I'd hatched a last minute plan to get the boat to Odaiba, but though I rushed to the jetty I was a few minutes late and missed it, so decided to make do with a visit to the Shibaura jidokan nearby. While there I added another mum to my collection, this time a Japanese with passable English, who wanted to improve the basic language she picked up while living in the US for two years. I thought to myself that I would be very glad to be as proficient in Japanese as she was in English after two years exposure. Her baby was only 4 months old, so was not really interacting. I find it hard to talk with mothers whose babies are not moving at all, as my memories of that stage are so blurry now that I cannot provide much insight into their current experiences, and their little ones seem so uninteresting.
After a good start, Emily's attempts at feeding herself have gone downhill; she just gouges out half the pot and waves the spoon around, or holds the pot upside down.
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