The First Time Mum

Peggy has started to really change in the last week or so. She is in the phase of being distracted by anything and everything, which can make feeding her pretty entertaining and much longer than it needs to be! Crying because she’s hungry for the bottle but, oh wait, what’s that, a lampshade!

We’ve been extremely lucky with her sleeping habits but recently she has become a little more unsettled. Hayden has been wanting us to start solids with her for ages and I’ve been putting it off. Mainly because milk is so easy, and free! I really did not know where to start. But yesterday was the day. I gave in to those big blue eyes. I had already roasted a pumpkin for our dinner so I mashed some up along with a bit of my milk.

A friend had mentioned about a silicone feeder of which I actually had sitting in the cupboard. So I filled one of those up and let the chaos commence. She seemed to love it! I also gave her a spoon of pumpkin, which again created more mess, but gosh it was entertaining to watch. And kept her extremely occupied for quite some time.

Today was another big day of jabs. Three this time. She screamed like I’ve never heard her scream which was pretty hard to watch so I’m glad that’s it for a while, until she’s one. We popped into a friend’s on the way home to pick up some cream for her chin. Thanks Karly! She has been getting quite sore under her chin and around her neck from all the spews and dribbles, so fingers crossed this does the trick. Hayden had lamb shanks roasting in the oven (thanks Pip) so we had an early dinner with Peggy watching on. She was treated to a pumpkin starter and a lamb shank for main. Yum yum.

It was great to get over to see some friends, Matt and Jayne, on the weekend and catch up with a good group over dinner. What a treat to have such a good bunch of friends. Hayden and Matt tried to find some deer to shoot but sadly it was so windy they were all tucked away. Although I did hear there was an attempt on a pig, we wont mention who missed….

This weekend I hope to get out on Larry for some showjumping and maybe try out the local pub in Maheno that has reopened.

Spring is starting to arrive and the daffodils are popping up all around the garden. It is looking lovely! The living room is full of seedlings still. I am amazed I’ve managed to keep them alive for so long. So far we have…. Pumpkins, tomatoes, chillies, peppers and basil in the house and lettuce, spring onion, beetroot, broccoli, radishes and coriander in the greenhouse. Oh and the raspberry canes are starting to shoot leaves and the horseradish is starting to pop out of the raised beds. It’s all quite exciting. How life has changed!