It was my daughters first Thanksgiving dinner last night, and her first turkey dinner that she can actually enjoy the food, have more than just the sweet potato.
I set aside some turkey, stuffing, sweet potato and potato, and I even topped the potato with a little bit of gravy. I figured its a special meal she can indulge a little... the thought was there but she only ate the turkey! She's exactly how my sister was at big dinners, would only eat the turkey and maybe a bit of potato.
How was your child's first thanksgiving or big dinner?
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Baby Proofing
My daughter is at the age where she is getting into everything!
We have some cabinet that she loves to pry open, luckily they are side-by-side so I have taken an elastic band and wrapped the handles together to keep them from openly completely. This does keep her out, at least for now, one of the elastics is in reach and she enjoys pulling and chewing on them. Also, our oven has a warming drawer that we use for storage but she loves to open it up especially over my feet! Ouch!
I was hoping for some advice for keeping them shut or at least to keep her out. I'm not sure about the child proofing "locks" that you can purchase, was more hoping to use some things from home. All suggestions and ideas are welcome. I've enjoyed finding new uses for things around the house, have a few ideas to share in an upcoming post! Thanks in advance for your advice!
We have some cabinet that she loves to pry open, luckily they are side-by-side so I have taken an elastic band and wrapped the handles together to keep them from openly completely. This does keep her out, at least for now, one of the elastics is in reach and she enjoys pulling and chewing on them. Also, our oven has a warming drawer that we use for storage but she loves to open it up especially over my feet! Ouch!
I was hoping for some advice for keeping them shut or at least to keep her out. I'm not sure about the child proofing "locks" that you can purchase, was more hoping to use some things from home. All suggestions and ideas are welcome. I've enjoyed finding new uses for things around the house, have a few ideas to share in an upcoming post! Thanks in advance for your advice!
Our Beloved Tasha
Once again we have had to let go of our older Dog, Tasha. She was always a little fighter, she fought her way through a heart problem and everytime we thought we would have to come the decision of letting her go she would recover. It wasn't until this last time, she couldn't even hold herself up, let alone eat or go the bathroom. It was time to say our good-byes. Tasha was a 14 year old cock-a-poo (Cocker Spanial cross Poodle), she had a few health problems but always fought through them. I do feel it was her age that made her body not able to recover.
We lost our beloved Toby back in May 2010 and now our Tasha this September 2010. Its been tremendously hard loosing both of our loving pets in a matter of a few months apart. The house has been awfully quiet, although my daughter has been taking care of some of that.
This time around my daughter was 10 months old and she continues to drop food on the floor looking for the puppy to come clean up. It saddens my heart that I can't completely explain things to her, but I have explained to her as best as possible to a 10 month and in hopes that she does comprehend some of it.
I think children are a lot smart than sometimes we preceive and even though my daughter may not completely understand every word that I say when explaining the loss, it does help to put things at ease. Maybe more for myself I'm unsure. My daughter may not remember any of this when she gets older but for the now I feel it is good for her, and maybe will help with future explanations for me.
What did you do to explain the loss of a pet to your child/children? Or any other thoughts would be great to hear!
We lost our beloved Toby back in May 2010 and now our Tasha this September 2010. Its been tremendously hard loosing both of our loving pets in a matter of a few months apart. The house has been awfully quiet, although my daughter has been taking care of some of that.
This time around my daughter was 10 months old and she continues to drop food on the floor looking for the puppy to come clean up. It saddens my heart that I can't completely explain things to her, but I have explained to her as best as possible to a 10 month and in hopes that she does comprehend some of it.
I think children are a lot smart than sometimes we preceive and even though my daughter may not completely understand every word that I say when explaining the loss, it does help to put things at ease. Maybe more for myself I'm unsure. My daughter may not remember any of this when she gets older but for the now I feel it is good for her, and maybe will help with future explanations for me.
What did you do to explain the loss of a pet to your child/children? Or any other thoughts would be great to hear!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Missing-In-Action
Hi everyone, sorry it has been awhile since my last post. My daughter has been keeping me very busy this last little while and I've been neglecting everything else but her. She's just about 10 months now and is walking and running all over the place, she took her first steps at (9 1/2) months and has been working very hard at it. I hope to get back to blogging as soon as possible and wanted to let you know that I haven't forgotten about my blog.
One thing that I want to mention is that I started taking my daughter to our local library once a week to every other week. It's a great opportunity to start reading to your children, even though they can't read they do listen. My daughter is starting to love the reading and down time at bed, its our way of winding down the day. Consider checking out your local library if you haven't already, we've gone through about 10 to 15 books per checkout and my daughters library card is free so for her it didn't cost us a penny and she's got a full range of books, CD's and DVD's. It is a wonderful source that I almost forgot about.
and P.S. at my library they actually clean the children's books to help prevent the spread of infections.
Try it out and let me know what you think about it! If you already use your local library what do you like about it?
One thing that I want to mention is that I started taking my daughter to our local library once a week to every other week. It's a great opportunity to start reading to your children, even though they can't read they do listen. My daughter is starting to love the reading and down time at bed, its our way of winding down the day. Consider checking out your local library if you haven't already, we've gone through about 10 to 15 books per checkout and my daughters library card is free so for her it didn't cost us a penny and she's got a full range of books, CD's and DVD's. It is a wonderful source that I almost forgot about.
and P.S. at my library they actually clean the children's books to help prevent the spread of infections.
Try it out and let me know what you think about it! If you already use your local library what do you like about it?
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