So, Poppy turned 1 on 2nd April and she is now no longer classed as a baby :O nope, now Poppy is a toddler .. That didn't dissapear in the blink of an eye or anything!! Seens as I've only just started posting I thought I'd share a bit about her (what she likes,development etc) and I'll share a few pictures from the little gathering we had with Christians (her dads) side of the family.
For this year we decided to just keep it low key and have family round to bring and open presents with her. My mum came round earlier on the morning of her birthday to help me put some food on for everyone. It's always been very strained between mine and Christians family and even more so now after all the court proceedings but I'll save that for another time. Anyway, everyone managed to be civil for a couple of hours and it ended up been a nice afternoon for Poppy. There was me, my mum, Christian and his dad and his dads wife, his sister and her partner and their 3 kids. My dad and brother also came a bit later on! Poppy got some lovely presents and enjoyed all the attention!
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| Poppy with Christians family, with Christian and cousin Lillian and again with just Christian. |
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| Poppy's cake with the very first picture ever took of us! |
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| Buntings, balloons and banners So, a little more about the little darling! At 1 year old she loves:- Baby TV her favourites been Hungry Henry, bugs band and Pim and Pimba - Her Alfie Bear and Singing Cora! - Sleep! I consider myself lucky! - To be tickled on her sides and under her arms and play peekaboo - Milk. She'd guzzle it all day if she could - Cuddles with mommy! - Musical loud things. Loves banging and shaking things! She dislikes: - The wind - Been woke up before she was ready to be - Having her teeth brushed - When food is all gone. Always give her plenty but she causes a real drama at the end of every meal! Her development: - She has just started crawling but mostly shuffles on her bum or pulls herself on her belly to get to where she wants to be - She says da dada - Pinches small objects/food with thumb and pointer finger - Moves things from one hand to the other - Bangs objects together and lets go on purpose - Shows affection for significant people in her life She has become a bit pickier with food the past month or so but still has a very good appetite! For breakfast she will generally have porridge, toast and her bottle. For dinner it's a sandwich (tuna/ham) with variations of crisps, fruit and yoghurt. She loves spaghetti bolognaise for her tea but her all time favourite is fish fingers, potato waffle and spaghetti hoops but she doesn't have it more than a couple times a week as I prefer to cook her fresh. Up until this week she would just have water in her beaker but she's starting to need a bit more taste to her drink so I've been adding some orange squash which she seems to like! In terms of sleeping, she will usually go to bed earliest 8pm and very latest 9pm. She will then get up earliest 7am and latest sometimes 10am. I do prefer her up a little earlier though so her meal times aren't put out. She will usually have 1 nap a day too, it varies a lot how long she sleeps for in the day! There's probably a whole lot more I could write about her but it's getting late and my brain isn't working so well! I shall leave it at that! Thanks for reading! Laura xx |
