It seems that my baby is on some short of development craziness ! One day she started crawling, few days later learnt how to sit up on her own, than started pulling herself to standing position, another few days later started crawling up the stairs !!!!!! And then walking while holding on to the furniture !!!? It’s crazy!!!!!!!! Where is my little girl gone ? ๐ข I am a very proud mummy !
Category: MY BABY EXPERIENCE
NEED TO BUY GOOD HAIR DYE TO COVER ALL OF MY UPCOMING GREY HAIR – Chloe has started to crawl !!!
It has happend !!! Finally after waiting and waiting it has happend. After days and days of thinking that she will do it (rocking back and forward on her knees, making one hand move forward) she did it … AND THERE IS NOTHING STOPPING HER NOW !!!! Nothing stopping her to go and grab nails which I just left on the floor for a second, nothing stopping her trying to climb up the stairs, eat my sleepers, eat anything that is on the floor, pull things out of drawer …….. All of that and hous which is not baby prove equal me getting lots of grey hair๐
I need to baby prove my house and I need to do it quickly !!!!
But as anything to do with a baby this is not an easy and straightforward as I thought ๐.
There is so many stair gates : wooden, metal, plastic, pressure one or drill in ones, one you can’t trip on ect …. Once I made my mind up on what I want guess what happened …. It doesn’t exist!!! ๐ฉ I wanted a wooden one you can’t trip on, which doesn’t require drilling in to the wall ! will have to go for the secon best ๐
Play pen … What’s your opinion? I am getting one so I can go to the toilet without being followed or scared that she will decide to climb up the sofa !
Table corners protectors ( the only straightforward thing to buy ) are sorted .
Cupboard locks are at less invisible to the eye … I remember my mum using elastic bands to stop me ๐
And door locking stoppers and sockets protectors .
And that’s when I will drawl the line … I am not buying foam for my door frames or covering all furniture with it or any other crazy stuff … Chloe needs to learn not to do things and understand that if she does something she may hurt herself …
Been quiet for a reasonย
I AM IN GREECE ON HOLIDAYS !!! ๐ดโ๏ธ๐ดโ๏ธI think that’s pretty good reason as to why I was quiet for a bit ๐
For the past 5 days I been having well deserved holidays in an amazing hotel in Greece with my amazing husband and Chloe.
I didn’t really have time to post anything in a buildup to it as I was crazy busy prepping for it. Discovering week before the actual holidays that I need so many things which I didn’t even known that existed ! Every single time I ordered something/ bought something I would think of/see something that I needed. Going on a beach holiday with a small baby for the first time turns up quite difficult. You can’t just pack a bikini and some clothes (ok it’s never just some clothes, it’s a lot of clothes and carefully thought through outfits). You need to think about things like: where will the baby be while you are on your sunlounge (no it won’t be tanning next to you), what will she eat? What will keep her entertained etc etc etc but I will write later about my experience with what to take and what not to.
So far we are having a fabulous time and I can say it’s the best holidays I have had !
CHRISTENING PART 2ย
Chloe’s Christening afterparty (UK leg). In a beautiful bistro in Epping Forest called Butlers. Due to the location we went for woodland animal theme. There are some photos. But the whole think was an amazing success
I have decorated this cake Myself !!!! I am so proud of it ๐
All ABOUT WEANING BY AGA ๐
How did you find weaning your baby? Was it really exciting? OH YES, was it lots of fun? OH YES, was it making you really proud of your baby? OH YES, was it confusing ? HELL YES!!!
What did I found confusing ?
-With what food should I start weaning ?
-How much food should I be giving and how much milk?
-How often should I introduce new food?
-When should I increase solid food from one meal to two?
-Should I give water to my baby?
Guess what? there is as many opinions as there is about sleeping,bringing up babies,ways of parenting ect ! I had no idea what is the right way to do it and it was affecting how excited I was about starting Chloe on her food.
WHAT SHOULD BE THE FIRST FOOD?
There is a lot of different opinions: Baby rice, baby porridge, fruits (for example:Apple,Bannana or Pear), Vegetable (for exapmple Carrot, Sweet potato).
I have reed lots about it and have found so many different opinions about it. I decided to go with NHS guidance (which by the way isn’t clear at all) which says that you can start on any of the above ๐. My plan was to start with baby rice then go in to porridge then a fruits and vegetables.
I found baby rice a total waste of money and time. The whole idea of weaning is to introduce new textures and flavours, baby rice is very watery and doesn’t have any flavour!
After trying baby rice once I moved in to strawberry porridge which Chloe enjoyed very much and then to very simple vegetable and fruit purรฉe . I started on fruits and vegetables pretty much straight away.
HOW MUCH FOOD SHOULD I BE GIVING ?
When I reed about weaning it said that baby will eat a one spoonful of food on the beginning….. Not true! Chloe started with eating round 3 tbsp of food. I bought those cute cubes to store her food and haven’t used it because the portion was way to small. I let Chloe decide how much she wanted, I would feed her till she didn’t want it. Trust me your baby will let you know when it has had enough.
In my baby cook book next to each recipe it says how many portions will be made; this was very helpful, especially in the very beginning .
When it comes to milk I have kept all of Chloe’s milk feeds and introduced solid food in between her milk.
HOW OFFTEN SHULD I INTRODUCE NEW FOOD.
As with everything there is a lot of different informations. Some say that you should give baby one food for a week, some say you should do it for 3 days and some that you should be trying new things daily. I went with the last approach and started giving Chloe lots of different foods.
First week was very basic : Apple, Carrot, Porridge, Pear, Sweet Potatoe, Bannana. Second week I started doing a very simple mixes of fruits and vegetables :Apple & Pear, Bannana & Avocado , Apple & Parsnip, Sweet Potato & Carrot, Carrot & Buternat. On week 3 I started to give Chloe different vegetables (Broccoli, Corn, Peas, Spinach) and fruits (Strawberry, Mango, Blueberries). Week 4 which we just started I started introducing chicken and more complex meals, it’s now more of a grown up food ๐
WHEN I SHOULD INCREASE SOLID FOOD?
We have started on 3 tbsp per 1 time a day for a 2 weeks. Then we started on 2 meals a day for a week. In week 3 I started to give Chloe her meal fallowed by desert (4tbsp of vegetables, 3tbsp of the desert).
Again it’s pretty impossible to find any information about what you should do. I decided to fallow a meal plan from my baby cooking book (which I very much recommend) and monitor how much Chloe wanted to eat.
SHOULD I BE GIVING WATER TO MY BABY?
Again it’s not very clear. Some information says that you should start introducing free flow baby cup and give water. Other say that baby gets enough water from the breast milk. Ideal solution seems like giving milk in the cup ๐. Seems like a bit of water won’t do any harm. Just remember that water needs to boiled and cooled.
It is very confusing if you are a new parent to know what is the best way to wean baby but it is so so so much fun and I am enjoying it so much !
1ST TRIP TO THE ZOO (Chloe (mummy) is having fun)
Just few photos from the ZOO ๐
Christeningย
Chloe has been Christened! She has also had a lovely holidays in Poland. I on the other had had lost few years from stressing and few kg from vomiting. Let me tell you all about it๐
You all already know that I am one of “THOSE” parents now from my last post. We have had few busy but nice days with my family. We had lots of people coming to visit and stay with us. I must admit Chloe was such a good girl. She has adapted very quickly to new surroundings, new cot and all of those new faces. She has also charmed everyone and make them fall in love with her.
We have taken Chloe for the first time to the ZOO which was a great fun (for us as I don’t think that Chloe understood what was happening). It was just what I needed the day before Christening : lovely, fun family time.
Christening morning turned up to be a nightmare. I got up in the morning and been sick, and sick and sick. I was so ill that I couldn’t get out of the bed ! How could this be happening to me on my babies Christening day?? There is my Husband saying we are cancelling Christening, the hotel restaurant which I meant to start decorating, cake which meant to be picked up like now; and there is me …. Unable to get out of the bed 2 hours before the big event๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ
Cancelling wasn’t an option and I was determinated to make it to the church. Somehow (I still don’t know how) I managed to get dress, get my sisters to help me to do a little bit of decorating and get Chloe dressed. By this point my grand ideas of how I wanted the restaurant to look like we’re gone (surprisingly ๐). I didn’t really care which was such a shame as I was planning it for so long. So I was up and running, grateful that somehow I started to feel much better, thinking that I can do it …. Until the mass had started. I have spend all mass bend in half, (this was the position I felt less horrible in) wondering if I will loos consciousness or not .
Straight after I God another rush of adrenaline and managed to get through the photos and the big meal. Big meal with lots of different courses, which I have been planning for ages and of which I have eaten a potato !!!!!
It wasn’t the day that I have planned but my baby girl has been christened and I have seen my lovely family which is the most important.
BIG WEEK IS HERE
After months of planing and exchanging millions of emails Chloe’s christening is just behind the corner๐ We got to Poland yesterday, mostly without any problems. We have few days to spend time with my family or shall I say for them to spend time with Chloe.
I have managed to leave Chloe today with my Husband twice !!! I have done it only once before so it was a big deal. Got my hair done so I look fab for Chloe’s big day, and have visited a dentist which is the worst possible reason to leave your baby!
We have seen the venue today for the first time ( except seeing it 100 times on the Internet). Spoken to the manager about all details to make sure it all goes perfect. Now we just have to wait for the cake and to decorate the venue but that’s on the actual day. The big day is on Sunday and I am so so so excited!
I will be updating you on how it goes and be posting lots of photos afterwards!
Now I have become one of THOSE parents ….
You know when you are siting on the plane trying to sleep and there is this baby screaming like crazy ? You are ok about it but after 2-3 minutes you start looking to check what is wrong with this baby…. After another minute or two you start questioning if the mother is doing anything to stop it… After another 2 minutes you are just pissed off … This was me … No not me getting angry … It was me with the crying baby!!!!
Yesterday we flown to Poland for Chloe’s Christening. She was perfect at the take off and through the whole flight. We have given Chloe dummy a bit to late at the landing of the plane which meant that hear ears started hurting and she was crying for good 5 minutes. It was only 5 minutes but it felt like 50. It was one of the most stressful 5 minutes of my life!!!!
TIP – always have dummy/bottle/breast ready and give it before plane takes off and before it starts landing. If this for some reason doesn’t work putting them on your knees on they belly works also.
It’s official I AM A SHOPAHOLIC ๐ณ
Shopaholic is a person considered to be addicted to shopping. Shopaholic can also refer to A slang term for Compulsive Shopping also known as Compulsive buying disorder.
Give me any excuse or no excuse and I will be buying & buying & buying !!!! I love doing shopping ! I love shops ! Luckyly I am still able to control it. By controlling I mean don’t go in to trouble with money!
Nowerdays it’s mostly things, clothes, toys for Chloe! I am sure that she doesn’t need all of those things but I can’t stop myself ๐ Dresses, socks, tops, light weight buggy and I could go on and on …. Can someone stop me !!!!!
NEW YUMMY MUMMY 