In no particular order here's some excitement from the last few weeks: We 'started' baby led weaning. Molly is 24 weeks...so, I suppose it's maybe 6 months..or not, I don't know how you're 'supposed' to count it. Anyway, absolutely NO food has made it down Mollys gullet yet. She likes to squish the heavily over priced organic avocado in her little fists, and smear it all over the table. She has shown little to no interest in ingesting any. To me this is a sign that she probably isn't ready for solid food yet and i'm not surprised. That's fine, and one of the many benefits of baby-led weaning - SHE will decide when to eat. SHE will decide when her instincts are telling her she needs more than breastmilk. We are one of the only cultures that see it as a good idea to strap a baby to a chair and force pureed 'diet' foods into its mouth, when the babies natural instincts kick in and the food gets thrust back out, it's scraped off and forced back in. Babies are not in charge of what, when and how much they eat. Baby led weaning gives the control back to the child and that in turn has many benefits. When I think of all the time and effort I spent making purees for Sam and how I would have to feed him before I could enjoy my (then cold) meal it just makes so much sense to me to allow Molly to eat at her own pace, and eat 'real' delicious foods instead of pureed carrots etc (bllergh). She will be able to enjoy meal times with us, watch us eat and learn while I enjoy my HOT food!
We took Sam to the Children's museum in Phoenix, he LOVED it. He is such a clever little boy - but then I'm his mother, of course im going to say that haha. He already knows 3/4 of the letters of the alphabet, some names, some sounds and some both. He talks up a storm now and copies EVERYTHING Bryan says. I cant actually write on here what profanity left his mouth this afternoon...but lets just say it wasn't particularly pleasant and Bryan got told off!!
Miss Molly Mookins got her English passport! meaning she is now officially a 'dual citizen' like Sam. She wont be able to be deported when we go home haha...and no, I seriously wouldn't put anything past the government of either country. I can seriously see them trying to deport a baby!! What a wondrous thing it is for my children to own two of the most valued passports in the world. It will mean, when they are grown up they can live and/or work ANYWHERE in the whole of Europe or the US. There are not many people than can do that with out mounds of paperwork and visa applications. I would assume it will make them valuable employees of any large businesses that require travel between such countries as they will save everyone lots of time and money not needing any travel paperwork!
Just a photo of my beautiful girl. She is such a sweet girl. Almost NEVER cries. Im so glad we have her, she is already Sams best friend and the 1st thing he asks about when he wakes up. I hope they will be close when they grow up.
Bryans dad left last week after joining us for a week in sunny Tucson. Unfortunately Bryan had to work for much of it but we were able to get out and have fun at the weekend with a trip to Mt Lemmon and Sabino Canyon. I wouldn't wish the horrors of Tucson on anyone but I'm pretty sure he enjoyed his time with us.
In no particular order here's some excitement from the last few weeks: We 'started' baby led weaning. Molly is 24 weeks...so, I suppose it's maybe 6 months..or not, I don't know how you're 'supposed' to count it. Anyway, absolutely NO food has made it down Mollys gullet yet. She likes to squish the heavily over priced organic avocado in her little fists, and smear it all over the table. She has shown little to no interest in ingesting any. To me this is a sign that she probably isn't ready for solid food yet and i'm not surprised. That's fine, and one of the many benefits of baby-led weaning - SHE will decide when to eat. SHE will decide when her instincts are telling her she needs more than breastmilk. We are one of the only cultures that see it as a good idea to strap a baby to a chair and force pureed 'diet' foods into its mouth, when the babies natural instincts kick in and the food gets thrust back out, it's scraped off and forced back in. Babies are not in charge of what, when and how much they eat. Baby led weaning gives the control back to the child and that in turn has many benefits. When I think of all the time and effort I spent making purees for Sam and how I would have to feed him before I could enjoy my (then cold) meal it just makes so much sense to me to allow Molly to eat at her own pace, and eat 'real' delicious foods instead of pureed carrots etc (bllergh). She will be able to enjoy meal times with us, watch us eat and learn while I enjoy my HOT food!
We took Sam to the Children's museum in Phoenix, he LOVED it. He is such a clever little boy - but then I'm his mother, of course im going to say that haha. He already knows 3/4 of the letters of the alphabet, some names, some sounds and some both. He talks up a storm now and copies EVERYTHING Bryan says. I cant actually write on here what profanity left his mouth this afternoon...but lets just say it wasn't particularly pleasant and Bryan got told off!!
Miss Molly Mookins got her English passport! meaning she is now officially a 'dual citizen' like Sam. She wont be able to be deported when we go home haha...and no, I seriously wouldn't put anything past the government of either country. I can seriously see them trying to deport a baby!! What a wondrous thing it is for my children to own two of the most valued passports in the world. It will mean, when they are grown up they can live and/or work ANYWHERE in the whole of Europe or the US. There are not many people than can do that with out mounds of paperwork and visa applications. I would assume it will make them valuable employees of any large businesses that require travel between such countries as they will save everyone lots of time and money not needing any travel paperwork!
Just a photo of my beautiful girl. She is such a sweet girl. Almost NEVER cries. Im so glad we have her, she is already Sams best friend and the 1st thing he asks about when he wakes up. I hope they will be close when they grow up.
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