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2/9/2010

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When I started my job as a nanny, the boys were 6 months old.  Little cute (non-mobile) babies.  
Now Hugo is 11 months old, and Kyan is 10 months old, and they are at such a fun age!!  Kyan has learned to crawl and now pulls up to stand on everything, and he is talking (more like screeching) all the time.  Hugo has been crawling for quite a while, and now he has been starting to stand up without holding on to anything for a few seconds here and there.  But more importantly, Hugo has started actually talking!  He says, "down" every time he drops a toy, and he says, "ball," along with a bunch of other sounds he makes.  AND, he refers to me as "Bibi" 50% of the time, and "Mimi" the other half, and it is SO CUTE!  He is such a happy, funny boy!  And we have been trying to do baby signs with both boys, and Hugo is really starting to pick those up as well.  My favorite sign of his is "where?", which basically is putting arms up and shrugging your shoulders.  if you say, "Hugo, where's the ball?" (with sign for where and sign for ball), he looks around, and if he can't see it, he signs back, "where," but if he sees it, he crawls over and grabs it and says "ball!"  It is maybe the cutest thing ever!!  And after his mom leaves in the morning, he signs "where?" as well.  I love it!  I am definitely going to be doing baby signs with my future little baby.

Other things I'm learning from these babies... I will NOT EVER be using a Safe-T-sleep.  Do you even know what that is?  I'd never heard of it until New Zealand, but it looks like this...
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That baby looks way too happy.  Basically you velcro your baby to the mattress, so they can't roll over or move when sleeping.  Maybe it's good for when they are younger, but both boys can freely roll over, crawl, and pull up to stand, which means they get frustrated being tied down, AND, they can undo the velcro, which means they get a taste of freedom, and refuse to sleep.  It's my worst nightmare!  Hugo finally is being weaned from the Safe-T-sleep, but now all he wants to do in his crib is play play play.  And luckily for me, I probably won't be working anymore when Kyan is finally being weaned from it.  But my baby... nope nope nope, NOT using one of these.


Another thing I am learning- cloth diapers are just not for me.  Nope.  I will save money and the environment other ways...  Seriously, scraping disgusting poop off of diapers is gross.  And, they smell.  And, they leak.  I use both cloth and disposable diapers with both boys, and I've come to the same conclusion for both boys.  Cloth diapers are just not for me!  


I wanted to end this post with new and updated pictures of the babies, buuuuuut I haven't taken any.  Whoops.  Maybe another day. :)
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