Ben’s Daycare Report, Haircut

 Ben loves his daycare.  He still gets excited when we drop him off in the morning, but is also very happy to see us when we pick him up at the end of the day.  The teachers all seem to love him too.

For lunch he eats vegetable soup broth with pasta, ricotta or parmesan cheese, and some meat (chicken, turkey or ham with no preservatives).  They say that he is eating more every day, and will be eating like other (older) babies in few days.  Apparently he is one of their most enthusiastic eaters!

We started giving Ben teething biscuits (cookies) at home about a month and a half ago.  A few weeks after that, we got a (light-hearted) report from the daycare that he was trying to steal bread from the baby next to him at the lunch table.  So we told them they could give him his own bread, in very tiny pieces of course.

Afternoon snack is apple, pear, or banana mousse.  He also gets usually two bottles per day.  They still give us a daily report of when and how much he eats, sleeps, and poops.

They are working on his tummy time, like we are at home, and have noticed his recently increased rolling.  They also say that he scoots around on his bottom some, though not very far or very fast.  He does this at home a little, but with our marble floors, we try to keep him on rugs and blankets, which don’t really work well for scooting.  We’ll have to see if we can work in some scooting time.

The daycare only goes up to age 3, when the kids go to public preschool.  When there are more than a handful of kids there, the youngest ones like Ben have a side area, so they are separated from the kids running around.  They each have their own bed.  There is also a reclined bouncy seat that Ben likes and sometimes sleeps in.

They have a nice grass area outside, with toddler-sized toys and playground equipment.  Now that it is getting warmer, they get to go outside during the late afternoon.  

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Ben got his first Italian haircut!  We found a very nice barber with a tiny chair for Ben.  The barber was great with him, and Ben was a champ!

After photo (with egg). 

I finally did a little planting.  It felt so good to do gardening again, even if it is only containers.  I planted some herbs, a few flowers, and a couple tropical plants.