Granny

These were taken awhile ago when Granny and Grandpa came to visit. These days Josh eats mashed up food!

Hooray!

Playing Together

It was really nice to see Priscilla and Sam. Josh had a great time playing with Sam's toys.







Their Poh Poh bought them the matching outfits earlier this year. Don't they look cute? Then breakfast together after all that hard work.

Weetabix - No thanks!

Standing Up

A Present from Granny

Look what arrived in the post today.

Traditional teething biscuits from Granny.

They are a bit hard for me because I still haven't got any teeth. Nevermind, I will save them for later. Thank you, Granny.

I'll just have a ricecake for now.

Drinking Milk

When Josh is feeling lazy, he likes to drink his milk lying down. He is too big to go across my lap now, so he drinks like this....watching TV too!

Two Lumberjacks

Thank you to Josh's American Aunties Yuan and Yeong for his smart outfit!

In His Cot

These days I have to put Josh into this cot when I am busy because he can crawl everywhere really quickly. He doesn't mind, as he just plays with his toys but I don't like to leave him in his "cage" for too long.

Funny to think that Joni was in this same cot 36 years ago!

Crawling

Bubbles

Munch

"Munch" is one of Josh's favourite books. It was a present from his cousin Sam. Thank You Koko Sam!

(The video was taken during Granny and Grandpa's visit)

Playing with Mummy

Posing with Daddy

Then and Now

The photos above were taken at Josh's first official outing when he was one month old. Even wearing his bear-suit, he still looks so tiny.





He still loves to go in the carrier but now he is too big and heavy for me to carry. I can barely see over the top of his head. Do you like his "Cookie-Monster" coat?

Father and Son

Look at these two going on an adventure!

Joni's Hard Work

Joni spent ages chopping branches off the laurel trees in our garden and at the front of the house. But then we had another problem - how do we get rid of the branches? I wish I had taken a photo of the mountain of branches and leaves, believe me it was a mountain.

The council said that they would collect it for free if we put the branches into brown bags for recycling. Joni tried to cut up the branches and put them into bags (you can see the bags in the photo) but soon realised that we would need about 200 brown bags, and it would take him weeks to cut up all the branches.


So we hired a shredder but the stupid thing didn't work! You can see it behind him; it cost us over £100 to hire for a week. Joni was really mad because he had had to drive to Stockwell to pick it up. Luckily we should get a refund.

Anyway, we had no choice but to ask a local landscaping contractor to come and take it away. They were not really interested because it is only a small job for them (half day's work) and it is their busiest time of the year. I had to practically beg them on the phone because we wanted the garden to be clear for the estate agent's photos. I think they felt sorry for us :)

They filled this lorry twice, piled high with branches and leaves. Hopefully we can get some money back from our neighbours.

Joni did more work in the garden, doesn't it look so much better now? We have also put down some more grass seed. The tables and chairs are from B&Q, we are definitely taking them when we leave!

Our tidy flat

We moved Josh downstairs and made a nice nursery for him. Joni has packed away his computer and put all his stuff into storage, what a sacrifice!

Bouncing

Josh is following in his Koko Sam's bouncy footsteps. Notice the towel underneath to catch any potential vomit!

Sam's Feet

We are doing a "no-mercy" clear-out of out flat ready for viewings and one of the things I packed away last night was Joni's 3D pin gadget. I had left it for ages because the last thing on it was Sam's little feet. This imprint of his little feet was done during Josh's baptism weekend in May.

With a jar of baby food to show scale. Couldn't think of anything else at the time :)

No bananas for Josh?

Yesterday morning I mashed up a large banana with baby rice and gave it to Josh for breakfast. He liked it and nearly finished the whole banana; actually he would have kept eating but I was worried that it was a bit much for him.

As it turns out, I was right because he didn't nap well (too full!) and I think he had a bit of indigestion.

The worst thing was that he seemed to have a reaction to the banana. Joni noticed that his skin was getting bad in the afternoon and by 10pm, he had an angry rash all over his face and body. Poor boy! His skin has been so much better lately and I had become a bit more relaxed about weaning, now it looks like I will need to be quite careful with his food.

I took some photos to show the dermatology nurse at our follow-up appointment. This morning his face was a bit better, but you can still see the rash.



The rash was still all over his body this afternoon. It's not like his "normal" eczema because it is all over his nappy area and that area has never been affected by dry skin. It also doesn't seem to be itchy because he is not trying to scratch it, like he does his "dry patches".

(His back)

Maybe it was because the banana was raw and he can't handle raw food yet? So no more new foods for Josh until his rash is better. So far his menu consists of baby rice, carrots, parsnips, sweet potato, peas and pear. He seems to be his normal happy self though, my poor boy :(

Cooking and Freezing

The Beaba Babycook is brilliant! Thanks Priscilla! I normally do a whole batch of one thing eg carrots, then freeze into ice-cube trays for later and combine 6-8 cubes into one meal.





Josh is still a vegetarian at the moment and his favourite food is sweet potato.

The photo shows pear puree, which he likes for breakfast.

Josh eats Food Part 2

Josh obviously loves his food, just like his Mummy! Maybe I should have weaned him earlier? After a week, he is already eating like a pro. He prefers home-made food to the jars, what a good boy : likes his Mummy's cooking.



And he's getting the hang of drinking too.

Drinking Water

Josh is learning how to drink from a cup like a big boy. Thanks to Granny for his special "doidy cup". He's not sure about the taste of water though. ...

Josh's First Food

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