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I born a …. June 16, 2011

Filed under: activities for kids,baby stuff,Birth Story,Communication,development stages,family,Parenting,pregnancy,speaking — rakster @ 5:16 pm
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From the mouth of a babe:

“I born a nana!”

“I born a nana”

I guess those books we have been reading every day to try to get used to the concept that a baby will soon arrive are really getting through :).  I wasn’t quite sure he understood that the baby would come out of my tummy through a ‘hole’ somewhere, but he told me yesterday the baby would come out soon through a ‘hole’, and today’s demonstration proves he really does get it…

 

This beauty was uttered not 5 minutes ago, spontaneously on the verandah to Aunty G.   Imaginative play! I love it!

 

Love mum

 

P.S. Let’s hope the real baby gets better care than this poor nana a few minutes after birth:

 

Too much to even try to catch-up. July 18, 2010

Filed under: activities for kids,baby stuff,Communication,development stages,family,Parenting,Raising a Child,Sign Language — rakster @ 3:49 pm
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Hello Poogie,

once again, weeks have gone by and I haven’t had the time to write. This happens once in a while – a few days go by, then I think, “Aha, I should write about …….”. Then a few more days go by, I forget what it was then I start to get overwhelmed with how much I have to write. So I don’t… and then the cycle continues.

In this case I’ve also been rather extremely busy: we’ve been getting used to Childcare (you and I), I’ve been working and my work project went somewhat sideways so required some brainpower and attention, uni is getting busy – just wrote my first exam on Saturday and we’ve started work on the assignment…. And you just are SO much fun to hang out with, that when you’re awake and I’m not working I just want to play with you. So housework and writing blogs has been slightly sidelined in preference to actual living.

(Oh, and I’ve developed a slight addiction to (more…)

 

Roaring like a lion… and quacking like a duck. March 21, 2010

Filed under: Communication,development stages,Parenting,Raising a Child — rakster @ 2:39 pm
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Dear Zoo book Communication is definitely the name of the game at the moment.

You’ve been roaring like a lion for weeks. It stems from your two favourite books of the moment:

Dear Zoo, by Rod Campbell and

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Waving goodbye. And a bit of crying… – Movie Monday March 15, 2010

Filed under: development stages,Movie,Parenting,Raising a Child,video — rakster @ 1:47 pm
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Hello Poogie,

your new trick for this week is improved communication.

We now definitely have “Mama”, “Dada”, “there” and that’s about it verbally that we can make out. But this weekend you added three hand movements: (more…)