Day 241

Big Human is in Aberdeen this week with work so it’s semi-single parenting time again. It also means I need to get my steps in during the day with a small human strapped to my chest. Working the core for the win! 

With this in mind, I do take a lot of steps naturally, but walking wearing Daftie does take more effort. It’ll be two small walks a day this week. 

First one today was to coincide with her morning nap. We went down to the small, stony beach behind the yacht club. Before she fell asleep, we looked at the waves and tried to find a small rock pool (failed) I also tried to explain how waves worked. Something to do with the moon…She trailed off, mimicking the trailing off she did earlier. 

I’ve always been proud of my fount of useless knowledge. Polar bears? Left handed. I am very proud of my working knowledge of wine, whisky and food and I have always been a really good ability to learn by doing. I am also a minor expert in a the art of baby led weaning (I’ll spare you the details of that one) thanks to all the reading I’ve done in preparation for Daftie. What has only just occurred to me is that even though I am the one learning, I also need to be the one teaching. I mean, my own Mammy knows everything. For as long as I can remember, if I had a question, I knew she would have the answer. I still stand by that. My Uncle Norman used always insist on being in Mammy’s team for Trivial Pursuit. 

I am not sure I am ready to be that for Daftie. Let’s hope she only ever asks me questions I know. “Smallest distillery? Edradour” “That’s right, Raja did win season three of Drag Race” “Well, the fiber in whole-wheat flour fills little tummies up faster meaning that they may not get all the nutrients from the rest of the meal. So, technically, plain white bread is better” 

We’ll be fine.

Second walk was a cheeky plan of getting off the bus early, on the way back from a baby class. Managed to smash my 10,000 steps by 3pm today. Delightful. 

Daftie has started pulling herself up into a standing position…And not just in the cot anymore. She actually did it on the step at the sliding door and while trying to climb me. Which is amazing. 

Still no vitamin drops for the baby. 

Have a treat. A second photo and both our faces. Boom.