- Sometimes when I pick up Noah after his nap, or in the morning, when he has had enough sleep and wakes up happy he snuggles into my neck for a couple of secs and then flings his head back to smile or giggle at me. I am not sure I can express in words how happy this makes me. Sometimes how much I love my little koala munchkin leaves me speechless…
- Noah does not seem to be a fan of carrots. He must get that from me.
- He is starting to find other babies more interesting. Today at the doctors surgery a boy (a twin, his sister was close by) about a month older than Noah reached out to try to pull of Noah`s sock and Noah looked up, smiled at the boy and started babbling away.
- Noah is LOUD. Also, trying to shush an almost 6 month old is impossible…He is in a very happy squeeling stage that can be a bit embarrassing when in somewhat quiet places like doctors surgeries, Baby Gap, and on trains.
- A five year old at the doctors surgery came up to me and very shyly said “I am happy you speak to the baby in English. He is lucky. I like English class at kindy. When the baby starts talking maybe he can teach me some more English”- Cute, no? He was such a polite thing. His sister was lovely too- and she went through my handbag pulling everything out much to her mothers dismay (She was about 3 I guess and I keep a lot of toys in my handbag!)
- Noah seems to have perfected sitting and while not moving forward really when on his tummy he still moves around slowly like a snail without actually moving more than what looks to be a couple of centimeters.
- I am still really bad with money. I must review out budget, or lack there of.
- Twitter is growing on me.
- I bought all the baking ingredients I would need to make some basic sweets but have been tossing up too many ideas and have not ended up baking anything this week. Maybe tomorrow? The problem with baking is that Shun doesn`t really eat sweets so if I do bake something I will then end up eating all of it.
- Mummy brain is a real thing. I honestly thought it was a bit of a joke before having a baby but now sometimes I have to read something 10 times before I get what it means or before what I am reading actually sinks in. Sometimes it feels like my brain cells are disappearing faster than Japanese prime ministers (Last week saw the 6th in 5 years!)
- Baby signing is going well- I know about 30 signs and I am doing about 10 of them on a regular basis with Noah everyday at the moment with the hope to increase the signs each week.
- Rashie (Rash shirt/ UV swim shirt) is apparently not a common Aussie word like I thought. A FB status update from me bought up some questions when I thought it was a common word? Anyway, I bought Noah is first ever rashie today- bring on the water play this summer.
- Have been tossing up the idea of starting a new blog (but keeping this one going)- not sure if this will ever happen though.
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I am just a twenty something Aussie girl living in Chiba, Japan with my Japanese husband trying to make sense of the crazy Japanese world we live in! We welcomed our first son in December 2009 (Noah) and a second son in January 2011, 2 months premature (Shion). I am working hard at raising them to be confident, bilingual, happy kids!
Mummy brain is a very real phenomenon. Ugh! I think my intelligence dropped by half when I had kids.
those smiles, giggles and cuddles are priceless, arent they! esp. from a munchkin as cute as Noah!
I am in a constant state of mummy brain!! It sure exists!
Rashie – first heard the word from DH, I didnt know it either. Thought it nust be a surfers thing (he calls them rashguard)
And as for trying to keep a 6mo quiet – wait till he gets old enough to say innapropriate things at those quiet places, then see how embarrasing things can get, lol!!
Does Shun have a smallish group of coworkers that he could share your baked goods with? That’s how I get around the “oh crap, I’ve just eaten 10 of the bloody things” issue – send them to work with S. His company is small, there’s only about a dozen people so it works out quite nicely. Or if it’s biccies/cookies you could make a half quantity and then freeze half of the dough so there’s even less for you to be tempted with…
I love the neck cuddles too. You are getting into such a super cute age. I think about 6 or 7 months until about one and a half / two is a great age. Ryu is smack bang in the middle of it and I am getting sad already that it will be over soon and we will hit meltdown central. Almost makes me want another….
Mommy brain is very real. Although I don’t have children yet, my friends who have had children recently have it for sure. My co-worker also claims her eyesight started going worse after having a baby. Baby cuddles and giggles are so cute. Noah is one happy little guy for sure
I have to avoid baking at home, it’s too tempting to keep in the house for sure.
Oh yeah, Twitter’ll grow on you
Six months is such a cute age. Wait till nine months- it just gets cuter and better!
Oh, and some award love for you at my place….
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Hm a quick poll of my team here at work is that rashie is what it’s called! But then again, we’re in the Northern Territory and I’m from Queensland, so it could just be northern slang.
I started a new blog on the weekend because I felt as though my old one was irrelevant (I started it when expatting). But I just read through all my archives and I fell in love with my blog again and realised I don’t have anything to write because living in australia is boring (!!) … hm!
Glad to see Tash didn’t know what a rashie was either!! LOL!
Your new blog sounds interesting? What type of blog is it going to be?
I can totally relate to how strong your love can be to your own child – I don’t think I ever realised just how strongly I would feel towards Leilah. Even on the worst days…
I have the same problem as you in that if I bake something I always end up eating WAY too much… that’s why I freeze whatever I can!! Muffins, brownies, biscuits – anything goes in the freezer at our house!
This “around 6 month” age is beautiful! Lots of giggles and cuteness and throwing of mashed pumpkin around…Great fun
As for Baby Brain I am forever losing things and the other day I started the washing machine three times without putting any laundry in!
Happy FYB Friday!
i have no idea.. ow its going to be, baby-wise.. but reading this surely makes me want one!!!
Came here thru FYBF!! glad i did!