News

It`s been a while since the last post, so to bring you up to date speedily, here`s a list of some of the more important `news`.

*Me and the children spent most of the summer in Cesenatico while Remo stayed in Genoa to work (at the institute and in the house). For little Tosca the heat and humidity was a bit overwhelming (read: lots of crying and desperate thumb sucking), but Auro had the time of his life. Not just on the beach, but also in the garden, in the city park... basically in any other place where he could find `toys`.

On the beach: Tosca sucking her thumb because she is sleepy

Tosca and her cousin Ginevra

* While we were in Cesenatico, I took Auro to the hairdresser for the first time. Since the day his hair became long enough for a haircut, I have been the one who did the cutting, so I figured it was time for a professional to get a go at it. It wasn`t easy to convince Auro to have a stranger touch his hair, but 2 visits later (the first time he wouldn`t even sit down, so we had to go back home) he looked like this!

*It took some time and effort, but, while we were enjoying ourselves in Cesenatico, Remo built a wall! We have been trying to come up with a plan to re-organize the garden and after seeing this wall, we have decided to buit a lower version of this beauty and a fence on top all around the garden.

*Only the part where the garden stops abruptly and there is a small stream running 2 meters below, we decided to put a net fence and have climbing plants make a natural wall. The poles are already in place and soon we will put up the net and plant the plants.

Unfortunately, we had a little accident with one of the unused poles (it fell on Auro`s face and cut right through his upper lip-cheek area) and he needed to be rushed of to the emergency room where he got 6 stitches. After the inital swelling went down, Auro cheered up again and if he doesn`t touch the crust too much it shouldn`t leave too big of a scar!

*Since the accident, Auro has not slept by himself anymore. The first night I took him in bed with me (more to soothe my guilty conscience than anything else), and from the 2nd night on Tosca has been sleeping in the same room as Auro! (Auro now sleeps in a big bed, while Tosca sleeps in Auro`s old bed.)

*Tosca continues to grow and she does something new nearly every day. She has started rolling over (from back to stomach and the other way around) and has no difficulties anymore in grabbbing even the smallest toys and bringing them to her mouth for closer inspection. 

Since she recently turned 6 (months), I have started to give her solids.The first day not much actually made it to her stomach, but from day 2 she devoured her new food and she is now eating three meals per day (and I still breastfeed her 4 times a day!). Today she successfully had a meal in her high chair (supported by cushions and towels), so from tomorrow she will join us at the table when we eat!