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Christmas special
christmas eve will be always special for me. Dispite of its pagan, quite barbaran origin of Saturnalia, christmas also became a christian tradition, weather one is religous or not. it’s a family time too, a special time of sharing time and food.
Christmas are always special for children,either because they are being spoiled with presents or because they like the magic of it. I hope you will have a chance to spend soon one of your Christmases with snow. white christmas seems far more enchanted and magical then the carefree, casual tropical ones.
You won’t be getting many christmas gifts my little one. the best gift anyone can give you will be a chance to go to Europe to see your family and some new experiences so perhaps instead of many toys your family, our families can do just this – help us make sure we can take you to them and when you are there gift you a special trip, unusual day, new discovery…and so Christmas should be special for you, on the night of Christmas Eve we will tell you some tales of distant countries, their customs, places we will take you too, people close to you you will spend time with, things you will do, something to wait for and dream about
Christmas is particularly special for me because this is when marcus asked me to marry him – on a failed trip to see Christmas Eve night mass, on the footsteps of closed church, in the tropical summer breeze, in the middle of night, under hundreds of fairy lights. He had no ring and he forgot the head flower garland ei he had for me for this occasion and despite of this it was a perfect moment.
It was a big decision for both of us and each year we spend christmas together we can look back and think how right it was and be grateful for each other and for you too
Dad is baking an apple cake with advocate and we will soon go to Thomas to celebrate Christmas with his family and friends, big local Maori party with piles of food and heaps of children playing around, merry and fun
Merry Christmas our little one
So they need to crawl?
So i was told, Apparently it helps connect both sides of the brain and to gain proper spacial awareness.
Though I think she is getting there just in her own peculiar way I’ve decided to give it a go and show her how to crawl – motivation and towel underneath her to support her – worked, she is getting really good in it even though she is more into standing up
Woke up far too early so..we sat her in the living room on the floor in front of the box with toys and went back to bed.
An hour later we found her on the other side of the room by the windows. She found a doll in the box, somehow !!!carried it across the room!!!! and sat her by the window
falling asleep while standing up
She is standing!
Tue 18.12.2012 – pulled herself up holding onto baby walker
Tue night – stood by the edge of the mattress than leaned against the wall without holding to anything and stood like this for a good while
Wed – stood up in her bathtub – a soft plastic bowl. She tried to pull herself holding onto the edge but the side of the bowl moves so she used her leg muscles to pull herself up
she has a cold and yet she still goes on – she slept yesterday for one hour and at 9 pm she kept practicing getting up until she started falling asleep while standing and falling over on her little sleepy face
Stinking of onion and garlic – first cold
We came back from new Zealand. The aircon on the plane, heat here, changing weather in NZ, cyclone season with mighty winds – something got my baby. Runny nose and heavy wet cough made me actually run to the doctor. The local Fijian lady doctor said nothing seems to be on her chest but if I want antibiotics she can give me – very reassuring. no of course i don’t want my baby to be on antibiotics but similarly if there is a real need for it then I wouldn’t want to be deciding about it. on the plus side though the doctor Knew quite a bit about traditional medicine so for the next two nights we had to cope with a baby stinking of onion compress around her neck and garlic under her feet. Worked – after some onion cough syrup she is totally ok now
standing up
After standing when held and rising her bum and straightening her legs when in crawling position, half standing when supporting herself on us in bed 7 months 5 days – stood up completely by herself pulling herself from the floor holding to the side of her baby walker:)
There is not a moment when she is awake that she would not look around looking for something to grab and explore, in front of her, on her side or behind her and she can twist while sitting so that she can easily reach for object behind her back. seems like she has eyes at the back of her head too
Thank Mama Nature for coconut
I am drinking Nu the coconut water, coconut milk and eat local delicacies full of coconut cream. Baby drinks nu and has her food blended with fresh soft coconut meat – full of omega 6 fatty acids.
“Omega 6 are necessary for human health. Along with omega-3 fatty acids, omega-6 fatty acids play a crucial role in brain function, as well as normal growth and development. Also known as polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), they help stimulate skin and hair growth, maintain bone health, regulate metabolism, and maintain the reproductive system”.
Source:www.umm.edu
Baby’s pacific diet – first solids
Started solids on october 29th – 5,5 months. local “mama” who came with us on a boat cruise to take care of Haumea fed her papaya. before we let her lick different food – sour, salty, sweet, even slightly spicy, experience tastes, flavour and textures
I am not buying ready made food. Throwing things into a blender and giving them fresh to my Baba: rice with papaya, rice with green peas and carrot, rice with coconut meat, sometimes a bit of chicken egg yolk, mango. can’t wait for the avocado season. I basically lived on avo and avo milk and honey smoothies in my last months of pregnancy. I bet my baba will love it.
baby haumea’s first lessons
6 months old – understanding “no”
Am going to use no each time she may hurt herself first to teach her that it is better to listen to it. also when she starts screaming for food am saying no and refusing to feed before she stops and waits patiently – it does teach her it’s well worth listening to her parents. decided am going to allow little bangs or or ending up with her head under water and swallowing some so she knows the results of not listening to “no” request and possibly avoids any bigger injuries
6 months old baby haumea – progress
5 and a half months calls mama mama, then stopps and focuses on kinesthetic skills
As soon as finished 6 months learned how to sit up. turns over to her tummy then pushes walks back with her hands pushing herself up, often does split or half split before she puts her little lags in front of her.
Eats anything you give her. for the fist week or two of solids there was a drama each time next spoon is delayed. later learns more patients and reacts to “wait”
Definitely understands “no”