Check out this cheeky monkey! She's seen here at her second feed of solids and is obviously having some real issues...like letting us hold the spoon! She even had a feed the other day where she didn't have a drop of rice cereal on her eating jacket but that record didn't last. In fact it was at the very next feed where she was yet again covered in rice cereal, but she's still quite a bit more 'mannered' about it than some other bubs I've seen photos of. We're both surprised with that!
And it looks like it's not just rice cereal that she likes to shove into her mouth - twigs are apparently quite delicious as well. Here she has a big handful of pine needles that she found on the grass at Cottesloe Beach. We had to reach in and grab a few out from the back of her throat too. Crazy baby.
Today it was 40 degrees and Harry decided that sleep was for the weak. So we soldiered on with trying to do entertaining, baby-bewitching activities all day. I am now officially exhausted, although the baby was fine. We decided to take a leaf out of Nell's daycare (see link in right hand window) and try some finger painting. Out came the paper which I taped down to her highchair tray, and some poster paint colours. Harriet needed a little encouragement to realise that the pain came out of the container and on to her hands, rather than pulling the whole container of paint over herself, but once we got on top of that logistical problem, the artist within was unleashed.
Towards the end though, Harry decided that she was having an angst-ridden moment and didn't know whether she would ever make it in the critics' circle. Once I convinced her to continue through the pain of creation, she rewarded us with a final artwork. But rather than post that photo, I thought I'd leave you with this one of her hands which is much more interesting for non-parental types.
This week Harry has had a return to favour with sleep (apart from today that is). Only the usual 3 wakes per night with a quick return to sleep after feeding each time. I've been feeling great! But this blog is about Harriet, so enough about the Mama.
3 comments:
Once the bids start looking interesting, Jennie!
God I love the traumatized Artist pose !! It's soooo gunna up the interest in her work in years to come. Should we start the bidding ??? And if you chop off that hand and send it along i would just squeel...she has amazing chubber bubber hands guys !! Lis
Gorgeous! Love the tragic expression and the little paint covered hand. (Nell came back from daycare the other day with paint on her feet...)
btw, I reccommend a decoy dummy spoon for her to play with while you shovel food in with the "real" spoon...
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