My baby and big kids

I have found my love for my 7 1/2 month Ambrose swelling. Big kids are great but I need to work harder to connect and draw them in. One on one so important and I need to find more time for myself and with each of my children. Matilda love to swim and Felix loves to have first born time. Time for me to direct this attention as the child use negative activity to seek their needs.

Matilda prep orientation

Matilda is 5 and will start school next year. We are ready and have been for well over 6 months. November heralds the beginning of orientation where we meet the students who will begin the educational journey with Matilda over 4 half day sessions. I hope Matilda finds her confidence within the group and that it isn't filled with know all first borns like her brother and cousins (& mother:)
I do not find her starting school as daunting as when Felix started and I hope she can draw on our confidence.

Being 7 months

Ambrose is 7 months and has been crawling now for the past 2 months. He has taught himself to clap and will clap along with songs sung or played on the piano. 7 teeth are used to bite fingers as well as food. Ambrose is leading the way with what he wants to eat so far everything except chickpea seems to delight him Ambrose is completely in love with Felix and Matilda. His face lights up with delight when we pick them up from kinder or school. Ambrose happily sleeps with michael and I at night and will feed between 2-6 times in an evening. Ambrose is a delightful happy and smiley baby who we all enjoy throughly everyday.

Tumblr for photo blogging

Blogger is not working for my photo blogging for craft blogging and garden developments so I have started a photo blog at

therealmilander.tumber.com

Piano Concert

"Rain drops on roses and whiskers on kittens" Felix effortlessly sing while playing on the piano. Completely comfortable in front of the 60 people at the piano concert Felix enjoys the spot light. Matilda watches on and begs that she too can start learning piano, which I agree she need to do. I wish I had done music as early as Felix (& Matilda) have. Ambrose coos and listen attentively to the music.

Schools

It has taken me many weeks to overcome the stock I have felt after taking part in a school tour. I visited an exclusive Melbourne girls school for a morning tour and chat. Why? My intention was to find a girls only schooling for my daughter, one which maybe like my own. On paper the school looks wonderful and I imagine that many of the parents on the tour where ready to sign up on the day. I however came away feeling that it was all so fake. How could I buy into this facade of facts, fancy facilities, amazing stats when all I could feel the school was creating was a monoculture of compliant, well behaved and boring women for the next generation. There were no discipline problem(ie they have children not willing to challenge and expand their horizons?) I started to ask myself why I was there what I was searching for? After many days of discussion with friends and my husband I started to realize that I was looking for sometime that is not going to exist in the main stream private school sector. I think I have become a school snob and expect more! I was looking for a place where my daughter can grow into an independent, strong willed and creative person with a strong sense of character. Private schools seem to have become a status symbol and a factory to generate "yes" people rather than a place of progressive education and a challenge to the status quo. My stock it that I am turning my back on the institution which has educated the last 4 generations of my family.


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Introduction to Family food

Amby is 5 months old and has started to yell at us when we sit down to eat. While breastmilk will be his main food for at least 12 months he is starting to demand having a taste of what ever I am eating. I will chew up food for him and he eagerly grabs my hands and shove the food into his mouth. It is believed that my enzymes will begin the digestive process for Amby. I can not exactly report what foods he has and hasn't tried just that what I eat he tries and tastes and seems to enjoy. Felix and Tilda are very excited to have Amby eat with us and have "real food" at which I remind them that breastmilk is as real as it gets!!!