Little things

The other morning, I was outside when a truck, that had clearly lost it's way, backed up in our little street. When the driver spotted me, he asked me if I knew Rossi's butcher shop. He, of course, had no idea he was asking a vegetarian, so with a big smile I pointed him towards the only macelleria I know. About 10 minutes later, I was in the garden collecting wood for the fireplace and the same truck passed by again. The driver slowed down, honked his horn and greeted me. Satisfied that I gave him the right directions, I came back inside with my wood and could not stop smiling while I prepared the fireplace. Happiness... it really is in the little things, isn't it?

paediatrician visit

On Wednesday, we took our children to see the new paediatrician (because we moved out of the city, we also had to change doctors!). She had a thorough look at Tosca and updated the info in Auro's file. Tosca has doubled her weight since birth and now weighs 6,2 kg. She has also grown quite a bit and is now 64 cm 'tall'. Auro wouldn't keep still on the scale and therefore weighed only 14 kg, but at home he weighs about 15 kg. Whereas his weight is within the norm, he is 98 cm tall and is still considered a bit tall for Italian standards.

In September, Auro will start going to the kindergarten and since they serve hot meals for lunch, we also needed to ask the paediatrician for a letter saying that we are vegetarians. Unfortunately, she said that she couldn't do that, so we will have to write our own letter to the school and hope that they will respect our wishes and not give meat to Auro. We will see how that goes...

I also had another try and asked whether she could help with my breastfeeding problem (the pain I had before disappeared for a while, but then it came back, though luckily not as strongly as before), but, even though she seemed very empathetic, she couldn't help me. I was, by the way, recommended to get an ultrasound of my right breast...