V day

Happy Valentines Day.   When paul and I got home today I fell asleep while he packed for hours business trip to India.  Most romantic we are going to get with a 6 month old.

Olives

If peanut oil is made from peanuts and olive oil is made from olives... What is baby oil made from?

Eat your greens

Max has discovered the deliciousness of grass.   I have given up on keeping him on a mat now.... He usually rolls off and finds something not baby safe to eat.

Sleeping Beauty

Every time we drive to daycare he falls asleep!   It's so hard getting him out because I never want to wake him. 

Because he's a fungi!

Why did Max change to the larger capsule?   Because there wasn't  mushroom in the old one!

Sicko

Max is a little sick.  He is congested and not sleeping much.  It's times like these I wish I had taken longer maternity leave...

Luckily I have a great daycare mum who will take him as long as he doesn't have a temp. 

Australia day

We have an annual Australia day party on the long weekend.  The main reason for this is to have a bit of fun with friends while the weather is still nice and it's a long weekend. 
Sometimes though I feel as though I'm being disrespectful to the Indigenous Australians who are hurt by the meaning of the day... 
I don't want to stop having the party but this year I'll be focusing on how I could make it more inclusive and thoughtful for the original owners of our land. 

My little gamer...

Many people are concerned about the amount of technology kids are exposed to these days.  I hear it all the time... "Can you believe that mum lets her baby play on the ipad". Or... "Kids sould be outside playing,  not on the computer all day." 

I agree to a certain extent that screen time should be monitored but I also see the effects of over preventing kids using technology. 

Not so long ago there wasn't much technology used in our community.... When I hopped on a bus I would have my ticket hole punched, I would pay with cash everywhere and all my mobile would do is make phone calls.   Now days we have swipe cards, pay pass and mobiles that have soo many apps that I could install an app a day for the rest of my life and still not get through them all. 

I will be letting Max use the latest technology wherever I can if I can afford it.  I will let him play on an ipod as soon as he has the motor skills to do so. 
Mind you...  I will also be outside climbing trees and playing in the mud with him too.