February
2 February 2004: Lots of progress - another tooth, drinking from a cup and now able to stand
Shortly after the first tooth (Kimberly’s centre both right) the second tooth appeared (Kimberly’s centre bottom left). The second tooth has caused us a bit more problems than the first, some nights Kimberly finds it difficult to settle so we have to put Bonjela on her gums.
Yesterday we introduced three solid meals, cereal in the morning, apple at lunch and then peas and potato for dinner. Kimberly ate about two teaspoons of the cereal, even less of the apple but had a really good helping of peas and potato (just bought stuff from a jar). I think the fact that she also had a rusk to chew on helped maintain her interest in eating. She chewed threw a third of the rush. Kimberly’s fingers are very nimble she can hold onto the rusk on her own and pops it in and out of her mouth at will. She also managed to drink from a bottle on her own, with only a little help.
We introduced a sipper cup two weeks ago which Kimberly really enjoys, but rather than drinking from the cup she tends to enjoy chewing on the spout. She will have a sip now and then.
Kimberly has developed a "fan club" at childcare, she has two little girls that wait to see her ever morning. Little Brodie (who is about 3 or 4) and not sure what the other little girls name is (she looks about 12 months older than Kimberly and seems a bit shy). This morning when we got to MLC, the two girls were waiting in the corridor for Kimberly. So David and Kimberly stopped to say hello and also to have a play, I went to Kimberly’s room to get everything organised. Brodie asked whether Kimberly could sit on her own, so David sat Kimberly down. Kimberly’s muscles are quite strong now and she’s even manage to sit on her rocking Eeyore on her own.
Brodie then asked whether Kimberly could stand on her own, and insisted that David try to see whether Kimberly could. To everyone’s surprise when David stood Kimberly up and let go of her she stood unassisted (only briefly).
4 February 2004: Mum’s Journal
Kimberly is almost 6 months now, so that means that I’ve been a Mum for nearly 6 months. Whilst a lot of things have become easier I still think that parenting is the most challenging job that I have ever had, and definitely still the most rewarding.
I’m not sure whether it’s possible, but I seem to love Kimberly more now than I ever did. She’s a very brave little girl and I am extremely proud of her. Kimberly is well known by all the carers at MLC Kindle, they all say hello to "Baby Kimberly" when we walk past. I was never a very confident or outgoing child but I’m proud to say that Kimberly is showing all the signs that she will be.
Despite being one of the youngest children at the centre Kimberly doesn’t dominate the carers time. She is independent and happily plays on her own or sits watching the other children. She smiles readily at the carers and of course always smiles for David and I (as well as her grandparents).
David and I are better at managing our time and we even manage to fit in movies and outings now and again. We’ve been very lucky to have family close by who are always happy to help out. I definitely think the transition to parenthood would have been much harder without all the support from family.
21 February 2004: Offer full time at MLC
Yesterday David got an e-mail from MLC saying they have a full time position for Kimberly next term. Our feelings are mixed. The down side is we’ll have less time with Kimberly but we won’t have to juggle between work and childcare as much.
Kimberly enjoys childcare, the carers are terrific, they make sure that they’re providing the children with lots of new experiences and not just child minding. At least once a day the carers (Wendy, Trish, Steph and Karen) take Kimberly outside to play. And already she’s been exposed to musical instruments. I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything, as I would not normally have provided Kimberly with exposure to music.
Also I think it’s good for Kimberly’s development to be around different people, that truly are committed to her development (which the carers at MLC appear to be). That way Kimberly gets to learn from lots of different people.
23 February 2004: Not feeling well
One of the other children at childcare – Paddy has been sick and I had been worried that he would pass whatever he had onto Kimberly. He had had a terrible runny nose and was been irritable for the last couple of weeks but Kimberly still seemed OK. But early last week I started getting a sore throat, I didn’t think much of it was David also had a sore throat. By Thursday I was really feeling worse for wear and decided to not go into work, David picked up my laptop so that I could log in from home. Needless to say we didn’t do much on the weekend, I wanted to make sure that I didn’t get more sick and tried very hard not to pass whatever I had onto Kimberly.
This morning Kimberly had a runny noise (I still felt terrible), Por Por offered to stay home to look after Kimberly, but we didn’t think she was sick enough for that. Por Por wanted us to check Kimberly’s temperature but we thought that she was over reacting. When we got into the childcare centre I wanted to tell Paddy’s mum Jo that Paddy had given Kimberly a cold, but before I had a chance I heard her telling the carers that Paddy had Roseola. David and I didn’t know what this Roseola was but we didn’t like the sound of it.
I made David tell Jo that Paddy had given Kimberly and I a cold, but she didn’t seem too concerned. I then proceeded to tell the carers that Paddy had given us his cold, but I was carefully not to lay blame on them as Jo really shouldn’t have let Paddy go to childcare in the state that he was in. First thing I did when I got into the office was find out what Roseola is. The symptoms are a fever and a rash, not sure whether Kimberly has a fever, if she does have it then there’s not much we can do to treat it apart from lots of rest.
I keep hearing that children get sick when they go to childcare and to expect this to continue, but now that Kimberly is sick, I’m finding it hard going. Poor little thing, she’s been a real trouper as usual and doesn’t seem to let it worry her. I just hope that she isn’t feeling too bad, and if she doesn’t look well then I might have to stay home tomorrow.
25 February 2004: Drinking from a cup
On Monday when we went to pick Kimberly up from childcare and they had her drinking from a cup. We’d been offering Kimberly water from a cup at home when she was around 5 months. Kimberly would hold the cup on her own and bring the sipper spout to her mouth but never appeared to drink much. Trish said that Kimberly has been drinking from a cup for a couple of weeks now, they offered it to her because she kept watching the other drink from a cup and looked as if she as missing out.
Yesterday when we picked Kimberly up from childcare she was sitting on one of the carers laps being read to. They commented on how much Kimberly liked books, which we’ve also noticed. Aside from getting other children’s germs we are really happy with MLC Kindle.
Shortly after the first tooth (Kimberly’s centre both right) the second tooth appeared (Kimberly’s centre bottom left). The second tooth has caused us a bit more problems than the first, some nights Kimberly finds it difficult to settle so we have to put Bonjela on her gums.
Yesterday we introduced three solid meals, cereal in the morning, apple at lunch and then peas and potato for dinner. Kimberly ate about two teaspoons of the cereal, even less of the apple but had a really good helping of peas and potato (just bought stuff from a jar). I think the fact that she also had a rusk to chew on helped maintain her interest in eating. She chewed threw a third of the rush. Kimberly’s fingers are very nimble she can hold onto the rusk on her own and pops it in and out of her mouth at will. She also managed to drink from a bottle on her own, with only a little help.
We introduced a sipper cup two weeks ago which Kimberly really enjoys, but rather than drinking from the cup she tends to enjoy chewing on the spout. She will have a sip now and then.
Kimberly has developed a "fan club" at childcare, she has two little girls that wait to see her ever morning. Little Brodie (who is about 3 or 4) and not sure what the other little girls name is (she looks about 12 months older than Kimberly and seems a bit shy). This morning when we got to MLC, the two girls were waiting in the corridor for Kimberly. So David and Kimberly stopped to say hello and also to have a play, I went to Kimberly’s room to get everything organised. Brodie asked whether Kimberly could sit on her own, so David sat Kimberly down. Kimberly’s muscles are quite strong now and she’s even manage to sit on her rocking Eeyore on her own.
Brodie then asked whether Kimberly could stand on her own, and insisted that David try to see whether Kimberly could. To everyone’s surprise when David stood Kimberly up and let go of her she stood unassisted (only briefly).
4 February 2004: Mum’s Journal
Kimberly is almost 6 months now, so that means that I’ve been a Mum for nearly 6 months. Whilst a lot of things have become easier I still think that parenting is the most challenging job that I have ever had, and definitely still the most rewarding.
I’m not sure whether it’s possible, but I seem to love Kimberly more now than I ever did. She’s a very brave little girl and I am extremely proud of her. Kimberly is well known by all the carers at MLC Kindle, they all say hello to "Baby Kimberly" when we walk past. I was never a very confident or outgoing child but I’m proud to say that Kimberly is showing all the signs that she will be.
Despite being one of the youngest children at the centre Kimberly doesn’t dominate the carers time. She is independent and happily plays on her own or sits watching the other children. She smiles readily at the carers and of course always smiles for David and I (as well as her grandparents).
David and I are better at managing our time and we even manage to fit in movies and outings now and again. We’ve been very lucky to have family close by who are always happy to help out. I definitely think the transition to parenthood would have been much harder without all the support from family.
21 February 2004: Offer full time at MLC
Yesterday David got an e-mail from MLC saying they have a full time position for Kimberly next term. Our feelings are mixed. The down side is we’ll have less time with Kimberly but we won’t have to juggle between work and childcare as much.
Kimberly enjoys childcare, the carers are terrific, they make sure that they’re providing the children with lots of new experiences and not just child minding. At least once a day the carers (Wendy, Trish, Steph and Karen) take Kimberly outside to play. And already she’s been exposed to musical instruments. I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything, as I would not normally have provided Kimberly with exposure to music.
Also I think it’s good for Kimberly’s development to be around different people, that truly are committed to her development (which the carers at MLC appear to be). That way Kimberly gets to learn from lots of different people.
23 February 2004: Not feeling well
One of the other children at childcare – Paddy has been sick and I had been worried that he would pass whatever he had onto Kimberly. He had had a terrible runny nose and was been irritable for the last couple of weeks but Kimberly still seemed OK. But early last week I started getting a sore throat, I didn’t think much of it was David also had a sore throat. By Thursday I was really feeling worse for wear and decided to not go into work, David picked up my laptop so that I could log in from home. Needless to say we didn’t do much on the weekend, I wanted to make sure that I didn’t get more sick and tried very hard not to pass whatever I had onto Kimberly.
This morning Kimberly had a runny noise (I still felt terrible), Por Por offered to stay home to look after Kimberly, but we didn’t think she was sick enough for that. Por Por wanted us to check Kimberly’s temperature but we thought that she was over reacting. When we got into the childcare centre I wanted to tell Paddy’s mum Jo that Paddy had given Kimberly a cold, but before I had a chance I heard her telling the carers that Paddy had Roseola. David and I didn’t know what this Roseola was but we didn’t like the sound of it.
I made David tell Jo that Paddy had given Kimberly and I a cold, but she didn’t seem too concerned. I then proceeded to tell the carers that Paddy had given us his cold, but I was carefully not to lay blame on them as Jo really shouldn’t have let Paddy go to childcare in the state that he was in. First thing I did when I got into the office was find out what Roseola is. The symptoms are a fever and a rash, not sure whether Kimberly has a fever, if she does have it then there’s not much we can do to treat it apart from lots of rest.
I keep hearing that children get sick when they go to childcare and to expect this to continue, but now that Kimberly is sick, I’m finding it hard going. Poor little thing, she’s been a real trouper as usual and doesn’t seem to let it worry her. I just hope that she isn’t feeling too bad, and if she doesn’t look well then I might have to stay home tomorrow.
25 February 2004: Drinking from a cup
On Monday when we went to pick Kimberly up from childcare and they had her drinking from a cup. We’d been offering Kimberly water from a cup at home when she was around 5 months. Kimberly would hold the cup on her own and bring the sipper spout to her mouth but never appeared to drink much. Trish said that Kimberly has been drinking from a cup for a couple of weeks now, they offered it to her because she kept watching the other drink from a cup and looked as if she as missing out.
Yesterday when we picked Kimberly up from childcare she was sitting on one of the carers laps being read to. They commented on how much Kimberly liked books, which we’ve also noticed. Aside from getting other children’s germs we are really happy with MLC Kindle.
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