At almost 17 months Charlie is a joy to be around. He's so happy and loves learning new things. This week's tricks include putting both hands in the air and shouting 'mlane' whenever a plane goes over above. Listening and pointing out birds and motorbikes. Repeating whatever we say. Playing robots with Daddy (including powering down) and twisting on screw caps - luckily he can't twist them off yet!
The flip side to my happy boy is the tantrum pulling, screeching fussy eater we get at some meal times. C-bear has decided he no longer likes porridge or ready brek, on Saturday he made himself physically sick after swallowing two mouthfuls. I'm trying lots of tricks (getting him to smell it first seems like a good one) but I guess it's just a case of repeating and repeating with the foods he won't even try. I've also got him some soft toy vegetables and we match them to the pictures in his book. I even got him watching Mr Bloom's Nursery on Sunday to get him to try a radish.
On that, we started watching Abney and Teal on Cbeebies i-player. Charlie loves it, and I love the fact that it's set on an island, in a lake, in a park in a city. I can't wait to take Charlie to Battersea Park again to point out the islands there and link it with Abney and Teal.
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