This is a photograph of a postcard that I loved too much to post away! I love the dog’s expression and how random and strange an idea it is! I saw it and knew my little brother would just get it too, we have this similar sense of humour and often realise by accident that we like the same things, dogs, tattoos and music notwithstanding despite quite a large age gap :-). This is his soon to be birthday card and I know he’ll love it!

What better for a girl that likes to explore everything than a spill proof cup?! This week Joss has managed to get into the back of a remote to take the batteries out, opened a mobile phone case to try to make a call and my proudest moment yet, put together her Duplo lego like a pro! This means that she can open most sippy cups too which has made for some interesting (and wet) trips out!

What we really need is to get more Munchkin Click Lock cups, as a Munchkin Mummy I was sent a Winnie The Pooh cup that Joss loves and cannot open no matter how hard she tries!

The soft spout is perfect for teething as it’s chewy and doesn’t hurt her sore gums, and the handles fit little toddler hands really nicely, I think it’s a good size as Joss has a taller cup that gets a bit heavy when full! Here she is very early in the morning looking sleepy enjoying a sip of water before Mammy takes her to the childminder for the day!

All in all a cute, robust and most importantly spill proof cup!

My goodness Joss has been tucking away these last few weeks! If you’ve been following my blog you’ll know that I’ve had a few worries about the volume of her food intake and although she’ll try anything she would often refuse whole meals much to my worry and dismay.

They say ‘food before one is for fun’ and we have learned this to be true, at 15m she can communicate so much better that we know what she wants and how she wants to eat it. Big faves include mountains of fruit, pasta and cheese and ham, milk is less favoured but frozen yogurt goes down a treat. There is little more satisfying as a mother than seeing your child enjoying their food, don’t you agree mummy bloggers?!

We’ve learned a lot about trusting Joss’ instincts around food, letting her judge her own portion size and most importantly not worrying about a missed meal as she does catch it up later.

We’ve also learned some tricks, including picnics on the floor to encourage eating more, teaching her words like cheese and milk as she loves to talk, and chatters whilst she eats, occassionally lightening up on having the TV on as this helps her to sit a little longer, and sharing our lunch together to make it a family meal.

Why am I including this in Small Steps Amazing Achievements?

Well she has learned to use a spoon very well this week, and learned the words cheese, milk and water and had her first meal out, at Wagamama tucking into noodles! She’s so well behaved we have no problems with taking her to restaurants and enjoying family time!

A wee and finally, the new Frugi catalogue arrived and I couldn’t resist these little woodland trousers,a tip for cloth bum mums, they’re cut for cloth so well accommodate a big nappy!