Samuel's big week

Samuel hit a major milestone this week.  For the first time, he ate solid food!  Sometimes peer pressure can be a wonderful thing.  The HG have been fantastic at encouraging him to eat and giving him solid food at lunch time so that he can 'pretend' to eat like the other 12 or so kids eating there with him.  Only a few weeks later, he has gone from pretending to really doing!  When I went to pick Samuel up on Wednesday the women who run the HG told me that he had eaten the puree we had sent with him and had also eaten a couple of little yoghurts (petit suisse) that they had offered him.  Yippee!!!!  He did the same thing on Friday and we will now try and see whether we can get him to eat solids at home as well... that is the final challenge. But this week was the major first step.


The women at the HG all seemed to love Samuel.  They said he was a little clown and a scamp (coquin) - in other words, a cute and mischievous little boy who has them wrapped around his little fingers.  He has developed a knack for turning around when he is told not to do something, laughing very cutely, and turning back to keep doing it.   We are trying to make sure he doesn't get too spoiled and understands that no really does mean no!