So we've been hit with a white Valentine's Day last night. Yes. Christmas, which happened almost two months ago, was not white at all, but Valentine's Day on the other hand, was blessed with 20cm of snow. Yay. I mean, not yay. This isn't funny one bit; today in the morning CP24 News reported a wind-chill of -28c and freezing icy sidewalks, so the idea of going outside today is not appealing to me at all. Yesterday, for instance, my mom and I planned on taking Natasha to get her ears pierced but obviously the plan was cancelled due to the amount of snow and the cold, so now we have to wait another 3 weeks for several weird reasons. Well, Matthew, on the other hand, is somewhat happy with this outcome because lately he's been feeling sorry for Natasha's earlobes being pierced with a needle, but I am sure he'll get over it once he sees how beautiful she'll look after. I simply cannot wait for the spring months to arrive and being able to take the baby to the park once again as I did back in September and October. Those two hour walks would really do some good to her.
Anyway... I am in the process of convincing Matthew to buy an ExerSaucer for Natasha. I've been noticing lately that she's no longer in love with the swing as before and gets bored with it very quickly; she's rather at this phase now where she likes to touch things, to explore new textures and observe different colours, and I think the ExerSaucer will be perfect for this. And at the same time, it will allow her to practice standing on the tip of her toes, listen to different tunes, and basically stimulate her baby-mind. So I think all this justifies the cost, but if you know my husband Matthew, he's the biggest cost vs. benefit analyzer in the world, so it will require some convincing on my part, which is fine by me.
Unrelated, but wanted to add that feeding Natasha solids have been going very well. So far she's only had sweet potato and green peas, but she galloped down both jars without a problem. We've also stocked up on carrots, squash, peaches, and pears; today I will start her on peaches which sound way better than peas, so I am assuming she'll love those too. I've also started her on a new schedule: she has rice or oat cereal every morning for breakfast (I've read they need their grains in the a.m), and 1/2 a veggie/fruit jar before her last bottle in the p.m. Having veggies for dinner fills her up and she sleeps longer at night which is great! We've generally been very lucky with our baby - she's out and sleeping by 9pm each and every day and doesn't wake up until 4-6am for her next feeding. This allows us for at least 7 consecutive hours of sleep which I know many new parents don't have the luxury of. Maybe we have an easy baby? (yeah yeah, I know... once she starts teething our schedule will become all wacko, but for now I am going to brag!)
Eating Solids (green peas / sweet potato)
