rainy walk

Daddy is sleeping this morning so Momichan and I take a walk to our preferred coffee shop :)
As soon as we come down and get out of our building we discover it's raining ! We have to go up again to take the raincoat and Momichan's umbrella :) she loves rain and her umbrella :) luckily it doesn't rain so hard so we can easily take a walk (it is better for Momichan always to take a walk in the morning before eating time and in the afternoon before dinner time, she can take some fresh air and be hungry and a little relaxed for the meals and the nap time :)

electronic toys

Momichan likes many different charachter, some of them comes from cartoons on tv and some other comes from books, Smurfs, Hello Kitty, Winnie Pooh, Peppa Pig, Pimpa, Barbapapa and she is developing a love for digital items that looks like the ones adult use, like for example our computer and our digicamera she wants to use everytime we go out.

There is acute computer kid for 3-5 years old of the character Winnie Pooh, it speaks with the real voice of Pooh and gives the possibility to learn numbers, letters, hear music, logic games, improves memory and about 30 activities, it also has a "mouse" like the adults pc :-)
It is cute and nice to use at home on the sofa but I guess Momichan would call me every second saying "mommy can you help me ...?" I would like something she can use all by herself in fully authonomy, but I guess I am still a little confused about what type Momichan can use.

I have always said I do not like electronic toys but I do not intend theese kind of games, computer kids have many different levels and can easily be used for long time and not left in a corner and forgotten. I discovered that theese ones are really helpful, they teach a little english, numbers, letters, shapes and more so to help Momichan grow we have thought to give her as a X'Mas present something like this Barbapapa station or some of the other computer kids we saw at Toys Center.
More or less this kind of computer kids are all the same, it just changes the appearance, the colour and the number of application and games they contain depending on the age of the kid, from 20 to 45 application of logic, games, language and more. One of theese from Clementoni for example is really fantastic, is a little station not so big, something quite little and handy you can put

inside a rucksac and take out everywhere, inside a coffee shop, on the sofa at home or inside the car while you travel, it teaches the kid to write letters, learn alphabet and numbers and so much

more but the best thing is that if you want to change game you just need to change "cartridge" and you have new games and adventures. The negative aspect is that the cost seems to be very high, double than the other toys.

Speaking of digital cameras I discovered one quite cute decorated Hello Kitty. No idea about the price, the website Clementoni does not give even the slighest idea. It makes foto like normal cameras, has a memory card and a program that gives the possibility to personalize the images taken, I guess if Momichan would see, she would make me crazy until I buy :-) but we will have to think at this one as present for another moment maybe next future not now.

ciao ciao

umbrella ...

Today in Milan is raining hard. Like every morning Momichan and I are going to kindergarden luckily we live just 50 meters away from it ^O^

Theese two days Momichan is doing many efforts to stay at kindergarden because when I have to leave she always weeps and tells she wants to come home with me. As she liked the umbrella this morning I thought is time for her to have a personal umbrella of her size (every kid in her class already have) so I went shopping (I needed to buy nappies for the night) and found a cute little umbrella I hope she will like.
It is a Winnie Pooh umbrella, green and orange so cute and funny with happy images of Pooh, Piglet and Trigger, rainbows, bees, flowers :) it was so cute and price so low that I decided this was the right one for her. When at 16.00 o'clock I will go kindergarden to take her home I will bring the new little umbrella with me, hope Momichan will be happy about.
(GOSH it is still raining hard !!!!)

Momi's New Pooh Bottles & Accessories

the red cap of the central bottle, is a rattler so while Momi is drinking she can play with it Finally after more than one month waiting, this morning we received the Pooh bottles and accessories for Momichan ^^ Recently everytime we go out we need so many items, 3 bottles for lunch, camomilla and snack time, mini box with doses of milk and rice and cerelas powder, comforts and so many other things. Powder dispenser is really comfy, we put everything inside, camomilla, food portions to mix afterwards, milk. Everytime we need enough we open the dose we have to use, foods, milk or camomilla or else and we pour inside bottle, fresh ready to give Momichan ^^

(ITALIANO) Dopo più di un mese finalmente stamattina ci è arrivato un pacco delel cose che avevamo ordinato per Momichan, adesso da un pò di tempo quando preparo la sua borsa per uscire ci devo mettere dentro un sacco di cose, la sua pappa, la camomilla con le dosi di riserva, il latte con omogeneizzato di frutta e biscotti per merenda e altre cose cosi abbiamo trovato un posto che aveva tutto questo col personaggio di Winnie Pooh e lo abbiamo ordinato. Quando li ha visti Momi ha fatto un sorrisone e si è messa subito a giocare con la tazza dal beccuccio speciale, ha i manici e un succhietto piatto e contiene 260 cc di liquido cosi lei ha camomilla per tutta la giornata e la beve ogni volta che ha sete. (la foto dove gioca con la bottiglia è stat scattata nel pomeriggio da mamma visto che stamattina ce lo siamo dimenticati).

A Winnie Pooh Bento ...

I found on Flickr this bento made by Luckysundae and showing character Winnie Pooh ^^
I made my version of the same bento but is not really the same anyway I tried to make it cute.
(If you want to read it in italian click here ^^)

(close up of some of the little insects of the bento)

SAYOUNARA ^^

Winnie Pooh Baby Food Accessories

Momichan likes her Winnie Pooh bottle so much so I was searching some place where to buy another bottle, comforter and the tower for the milk.
A friend gav me this address: http://www.ipergmc.it/clementonipappa.html and I went to give a look. They have so many cute bottles and other accessories to give food to babies but the best are this ones:
the first bottle on the left is 250 cc - the other two are bottles are 125 cc, the red capped has the tinking cup (same as I found and bought the other week at the supermarket)

Here is the comforter and clip to hold it to the dress of the baby, and the other foto is the case (same one I found and bought the other week at the supermarket)

Theese two items are both containers for powdered milk, the tower you can also use as a mini 3 tiered bento for a 4 year old kid ^^

Here you can see a special glass 275 cc that babies can hold by themselves and drink easily, and a set of coloured spoon and fork ^^

This one is a eating-time set composed by a small bowl, dish, special cup, spoon adn fork (like the ones for bento sets) ^^

Store does not send to Asia but in so many other countries ^^
All items are made by Clementoni.

Winnie Pooh Mini Bento Set

I had bought this bento set so much time ago but didn't use s much for me because is rally too small, but I guess now i will be perfect for Momichan aso if she will need a fork or a spoon instead of the hashi (chopsticks) ut I have so many of Pooh nd alsso many transparent cases to give her.
Guess as soo asshe will realze how many bento box we hve she will get competely crazy :-)

Fruit Juice ...

Today we were talkiing a walk in our little village and we went pharmacy to take somemedicine for us, in a corner they also sell baby food and so we took some apple fruitjuice bottles and once at home we gave her in a bottle, she seems lo like even if she didn't drink so much but anyway omogenaized apple she already eat ^^

(ITALIANO)

Oggi giravamo per il paese e siamo entrati in farmacia per prendere delle medicine per me. In farmacia in un angolo ci sono i cibi e gli omogeneizzati x bimbi cosi per prova abbiamo comprato del succo di frutta alla mela per Momi e una volta a casa glielo abbiamo dato nel bberon, sembra le piaccia anche se non ne habevuto moltissimo ^^

Swimpool & Little Swimmers Huggies

For Momichan always I had in mind to go to swimmpool to attend a special course so that she does not forget the good feeling she had inside water.
When I called the swimpool for information they said to me I had to wait until first vaccination, end of this month she will redo the group of six she had done last month and then we will see.
Funny is that when I went shopping to find a swimsuit for her, I discovered there aren't any until 1 year ... and if a baby is less that 1 year old ???
Then I discovered the diapers Huggies Little Swimmers (10 diapers in a packet, 9,00 euro) but the size is just one corresponding to babies 10 months old ! so what has mu little baby to wear going to swimpool then ??? another strange thing is that when I read the label on the Huggis diapers, it says: special diaper, doesn't swell and doesn't absorb water .... uh ??? and what about urine then ? if a baby is doing urine is going directly into swimpool ? cannot understand what kind of diapers they are :-) anyway I'll make her wear something ^^














(ITALIANO)
Sin da quando aspettavo Momichan avevo in mente di farle fare un corso di acquaticità cosi da non farle dimenticare la sensazione che aveva nel pancione.
Quando ho telefonato alla piscina mi hanno detto che dovevo aspettare i 5 mesi e portare il certificato delle vaccinazioni, Momi in marzo a 3 mesi ha fatto la sua prima vaccinazione esavalente e adesso a 4 mesi farà il richiamo e allora io ritelefonerò e vediamo cosa mi dicono.
La cosa che mi lascia perplessa però è che lei è cosi piccina che non ci sono costumini da bagno per lei, partono da 1 anno ... la Huggies ha però creato dei pannolini speciali chiamati Little Swimmers (il pacco ne contiene 10 e costa circa 9,00 euro) che non assorbono acqua e non si gonfiano.... se non assorbono acqua allora non assorbono nemmeno la pipi...ma forse mi sono persa qualcosa...bah
va beh, fatto sta che anche questi, sono in una sola taglia dagli 11 kili ai 15 il che significa almeno 10 mesi ... ma se un bimbo ne ha 5 che diavolo si mette per andare in piscina ? ci può andare nudo forse ? boh ! e sono cosi carini, con i personaggi di Nemo e i soliti Winnie Pooh e amici che decorano tutti i pannolini Huggies ^^
Va beh, quando telefonerò chiederò cosa farle indossare ^^

Playing After Shower

This evening I was cleaning Momichan, I had to shower her because her diaper was full and also because as our house is really hot, taking a shower would refresh her a little, she loves making shower and after she is happy and relaxed ^^
After washing I wrapped with a new towel I bought in Ikea that is soooooo soft (I loved it so much I bought other two for us too) and she relaxed inside, she was funny, she started tu suck it and laugh ^^
Note the writings on the towel .... the word towel is written in many languages and also in japanese, I absolutely had to have it :-)

She was laughing all the time and moving while I was trying to dry her, it was not simple, she played "hide and seek" putting the towel on her face and after taking away while kicking her legs about, and doing this she showed her little feet.... I love her little feet, are so puffy, fresh and soft, everytime I like to give her kisses on them and she laughs like a crazy and when I kiss one of them she extends the other leg toward me to make me kiss the othe foot (her feet now measure 9,5 cm)

After that I dressed again with fresh clothes, a body without sleeves, pants and a Winnie Pooh shirt, she is fresh this way and she stays comfy.
She was so relaxed that she felt something like drunk, here is the foto I took ^^

(ITALIANO)
Oggi stavo cambiando Momichan, il suo pannolino era pieno e visto che casa nostra è piuttosto cala ho pensato che una doccetta l'avrebbe rinfrescata e rilassata.
Momichan non fa il bagnetto per ragioni di comodità e velocità, si fa fare la doccia nella vasca stando in piedi sorretta sotto il rubinetto della vasca, io l'avverto quando le bagno o risciacquo i capelli e le parlo dolcemente e la accarezzo tutta e lei sta buona e a volte ride.

Dopo averla lavata col suo sapone non sapone la ho coperta col suo nuovo asciugamano ikea (coi morbido che me ne sono comprata altri due per noi) e ho cercato di asciugarla ma lei si è messa a sgambettare e ridere e giocare a nascondino comprendoi e scoprendosi il visetto con l'asciugamano e succhiandone i bordi, era davvero buffa !
Sgambettando i piedini sono usciti dal asciugamano, adoro i suoi piedini, piccoli paffuti, freschi e morbidi, le do sempre tanti bacini e lei che è una furboncella, quando gliene bacio uno mi porge l'altro per avere bacini anche a lui ^^ (I suoi piedini adesso misurano 9,5 cm)
Dopo l'ho vestita con body senza maniche, pantaloncini con piedini e maglietta di Winnie Pooh cosi lei sta fresca ed è comoda.

Camomilla 2 ^^

Yesterday I tried to give Momichan some camomilla and she seemed lo like, she drank all.
Today she was nervous again, she had to sleep but she continued to move so I tried to give her camoilla again and she liked !
Here is Momichan drinking from her Pooh bottle, she finished it all ^^



(ITALIANO)
Ieri avevo provato a dare a Momila camomilla, è una novità per lei ma pare che le piaccia cosi quando oggi nel pomeriggio era ancora agitata, e ho dato un altro biberoncin di camomilla tiepida e lei se lo è bevuto tutto e non fa confusione col latte perkè se ha fame se lo beve tranquillamente anche dopo la camomilla ^^

Bottles For The Night 2

Momichan is growing so the dose of milk in the bottles is also increasing.
Here are the two bottles I am preparing now, both of them contain up to 260 cc, the containts now is 210 cc with 7 doses of powdered milk




(ITALIANO)
Siccome Momi cresce, aumenta anche la dose di latte che le devo preparare.
Al momento è arrivata a 210 ml di acqua e 7 misurini di latte. I due biberon utilizzati possono contenere fino a 260 cc di liquidi.

Camomilla !!!

New progress for Momochan !
Momi is a little nervous today and from midday up till now she hasn't take a nap so I thougt I could try with the new Winnie Pooh tinkling bottle, to give her a little of camomilla, I bought the other day in pharmacy special for babies.
Do not know weather is beacuse is sweet or because she likes from first attempt but she tasted and then she drank all !!!
(dose suggested on the package is 1 spoon for 70 cc of hot water)

Good baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Foto on the left is the new Pooh bottle with tinkler cap, full of camomilla.
Here you can see Momo before drinking camomilla, she was really angry but after she calmed a lot, also she wanted more afterwards and also she drank her bottle of milk for dinner, 210 cc with 7 spoons of milk !


(ITALIANO)
Momo è molto nervosa oggi così siccome ha quasi 4 mesi ho pensato di provare con la camomilla granulata per bambini che ho comprato in farmacia l'altra settimana in previsione dei dentini in crescita ... tutto fa brodo ^___^
Strano a vedersi, la camomilla è un nuovo sapore per le ma è dolce anche se totalmente differente dal latte ma Momi dopo aver assaggiato un sorso, è andata avanti a berne altri e poco dopo si è finita tutto i biberon ! la dose consigliata sulla confezione è di 70 cc di acqua calda con 1 cucchiaino, beh ha funzionato, lei che strillava nervosa prima si è calmata in un attimo e si è addormentata e dopo nel sonno si è fatta fuori anche 210 cc di latte, che bravissima bambina che ho !!!
Brava Momichan !!!

Winnie Pooh Soup

I was tyding up the cupboard of Momichan's foods and items and my japanese foods when I found a packet of soup I can give to Momichan next month when she will start weaning (just in case she will like the flavour) which is Pooh character and has the peculiarity of having small Pooh faces that will give a cute touch of colour in her soup.
Guess it will be lovely soup ^___^

GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY ^^

Momichan's New Pooh Bottles & Accessories

In the afternoon we went supermarket because I needed one more bottle for Momichan bigger than the one I already have.
When we got there, we saw they were selling a tons of items of Winnie Pooh and I found the bottle I wanted (260 cc), another smaller which really I do not need now because is small (125 cc) but that will be useful this summer for juices (this bottle has a pecularity: the cap tinkles !) and a comforter case. Colour is green which is my preferred colour ^^
Here in the foto you can see all three items an the bigger bottle I have just filled in with milk for the night to take in my room ready for Momichan to drink ^^

GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY ^^

Momichan & Winnie Pooh

This morning I made a foto to Momichan and her pelouche ... err... is mine since long time, I bought it in a Disney Store so much time ago I do not even remember and now I will give to her.
She has slept all night well and this morning she woke up late, around 10.30 so we could sleep a little more ^^



Here is Winnie Pooh ^^
I bought it somewhere during my bike travels and took with me everytime when riding my bike, at that time I was still alone so everytime I wanted I rode my Ninja bike everywhere and took Pooh everytime I had to sleep out at night ^______________^

SAYOUNARA ^^

Winnie Pooh & Friends

Here some images for you of Winnie Pooh and his friends ^^

SAYOUNARA ^^

Winnie Pooh Bento

Today I wanted so much to prepare a bento but everything went totally wrong starting from my fantasy: didn't know what to do, this is my problem, recently I do nt have ay fantasy at all.
Also I didn't have the camera so I had to wait until hubby come home and it was already dark so foto is horrible. I didn't have any ingredients, this is my most horrible bento ever.



SAYOUNARA ^^

Winnie Pooh Bento Tools

Momichan is still so small but she has already bento and tools, some of them I bought on purpose for her, others are mine but we will exchange, if she wants she has nearly 200 bento of mine she can use but the first ones I will give her, belong to the character Winnie Pooh.
Here it is, her small collection, first fotos are two small bento one of which is shaped in the head of the bear ^^











Another bento, bigger in size and two tier with three small faces of Pooh decorating it and his matching kinchaku. On the right, a medium onigiri box.










Also she has food dividers and flag pics to make bento more kawaii ^^
(click on the image to see it bigger)










Furikake container and Pooh veggie cutters ^^











Soy sauce bottles in the shape of Pooh and sauce boxes complete the set. The sauce boxes are big enough to contain small portions of yogurt, apple pudding or other things like that.










Foto on the left is to make onigiri, right one is to make sandwiches ^^
(click on the image to see it bigger)










She has also two sauce boxes with spreader and two silicone cups in the shape of Pooh to divide different foods inside the bento box.










And of course an egg mold (bought in Japan in march 2008) and various tool set with fork, spoon and hashi ^^










SAYOUNARA ^^