What are the kidlets up to now?
We have an update on the dairy thing! Helen is not allergic! Perhaps she was three months ago, perhaps she wasn't. I re-introduced it, watched carefully for a reaction, and got none. I'm thrilled to be able to feed her foods that are more in line with our family diet, but I got a taste of the difficulties moms of kids with allergies face in this day and age. There are so many hidden allergens in our processed foods. Even some of the less processed foods have surprising ingredients. I am thankful that our government requires ingredients to be listed, and even more recently that they are listing common allergens together at the bottom of the ingredient list.
Helen is quite the busy toddler. She is very focused and very girly. Her baby dolls are pretty much her favorite toy, as she can often be found holding one to her shoulder while patting its back. Kisses are freely given, and have recently progressed from wide open mouth touched to kissee to a *smack*. The *smack* doesn't require her lips to touch anything for her to consider the kiss made. She gives Irene goodnight kisses that are aimed in her general direction, but from a safe distance.
Irene has started playing the piano, using one finger/note at a time. Sometimes it sounds like a real song for a while, then suddenly a note that you don't expect and she goes off into her own song. It probably is only coincidental, but it is still pretty cool to recognize bits and pieces of songs in her playing. She hasn't started any lessons yet, but her dad is already watching her form, and noticing that it is not too bad! As far as other learning goes, she almost knows her whole alphabet now! We have been taking a relaxed approach for now, after all, she isn't even four yet. She can "read" Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, even to knowing whether a "he" or a "she" monkey fell off the bed (she can tell from the picture, but she really impressed her grandpa before he realized that--she said "One fell of and bumped his head. Oh, I mean her head.")
Helen is quite the busy toddler. She is very focused and very girly. Her baby dolls are pretty much her favorite toy, as she can often be found holding one to her shoulder while patting its back. Kisses are freely given, and have recently progressed from wide open mouth touched to kissee to a *smack*. The *smack* doesn't require her lips to touch anything for her to consider the kiss made. She gives Irene goodnight kisses that are aimed in her general direction, but from a safe distance.
Irene has started playing the piano, using one finger/note at a time. Sometimes it sounds like a real song for a while, then suddenly a note that you don't expect and she goes off into her own song. It probably is only coincidental, but it is still pretty cool to recognize bits and pieces of songs in her playing. She hasn't started any lessons yet, but her dad is already watching her form, and noticing that it is not too bad! As far as other learning goes, she almost knows her whole alphabet now! We have been taking a relaxed approach for now, after all, she isn't even four yet. She can "read" Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, even to knowing whether a "he" or a "she" monkey fell off the bed (she can tell from the picture, but she really impressed her grandpa before he realized that--she said "One fell of and bumped his head. Oh, I mean her head.")
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