Friday night with Oprah
Yes, strangely so... I'm not at all certain why, but one of the Catalan channels here broadcasts recent episodes of Oprah here (without commercials) and in English!??! So here I sit, watching and wondering and feeling a bit strange as it mildly feels like I'm home... I've never been a big Opera fan but hey, sometimes its nice to bite into a slice of Americana.
I've been really missing my London girlies lately. I know they are all so busy with their jobs and other travel plans thus no visits to me are lined up... I wish I could pop over to visit them but thats not on the cards either as paying the rent and bills and such are a much bigger priority... sigh
Back to catch the last of Oprah as Alfredo has just arrived and can't stand it!
22.8.08
21.8.08
Ridiculous baby schedules and - Walkies with Penelope and Alberto
Yesterday I was sent a link by my lovely sister to one of those baby sites that detail the developmental process for wee ones. Indeed they are handy sometimes when you are curious as to what is coming up next... this entry was however the funniest thing. It detailed the 'daily routine of the mother of a 6 month baby. It was by far the most pretentious thing I've ever read. I actually laughed out loud at what this woman had wrote! Go on, give it a read you know you want a good laugh don't you? My heart kind of breaks for this poor child as if the mother truly rolls like this with her I hate to think what will become of her! Just for fun I'll jot down our 'daily routine''... You make the comparison....
8am - Sienna awakes (in her own crib in her own room) and I go get her and breast feed her in bed with us and slowly try to awake from my slumber. We play around there for a while all together and of course do a technical nappy change.
9am- We're up and out the door with dog on the way to the park to 'try'and play fetch with Lilli... ha that deserves a medal all in its self as its more like I throw the ball- the dog runs for it and on a rare occasion will pick it up and bring it back. Sienna sits very patiently in her pram throughout this excersise in futility.
10am - Just as we turn the corner to arrive back to the flat, Sienna falls asleep. Sometimes if I'm lucky I can carry her up the 120 steps up to our flat and get her into her crib before she wakes up again. This is sometimes a window to check emails and apply for jobs and of course read my favorite blogs and terribly addictive gossip sites. Oh yea around now we tend to change her again...
Noon - The wee one has a bottle (halleluja she takes a bottle!) They eats/smears her rice pablum and fruits and vegetables all over herself and the dog who is waiting by her side attentively for any accidental spillage of foods (there are lots so she is content).
13h- Bathe said filthy baby (dog is suspicously abscent from this activity for fear that she may one day be subject to being bathed too). Nappy changing at this point is a given.
14h- Eat lunch- Alfredo normally cooks something divine or I prepare something not so healthy and eat it quickly so as to return to attend to the small child sitting in her bouncy chair complaining that she is not getting any more food just yet... Sometimes for fun we give her a rice cake and try and keep the dog from taking it away from her as she flings her arms around with glee! Its kind of like an adventure sport.
15h- Watch the news (yup it airs at 15h... its siesta time people) and play with baby and dog and sometimes get some domestic duties done inbetween like picking up wet bath towels from the bed... put out washing or if I'm really lucky I may just clean the toilet!
16h- Bottle feed (or sometimes breast feed) said child... a lot of the time I will ring mum as she will be awake by then and I will no doubt entertain her with all the excitement that was my morning. Sometimes the baby will fall asleep around now and nap for a wee while.
17h-20h- I'm not too clear as what we normally do around this time as I guess my mind stops working by then... but sometimes there are outings or such things as poopie nappies but one this is certain that sometime between 19h and 20h the wee one is breast fed, changed into her jammies and is ready for bed.
20h-22h- More likely than not the bub is asleep these days around 20h and will sleep through the night in her own bed... We do whatever inane things parents do when the bubs are sleeping..
And that's basically it. So what about that comparison with Piper's mum? I'm the mother of the year right? Ha! Not! Just wait till I'm back at work... this will change pretty dramatically (for me mostly).
Oh yea, those walkies with Penelope and Alberto... that happened this morning as instead of going to the park we walked along the port. Just at the very top of the port we ran into this old man and his chubby chihuahua named Penelope. He latched on to us and joined us for our walk. He did most of the talking (much to my amazement as I'm usally the chatty one... but honestly I couldn't get a word in edge-wise). He told me about his life, his family, his money, his pets and most importantly how he calls all his dogs Penelope. If one dies he gets another one and gives it the same name! He was prety cool. He gave me the skinny on all the hippies that are camping on the beach this summer, the stories of what the beach was like when it was still just a little fishing neighborhood... lots and lots of information. Cool little man. Amazing stories... And all of this happened of course before 9am. See what happens when wee ones arise extra early? I tell you! I'm wondering when Piper's mum fits this type of stuff in? HA! LOL!
Yesterday I was sent a link by my lovely sister to one of those baby sites that detail the developmental process for wee ones. Indeed they are handy sometimes when you are curious as to what is coming up next... this entry was however the funniest thing. It detailed the 'daily routine of the mother of a 6 month baby. It was by far the most pretentious thing I've ever read. I actually laughed out loud at what this woman had wrote! Go on, give it a read you know you want a good laugh don't you? My heart kind of breaks for this poor child as if the mother truly rolls like this with her I hate to think what will become of her! Just for fun I'll jot down our 'daily routine''... You make the comparison....
8am - Sienna awakes (in her own crib in her own room) and I go get her and breast feed her in bed with us and slowly try to awake from my slumber. We play around there for a while all together and of course do a technical nappy change.
9am- We're up and out the door with dog on the way to the park to 'try'and play fetch with Lilli... ha that deserves a medal all in its self as its more like I throw the ball- the dog runs for it and on a rare occasion will pick it up and bring it back. Sienna sits very patiently in her pram throughout this excersise in futility.
10am - Just as we turn the corner to arrive back to the flat, Sienna falls asleep. Sometimes if I'm lucky I can carry her up the 120 steps up to our flat and get her into her crib before she wakes up again. This is sometimes a window to check emails and apply for jobs and of course read my favorite blogs and terribly addictive gossip sites. Oh yea around now we tend to change her again...
Noon - The wee one has a bottle (halleluja she takes a bottle!) They eats/smears her rice pablum and fruits and vegetables all over herself and the dog who is waiting by her side attentively for any accidental spillage of foods (there are lots so she is content).
13h- Bathe said filthy baby (dog is suspicously abscent from this activity for fear that she may one day be subject to being bathed too). Nappy changing at this point is a given.
14h- Eat lunch- Alfredo normally cooks something divine or I prepare something not so healthy and eat it quickly so as to return to attend to the small child sitting in her bouncy chair complaining that she is not getting any more food just yet... Sometimes for fun we give her a rice cake and try and keep the dog from taking it away from her as she flings her arms around with glee! Its kind of like an adventure sport.
15h- Watch the news (yup it airs at 15h... its siesta time people) and play with baby and dog and sometimes get some domestic duties done inbetween like picking up wet bath towels from the bed... put out washing or if I'm really lucky I may just clean the toilet!
16h- Bottle feed (or sometimes breast feed) said child... a lot of the time I will ring mum as she will be awake by then and I will no doubt entertain her with all the excitement that was my morning. Sometimes the baby will fall asleep around now and nap for a wee while.
17h-20h- I'm not too clear as what we normally do around this time as I guess my mind stops working by then... but sometimes there are outings or such things as poopie nappies but one this is certain that sometime between 19h and 20h the wee one is breast fed, changed into her jammies and is ready for bed.
20h-22h- More likely than not the bub is asleep these days around 20h and will sleep through the night in her own bed... We do whatever inane things parents do when the bubs are sleeping..
And that's basically it. So what about that comparison with Piper's mum? I'm the mother of the year right? Ha! Not! Just wait till I'm back at work... this will change pretty dramatically (for me mostly).
Oh yea, those walkies with Penelope and Alberto... that happened this morning as instead of going to the park we walked along the port. Just at the very top of the port we ran into this old man and his chubby chihuahua named Penelope. He latched on to us and joined us for our walk. He did most of the talking (much to my amazement as I'm usally the chatty one... but honestly I couldn't get a word in edge-wise). He told me about his life, his family, his money, his pets and most importantly how he calls all his dogs Penelope. If one dies he gets another one and gives it the same name! He was prety cool. He gave me the skinny on all the hippies that are camping on the beach this summer, the stories of what the beach was like when it was still just a little fishing neighborhood... lots and lots of information. Cool little man. Amazing stories... And all of this happened of course before 9am. See what happens when wee ones arise extra early? I tell you! I'm wondering when Piper's mum fits this type of stuff in? HA! LOL!
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