9 Months…

OK, OK I am a bit late… Wilhelmina is nearly 9 1/2 months already, but I guess it is better now than never.

Big smiles

I can’t believe that more than 9 months have passed since my little girl was born. There are many that insist that there are no differences between girls and boys but I don’t agree, I can see that there are differences, and with 3 boys, I embrace those differences. She seems to admire me as a brush my hair and she loves to have her hair brushed as well and lets me play with her hair. She is a lot more sensitive and more calm than her brothers were at the same age. It might also be a reflection fo the way that her brothers treat her of course, but by 9 months old, Colin and Khéna were both already play-fighting with their older brother(s)…. She in turn is ver gentle. Though she enjoys biting books, she equally enjoys being read to, something the boys never seemed to have the patience for as babies.

When we are out she doesn’t say a word, she just observes and cuddles or goes to play but is so content. She loves being out and about, except for the car ride, though that has been a lot better in the last months. She is shy, but not overly so. She quickly warms up to people, especially the guys. A the workshops I give she just plays contently, coming to see me to nurse or pee… otherwise she is happily doing her own thing.

She loves her brothers, and me of course, but I think her favourite person in the world is daddy…There are evenings that she doesn’t even want me and only wants Simon.A true daddy’s girl 🙂

Willa with her daddy

She has started to eat a bit here and there but it is not a daily thing and she is still getting all of her nutrition from me. She now has 6 teeth and hopefully we will get a bit of a break before the next ones come in. It effects her mood so much and she gets a rash… even though she doesn’t wear a diaper…

EC is going great. We catch about 75% of the pees and all of the poos… Most of the pees that we miss are in the morning. Since she stays dry all night and only wakes in the morning to pee and nurse, she has a lot of pees when she gets up… sometimes every 5-10 min for the first hour… then she goes back to her normal frequency and we catch most of the rest. During the day she wears one-wet underwear or is bare-bum… and the same at night. When we are out it is the easiest, especially when we are busy and going from place to place. She pees when we get out of the car, and then when we get back in and remains dry the rest of the time… even for 2-3 hours…

sleep

Wilhelmina now has a few words also… her first word was “Caca”, and she says that when she needs to eliminate. She has been saying that one for at least 2 months now. Her next was “Cat” and now “Mama” and “Dada” and have been added… I love to hear her say actual words… though it makes her seem a bit older than I am ready for…

She can get anywhere she needs to go,but isn’t walking yet… (I say that because I have had early walkers) She is still not completely confidant to stand on her own, but will do so if she forgets that she is doing it. She can walk holding onto our hands, or a toy, or furniture or the wall and will take mini-steps between two pieces of furniture. Once she gets that confidence going it, the steps will not be far behind.

Peek-a-boo

All in all, I am enjoying every minute of her growing and changing. Knowing that she is our last last makes every milestone bitter-sweet. My little baby is changing and becoming less and less of a baby… My kids are growing up…

She makes my heart melt...

Quiet time…

I have to admit that having four kids drives me crazy at times…

Unless they are all sleeping, there is constant noise… narrating games, animating figurings, making sound effects while drawing,knocking things over, rolling trucks on the floor… It is hard to get some some quiet time. Some people that know me think I am patient, but days like today, I am far from it. It is really hard to be parent some days, especially when you are someone who is sensitive to noise. The more I try to get quiet time, the more I get annoyed by each sound.

So on days like this, I turn on the music, I make things louder, I sing out loud and dance with a kid or two or three or four and I embrace the noise…

I’ll have some Quiet time when they are sleeping…

EC and Babywearing…

This summer a friend passed along my name to a new and amazing Montreal buisness called Melons & Clementines for the potential of giving babywearing classes. This little shop in the NDG district of Montreal is all about breastfeeding. Clothes, accessories, pumps, babywearing shirts and carriers. Not only that, but while you shop, you can sit down and have tea and a lunch while the kids play in the kids corner, all in a very breastfeeding friendly environment. They also have a private room and a schedule for lacation consultants for moms that might need help.

I talked over the phone with two wonderful women that started this little shop, Renee and Marie-Maude, and I went to meet them soon after to talk about what they needed and soon after we set the date for the first workshop. Not only am I giving a babywearing workshop but also an EC one, and not only is it great to meet new people and talk and share about two subjects that I love, I am also making a small amount of money (at least to cover my transporation… lol)

If you are in Montreal, do go and have tea and hang out, you won’t regret it… and if you are looking to learn more about EC and/or babywearing, come to one of my workshops… the next one will be this saturday, with EC in the morning at 11am and babywearing at 1:30pm… (the schedule on their site will have the next workshops when we set the dates)

Redpath…

On Monday we headed to the Redpath Museum in Montreal for a workshop on meteorites…

Last time we were at the Redpath Xavier started getting sick on the way there and we ended up spending a lot of time in the bathroom… This time we got there early and were able to spend some time looking around… what a great museum. If you are in Montreal, it is a great place to stop by and check out 🙂

We went and looked at the mummies again and then some other curious and interesting artifacts…

Samurai armourearly man...

Anaconda skeletonShrunken head...

Turtle and seal skeletons...

Skeletons… Samurai armour… shrunken head… so many questions…

then of course the the dinosaur skeletons were a big hit… The boys were amazed at the size of them…

This is Gorgosaurus libratus a genus of T-Rex that lived in Western Canada at one time…

Gorgosaurus libratus from above...

Gorgosaurus libratus

Gorgosaurus libratus

I forgot the name of this guy… but I stood next to him fascinated for quite a while…

scary little creature...

The Triceratops skull was massive… It is hard to imagine that they were Herbivores…

So big!

hey look... a crocodile..

Then we met up with the other homeschoolers that were there and the workshop started…

The format of the Workshops given at the Redpath are great. The kids have a short information session… not more than 30 min in all and not all at the same place, so there are moving around  bit… Then a craft session to finish things up…

Baby Robin…

Something got my attention in the pool when I was in the kitchen. I saw something floating, then it thrashed and I realized it was a bird…

I called out to Simon that there was something in the pool and that it was drowning and to go help it quickly.

He came back with this little one…all wet and shivering and breathing fast.

Wet baby robin we saved from the pool...

It was most likely his first flight and ended up in the pool, he would not have lasted another minute…

I got a box and put a towel in it to give it a chance to warm up…

About 10 minutes later, his eyes started opening…

getting warmed up and dry...

I didn’t know that it was a baby Robin, but my neighbor came by and told me what he was…. then whenever we got close he started to open his beak and show us that he was hungry. My mama heart broke.

My cat eats birds often, they live and die, but this little one was pulling at my heartstrings…

Then I saw her… On the fence, with a full beak, a mama robin, looking for her baby.

Looking for her baby...

I took a chance and brought the box with the baby near where the mama was… She saw him right away, in the box in my hands, and her gaze followed us as I placed the box on the side of the pool… she went from place to place making sure the path was clear and then went to him…

Hungry little one

As I was contemplating what to do next as he was very exposed to the sun and the cats on the side of the pool, the mama left the box for a few minutes…

I turned to get another picture of her…

Mama Robin

and when turning back I saw him on the side of the box and in an instant… fly down into the bushes…

He made it 🙂

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