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Stuff my baby can do
Abigail was 11 months old on Thursday. Over the last month, she seems to have had a steep learning curve and become suddenly much easier to teach ( Read more... ) -
Woohoo! We have pincer grip!
Just now, Abigail reached out, picked up a sultana between finger and thumb and put it into her mouth.
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Birthday Stuff
My birthday is on Wednesday. It's a bit of a non-event this year. I'm not sure what, if anything, I expected of my first birthday-as-a-mum, but it turns out there's just too much going on to even remember that it's happening in time to do anything about it ( Read more... ) -
She's such a little person!
The heat has been making Abigail very drowsy, doubling the amount of napping she's doing during the day. Today, her afternoon 'nap' lasted right up until supper time, so although I have put her to bed, (half an hour later than usual) she is wide awake.
It's now getting on for two hours past her bedtime, and she's lying in her cot talking to her ( Read more... ) -
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Abigail has some shampoo for which the bottle is so narrow, and the typeface on the label so large, that it only fits one word per line. So it calls itself ( Read more... ) -
Things that Abigail has tasted so far
Baby rice ( Read more... ) -
The Banana Test
The test for when babies are ready for solid foods is supposed to be that they can sit up, reach out, take a piece of banana and put it into their mouths. They usually reach this developmental stage by 6 months, which is now the recommended time to begin weaning ( Read more... ) -
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I've been finding it harder and harder to go back to sleep after Abigail's 4am feed. She goes back to sleep with no problem, but I lie awake thinking of everything I have to do tomorrow, mostly mundane things like hoovering. In fact, this morning I got up at 4.30 to put out the empty milk bottles and pay the milkman because I knew if I didn't, I' ( Read more... ) -
Stupid parenting stuff
Instructions on Abi Jane's new teething rings: "Wash with a damp cloth using soapy water. Do not immerse in water. Not suitable for the dishwasher."
And yet I'm still having to sterilise her bottles and feeding cups?
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A bit of introspection
As I sat in the Good Friday service today - the first service in Holy Week that I have attended - I was feeling out of sorts and rather distant from what was going on. On closer inspection, I realised that this was because it's not just Holy Week that's passed me by - it's the whole of Lent. A combination of looking after Abigail and attending ( Read more... )