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WHAAAAT?!
http://www.preventcancer.com/consumers/cosmetics/talc.htm
Dude am I the last one to know this?! I feel like a bad mother because I've been using a bit of baby powder under Jake's nappy and it was working really well BUT I had no idea. Damn.
I grew up in a house where our bathroom was COVERED in talcum powder.
Ok. Baby powder has been thrown away. Sigh.
I did order a BPA free sippy cup from here. Does that mean I'm a better mother now??!!
And I did buy him this cute tshirt.
I know everyone loves their kids, but I seriously had no idea how much I'd love being your mama, Jakey. You may question my love considering I skipped your five month blog update, but that's only because I'm a slacker and is totally not indicative of my love for you.
Jake in Fukuoka - five months and three days old (photo taken by the talented Martine Cotton)
So you will be turning seven months old next week. Seriously where did the time go? The theme for the last three months has been MOBILITY. We have a gamut of nicknames for you that have ranged from daddy's little fatty (that's when you were in the womb), attack dog (this was a game that dad played with you when you were a newborn - he would pretend you were an attack dog and then he would hold you and attack whoever was nearby....it was funny), j-dawg, roll dawg, crawl dawg, six dawg, jake scissorhands (I still use this one), SLOBBERdan milosevic (we don't think you are an evil dictator...it's just that you slobber a lot sometimes). Anyway I'm getting off track here, you are now officially mobile. What began with you rolling over at 12 weeks snowballed into you somehow moving to a different position than where we left you, to superman flying, to combat crawling, to rocking on your hands and knees....to crawling. You still sometimes fall down, but you get stronger everyday. We recently bought you a jumper and you LOVE it. You can see us from a standing level and you love staring at the pigs - sometimes you even laugh at them. You really give that jumper a run for its money - jumping up and down as hard as you can. It's hilarious and I've never seen you happier actually (although you are not smiling in the photo below).
Another big milestone has been the introduction of solid foods. We officially gave you your first meal just after your six month birthday - it was banana I think - but I did actually let you suck on some apple and carrot before then. We won't mention the time I let you suck on a piece of watermelon and you managed to gum a piece off, which you then seemed to choke on. Um, not my proudest parenting moment but I'm sure there will be many more of those but hopefully with no choking. You really love food by the way. So far you've tried banana, avocado, sweet potato, carrot, winter squash, pear etc.
Also during the last couple of months I've gone back to work and I miss you terribly. Luckily we still get to spend A LOT of time together and your dad is doing a fantastic job of your daytime parenting. Every Friday we meet up with our buddies (aka the ladies in your harem and their equally wonderful mothers). Last week we went to Yoyogi Park and you LOVED it. You loved looking at the strange little dog club gathering nearby, rubbing your hands in the dirt and just sitting up and laughing to entertain all of the ladies. It was fantastic!
Unfortunately another young lady in your harem will be leaving Japan in less than two months - sweet blue eyed Sienna and her fabbo mama, Kirsten. We'll miss you guys! Kirsten was able to capture a great moment between those two at the park.
Jake you light up both my life and your father's life and we adore you so much. We are so blessed to be able to watch you grow up although we wish you could stay this small a little longer. Thank you for choosing us as your parents.
Big hugs and kisses from mama and papa dawg OOXX
You guys remember this photo, right?!
Well unfortunately Jake's girlfriend (well one of them), Julia (pictured above) left Japan permanently to go and live in England. We'll really miss Julia and her mama, Marta. Before they left, we all met up and tried to take a group baby shot....but Jake had other ideas.
Julia doesn't look very impressed.
We finally did get a group shot with Jake's other girlfriend, Sienna (who's unfortunately leaving in July). The harem is dwindling.
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