thanks fuzzy, meeting David went really well. Isaac just loves him, and breaks into a huge smile whenever he sees him. There are some pics on my facebook, you can see how happy Isaac is with him We have now met Isaacs grandparents, and some of his aunties and uncles here in Tanzania, and some cute little cousins too. It's such a weird feeling to see Isaacs features in these people I have only just met!

All is going well, I extended our stay here to a month instead of two weeks so we still have about a week left. Isaac is going to be so bored when we go home, there are just so many things going on all the time! It's a crazy place, and I'm a bit worried about how I will manage to keep him entertained when we go back to our boring little town. Even going to town is exciting for him, we get the local mini buses full of people, usually with loud music and rattly doors, stopping every couple of minutes on the bumpy road with a guy yelling out of the door, and usually someone sitting next to us making conversation in broken english/swahili. I have even done the Tanzanian thing of handing my baby to another passenger so I could fit into a seat.. he started squirming so I swapped him for my hand bag. You wouldn't do that in Aus! I have a 24 hour guard at my house and also a cook/cleaner/baby minder so there is always someone else around the house or yard to keep him entertained. I have noticed he has become so much more sociable now, I don't know if its because he has met so many new people, or if its because the people here are so much more social than in Aus, or if its just an age thing.. but I have noticed he is really interested in other people, will smile a lot to get their attention then 'talk' to them and reach out to touch them. Especially kids and babies, and also Tanzanian men, strangely. He has been happily going to strangers, which has been a great break for me. People offer to hold him and look after him when I am out, especially handy at a friends wedding and also at a funeral I have just been to. When people speak in swahili he will just stop and stare at them with his mouth open, its like he can tell its a foreign language. He is loving the food, my cook is making local dishes for us every day and the fruit is so cheap.. sugar bananas (about 5 cents each), juicy mangos (50c), and fresh raspberries ($3 punnet!).. I won't be buying those when I go home, I'll go broke!!

Immunisations, Isaac had his early, a week before we left for Perth. No reactions as far as I can remember.

Developmental stuff - just doing the usual one year old things, all normal as far as I can tell! He did a funny thing a few days ago though, pulled his little friends beanie off, looked at his head a bit worried, picked up the beanie again and put it back on his friends head haha so cute.

pregnancies - hopefully all is going well for those with new bubs on the way! Oh and I think I'll be going home a few kilos heavier.. but no baby this time! Just food lol.

Wite - I have you on facebook but I don't think I have been getting your updates for ages. Will look into it and see why!

I'm noticing the differences in the way babies are raised here is so much different to back home. Won't go into it too much right now, but I just found out feeding babies cows milk from as early as newborn is not uncommon. Needless to say, I am shocked, but there are reasons. My friends 11 month old has been fed cows milk diluted with water since three months because his wife had to go back to work (normal time here, because there is no such thing as family assistance or any type of welfare payments in this country so new mums have to go back to work very early, usually just after their standard 3 months of being 'house bound'). So baby is being looked after by grandparents during the day, who obviously can't breastfeed so they give him cows milk mixed half with water. Formula is out of the question, horrendously expensive. That's a negative, and there are more, but the positives include bed sharing, baby wearing and quick responses to babies needs. I'm going to update my blog with more on the differences when I have time. I'm finding it really interesting