tonight on my late night visit to the lounge room for my nightcap, I watched Lance Armstrong win the 2005 Tour de France, a record 7th consecutive win! Mum and Dad are very glad that the Tour is over because they have been staying up to watch the finish each night and now they're exhausted! They've been interested because they both recently read Lance Armstrong's book and also because they watched the Tour de France in Paris in 1999, the first year that Lance Armstrong won it.
Saturday, July 23, 2005
Being the weekend, today it was Dad's turn to put me in my high chair and sit with me and try and entice me to eat some food. Today they reverted to the rice cereal which is certainly not the most appetising of the foods I have been offered, so I made that known! Bring back the avocado!
We all went to Rick and Michelle's for dinner this evening. We got there early, in time for the crayfish hors d'oeuvres! Dad was holding me and I was really interested in what he was eating and then Mum realised that she forgot to feed me when we got to their house so I hadn't been fed for about 4 hours! So they picked some avocado out of the salad which I enthusiastically ate!
Despite all the big kids running around and making lots more noise than I'm used to, I went off to slept in the portacot. Later on I woke up and we all drove home. I had a late nightcap with Mum on the couch and got to see Lance Armstrong win the individual time trial at the Tour de France. Since I often wake around 11pm at the moment I have seen quite a few of the stage finishes in the Tour de France and I know all about the yellow jersey now!
We all went to Rick and Michelle's for dinner this evening. We got there early, in time for the crayfish hors d'oeuvres! Dad was holding me and I was really interested in what he was eating and then Mum realised that she forgot to feed me when we got to their house so I hadn't been fed for about 4 hours! So they picked some avocado out of the salad which I enthusiastically ate!
Despite all the big kids running around and making lots more noise than I'm used to, I went off to slept in the portacot. Later on I woke up and we all drove home. I had a late nightcap with Mum on the couch and got to see Lance Armstrong win the individual time trial at the Tour de France. Since I often wake around 11pm at the moment I have seen quite a few of the stage finishes in the Tour de France and I know all about the yellow jersey now!
Friday, July 22, 2005
Today I started at Baby Dolphins! These are the next level of swimming lessons after the Baby Splash ones which I finished a couple of months ago. Today Mum came in the pool with me and Dad left work to come and watch and photograph me!
I went really well and kicked like a mad thing! Someone had told Mum that a way to protect my skin from the drying effects of the chlorine is to rub sorbolene all over me about 2 hours before swimming and then again afterwards. I think it is recommended to do it 2 hours before to give it a chance to soak in, however Mum still found me very slippery. Luckily Mum kept her hands on me at all times but next time she might dress me in my sunsuit which might be easier to keep a hold of!
I went really well and kicked like a mad thing! Someone had told Mum that a way to protect my skin from the drying effects of the chlorine is to rub sorbolene all over me about 2 hours before swimming and then again afterwards. I think it is recommended to do it 2 hours before to give it a chance to soak in, however Mum still found me very slippery. Luckily Mum kept her hands on me at all times but next time she might dress me in my sunsuit which might be easier to keep a hold of!
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
This evening, Mum and I drove to Nanna and Poppa’s house and Dad came straight there from work. Nanna has bought some toys for her house and I had a play on a little yellow ride on bike (which is currently fixed as a stationary toy) with all sorts of things that move and make noises on it. It was very exciting but then when I couldn't stop yawning, Nanna bathed me in her laundry trough and then dried me on her hot pink towels! I hadn’t slept in my portacot for a while and when I kicked it wiggled around more than I’m used to, but I settled down quite quickly to sleep in it in the spare room. Nanna cooked yummy vegetarian dhal for dinner and everyone liked it!
When it was time to go home, Mum picked me up in my sleeping bag, put my beanie on carried me to the car. There is a slot near the bottom of the sleeping bag so that I could be strapped into my car seat while still in the bag, how cool (and cosy) is that?! I stayed awake for the car journey home and then I went off to sleep in my own cot.
When it was time to go home, Mum picked me up in my sleeping bag, put my beanie on carried me to the car. There is a slot near the bottom of the sleeping bag so that I could be strapped into my car seat while still in the bag, how cool (and cosy) is that?! I stayed awake for the car journey home and then I went off to sleep in my own cot.
Monday, July 18, 2005
We had beautiful sunny weather over the weekend. On Saturday we all walked to Subiaco for a bit of browsing, Mum and Dad had a coffee and then I got fed on a park bench! Yesterday we had a nice picnic lunch out in Kings Park, I had milk as always but I was also a bit partial to the avocado in Dad's sandwich!
This morning Mum and I visited the child health nurse and got me weighed and measured. I'm doing well length wise but I'm now a little below the 50% percentile for weight. I know this is because I'm not eating much of the sloppy stuff Mum makes me but I just like breastmilk for now! Its getting a bit tiring for Mum because I'm now waking twice during the night for a feed but I always ask politely and then settle back to sleep straight away (sometimes with a bit of squealing as a thankyou) so its not too much of an inconvenience for her. At the moment, when I'm feeding around 11pm, I usually get to see the end of the day's action at the Tour de France which is usually quite exciting!
On the way home we stopped in at the Wembley Day Care, for Mum to drop off my enrolment form for one day per week starting in October. She left me parked in my pram while she spoke to the lady indoors. While I was left unable to escape, various little boys came up to me and had a poke and tried to take my cool crab toy away. I will look forward to being a bit more mobile by the time I start there so that I can defend myself a little!
This morning Mum and I visited the child health nurse and got me weighed and measured. I'm doing well length wise but I'm now a little below the 50% percentile for weight. I know this is because I'm not eating much of the sloppy stuff Mum makes me but I just like breastmilk for now! Its getting a bit tiring for Mum because I'm now waking twice during the night for a feed but I always ask politely and then settle back to sleep straight away (sometimes with a bit of squealing as a thankyou) so its not too much of an inconvenience for her. At the moment, when I'm feeding around 11pm, I usually get to see the end of the day's action at the Tour de France which is usually quite exciting!
On the way home we stopped in at the Wembley Day Care, for Mum to drop off my enrolment form for one day per week starting in October. She left me parked in my pram while she spoke to the lady indoors. While I was left unable to escape, various little boys came up to me and had a poke and tried to take my cool crab toy away. I will look forward to being a bit more mobile by the time I start there so that I can defend myself a little!
Friday, July 15, 2005
Today Séamus came to visit with his Mum Rhianon. He is only 2 weeks older than me but he's sitting up and crawling around so I could only sit and giggle at what he got up to. It was nice to have another little person over to play, sometimes at the Mothers group when there are about 10 of us little ones I think it gets a bit much!
By the time Dad got home after work, I had quite a good shriek going and that seemed to get his attention! He bathed me while Mum cooked lasagne for dinner. Then before bed, he read me a new book called Penelope Pig and I had a real chuckle every time Dad pressed the oink button in the book. Of course when they got the video camera out, I decided that it wasn't so funny anymore!
By the time Dad got home after work, I had quite a good shriek going and that seemed to get his attention! He bathed me while Mum cooked lasagne for dinner. Then before bed, he read me a new book called Penelope Pig and I had a real chuckle every time Dad pressed the oink button in the book. Of course when they got the video camera out, I decided that it wasn't so funny anymore!
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
I thought Mum was looking extra dopey yesterday so I gave her a change of routine... I grizzled all evening until she fed me around 9.30pm and then I slept through till 8.30am. I still say she is tired because of staying up to watch the end of the Tour de France each night until after 11pm, it just happens that I am often there feeding and watching in too! Yesterday was a rest day in the Tour de France and so it seemed like a good night for a long sleep.
This afternoon, we picked Dad up from work early and went to play a round of golf. Mum still didn't play very good, but she did have the put of the day and score a par on one hole!
This afternoon, we picked Dad up from work early and went to play a round of golf. Mum still didn't play very good, but she did have the put of the day and score a par on one hole!
Saturday, July 09, 2005
This morning we walked to visit the Wembley Day Care Centre which had an open day. It seemed like a nice place and Mum said we'll visit again during the week when there are lots of children there. Dad is getting a cold (maybe the one that Mum and I had recently) and Mum had been giving him a hard time for walking around on the cold floor in bare feet so this afternoon we went to buy him a pair of ugg boots so now he can keep his feet warm. Mum does a good job of making sure my feet are covered and that I keep warm, so perhaps she should take care of Dad too?!
As we were setting out for our walk to the day care centre this morning, our neighbours Susan and Matt were just arriving home in their car. We went over to say hello because they were bringing home their little baby girl Misha who was born last Monday. She looked so small, that was about my size 6 months ago but she has got more hair than I do now!
I'm still not keen on solids but today Mum let me play with the spoon which occasionally got a bit of stewed pear on it, but I really just wanted to suck on the spoon and to rub it over my lonely tooth. That's right, my first tooth is just showing through! I also quite enjoy sucking on a milk arrowroot biscuit, I always amaze Mum at how much mess I can make with one biscuit! Sometimes I lose my biscuit, but Mum always finds it either stuck to my bib or down the side of the high chair, it all comes to an end if it falls on the floor!
As we were setting out for our walk to the day care centre this morning, our neighbours Susan and Matt were just arriving home in their car. We went over to say hello because they were bringing home their little baby girl Misha who was born last Monday. She looked so small, that was about my size 6 months ago but she has got more hair than I do now!
I'm still not keen on solids but today Mum let me play with the spoon which occasionally got a bit of stewed pear on it, but I really just wanted to suck on the spoon and to rub it over my lonely tooth. That's right, my first tooth is just showing through! I also quite enjoy sucking on a milk arrowroot biscuit, I always amaze Mum at how much mess I can make with one biscuit! Sometimes I lose my biscuit, but Mum always finds it either stuck to my bib or down the side of the high chair, it all comes to an end if it falls on the floor!
Thursday, July 07, 2005
Today Mum and I met up with Dad at the Lake Claremont golf course after work and had a quick round of golf. Dad has been practicing at the driving range but Mum wasn't much good, she said it was due to having to hurry because it was getting dark.
Tonight Mum and Dad went out to the movies to see War of the Worlds while Auntie Kate came over. I'm developing a routine of waking around 10.30-11pm for a nightcap before I settle down for the rest of the night so Mum was home in time for that and everyone was happy!
Tonight Mum and Dad went out to the movies to see War of the Worlds while Auntie Kate came over. I'm developing a routine of waking around 10.30-11pm for a nightcap before I settle down for the rest of the night so Mum was home in time for that and everyone was happy!
Sunday, July 03, 2005
Mum fed me and then snuck out for a girls breakfast at the King St cafe. She left me with Dad and when Mum came home we were both sitting on the couch, remote controls in hand watching sport on TV! Sunday mornings don't get much better than that (That's what Dad says!)
Nanna and Poppa have rented a unit in North Perth for 6 months and we all went there for lunch and Auntie Kate, Uncle Alan and Claudia came too. Nanna was practicing making vegetarian dishes and everyone liked them but I decided to stick with Mum's milk for now.
Nanna and Poppa have rented a unit in North Perth for 6 months and we all went there for lunch and Auntie Kate, Uncle Alan and Claudia came too. Nanna was practicing making vegetarian dishes and everyone liked them but I decided to stick with Mum's milk for now.
Friday, July 01, 2005
Just the day after Mum wrapped up my six months, I've discovered something new! I woke up this morning and decided to blow raspberries! Now that I'm doing it, Mum and Dad are copying and doing them back to me, but I did it first!
Today I received my first item of correspondence delivered by the post lady. Well, it was technically the second because she has already delivered my passport. Today I received a deposit book for my bank account which Mum and I opened at the bank last week. I will keep my eye out for any loose change lying around and save it for a rainy day!
Today I received my first item of correspondence delivered by the post lady. Well, it was technically the second because she has already delivered my passport. Today I received a deposit book for my bank account which Mum and I opened at the bank last week. I will keep my eye out for any loose change lying around and save it for a rainy day!
