Off to Nursery School

 In the Baby Room.
Happy and covered in gunk - she loves messy play and got stuck right in straight-away

Well, I can't quite believe it but my girl is now ten months old and has started nursery school already. Time really has flown by, all the usual spiel you hear about kids growing up fast is so true.

I've been prepping since last week, after speaking to my friend who said they get through quite a few changes of clothes each day at nursery with all the fun activities that they get up to. So I went to a charity shop and a second hand baby shop and bought some extra vests with sleeves and some more pairs of socks. Apparently it's also a good idea to write your child's name or initials in all of their clothes so that they don't get mixed up with someone else's. So I've bought a permanent sharpie pen to mark inside Eve's clothes.

I remember my name label which was sewn into all my clothes during primary school.  My mum carefully sewed one into the inside of each collar. I'm probably a bit mad but I'm looking forward to doing that in the future...

Eve is standing well holding on to things but often goes 'bonk on the bum!'...

The manager of Mama Bears Nursery told me about a cool website where you can order personalised iron on, stretchable name labels (good for all clothing especially swimwear and sportswear), and vinyl dishwasher and washing machine proof labels (great for any baby bottles, tippy cups, lunch boxes etc).

http://www.identitydirect.co.uk/

There are some cool designs, some basic and others more expensive using brands such as Disney. They range from £9.99 up.

They last for a year if stored between 10-25 degrees. Full instructions for use are included on their website.

I love these ones with unicorns and will get them for Eve's clothes at some point in the near future.

Eve has three settling in days this week. Today I stayed with her there for an hour, tomorrow she's there for an hour by herself and then on Wednesday she stays there for two hours by herself. Then on Thursday we're rolling.

We are really lucky that there is a nursery just down the road from our house, that is on the way to where both Sam and I work. So it's going to be fairly easy for us to drop her off and pick her up each day.

Eve is doing pretty well with food which I'm so glad about. I have quite a few bags full of frozen food cubes, so instead of wasting them (Eve won't eat them anymore) I am adding them into various finger foods. I've been including veg and fruit cubes into mixtures for mini potato cakes (sweet potato, normal potato and grated cheese), mini sweet or savoury pancakes and omelettes.

The potato cakes are so easy to make and she really likes them. When we have mash with a meal I just save some for Eve for the next day. I then add in defrosted cubes, herbs, pepper etc and fry 'em up - bingo!

Banana pancakes

Eve liked mashed up banana when she first started eating, then went off it as it was too slimy. She then liked holding and eating banana but has now decided that she only likes to squish it to death and not eat it. Therefore this morning I cooked up some wheat-free banana pancakes - simple, just 2 eggs whisked up with 1 mashed banana and a tiny pinch of cinnamon if you fancy. A good way to get banana in her!

Eve was weighed last week, just after her 10 month birthday and weighed 18lb 9oz. She had slightly dropped some weight, which is quite normal as she is crawling all over the place using up lots of energy.