some new photos

a post of many things

Well hello
Here I sit at 8:11 on the 13 May 2007 with little Lily next to me on the floor playing with all her favorite toys,her puzzle , her Fischer price balls, her maraca and the tissue box! It looks like a whirlwind has swept through and shredded all the tissue in the world and left it on my carpet.
Lily is 9 months today 39 weeks to be precise. In another 2 weeks and 1 day she would have been out in the world longer than she was inside my tummy. How the time has flown (she says again)
On the lily front I would love to say yay! she is crawling ,but , I will say Yay! she is semi crawling. As of yesterday before bed she did 3 little crawls to get something but any further and she just sits on her bum again. Perhaps by the end of the day I will be retracting that as she seems to be quite confident this morning.
She also is saying dada now. its so sweet as she says it with loads of spit flying in all directions. I have found this before with Lily she does no new things and then all of a sudden she is doing 3 new things at once.

Lily and I have been busy bees this week starting on Thursday when i decided we should go to bluewater shopping centre to escape the foul weather. this is how the day went. I get up and frantically run around trying to organise lunch for lily and then pack her bag for the day making sure I have wipes nappies nappy sacks and the like. I then dress her and plonk her on the bed with Kristian so I can go and shower. she fills her nappy so must undress her ,change the nappy, and dress again.
Ok now I shower and then get dressed put make up on and try not to look like a frazzled sleep deprived mother (which I am at the moment)... almost there now, so I put on Lily's socks ready to scoop her up and leave but , oh I need the toilet... come back , Lily has taken the socks off and is spinning them around her head like some sort of lasso....sigh.... put them on again and go to pick up the bag.. lasso lily...put them on pick her up and off we go.
At times I think just getting ready to go out is entertainment enough for 1 day.
anyhow we make is unscathed to bluewater. lily is in the buggy and off we go shopping.
At this juncture let me explain something about the british consumer culture. They are like hungry feral animals in search of their prey.
As an example, last week Anya hindmarch the handbag designer created a bag for sainsburys. It is calico with the slogan "I am not a plastic bag" on it. its all about bringing awareness to the plastic bag issue and packaging in general. It cost £5 and would be available in store. I thought "oh I will pick one up when I go into Salisbury's" little did I know that people queued all night outside the stores, the bags were sold out in 8 minutes and by the time I was having my morning cuppa people had closing bids on ebay for £150 yes people £150.

being a bit of a clothes lover myself I hear that Lily Allen has a range at new look and Kylie has one at hennes (H&M) and the ultimate Kate moss collection at top shop. On this particular Thursday the Kylie one and the Lily one are released. You can imagine the pandemonium as people clamber for their £14.99 silver kylie bikini.
I therefore ended up avoiding those shops even though I just wanted a look and stuck to other shops. but it seems with all the new seasons clothes everyone is in a big hurry. In fact we were almost run over by a mobility scooter in Marks. Its not that I don't sympathise but its like as soon as these people get a scooter and are let loose they just go. God forbid you are in the way.

It was a very tired Wendy who packed everything in the car at day end and wended my way down the A2 to the delightful nursery rhyme cd that keeps madam quiet in the back of the car...the wheels on the bus go round and round............

Friday saw us go swimming with Leigh and Ami ,our baby friends. Ami LOVES the water as Leigh dunks her under she comes up laughing in delight. My little angel is less certain that this pool is a good thing and is happiest when i perch her on the side and she quietly plays with the water lapping over the sides. When lily is with other babies I realise how quiet and placid she is. she much preferred it when we went for lunch later and Leigh was giving her rice cakes and playing with her while Ami slept(tired out from all the joyful playing and swimming)

so far this weekend the weather has been terrible we had a short afternoon out to Bromley to buy a new shower curtain and to get me new jeans. the shower curtain was no problem but my jeans are just a nightmare. highlight for Lily was the Jamaican steel band which she woke up to hear , laughed and clapped and then promptly fell asleep again when we were out of range of them.Her aunty Ronnie thinks she was a rasta in a previous life!

Hope everyone else had a good weekend
Love Wends

success!

Just a quick post to tell you all I lost 3 pounds. In my langauge that is 1.5kgs. that makes 10.5 pounds so far ( over 5 kgs) I am sooooo chuffed I really thought it was going to be a bad week. Hope it does not catch up. I am being extra good this week. I want to lose my first stone!!

over and out
W

back in cyberworld

As many of you may have noticed by purple Ronnies comment on my last post I dissapeared for a few days into...who knows where.

Anyhoo i am back now. The weekend was a bank holiday one here and my aunt and uncle from Holland came to stay. I say stay but actually they parked their camper van outside our house and lived in there only eating inside. They do this all over europe stopping and starting and touring. Apparently all over the place you find these camper van stops with facilities and the ability to park up for a night or 2. Its like a whole world going on without my knowledge!

We took them around greenwich on Sunday to see the observarory and walk around greenwich itself. had some tea and sandwiches in the park which were lovely. Lily was great with them not much crying. she is being very entertaining at the minute with her clapping and noises. she is just so animated and finds everything soooo funny and sooooo interesting. Last night in the hour it took me to get her down (yes people, an hour!) she spent 10 minutes studying her wiggly thumb. ( very cute but very exasperating when its bedtime)

On monday lily and her daddy went shoppig at bluewater shopping centre leaving me to have a bath and read my book in bed. I am feeling very weary as Lily has developed some sleeping problems and then the dreaded teething began and we were up a few times in the night. I think it all caught up with me as yesterday I developed wht must have been the beginnings of a migraine which let me tell you is no fun with a baby who has discovered she can screech!

I am feeling better now and more rested so lets hope the teething eases up and the little thing gets a tooth. shes still a gummy bear.

On the crawling front she is still just rocking and turning on her bum but is happy doing that for now. I will include a few photos of her attempts.

I am off to weight watchers in a couple of hours. I am dreading it as my weeknd was awful. I found savanahs in sainsburys and was so excited bought 2 and proceeded to drink them. then all this dutch stuff came out. they do this almond sort of flat cakes called gevuulde koek. its my fav and sooo difficult not to have. i was quite good but did go over my points more than once so i dont hold much hope. I am back on the wagon plodding away again.

Not long now until my mummy and my birthday arrive. only 8 more sleeps now!!!! I am about to write an email to all inviting them to a picnic but its such terrible weather here I am hoping it all changes and we can have our lovely weather back.

take care everyone

Wends

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Its all about the scales

Hello all

well this week has just flown by in a blur. its Friday tomorrow already and then the weekend. It is a bank holiday weekend here so lily and I have Kristian with us for 4 whole days. yippee!!! He has taken tomorrow off because he can ( academics you see, its the way to go if you like to holiday) and then Monday is a holiday.

weight watchers went well for me this week. I lost 1 and 1/2 pounds so that makes it 7 and 1/2 pounds so far. That is apparently half a stone ( I am learning all this English weight quite fast) Sooooooo I got a sticker on my little card and in the meeting everyone clapped which made me want to die of embarrassment. Even worse than that ,Lily's new trick of the week is clapping all the time. she does it when she wakes up, when she eats and more importantly in weight watchers meetings. everyone else clapping was just too much for her so she joined in clapping for her mum, and a few other ladies, wholeheartedly.

We then walked back home to feed Lily lots of avo and stodge so she would put on weight and praise the lord she had. She is now 8.2 kg that is 18 pounds. she is eating very well just lately I think she is having a little growth spurt. she is like a weed but just seems to grow taller.

Besides the clapping she is now very fond of feeding me bits of her toast which I must bite with gusto sending her into fits of giggles. she is also loving rubbing her face on yours which is of course the cutest thing. we still have a lot of mama mama and a few other sounds which she repeats over and over. she is a joy at the moment actually I am having such fun. We spend ages on the floor every day encouraging the elusive crawling. she is very strong and is pulling herself up nicely on everything now. she leans over to get toys and shuffles that way to get things. when she finds herself in the crawling position she just wobbles and rocks there and moves her hand s forward forgetting her feet and then she is on her tummy again. Its very frustrating for her and she screams in rage." not to worry honey everyone says you will get there eventually"

Nothing much happening with me. I am just counting the days till my mum comes to visit. I am hoping the weather holds out. otherwise its all about food which is always the way when you diet. I have brought back some great recipes that I have not used in a while so its quite good ,dieting. it inspires you to cook some different, healthy food.

tonight I am having ricotta and spinach tortellini with a tomato sauce and a lovely big salad.

tomorrow its lasagne but I have some family from Holland coming around for dinner my aunt and uncle so they will want feeding and watering and lasagne is just so easy and tasty.

enjoy the weekend

Love Wends

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Happy birthday to you..

It is my friend carolines birthday today. Happy birthday darling!!

I had a lovely chat with her this morning and she is having a high tea with friends and family this afternoon which I wish I could go to. When oh when will time travel be up and running...

when I was chatting to her about her little baby Avnit due in August,we were saying how our daughters lives will mirror our own. 2 little girls born 1 year apart in the same month. now we just need the little monkey to be a leo and they will be the same star sign like we are!

They are destined to be best friends staying up till all ours dressing up and play acting... tose were the days.

so happy birthday darling, hope you had a lovely day

Love Wendy

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does anyone hear a high pitched sound?

I just had to share this little story with you all. We have had a new Marks and Spencer food store open down the road from us much to my delight. I am always taking a stroll and then going in to look at lovely food. lol
Anyway since it opened as i enter and leave the store there is this high pitched sound that really hurts my ears. I get out of there as quick as possible. I have always assumed it was from the dry cleaners. It really annoys me actually so the other day when Kristian and I went there I said to him isn't that sound so annoying? He claims he cant hear anything. I was like "yes you can silly" no he insists there is no noise at all.
I thought nothing of it until today when i was listening to a local SE London radio station. On the news they have a story of this trail that Greenwich borough are doing putting high pitched sounds that only people under 20 can hear around places where troublesome teenagers gather.
So now marks can be assured that no teenagers or nearly 30 mothers will be loitering around their shop.
kristian thinks its a load of baloney.......... only cause you are too old to hear it , dear!

party photos

70's nostolgia

I am exhausted after our activity filled weekend. It began with me getting up bright and early on Saturday morning and rushing around like a chicken without a head cooking food for Lily, buying birthday gifts, making up beds and all sorts.
Kristian s mum , Michele ( Lily's nana) came up to London arriving at 1 pm to look after our precious for the night.(sob Sob)
We had been invited to our friend Tynes surprise 30Th birthday party on the Saturday night and it was a 70's cocktail party. we decided to go and leave Lily with her Nana.
Designated Dave (ie ME) drove us all to Walton on Thames all suited and booted in our 70's attire. We took cath who is about 8 months pregnant and her husband Gav as well as Carol (Gav's mum) and Kristian and I.
We got there on time and the men folk immediately found their way to the booze and that was the start. a great time was had by all. Tyne had a great surprise birthday. The menfolk in my car were suitably pissed (which made for an interesting drive home) and our lovely Lily was very good for her nana and we arrived home to a quiet house and fell into bed.

Michele very kindly kept Lily quiet and we slept till 9(bliss) and then had a quiet day around the house and a quick walk to the park. Not a walk actually more a food stop as Kristian had the munchies and was hungry again after his 2 rounds of bacon sandwiches, so we made it as far as "the honest sausage" which is a sweet little free range sausage stall in the park. Kristian has a "park porker" which filled the hole and we bumped into the Davis's again and they too needed park porkers(one being preggers , one being hung over and one being on her holidays) So poor weight watchers me just had a diet coke. I had had a bacon sarnie earlier though so don't feel too bad for me.

So another week begins. I am counting down the days till my mummy comes to visit for my 30TH birthday. I just cant believe in a few weeks my 20s will be over(sob)
otherwise I have the usual baby group on Tuesday and plenty of walking around with the lilster.
we have a weigh day for Lily this week as well and I pray she has put on weight. she seems to be eating well.

I will put some party photos up (don't worry Cath not many of you) so you can see how funny we all looked. Kristian and Gav had not spoken to each other and dressed the same it was pure coincidence.
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W

My mummy has let me type another post on my blog as she says it will be nice for all of you to catch up on all the clever things I can do now.

I have been saving up all my tricks and now this week I have shown them all to mummy and daddy. they seem so delighted by it all, I just cant help doing more and more new things. this is why this week i have been rolling all over the place and trying very hard to crawl. I get myself onto all fours but then I am at a bit of a loss at what to do. This morning I moved my hands forward one by one and mummy and daddy where clapping and saying yay so I think that was right. On the clapping note I can also do that so well now. Mummy says clap your hands and i just do it. It kills them, they just love me!

I also have discovered that when I am at an object like the table I can reach up and pull and then I am on my knees. Once I even got onto my feet. there was more clapping so that must be good too,I must remember to do that again.

I have learnt a few other things as well like when I open and close my hands while holding them up I get what I want and one of those 2 parents of mine pick me up which I love. I can pick up my cup and drink all by myself and my eating is amazing. i can eat some bits of fruit and bread and cheese now. In fact today I had a lovely bit of lemon and poppy muffin to taste. My first bit of cake. It was sooooo yummy.

I really hate it when anyone trys to take anything I am playing with away and it seems to happen a lot at that baby group mummy takes me to as all the babies there are older than me and take my toys away.

I am loving all my babbling this week and my mama has come along brilliantly. I even say mum now but even though daddy sits there saying dada over and over I just cant get the hang of that one. Maybe I will throw him a bone next week and say it. Ill see how my mood is.

I still love my puzzle so much I play with it every day its the beast but all my other toys are becoming increasingly interesting , sometimes I have so many to pick from I just try to hold them all.

Thats it from me. I can hear my bath being run so I will have to go and slash and play in there before my bedtime in an hour and a half

Love Lily

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marathons and braais

Well this is the second time I have attempted this post as I lost my first one much to my annoyance. sometimes computers can drive you to distraction.

well this last weekend was a busy one in the Humble /almost Humble but still Valk household.

It began on Saturday morning with us packing 4 bags , bouncy chair and cooler box into the car ( nothing is fast and easy with a baby) and driving up to North London to our Friends Jason and Sandi for a good old fashioned braai.

Quite a few of our friends went and it was lovely to just relax in their garden, have a glass of wine and chat. The weather has been remarkable actually. just beautiful not too hot or too cold just perfect.

Our little Lily had her first one to one with another small person. Shes fine with babies her age but this little boy was 2 and a half. Well, she was so funny every time he came near she let out a scream and waved her hands. We just did not know what to do we had to pick her up. I felt ever so sorry for him as he was trying to give her toys and make friends but she was having none of it.

Eventually she did consent to one hug which I have pictures on here but as you can see it was not done with much grace.

On Sunday we got up bright and early ( like every morning yawn) and walked down to the Heath where the London Marathon was beginning. There was fab atmosphere there and all these hot air balloons. When the main body of runners started out we all clapped and cheered shouting peoples names. Lily was mesmerised by them all. One of them was dressed like a hand. his name was Steve... Steve the hand.... One guy was running with a full size cross on his back which I thought may have been taking it a bit far but hey.

we ended the day off by having yet another picnic in the Greenwich park flower garden slightly spoiled by the fact that a forklift truck was removing all the portable toilets from the park.

we ended the weekend off with an inconsolable child again. Crying herself into one hell of a state. I have no idea whats going on with her, but am just going with it at the moment. I always want a reason but I have figured out that with babies you seldom get one. oh well

I will leave you with our braai photos and some of the marathon and then the most divine one of Lily lying on the bed. She is just all over the place at the moment without crawling and she is puling herself up on the cot and the tables. so clever.

But Lily says she is going to update on her progress later on in the week so i best not ruin it for her

much love

Wends

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the bear went over the mountain

the bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the mountain to see what he could see. what do you think he saw, what do you think he saw.... Weeendeee and Lileeee ...

now use your best singing voice to sing that add about 20 mummies and babies in a circle and you have Tuesday mornings for me. I have to sing the wendeee and lileee bit all by myself. I started out hating it all ( as you know) but now I sing along with the rest of them. I know the wheels on the bus, cheeky monkey song , row row row your boat and many more...

Finally on Tuesday I met another mum who I get on with yippee someone to talk to. I witnessed my first parenting style argument. shes very much the earth mother, dependency in infanthood leads to a more independent well adjusted child ( a belief I share for the record), vs. common council estate mother who leaves baby with her bottle to cry to go to sleep and believes her 11 month old baby does things on purpose to annoy her. she actually called the little thing a "wind up merchant" you just cant believe it. I stayed out of it ( amazing ,I know ,for those who know me)

Lily and I had a weigh day on Wednesday. Mine was good with me losing 2 1/2 pounds so altogether I have lost 3 kgs in 2 weeks. Lily's was not as good as she stayed the same weight and for the first time ever I am worrying about her weight. she has steadily gained always and going up nicely on her growth chart. I am really hoping its a blip and will correct itself and not the fact that she is dropping bottles left , right and centre. She just hates them bats them away and shakes her head.

She has finally got the hang of her door bouncer. we gave it a break as she was just hanging there looking sad but when I put her into it yesterday she had a ball jumping up and down and giggling. it was so funny. she is doing great with her mobility now she is in the crawling position rocking and is pulling up on things into a kneeling position.

she is loving all her walks around Greenwich park. her mummies attempts to lose weight have turned out to be great for her as she sits hanging onto the sides of her pram(no idea why) and checks everything out .

we are carless tomorrow as our car goes in for an MOT. I really do not know what we will do oh dear its all local tomorrow but luckily its Friday. I am having a glass of wine cant wait

xxxx

Wendy

spring has sprung

Yes, its spring time is England. Without a doubt this is my favorite time of year since moving here,just look at this tree full of blossoms.

In the week Lily and I went for one of our walks in the park and I finally went through this gate I have always wanted to go through. It says flower garden and as flowers are one of my favorite things I have always wanted to have a look. It was like walking into some secret garden I had no idea existed. They had magnolia trees in full blossom, beds of tulips and other spring flowers were dotted about everywhere.

Hence this weekend I told Kristian we where going there for a picnic. yesterday(Sunday) was the most beautiful day so we took our picnic blanket and our sandwiches and set ourselves up under a huge tree.

Lily is a real outdoor sort. she loves the trees and this weekend started to notice the birds. when they fly overhead or are on the ground she squeals in delight. So a lovely day was had by all , but was then ruined somewhat by some sleep training we have had to introduce.

In the last week Little Lily does not want to go to sleep at night like she used to and then proceeds to wake up a few times every night for comfort from me. After some research I thought that perhaps it was the beginnings of separation anxiety. It is apparently a developmental milestone as the child begins to become more independent she discovers she is apart from her main caregiver and has anxiety over that.

Now bear in mind I spend all my day with Lily and she has plenty of attention. As I said to Veronica, does she want to live on my head.

SO.... in the best way possible I have had to teach her all over how to go to sleep alone without me in the room. She has always been a brilliant sleeper and I worked really hard to get her to go to sleep independently for it all to be undone in a week. we were resorting to holding her until she was asleep which was leading to all sorts of problems.

The result of operation bedtime is a very stressed mummy and daddy. In fact Kristian could not do it after a while and was locked in the kitchen. I hardly left her to cry for long but dear lord the child was in a state.I kept going in to calm and reassure her but as soon as she was calm I put her down in the cit and night night walk out. shame it does work in the end she does sleep and no night wakings. she slept through till 7 this morning. I am hoping it will not be as bad every night.

lily is so close to crawling now, she is trying to pull up on everything and wobbling on her hands and knees. she seems more confident when she is sitting with us on the couch so we are doing that to give her some practise. its amazing all she is achieving lately. Its such a big time for her, her head must be whirling, mine certainly is....

Here are some photos of our weekend and the flowers

Much love

Wends

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lovely Lily is 8 months

Well the 13th of the month has rolled around again which signals that Lily is another month older. 3 and 13 are Lily's daddy's special numbers, and now even more special as we have our little girl who pushed ( or was that me?) to be born on the 13th and just made it!

As I sit here Lily is sitting on the floor next to me surrounded by her favorite toys. Just yesterday I was talking to my mum telling her that Pia's little boy , Adam , who is 2 and a bit weeks younger than Lily is crawling and pulling up on things, and Lily is just sitting there playing still. I know all babies do things in their own time . I tell others that, but ,as is my life the advice does not extend to me.

Once again a mother always has the answers for you. she reckons that us girls know that we will have to work hard the rest of our lives and thus when we are babies we are content to have things brought to us and relax for a while longer.

However since I have had these concerns Lily is on her hands and knees rocking and has become more mobile. In one day! she can reach out soooo far for her toys as well.
So happy 8 months Lily Luby!!

I was just reading everyone elses blogs and Ronnie had a lovely quote in hers. Funnily enough found a quote yesterday which I thought was so true.

" If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something"

so I will leave you with that
Love Wends
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Easter Easter Easter

Happy easter!

Who on earth starts weight watchers now!!!

Hello all
I hope this finds all my avid readers and fellow bloggers well. Hope your Easters were good. For the last few years I always am a little sad when its Easter as for me its always been about all my friends and family in a wonderful camping get together. I used to look forward to it from when Christmas came to an end as I suffer terribly from post Christmas blues ( hee hee)

From when we were little we all used to go away together in caravans ,tents ,chalets and have four fabulous days of fun. In recent years our traditional " oh lets go for a walk children" only to arrive back and see that the Easter bunny had been and left eggs, has turned into these fab treasure hunts organized by aunty Sandra. Everyone always has so much fun and these last few years I have been here and missed out on any get togethers. so powers that be that are reading... bring them back like they used to be otherwise I will. I am taurean . We hate change!!

Well for us this Easter was very quiet. We started out by going into Blackheath village on Friday mid morning and meeting friend Gav and Cath there. She is 32 weeks pregnant but that did not stop us dragging her from one end of the heath to the other and then around the fun fair and all around Greenwich park. Lily had a lovely time .had her lunch and then a lovely sleep on the walk only to wake up when we sat down at the pub for a pint ( girl after my own heart)

Saturday found us driving to Lily's Nana Michele for a couple of days. We had a lovely relaxing time. Lily got thoroughly spoilt by the Easter bunny and had her first go on the swings at the park. She cried when we put her into them ( a trend for the weekend I may add) but then got the hang of it and we got a few smiles until she slumped forward. Apparently whilst others find the swings exhilarating Lily falls asleep on them.

Our poor Lily has been so out of sorts. As you may have gathered last week i found a pea size lump in her eyelid which was diagnosed as a cyst. There is nothing they will do now but if it gets bigger they will put her under and turn her eyelid inside out and scrape it out. The thought of that makes me feel hysterical so I am praying it just goes away. Besides that something is up with her. Sometimes I think she is teething then i think she just feels ill. Hence much crying, fractured sleep for us all and a generally unhappy baby. As you can see from her picture a more unhappy Easter bunny is yet to be found.

She is holding her sippy cup like a pro now and feeding herself really well. She is leaning over so far now that any minute she will gather enough courage to crawl. she quite good at moving around on the spot though. I think Lily has had a little growth spurt again ( actually I know this as she had a weight gain of 500g in 2 weeks) she looks a bit different and much taller now. What do you guys think?

Onto my header. On Wednesday before Easter me in all my wisdom decides to join weight watchers. I think my " I just had a baby" is wearing a little thin and 30 is hurtling towards me. So its time to lose the baby weight . So Lily is piling it on and hopefully I am shedding it all. No Easter eggs for me! I have not had one. I must say I am so proud of myself as chocolate is my thing.

Will keep you all updated. weigh ins are on a Wednesday.

Hope you enjoy the pictures of all of us and of Lily with her daddy in his first car. A 1974 VW beetle which will soon be going on ebay ( sniffle sniffle)
much love
Wends
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Thats hilarious

Oh dear It has been brought to my attention that i have posted those before. In my defense i was up a lot last night seeing to my crying daughter. Heres some new ones ( i promise) in the beautiful greenwich park and one of her in her chair just woken up giving me a little smile

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some recent photos

and apologies for my spelling errors my spell check will not work again and i am lazy to check myself .... sorry aunty Sandra

Motherhood

I have been pondering motherhood these past few days. I have a few pregnant friends. Caroline and Craig, due in august and Gav and Cath due on 1 June. I think your pregnancy and the first months are really such a learning curve. So do you think motherhood is an instinct or a learned skill?
Inicially PB (pre baby) I thought I would fall pregnant and have a lovely pregnancy and then a little baby would be in my life and it would be wonderful. Now dont get me wrong it is wonderful but bloody hell its hard work. I realise now that I was totally unprepared for motherhood and all it brings. I had no idea how you would feel, how everything feels so foreign and new and how you feel like a fraud having had this baby and now no idea how to look after it.
I know i have told you all before how I did not feed lily that first day. it really did not occur to me. It must have been the shock!

For me I think I have learned how to be a mother. I have had advice and help along the way with a good dose of my own instincy eventually. I know other mothers who have just taken it all in their stride and its all so easy ( or do they say that!!!)
With Kristian and I not having family nearby it has been more difficult I guess but as I said to my mum the other day if it doesnt kill you.............. I am strong hee hee

I was also thinking how diffrent people are. i was reading Pias blog thoughts of a dysfunctional mother ( naughty naughty girl) and she was saying how she would do things diffremtly and not buy so much baby gear, I had a chuckle because I think I dont have enough. i keep saying if I had my time over I would get .......... ( its the shopper in me) There where some things I never needed. If anyone wants a room themometer which doubles as a bath themometer you are welcome ( what was I thinking.. just put your elbow in the water woman!) but mostly I have used my purchases. some are put away now for my next one ;) but all well used. I could not do without my bouncy chair and my muslin clothes and babygrows lots of them.

Well I could waffle about this forever so let me tell you how Lily is getting on.
Lily Grace Humble
age : 7 months 3 weeks old

weight: 7.5 kgs and quite tall

clothing: some 3 -6 month stuff but mostly 6 -9 or 6-12 but they are a wee bit roomy shes quite tiny

sleeping : she sleeps through the night from 7 till between 6 - 7 the next morning bar a few night wakings for cold and illness the day is a nightmare with half hour naps at about 9 and 12 is and then about 3 but it varies. 1 long sleep and 3 naps then

eating: 1 210ml bottle on waking and porridge with fruit puree at about 9
*used to have a bottle of 120 ml at 10:30 but has decided she hates that and bats it away

*She then has lunch at 12 30 - 1 veg puree followed by fruit puree but at times hatesthe veg puree so just has her finger food for lunch toast with chese spread and bits of fruit.

* today she had the aforementioned bottle at 2 :30 so who knows

*then she has dinner at 5 usually its mashed potato with carrot, peas and fish with some cheese as its the only thing she loves. I can change the veggies as long as its fish and potato perhaps she will be brainy and then she has a yoghurt

*before bed she will have a 240 ml bottle ta da!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

likes : her mummy to be in view at all times, playing with her puzzle, yoghurt , sitting with mummy and daddy while they make her laugh, tummy tickles , going out a nice glass of red wine ( just checking you were awake)

hates: sitting in her car seat going home , chicken , daytime naps , cutting her nails , tummy time, the hairdryer and hoover ( ironically)

new tricks : bum shuffling along the ground to get her toys ( oh no another crab child) clapping waving hello and goodbye whislt saying ewee ( which i take to mean hello) taking all the puzzle bits out one by one , kissing with an open mouth ( eeewww) peeping around things to look for people

so there you go a comprehensive update on lily .

till next time
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hugs
Wendy