Sarahs Diary

My little D is finally walking at 14months, I'm so proud of him!
He's been walking on furniture and holding my hand for about 3-4 months and thought he would walk sooner than he did but because he perfected the art of standing on his own for sometime and bending down without holding on to anything he was able to then walk with balance without falling at all really, so I'm quite happy he walked later than others now because I don't have to worry about him hurting himself.

If your baby is taking time to walk don't worry because they all do it in their own time and he/she is probably perfecting another skill they want to learn first!

The media are goin crazy about Uk artists M.I.A's video about ginger men being taken to the desert by the armed forces and being shot and blown up, it's been removed from youtube but it is no worse than lady gaga showing off her muff and butt or rappers talking about drugs, violence to women or any of the other disgusting things they sing about.
It just seems anything politically motivated everyone wants to hide and disgrace it, but keep the violence, sex and drugs coming!

Anyway here's the video and see what you think..

Link: http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/world4mums/

I have recently started a mums group called world4mums, it's for mums in the local area to get together once a week and socialise, share experiences and get the kids together to play and do activities, The first meeting is on 22/4/2010 1pm at Queens Park, Ipswich so if you happen to be in the area and are a mum then come and join the group at the link above!

I have had difficulties finding new games to play with D my 8 month old son, I looked everywhere online and asked around and someone suggested playing in water but I used my imagination and took it further to make it even more interesting.
So you get a wide shallow bowl around 3-4 inches deep and at least 10 inches wide and fill it nearly to the top with water ( I used tepid water so it wasn't cold for him). I then found a few small objects that float i.e wooden building blocks, bath toys or you could go natural and use blades of grass, flowers etc and put them in the water for bub to get out and splash around with.

I then added something else: vegetable dyes, they're great to add a couple of drops in as bub plays, D tries to grab the colour and has fun mixing it around, you can buy the dyes from grocery stores for around $3 for 4 colours and you can use so many different things with them as you can also mix them with water and flour to make a non toxic paint for bub.

(please supervise baby at all times when playing with water)

So there you go, if your stuck for ideas give this a go. Also if you have any games you would like to share please don't hesitate to share below.

Hi everyone, I'm back! sorry for being away for so long as I have been very busy getting used to motherhood which is a challenge at times but very fun!
Hades is now 7 1/2 months old and time has flown! I can't believe how big he is and he's sitting up now and is almost crawling.
There have been challenges on the way specially when he was in the special care baby unit for a month when he was born I was lost when I came home with no baby in my arms and also not having him in my belly, it was so distressing that I suffered a few panic attacks.
Ah and the day he came home was the best day! I couldn't wait to be sleeping with him next to me, I co-slept with him as I knew we had a lot of bonding time to catch up on but now he's in his cot and doing very well.
Plus on the day he came home Tj proposed to me, so all up it was one of the best days of my life!
So I will be posting regularly now so keep visiting!
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