When I was pregnant I was surprised at how many mothers were unable to recall what early motherhood was like. I thought they were simple things I was requesting information about; like how many times they were milk fed a day, when they started solids, when they introduced certain foods, how many times they woke [...]
Though not entirely articulate, Milla has some new words. We are able to understand the usual first words: mum, dad, nan and now added extras like: ball, bottle, dog, woof, hello and bye.
The ones we were taken aback by were the not so nice ‘words’ that friends and family have offered while in her presence, [...]
It was rainy and windy here today so I decided to pull out the paints. Now Squirm is about one and a half and loves drawing so I thought today would be a good time to let her try painting for the first time. All was going well, there were smiles and she understood the [...]
Being a mother of a child who is not yet capable of talking is quite a challenge. In the beginning I would never know why she was crying as she had reflux and would just cry all the time.
Now, thankfully, the reflux is gone…but I still find myself scratching my head at times, wondering why [...]
There are a few things that I feel, as a mother, it is my duty to at least attempt, a birthday cake is one of them. I didn’t try to be too ambitious, I was aiming for a simple sponge with green icing, at Wrigglebot’s request. Squirm was in bed so Wrigglebot and I got [...]
The first birthday is fast approaching and I haven’t a clue what we will do to celebrate.
I am guessing that these sort of events in the early days are more for the adults than the actual child. I will certainly be spending the day trying not to think of what I was doing on the [...]
Wrigglebot’s 3rd Birthday was on Saturday and I do have a post about the amazing cake that I made (sarcasm in my typing here) but my pregnant brain can’t figure out how to upload photos so it will wait till Husband wants to impress me and do it for me. We just had family over [...]