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first-foods

Who needs face paint…

August 31, 2010 BritMumInNZ 6 Comments Alice, Baby

when you have food! Alice really has a taste for pasta bolognaise! She just needs a sombrero and she’d pass as a Mexican with this smattering of sauce all over her chops 🙂

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It starts over breakfast…

August 27, 2010 BritMumInNZ 7 Comments Alice, Art, Charlotte, Sophie

The mess. It starts over breakfast, after the first round of washing has already been mysteriously whipped into the washing machine. Alice enjoys baby cereal off a spoon – but she hasn’t quite got that you hold the spoon by the handle – preferring to get stuck right into the action on the tip of […]

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Frustration

August 15, 2006May 27, 2010 Sophie Leave a comment Sophie

I want to move! I’m fast approaching 8 month’s old and I have decided it’s time to put down the books and get moving.

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Six months and sitting pretty

July 18, 2006May 27, 2010 Sophie Leave a comment Sophie

Sitting pretty at six months and I love to chuckle.

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Five Month Munchies

May 24, 2006July 28, 2010 Sophie Leave a comment Sophie

Five month’s old and real food is yum, yum, yummy!

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Splish, splash, splosh

June 20, 2004July 28, 2010 Charlotte Leave a comment Charlotte

I’m a little tadpole! I’ve started swimming lessons again and love it 🙂

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I’m the fastest crawler in town

March 14, 2004July 28, 2010 Charlotte 2 Comments Charlotte

I can now crawl at a rate of knots and am busy keeping my mummy and daddy well and truly on their toes.

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Walking on the Wild Side

January 15, 2004July 27, 2010 Charlotte Leave a comment Charlotte


It was a long weekend so I had heaps of fun playing with Daddy. Mummy and Daddy took me to Staglands Wildlife Park, which was amazing.

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I have been blowing lots and lots of raspberries.

December 20, 2003July 28, 2010 Charlotte Leave a comment Charlotte

I’m moving around alot more and make it much harder for Mummy and Daddy to change my nappy.

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I started solids this week.

November 25, 2003July 28, 2010 Charlotte Leave a comment Charlotte

I started solids this week. I tried some baby rice which was OK, but I also tried some mashed potato which I thought was brilliant.

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