Father’s Day 2016

fathers day 2016
Us at the top of Leith Hill tower

So today was Father’s Day and my dad stayed at ours last night so that he could come and watch Clara’s swimming lesson this morning for the first time. Afterwards, we decided that seeing as the weather was nice we would take another trip to Leith Hill and go on a bit of a walk. Somewhere along the way we must have missed a signpost because the circular walk took quite a bit longer than it was meant to and we were all starting to wonder slightly if we were still heading in the right general direction!

Following our walk we were all starving so we headed to Regional Thai Taste in Reigate. The food was delicious and Clara was very well behaved throughout the meal, although she did take a couple of swipes at my crispy beef so we had to keep everything on the table well out of arms length!

By the time we got home we were all shattered, and I don’t think I would be alone in saying that we were all a little bit envious when Clara went down for a nap. All in all a very successful and enjoyable first Father’s Day for Jamie and first (Grand)father’s day for my dad.

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Enjoying some Thai food

Weaning – week 4

weaning week 4

Food this week has been fun, and we have begun to introduce some common allergens to Clara’s diet to see how she gets on with them. She had baby rice and yoghurt with no sign of a reaction, but we introduced egg for the first time with more mixed success. On the plus side, Clara seemed to enjoy it, however, she threw up quite a bit afterwards so she may have an allergy – we will need to test this again at a later point. I read somewhere that yolks have a lower allergy risk than whites, so maybe next time we try egg we will just do the yolks and then reintroduce the whites again a bit later on.

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