Gracie-isms!

~Grace Lily 2year 2months~

My little princess is a very quirky little character.

I just wanted to note down a few of her funny little things.

Headstands - Grace has been doing these for ages. It's like she does it when she doesn't know what else to do. She does it as a tantrum, when she's bored, when she gets excited, for attention or just whenever!

She has progressed to doing it with no hands now, and then flipping herself over. It's a little scary to watch, but she hasn't hurt herself yet so I just let her go!

Breastfeeding - My little girl has been breastfeeding for the last 7 months! Quite the achievment hey! She is all for demand feeding, that is making the dolly's feed when Gracie demands it. She sets them all up on the pillow, takes her top down and pops them on. She'll sit there for ages with her little dolly firmly planted on her chest. Sometimes she has this look on her face, kinda like she doesn't want to be breast feeding, but it's the right thing to do! So cute.

I actually love seeing her doing it though. We talk about when she was feeding and how she used to have Mummy's milk. We were lucky enough to feed up until she self weaned at 16 months and me being 30 weeks preggars with Xavier.

I wonder if she remembers? She still loves to cuddle up to me in the feeding position and "pretend" she is feeding.

I want her to grow up realising that breastfeeding is truely beautiful and normal. It is one of the things that I have cherished with both of my children, I love feeding them.

~Breastfeeding dolly~

Stealing the dog food - Yes my child eats dog food. I guess it is good quality vet stuff, but still it can't be that tasty. Every night Daddy and Grace go out the back to feed the dogs. Grace sets up the dog bowls on the ground, then pours a cup in each bowl. She then crouches down to Lily as if she just talking to her, she slips her hand in the bowl grabs a handful then runs to the clothesline. EVERYTIME!!! She turns around to look at Daddy then slips the yummy beef flavoured treats in her mouth. I guess its become a little bit of a game now, but she is so quick and looks so cheeky as she munches away. The dogs don't seem to mind sharing though, I guess they know that she'll always slip them something later!!

Food - Well apart from the dog food Grace is a real foodie! She loves such a variety of food and is always willing to give new things a try. She doesn't have much junk food and fills up on lots of healthy stuff. She loves snacking on a plate of olives or just eating an avocado like an apple. She adores salmon and tuna and would eat it every night! Rice cakes with cream cheese are a favorite as is any other type of cracker. She's not too keen on lettuce or carrot, but she loves most other vegies so missing out on those 2 wont hurt her!

Living the high life - It seems my little girl already likes living it up! Every Sunday morning Daddy and Grace head up to the Golf club for a "baby cino" and to have a few putts. Daddy is a greenkeeper there and is also lucky enough to have a membership to the exclusive course. Grace loves driving the golf cart around looking at the "roos" and "duckies". Then they go to the practice green and practice their putting. Grace has her own special little bronze putter and Daddy says that she is improving. To top the morning off they go into the clubhouse for a coffee and pancakes. Grace gets a special little baby cino, and she thinks that she is so grown up drinking it! She has met lots of well known people up there, but she just takes it all in her stride.