Dear Leo,
As Mommy stared at herself in the mirror this morning she realised that, since your arrival, there have been some radical shifts in her appearance.
Of course all Mommys out there complain about the inevitable loss of smooth belly skin and droopy boobs post pregnancy and birth. However, your Mommy has noted that there are subtler physical changes that accompany the state of motherhood.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Etiquette
Dear Leo,
As you grow and are challenged by life, you will gradually begin to notice that adult humans have collectively decided what is deemed appropriate sociable behaviour.
People (and this includes Mommy and Daddy) will tell you to say "please" and "thank you" and "excuse me".
Mommy has been watching you over the past couple of months, and has decided that this human etiquette stuff is actually a load of trumped up hogwash.
She is deeply envious and hugely admiring of your various activities.
As you grow and are challenged by life, you will gradually begin to notice that adult humans have collectively decided what is deemed appropriate sociable behaviour.
People (and this includes Mommy and Daddy) will tell you to say "please" and "thank you" and "excuse me".
Mommy has been watching you over the past couple of months, and has decided that this human etiquette stuff is actually a load of trumped up hogwash.
She is deeply envious and hugely admiring of your various activities.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Food vs. Anti Food
Dear Leo,
Owning a mouth is amazing. Opening and closing it, as you have already discovered, enables humans to make noises called language, which helps them to communicate with each other. It will be quite some time before you refine the art of making comprehensible noises, but for now you're doing just fine.
The other thing Mommy sees you have noticed is that your mouth contains tastebuds, and that different objects do not feel or taste the same when shoved hastily into it. Apparently this is partially because you have more nerve endings in your mouth than anywhere else in your body and, unlike us big people, you have tastebuds on the roof of your mouth.
Which is why Mommy is flummoxed by your choice of objects-to-be-mouthed. It is with growing distress that she has noticed that foodstuff is not included in this list.
Owning a mouth is amazing. Opening and closing it, as you have already discovered, enables humans to make noises called language, which helps them to communicate with each other. It will be quite some time before you refine the art of making comprehensible noises, but for now you're doing just fine.
The other thing Mommy sees you have noticed is that your mouth contains tastebuds, and that different objects do not feel or taste the same when shoved hastily into it. Apparently this is partially because you have more nerve endings in your mouth than anywhere else in your body and, unlike us big people, you have tastebuds on the roof of your mouth.
Which is why Mommy is flummoxed by your choice of objects-to-be-mouthed. It is with growing distress that she has noticed that foodstuff is not included in this list.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Bath time is not poo time
Dear Leo,
Mommy has been deeply fascinated by your poo since the day you were born. She's very pleased that you are not, as yet, equally fascinated.
Her first intimate introduction to your poo was on arrival at home from the hospital. She's still trying to clean the top you redecorated whilst she was trying to change your nappy, and she now knows what the term " The Squirts " really means.
Mommy has been deeply fascinated by your poo since the day you were born. She's very pleased that you are not, as yet, equally fascinated.
Her first intimate introduction to your poo was on arrival at home from the hospital. She's still trying to clean the top you redecorated whilst she was trying to change your nappy, and she now knows what the term " The Squirts " really means.
3:30 am performance
Dear Leo,
Mommy thinks your newfound applauding ability is super fantastic. She's so delighted that you're finally giving her the recognition and reward she feels she deserves after 8 months of entertaining you.
However, there are preferred applause times that you need to be aware of. 3:30 am is most certainly not one of them. Perhaps you got confused because Mommy wanted you to show Aunty I your clapping at 3 in the afternoon. She wondered why you were holding out.
Mommy thinks your newfound applauding ability is super fantastic. She's so delighted that you're finally giving her the recognition and reward she feels she deserves after 8 months of entertaining you.
However, there are preferred applause times that you need to be aware of. 3:30 am is most certainly not one of them. Perhaps you got confused because Mommy wanted you to show Aunty I your clapping at 3 in the afternoon. She wondered why you were holding out.
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