Day 253

We had a lie in today! Daftie woke up at 8am…Kind of. She may have tried to wake up at 5 but was convinced otherwise. I can be very persuasive. 

Our day today had only one goal, aside from reaching 10,000, which was to drop some clothes off to JoJo Maman Bebe as part of a fundraiser they are running called “From One Mother To Another”. You basically pack up full outfits and they send them off to families who need them more, either in the UK or Syria. I’m really getting my charity on this month, aren’t I? 

After that, we took advantage of the day and went on some epic wandering about the city again. Daftie slung on my chest, we did a huge loop from the Omni Centre, along Multrees Walk, up South Bridge (with a stop at Yocoko for a ramen lunch), through the Grassmarket, down Lothian Road and then walked the length of Prince’s St, back to the car. There may have been a second stop for cookies along the way. 

Daftie looking for the food she just ate. 

I have briefly mentioned baby-led weaning before as our way of introducing solid food to Wee Daftie. It’s a really interesting concept that is based around encouraging your baby to eat the same food as you are, just edited slightly to make them baby friendly (no honey, no added sugar or salt and no whole nuts) I’ve done far too much research on the topic, as I find so many parts of baby development so interesting and could talk for days about it, but my favourite thing about it is how inclusive it is. We are able to eat meals as a family and no one has to feed the baby as she does it herself. It’s an amazingly messy process and Daftie has taken to it like a duck to water, a pig to mud, a small human to making a mess by smushing food into her face, hands, hair, up her nose…

Just a random picture of a sheep looking over a fence, outside a cafe in the Grassmarket. As you do. 

Both missions accomplished today, steps easily cleared. Lovely day spent with the family. Big Human heads back to Aberdeen tomorrow so very blessed to have had such a good day today.

The lesser spotted Daftie in her natural habitat, surrounded by paper she’s found and mangled.