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MEME: What job can you imagine your baby doing?
Whilst reading a magazine recently I saw an article which said a study by statistician Dr Geoff Ellis has suggested that your first-born is more likely than their siblings to become a rock star. With this in mind I’ve decided to have a go at starting a meme to see what you think your children will go on to become. It could be a really interesting one for you to look back upon when they’re grown up. I wonder how many of us would have got it right?
So as for my children? Hmmmm, let’s start with my stepson Curly. He’s 8 years old and is a typical boy, he loves anything to do with monsters, aliens, dinosaurs and secret agents but I can’t see much of a future in them for him other than being the next James Bond. He has said a couple of times that he would like to be a policeman but when we told him how much paperwork was involved he changed his mind, he just hates writing things down. He is very strong at maths, especially mental arithmetic and I can honestly say that I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he didn’t follow in his Mum and Dad’s footsteps into accountancy.
Then we have Little Bean (2yo). Right from being very tiny she has responded to music very keenly. The minute she could stand up holding onto furniture she would bob and bounce to Black Eyed Peas “Boom Boom Pow”. She would recognise it right from the start of the tune where it plays very quietly and would get so excited. She has now progressed to Lady Gaga and has her own CD which we have to have on in the car all of the time. I’m pleased to say that she also likes Sugar Hill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” one of my favourites. Whenever a piece of music comes on that she likes, it doesn’t matter where she is she will start to dance and encourage others to do so too. I think she will be quite a motivational person when she is older and I definitely think that nothing will stop her getting what she wants. She is one very determined young lady who always manages to find a way if something blocks her path. I think it would be easy to say that she would go into something music related, perhaps dancing but I think this will only be a hobby (like her Mummy).
Her other big passion is being outdoors, come rain or shine she loves it. It just brings her alive to be out in the fresh air, she is a very physical little girl who loves climbing, jumping and running – boy can that girl run! She is very fast already so perhaps she will take after her Daddy and be a sport-billy? Who knows?
I can imagine that she will make a great mother, she just loves her dolls (though perhaps that is because I’m pregnant and she is trying to emanate me?). She feeds them, changes their bums and is always giving them cuddles telling them “there there, luff you”. The only thing I’m not sure about is when she throws them down the stairs because she can’t be bothered to carry them – one to watch out for when her baby brother arrives!
The one thing I do know about both of my children (and the next one to come) is that whatever they choose to become, they will have me and Daddy there to support them and help them in any way we can. Providing they try their hardest then we will be proud of them just for who they are. I think our children all having glowing futures ahead of them but for now, I just want them to be children and make it last as long as possible because we all grow up too fast!
So now its over to you, I’m going to tag a few people but please feel free to join in and comment if you do so that I can pop over and see what you think the future holds for your little ones . . . . .
Consider yourself tagged:
Whilst tweeting for advice on the best baby monitor to buy for our boy due in 5 weeks (did I really say 5 weeks?) I was offered the opportunity to test and review the Tommee Tippee Suresound Ultimate Baby Monitor.
For the past week we have been road-testing it with our daughter Little Bean who is 2 years old.
Tommee Tippee has been a household name for years, one which you associate with quality and peace of mind for your baby/children. That couldn’t be more true than with this product. It has given us complete peace of mind that whilst we are downstairs watching TV, out in the garden enjoying the night air or sleeping in our bed – our daughter is sleeping soundly in her room.
The Suresound Ultimate Monitor comes with a sensor pad which is placed under baby’s mattress directly under the area where the baby sleeps. The lead then passes under the cot to the baby unit. The sensor pad has the ability to monitor your baby’s tiniest movements via the highly sophisticated sensors. When I initially looked at buying one of these monitors myself, I was worried that if baby wasn’t a “mover” then the alarm would be going off every 20 seconds. However, the sensors are so sensitive they detect the movement from the baby simply breathing. I remember so well from the early days bringing Little Bean home, the number of times that I would stand by her cot watching for her chest rising and falling, or prodding her to make her move just so that I could be sure she was still breathing. Now I wish I had researched a bit further because all i need to do now is look at the baby or parent unit to see the light flashing without disturbing the baby. If no movement or breathing is detected over a 20 second period an alarm will sound giving you vital early warning that something isn’t right.
The baby unit has a night light with a dimmer switch which enables you to check on your baby without having to switch on lamps or overhead lights, or even leave on for your baby if you are so inclined. Personally, I go with the philosophy that baby didn’t have a night light in the womb for 9 months but that’s just me!
The parent unit is fully portable and has a belt clip which means you can carry on with the never-ending house work and gardening (yes you can even use it outdoors) whilst baby is sleeping. With a range of approximately 100 metres that’s a lot of work you can be doing. There is also an out of range indicator if you go too far!
It has auto channel select to ensure the best, crystal clear sound quality without interference. The baby unit also shows the room temperature so that baby can sleep comfortably.
At a recommended retail price of £109.99 it isn’t the cheapest on the market but when it comes to baby’s safety there should be no compromise for peace of mind.
The Final Countdown: a race to the finish!
Over the next 6-8 weeks my life is going to be changing dramatically and I’m hoping it will all happen in the “right” order! In 2-3 weeks we are due to move into our brand new house and I’m so excited. At the weekend we were finally able to set foot inside and see what exactly we had bought and whether or not we had made the right decisions on kitchen and bathrooms. I’m very pleased to say that we loved it all and just want to get in and start making it ours. The really hard part is going to be pulling back a little and not trying to do every room within the first week.
Our idea is that we will move in over a 1-2 week period. First we want to get in and decorate the children’s bedrooms so that they feel at home and excited from the minute they walk in the door. But then I really want to get the kitchen and lounge done too, I’m just soooo impatient. Why can’t it be like in the Disney Movies where you just click your fingers and BAM everything is exactly as you would like it?
I’m currently scouring the websites trying to find a wall mural for Curly’s bedroom as this will be his first semi-grown up bedroom. I think we’re going to go with a VW Campervan theme and do a “surfey” bedroom but it all depends on what I can find.
vunk.co.uk
I’ve also been trying to find a website that does custom wall murals because I have my heart set on the wall of our dining room being a huge black and white picture of Venice because that is where we spent our honeymoon but so far I haven’t found one.
mymelange.net
Its really hard because I have so many ideas bursting out of my head about what I want to do with the house but then I have to get back to the real world. Why? Because in 6 weeks I’m due to give birth to our baby boy. If he’s anything like his sister was, he’ll not arrive for 8 weeks but I have a feeling with this one that he won’t be hanging around that long. At 34 weeks pregnant he is already feeling very low and people keep commenting on how low he looks.
For the past week or so I’ve been having lots of “period” type pains and really painful thighs. During my labour with Little Bean all of my contractions were felt as intense pain in my thighs so obviously I’m starting to get a bit twitching now that my thighs are hurting again.
pregnancy-baby.savvy-cafe.com
I’m really excited about the prospect of meeting my little man but all in good time. Ideally we would like to be in and settled at the new house, have his room all decorated and ready for his grand arrival. Things don’t ever really work like that though do they?
So what do you think? Who will win the race? The house or baby??????
Operation Baby to Big Girl has begun . .
If you read my post yesterday How do we do it? then you will know that Hubby and I have basically let our 2yo daughter become a creature of habit with her milk bottles. We have let her 7ish and 10.30pm bottles go on for far too long and been unsure how to stop them.
Thanks to my lovely readers, family and friends I have had lots of helpful comments and advice. So much so, that today I have decided to take the bull by the horns and start phase 1 of operation Baby to Big Girl!
Little Bean is a sleeper (whoopee!!) and generally needs to be back in bed by 10.30am for a 1-2 hour nap. Out of habitual routine I have still been giving her a 3oz bottle of cow’s milk to send her on her way to dreamland. This morning when she came through and asked for her milk and bed. I asked her if she wanted her milk in a “baby bottle” or in a “big girl’s cup” – she replied “big girl”. So I got out of the cupboard a range of cups to choose from and she chose a Winnie The Pooh one. I also asked if she wanted the milk warm (as she normally has it) or cold. I was quite shocked when she replied cold but she sat at the kitchen table with me – like a big girl – a drank some. We then took the milk upstairs and she drank some more whilst I read her a story. She didn’t drink all of the milk but I told her that once Mummy left the room that was it, no more milk and straight to sleep.
It has now been 15 minutes, ok she’s not asleep yet but she’s not shouting or screaming either (yet). She keeps making the odd sounds, little bits of singing but on the whole seems very content. I know the transition can’t be this easy for now I’m a happy mummy. Keep popping back from time to time to see how the plan is going!!
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