Monday, January 4, 2010

William does NOT like rice cereal - A William non piace la crema di cereali


When starting him on solids? Good question. One says between 4 and 6 months, others say absolutely at 4 months, others say start cereal absolutely at 5 months, others say start giving him a taste of different food at 5 months, our pediatrician said start solids at 6 months, and nothing before. Another pediatrician in the same practice said that breastfeeding mothers should move to solids at 6 months, not before. He then told me to start giving William green veggies for three days, followed by yellow veggies for three days followed by fruit for another three days to test for food allergies. It was not at all clear what we had to do. So we started giving him a taste of rice cereal. No matter how yummy mommy and dad presented it to him, he just did not want to take it. We tried three times. Twice by itself and a third time mixed with an Italian brodino and zucchini mousse. No luck! Conclusion: William hates rice cereal.

Quando passare ai solidi? Una bella domanda!! Uno dice tra i 4 e i 6 mesi, altri dicono di farlo assolutamente ai 4 mesi, altri dicono di iniziare i cereali ai 5 mesi, altri ancora dicono di dargli un assaggio di cibi diversi a 5 mesi, il suo pediatra ci ha detto di iniziare i solidi a sei mesi e non prima. Un altro pediatra nella stessa clinica ci ha detto che... le mamme allattanti non devono iniziare i solidi prima dei sei mesi e che il latte del seno materno e' sufficiente fino ai sei mesi. Dopo di cio', per una qualche strana ragione, ci ha detto di iniziare a dare a William legumi verdi per tre giorni, seguiti da legumi gialli per latri tre giorni, seguiti da frutta per latri tre giorni. Non e' chiaro qual'e' la cosa migliore da fare... Cosi' abbiamo iniziato a dargli il rice cereal. Nonostante le facce godute di mamma e papa' che facevano finta di gustare la deliziosa pappina, William proprio non ne voleva sapere. Abbiamo provato due volte. La prima volta da solo, la seconda mischiato con un brodino vegetale ed un omogeneizzato di zucchini. Niente! A William la crema di cereali proprio non piace.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

William and Beatrice at work! - William e Beatrice al lavoro!



William and Beatrice have worked together entertaining American moms wishing to learn Italian with their babies. Enrica Dente will run these classes again with William in the new year.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

William playing with Beatrice - William mentre gioca con Beatrice






So cool the photos of the two babies together. There are really two sweethearts. I cannot help watching them. Below is the link to the other photos.

Troppo belle le foto dei due bimbi insieme. Sono proprio due amori. Non riesco a smettere di guardarli. Cliccate qui sotto per vedere le altre foto:

http://johnkruse.smugmug.com/Other/091120-Around-the-house/10386055_BPVys#719218899_zgW77

Saturday, November 14, 2009

William's first earnings as a scientist - I primi guadagni di William come scienziato

William has taken part to one of the Harvard Infant Development Studies as a baby subject. His job was to watch two videos. The first video showed a ball falling all the way down and half way down. The second video showed flowers of different colors located in different portion of the white screen moving on high and low pitch sounds. Mom was sat behind William and found the first video quite boring while she nearly fell asleep during the second one. During the first video of the ball falling William was so upset. He cried most of the time. On the contrary, during the second video, William was like hypnotized. I must ask the researcher to send me that video... At the end of the experiment William earned his first five dollars and a cool Harvard Infant Development Studies Scientist T-Shirt! Mom is so proud of you William! Your cool t-shirt will be posted here soon...

William is becoming a little man! - William sta diventando un ometto!
Click on this link to see the latest photos - clicca qui per vedere le ultime foto

Monday, November 2, 2009

Will's First Halloween - Il Primo Halloween di William


William got to hang out with Beatrice and meet some new friends. He spent most of the night as a skeleton (a gift from Grandma & Grandpa). He wasn't, however, too happy being a monkey! - William ha incontrato Beatrice e nuovi amichi. Ha passato la maggior parte della serata come uno scheletro (un regalo dei nonni americani). Non gli piaceva fare la scimmia!