Friday, 2 March 2012
We've Moved!
I'm not sure how many people actually still read this blog, but anyway: we've moved over to www.daisyharrop.blogspot.com for all Daisy-related posts. On the off-chance that I write a non-Daisy post (ha ha), it will still appear on this blog.
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
2012: Week 8
Saturday 18 February
My spotty child - she's not being bothered by them, though, so that's good. I'm no photographer, and I certainly have no idea about post-production editing, but even I managed to get the picture on the left to look like the picture on the right in about 45 seconds using iPhoto. If I can do this, what can magazines do?
Oh, and also, how cute are her bunches???
Sunday 19 February
New favourite DVD. Not to watch, you understand; just to hold. I've tried to watch it with her but she's not interested yet, but is quite happy to pick it out of the bookcase and cuddle the cat...
Monday 20 February
Spot of shopping, anyone?
Tuesday 21 February
Two goggies! Yes, she literally did pick up the box and empty the contents onto the floor. A few minutes later she was walking round the house wearing the box on her head :).
Wednesday 22 February
We go to the Little Stars Toddler Group at the local church on a Wednesday morning. Daisy wasn't keen to leave at the end, and while I was sorting out coats, bags and buggy, she had a wander round the church, just taking it all in. I thought she looked so tiny in such a huge building...
Thursday 23 February
Giving cuddles to whatever's on that page of the book.
Friday 24 February
I love this picture of Daisy and her Nanna walking along in their matching coats :).
My spotty child - she's not being bothered by them, though, so that's good. I'm no photographer, and I certainly have no idea about post-production editing, but even I managed to get the picture on the left to look like the picture on the right in about 45 seconds using iPhoto. If I can do this, what can magazines do?
Oh, and also, how cute are her bunches???
Sunday 19 February
New favourite DVD. Not to watch, you understand; just to hold. I've tried to watch it with her but she's not interested yet, but is quite happy to pick it out of the bookcase and cuddle the cat...
Monday 20 February
Spot of shopping, anyone?
Tuesday 21 February
Two goggies! Yes, she literally did pick up the box and empty the contents onto the floor. A few minutes later she was walking round the house wearing the box on her head :).
Wednesday 22 February
We go to the Little Stars Toddler Group at the local church on a Wednesday morning. Daisy wasn't keen to leave at the end, and while I was sorting out coats, bags and buggy, she had a wander round the church, just taking it all in. I thought she looked so tiny in such a huge building...
Thursday 23 February
Giving cuddles to whatever's on that page of the book.
Friday 24 February
I love this picture of Daisy and her Nanna walking along in their matching coats :).
Friday, 24 February 2012
Eighteen Months
Daisy's vocabulary is continuing to increase at a rate of knots. Some of the words she says follow the Eric Morecambe principle - all the right sounds, just not necessarily in the right order. For example, she says 'psoon' for 'spoon', 'padan' for 'panda', 'widden' for window etc. Her own name, apparently, is 'Deddiss'. I'm not too concerned right now; the fact that she has a vocab of approaching 200 words at 18 months means she'll probably learn to say these words properly at the same time as most kids are learning them for the first time. Having said that, she has some funny ways of saying things: 'teapot' is 'pot-tot'. which kind of follows the pattern I just mentioned, but 'slippers' are also 'pot-tots'. No idea where that one comes from. My personal favourite, which she just started saying recently, is 'menet' for 'rabbit'...
We've been working on numbers this month, although progress has been a bit 'one step forward, two steps back'. Earlier in the month if I put five objects in front of her and started with 'one', she would follow with 'two, sree, four, fize!'. Then she learned of the existence of seven and eight, and it all went downhill from there... Now when I say 'one' she goes straight to 'sezen, eight, ten!'
Other than in her speech, this month has been a fairly inauspicious one. She's turned into the world's pickiest eater, and as a result hasn't been getting enough to eat in the day so she regularly wakes up at night. Because I don't want to wake the neighbours, I have a fairly low threshold for giving her milk in the night which, having spoken to the health visitor on Tuesday, is probably contributing to the vicious circle, as formula is quite filling and she might not actually be hungry during the day, having filled up at night. So we're changing tack: switching to cow's milk instead of formula, no snacks during the day and if she doesn't eat her meals, she doesn't eat. If she wakes up in the night, I give her watered down milk which is diluted more and more each time until it's just water, by which point she will probably have realised that a) it's not worth waking up in the night just for water and b) if she's not going to get any 'food' in the night, she'd better eat during the day. That's the theory, anyway. The health visitor said she's not too young to be taught to eat properly this way, plus she's a good weight so has plenty of reserves to go a couple of weeks without eating much while she learns to eat what she's given.
On top of that, she's had the pox, of course, so I have made allowances for that. Her spots are healing nicely now, though, and she hardly knew she had it. She's still really clingy and won't try anything new (food or otherwise), which makes Tumble Tots on a Thursday a fairly fraught 45 minutes. I do hate to see her in tears each week but I honestly don't know if just sticking at it will help, or whether we should try a different activity on a Thursday.
But when she's not whining, crying, rejecting new foods without trying them or refusing to go on the slide, she's super cute :).
We've been working on numbers this month, although progress has been a bit 'one step forward, two steps back'. Earlier in the month if I put five objects in front of her and started with 'one', she would follow with 'two, sree, four, fize!'. Then she learned of the existence of seven and eight, and it all went downhill from there... Now when I say 'one' she goes straight to 'sezen, eight, ten!'
Other than in her speech, this month has been a fairly inauspicious one. She's turned into the world's pickiest eater, and as a result hasn't been getting enough to eat in the day so she regularly wakes up at night. Because I don't want to wake the neighbours, I have a fairly low threshold for giving her milk in the night which, having spoken to the health visitor on Tuesday, is probably contributing to the vicious circle, as formula is quite filling and she might not actually be hungry during the day, having filled up at night. So we're changing tack: switching to cow's milk instead of formula, no snacks during the day and if she doesn't eat her meals, she doesn't eat. If she wakes up in the night, I give her watered down milk which is diluted more and more each time until it's just water, by which point she will probably have realised that a) it's not worth waking up in the night just for water and b) if she's not going to get any 'food' in the night, she'd better eat during the day. That's the theory, anyway. The health visitor said she's not too young to be taught to eat properly this way, plus she's a good weight so has plenty of reserves to go a couple of weeks without eating much while she learns to eat what she's given.
On top of that, she's had the pox, of course, so I have made allowances for that. Her spots are healing nicely now, though, and she hardly knew she had it. She's still really clingy and won't try anything new (food or otherwise), which makes Tumble Tots on a Thursday a fairly fraught 45 minutes. I do hate to see her in tears each week but I honestly don't know if just sticking at it will help, or whether we should try a different activity on a Thursday.
But when she's not whining, crying, rejecting new foods without trying them or refusing to go on the slide, she's super cute :).
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
2012: Week 7
Saturday 11 February
Just reading my book, minding my own business...
Sunday 12 February
Jon and I went to a photo session today - £10 for a 10-minute session, and you get all the digitals to do what you want with. We had 36 photos taken in those 10 minutes, and there are three or four really nice ones, including this one, which is my favourite. Well worth a tenner.
Monday 13 February
Daisy had a bit of a strop this afternoon after we got back from Rob's and wasn't in the mood for photos. This was the best I could do...
Tuesday 14 February
And despite appearances, she was cranky all day long today too. I had hoped to take some cute Valentine's pictures of her, but she spent most of the day whining. Oh well, there's always next year.
Wednesday 15 February
New favourite place to sit.
Thursday 16 February
Daisy's got chicken pox! Maybe that explains the crankiness earlier in the week. We were expecting her to get it at some point - after we spent the weekend in Ipswich a couple of weeks ago, Jon's niece then came down with it on the Monday. So far she has about a dozen spots but thankfully she doesn't seem to realise it. I took her to the pharmacy this morning to get the chicken pox confirmed and buy some calamine lotion and anti-histamine for the itching, and while we were there I finally got round to getting a photo printed to put in the other side of the frame with the hand and foot imprints we did on her first birthday. I knew I wanted this picture, but a combination of the photo printing machines at the supermarket being broken for a long time and me forgetting to take my USB key meant I didn't do it till now. Still, better late than never!
Friday 17 February
She's got a lot more spots today, mainly on her face, unfortunately, but they still don't seem to be bothering her. What is bothering her, though, is the fact that she's been sick 8 times in 6 hours since getting up. I took her to the doctor this morning and was told to make sure she was hydrated and to call them if she's still being sick throughout the weekend. When she's not being sick she's fine in herself, albeit a bit subdued, and she's napped more than usual. This was how I found her when I went to get her up from a nap this morning...
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
2012: Week 6
Saturday 4 February
We went to Ipswich today, and got back just before the snow started falling at around 17:30. This was the scene outside at 21:00...
Sunday 5 February
And this was the back garden first thing this morning.
Monday 6 February
Apparently the vacuum cleaner makes the perfect prop with which to play peekaboo.
Tuesday 7 February
Daisy was quite snotty and under the weather today. When she wasn't whining, this is how she looked most of the day.
Wednesday 8 February
Modelling her backpack. Needless to say she didn't want me to put it on her back; 2 seconds later she was crying for me to take it off...
Thursday 9 February
'You think I'll be warm enough in this?'
Friday 10 February
It's so rare to get both of them looking at the camera and smiling at the same time!
We went to Ipswich today, and got back just before the snow started falling at around 17:30. This was the scene outside at 21:00...
Sunday 5 February
And this was the back garden first thing this morning.
Monday 6 February
Apparently the vacuum cleaner makes the perfect prop with which to play peekaboo.
Tuesday 7 February
Daisy was quite snotty and under the weather today. When she wasn't whining, this is how she looked most of the day.
Wednesday 8 February
Modelling her backpack. Needless to say she didn't want me to put it on her back; 2 seconds later she was crying for me to take it off...
Thursday 9 February
'You think I'll be warm enough in this?'
Friday 10 February
It's so rare to get both of them looking at the camera and smiling at the same time!
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
2012: Week 5
Saturday 28 January
We went across to Ipswich to celebrate Jon's brother's 30th birthday today. This is Finn, Jon's nephew. So gorgeous.
Sunday 29 January
Daisy was really good with Jon's family this weekend - she's not exactly the most outgoing of children, but she quite happily took her book to Katherine, flapped her arms and shouted 'Up!' until Katherine picked her up and read her favourite book with her.
Monday 30 January
Jon had the day off work today and we went to a lovely pub near Cambridge for lunch. Daisy was really good the whole time, and enjoyed eating her mashed potato. Well, eating and playing with.
Tuesday 31 January
'What? I was just looking at what's in the recycling bin...'
Wednesday 1 February
4 months ago I very stupidly dinged my car - not seriously; it was still very much roadworthy, but there was a dent in the rear panel. A couple of weeks ago I finally got round to having it fixed, and this was the courtesy car the garage gave to us in the meantime. The boot was only big enough to fit the nappy bag in, so I had to keep the pushchair in the back seat. It was not a nice car to drive, but thankfully the garage called to say that my own car would be delivered tomorrow morning.
Thursday 2 February
Keri, you'll like this one: 'Who's so cute?' 'I'm so cute!'
Friday 3 February
Loading the washing into the machine while I make breakfast. Start them off early, I reckon.
We went across to Ipswich to celebrate Jon's brother's 30th birthday today. This is Finn, Jon's nephew. So gorgeous.
Sunday 29 January
Daisy was really good with Jon's family this weekend - she's not exactly the most outgoing of children, but she quite happily took her book to Katherine, flapped her arms and shouted 'Up!' until Katherine picked her up and read her favourite book with her.
Monday 30 January
Jon had the day off work today and we went to a lovely pub near Cambridge for lunch. Daisy was really good the whole time, and enjoyed eating her mashed potato. Well, eating and playing with.
Tuesday 31 January
'What? I was just looking at what's in the recycling bin...'
Wednesday 1 February
4 months ago I very stupidly dinged my car - not seriously; it was still very much roadworthy, but there was a dent in the rear panel. A couple of weeks ago I finally got round to having it fixed, and this was the courtesy car the garage gave to us in the meantime. The boot was only big enough to fit the nappy bag in, so I had to keep the pushchair in the back seat. It was not a nice car to drive, but thankfully the garage called to say that my own car would be delivered tomorrow morning.
Thursday 2 February
Keri, you'll like this one: 'Who's so cute?' 'I'm so cute!'
Friday 3 February
Loading the washing into the machine while I make breakfast. Start them off early, I reckon.
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
2012: Week 4
Saturday 21 January
Not the best photo ever of Daisy and Grandpa, but the best one I could get at this session.
Sunday 22 January
Dad wallpapered the bathroom over the last few days and put a new cabinet up over the sink, and it looks brilliant now! Before a before shot, check out Monday 21 November (Week 47) and for a WIP shot, Saturday 3 December (Week 49).
Monday 23 January
'What do you think will happen if I give one of those green things a pull?'
Tuesday 24 January
Geronimo! After the corner in the kitchen between the washing machine and the bin, this is Daisy's new favourite place. She just sits on her 'seat' against the wall and smiles. Here she decided to get a bit more adventurous.
Wednesday 25 January
'You lookin' at me?'
Thursday 26 January
Sorry for being soppy, but I love this beautiful girl so much!
Friday 27 January
Daisy's been learning colours the last week or two. Here we have wed, boo, geen and lellow. She also knows pick, wat, purpoo and ayash.
Not the best photo ever of Daisy and Grandpa, but the best one I could get at this session.
Sunday 22 January
Dad wallpapered the bathroom over the last few days and put a new cabinet up over the sink, and it looks brilliant now! Before a before shot, check out Monday 21 November (Week 47) and for a WIP shot, Saturday 3 December (Week 49).
Monday 23 January
'What do you think will happen if I give one of those green things a pull?'
Tuesday 24 January
Geronimo! After the corner in the kitchen between the washing machine and the bin, this is Daisy's new favourite place. She just sits on her 'seat' against the wall and smiles. Here she decided to get a bit more adventurous.
Wednesday 25 January
'You lookin' at me?'
Thursday 26 January
Sorry for being soppy, but I love this beautiful girl so much!
Friday 27 January
Daisy's been learning colours the last week or two. Here we have wed, boo, geen and lellow. She also knows pick, wat, purpoo and ayash.
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Seventeen Months
Well, Daisy's vocabulary has positively exploded since the start of the year. I reckon she's learned about 70 words in the last 24 days and overall is up to about 100 words, not counting animal noises, ranging from those easily understood by everyone to those only discernible in context. I won't list them all, but some of the more easily understood words include raisins, toast, apple, burger, cheese, hat and omelette, and some of the less easily understood words include flakes (as in corn flakes), fireworks, yoghurt (sounds more like 'gok gok'), butterfly and snowman. She's also learned that an owl says 'witterwoo', a crocodile says 'snap snap' and a train says 'choo choo', among others.
She says Hello and Bye Bye to absolutely everything - every time we leave a room she says goodbye to whatever she's been doing. When she gets up in a morning she shows me her toys: Ellie, Aggie (Blankie), Bear, Baa, Ribbit, Bunny and Cake, then says bye to them all as we leave her bedroom. She's still at it when we get downstairs: 'Bye bye Aggie, bye bye Ellie, bye bye Bear...'
Her hair is getting crazy long, and would look even longer if it were straight, but as it's curly it sits just on her shoulders. When it's wet, though...
And when it's been under the hood of her coat for an hour, as it was last Tuesday when we went to Cambridge, she looks like an entirely different girl :).
At the moment she's a bit snotty and dribbly so I wonder if she's teething, although I can't see any new teeth. She might just have a bit of a cold - she woke herself up coughing this evening and after I'd given her some cough medicine she fell asleep in my arms. I think the last time she did that she was still breastfeeding; it was so lovely to sit and watch her looking all peaceful...
She says Hello and Bye Bye to absolutely everything - every time we leave a room she says goodbye to whatever she's been doing. When she gets up in a morning she shows me her toys: Ellie, Aggie (Blankie), Bear, Baa, Ribbit, Bunny and Cake, then says bye to them all as we leave her bedroom. She's still at it when we get downstairs: 'Bye bye Aggie, bye bye Ellie, bye bye Bear...'
Her hair is getting crazy long, and would look even longer if it were straight, but as it's curly it sits just on her shoulders. When it's wet, though...
And when it's been under the hood of her coat for an hour, as it was last Tuesday when we went to Cambridge, she looks like an entirely different girl :).
At the moment she's a bit snotty and dribbly so I wonder if she's teething, although I can't see any new teeth. She might just have a bit of a cold - she woke herself up coughing this evening and after I'd given her some cough medicine she fell asleep in my arms. I think the last time she did that she was still breastfeeding; it was so lovely to sit and watch her looking all peaceful...
2012: Week 3
Saturday 14 January
Jon and I made the most of a Daisy-free Saturday by going to Cambridge, although we didn't go punting on the river (and the weather certainly wasn't as nice as in this picture!) - we went to see two films at the cinema. We saw the new Sherlock Holmes movie, which I loved (as I do the first Sherlock Holmes), then we had a couple of hours to do some shopping before going back to see The Artist, which I enjoyed, but I wasn't sure it was as spectacular as the reviews/critics say it is. Maybe I just don't know enough about film... Anyway, a really enjoyable day.
Sunday 15 January
Just hanging out.
Monday 16 January
Hmm, not sure I thought this through properly. How do I get my right leg in now?
Tuesday 17 January
Alicia came to visit today! She was a real hit with Daisy and we had a lovely day. We went into St Neots for lunch then decided to go to Cambridge in the afternoon so I could exchange some jumpers Jon bought at the weekend, plus Alicia had never been to Cambridge before. With the exception of a poo explosion, Daisy had a really great day and loved spending time with Alicia!
Wednesday 18 January
While waiting for Nanna and Grandpa to arrive, Daisy decided to read some books. Clearly she wanted to find just the right one, though, and none of the ones already on the floor fit the bill...
Thursday 19 January
Here she is in her favourite place again.
Friday 20 January
Trying out the potty. I'm not planning on potty training her just yet, but she likes to sit on it nonetheless :).
Jon and I made the most of a Daisy-free Saturday by going to Cambridge, although we didn't go punting on the river (and the weather certainly wasn't as nice as in this picture!) - we went to see two films at the cinema. We saw the new Sherlock Holmes movie, which I loved (as I do the first Sherlock Holmes), then we had a couple of hours to do some shopping before going back to see The Artist, which I enjoyed, but I wasn't sure it was as spectacular as the reviews/critics say it is. Maybe I just don't know enough about film... Anyway, a really enjoyable day.
Sunday 15 January
Just hanging out.
Monday 16 January
Hmm, not sure I thought this through properly. How do I get my right leg in now?
Tuesday 17 January
Alicia came to visit today! She was a real hit with Daisy and we had a lovely day. We went into St Neots for lunch then decided to go to Cambridge in the afternoon so I could exchange some jumpers Jon bought at the weekend, plus Alicia had never been to Cambridge before. With the exception of a poo explosion, Daisy had a really great day and loved spending time with Alicia!
Wednesday 18 January
While waiting for Nanna and Grandpa to arrive, Daisy decided to read some books. Clearly she wanted to find just the right one, though, and none of the ones already on the floor fit the bill...
Thursday 19 January
Here she is in her favourite place again.
Friday 20 January
Trying out the potty. I'm not planning on potty training her just yet, but she likes to sit on it nonetheless :).
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
2012: Week 2
Saturday 7 January
We spent the morning at a soft play area in Bowness with Sarah, Chris and Fin before heading home.
Sunday 8 January
This picture was taken yesterday on the way home, but I don't have a picture for today and liked this one so much that I had to post it. This is a kids' ride at the service station on the M6. I honestly didn't think Daisy would want to sit in it as she's the world's biggest scaredy cat, but she really enjoyed driving the car - in fact, about 30 seconds after this photo was taken, we had tantrums when we had to leave...
Monday 9 January
I love this outfit :).
Tuesday 10 January
You'd look a bit cheesed off too if someone had put your pyjamas on back to front last night...
Wednesday 11 January
Leaning in to give the baby kisses.
Thursday 12 January
"What? You mean next to the kitchen bin isn't the best place to sit and play?"
Friday 13 January
No, she's not dead - although she's lying in a classic chalk-around-the-body pose. Nope, just having a rest.
We spent the morning at a soft play area in Bowness with Sarah, Chris and Fin before heading home.
Sunday 8 January
This picture was taken yesterday on the way home, but I don't have a picture for today and liked this one so much that I had to post it. This is a kids' ride at the service station on the M6. I honestly didn't think Daisy would want to sit in it as she's the world's biggest scaredy cat, but she really enjoyed driving the car - in fact, about 30 seconds after this photo was taken, we had tantrums when we had to leave...
Monday 9 January
I love this outfit :).
Tuesday 10 January
You'd look a bit cheesed off too if someone had put your pyjamas on back to front last night...
Wednesday 11 January
Leaning in to give the baby kisses.
Thursday 12 January
"What? You mean next to the kitchen bin isn't the best place to sit and play?"
Friday 13 January
No, she's not dead - although she's lying in a classic chalk-around-the-body pose. Nope, just having a rest.
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