Schools…..

….we have been deliberating for weeks about which school’s to apply for for Caitlin….  We are very lucky in that all of the school’s near to us are fantastic and so realistically we would be happy for them to go to any of them (apart from one which we are fairly unjustified in not wanting..it also has good results!)  We visited our 2 closest school’s and liked both for different reasons….  school A was initially our favoured school….it has slightly better results and we know lots of people who go there and are very happy.  School B I didn’t expect to like but we did, it also has good results just not quite as good as A but still very good and it’s our catchment school.  We think Noah would be better off at school A and Caitlin should be ok at either so we have put school A as our first choice and B as our second.  It is advised you put 3 choices so we have put the local Catholic school as our 3rd choice.  Now comes the very long wait until March to find out which we have got…..

Brocoli in amongst the dust…..

Well we have no kitchen but Austin is rapidly approaching the age where he needs more than milk….  Really bad timing to start weaning but that’s life….  So yesterday I decided to give it a go!!  Caitlin and Noah were having brocoli for their tea so I steamed a couple of extras, put Austin in the highchair and got my camera out!!!

When I put it in front of him he looked very pleased……

He occasionally grabs at things but generally is pretty content to just watch the whirlwinds of Caitlin and Noah go by….  So after a while since he had just looked at the brocoli I put it in his hand for him…..  Again he just looked at it for ages so I broke a tiny piece off and put it in his mouth…..  he looked disgusted…..

….and promptly spat it out with some milk also following!!!!!!  So I think we can safely say he’s not ready (despite everyone insisting he is!!!) and I am spared for a few more weeks….  I’m glad about this as the tiny preparation space I have means making food in a really hygienic way is very hard and I’m not confident it is good enough for a baby!  A lot of people keep saying I should just give him jars but since I weaned Caitlin and Noah onto home-made food I feel like I would be letting Austin down if he didn’t get the same.  Noah didn’t really eat until he was 7 months…like Austin he didn’t start waking and generally showed no signs of needing it until then.  So maybe in a months time I’ll have at least some kitchen facilities and Austin can starting having what Caitlin and Noah get for meals…..