Metal Mummy

Freyja’s taken another step towards full-on walking today – walking around the house holding one of my hands. She was nervous as hell whilst doing it, holding my hand super-tight, and up close to her face, but she did it, and I’m so so proud of her!!
She can stand alone for longer too, and has [...]

Despite the fact that currently, she is manhandling my laptop and making it very difficult to type this brief post, she has been keeping herself busy for the past half an hour.
She had attempted to use her walker for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Before that, she was more interested in the [...]

Freyja goes through stages of loving various things, and shows her love of whatever it may be, by squeaking. Previous adorations have been the living room door, mobile phones and remote controls.
Her latest fad? The Churchill dog off the telly.

I was watching Frasier this morning, and it was the same episode that I have seen before. I wouldn’t usually write about such a programme, but he said something that made me completely fill up, and now, it’s my quote of the day:
“You Don’t Just Love Your Children, You’re In Love With Them”
Whoever thought of [...]

We’ve had a lovely few days, having had Kristine (James’ mum) over the weekend, visiting from France. It’s been really nice, and Freyja has enjoyed her stay. We took her to the airport to catch her flight this morning, and I imagine Freyja was sad to see her go.
I’m sure her departure isn’t the reason [...]

Yesterday wasn’t a good day for bumps and bruises. Freyja’s morning nap ended in a massive thud, through trying to stand up in her Gro-Bag, and failing miserably. She must have tried to stand, using the cot as support, but must have missed her footing and falling backwards, into the only part of the cot [...]

Freyja’s teeth have been gradually pushing through for the past few months, and we’ve been “finger brushing” them since the second one came through. But yesterday, James came home with her first toothbrush – a pink one of course. He was disappointed that he couldn’t find one with a suction cup so it could stick [...]

We’ve been meaning to pop to the park with Freyja for a while now, and last Sunday proved to be the day we actually went.
Freyja already had her first experience of a park when we were in Andorra, but there weren’t any baby swings, so her fun was quite limited. She did enjoy the slide though – [...]

Today was the first time Freyja went in her new car seat. It’s a Britax Eclipse forward facing one, that she can stay in til she’s 4. It’s awesome, and has a funky table thing you can stick on it, for when she’s bored on longer journeys. We haven’t put the table on it yet [...]

Freyja’s not going to appreciate this post when she grows up and reads it – she’ll probably say something like “Mum, you are so embarrassing, I hate you!”, but I’ll deal with that when and if it happens.
Last night, James went to bath her like he usually does, and cries out for help. I think, [...]