Sunday, 31 May 2015
Sunday, 24 May 2015
Routines or maybe not.
I've been thinking a lot about routines the past few days, or should I say my lack of them!
Getting time to myself seems to be harder and harder, Noah is awake a lot more in the day, having given up his morning nap he can pretty much stay awake through the morning school run and hence he is wanting attention from as soon as we're home until after his dinner time breastfeed where he usually fall asleep on my knee for perhaps an hour.
He is such a contented baby, happy to squirm around on the floor or sit up and bash at his toys in the day time, providing I am near by and giving him all my attention that is.
The early months are easy, babies love to sleep and are happily occupied without a lot of interaction, meaning you can have a newborn and find you have a lot of time to get things done,however that all changes around the 6 month mark doesn't it?
Suddenly the toys are not as interesting and don't hold attention for as long, the places that used to give you time hands free no longer have the same effect.
The play mat was at one point a favourite place, laying on his back pulling and kicking at his toys would give me enough time to wash the pots or hoover, that was until he realised he could see and reach better sat up, then the playnest become his favourite place and he would sit happily there for a good while, now however he is increasingly mobile, he rolls around and tries to escape the playnest resulting in him getting frustrated that it is keeping him enclosed now he much prefers being on the floor starting out on his playmat but very quickly rolling to the middle of the room.
Being more mobile and less sleepy means day times seem to pass in a blur,our day normally starts with us getting up around 6am to get Jake ready for his paper round and the other two ready for school, Noah is normally happy to sit in his playnest for the morning rush hour happy to sit and observe the chaos around him until we go out the door on the school run, then once we're home the hours pass with peek a boo, story books and tickling toes and before I know it its the school run again and the older three are back home.
I love these days the smiles and giggles, the excitement at exploring new things, the fun and the snuggles are precious, but they are tiring, especially with the needs of the older children to juggle too.
It is full on, with no breaks.
I've never been a huge routine follower, always more of a go with the flow and hope for the best, gentle parenting, baby led weaning, co sleeping, breastfeeding,hippie type. But I am finding things especially hard to manage at the moment.
Not the children per say, but for me, it seems the days simply do not have enough hours in them anymore.
I know a routine may be needed in order for me to actually get something done without a baby in my arms or someone calling out 'mum'.
Sleep is a particular area where there is no routine at all really and it is, I guess, the one area which I do need to alter.
I also know that it is my own doing that have made Noah so much happier in my arms, as it is as much for my benefit as his, when I keep him close on my knee.
I have never been a fan of daytime naps upstairs in cots, I simply don't like to leave Noah upstairs in the day time, I just can't bring myself to put him up in the room alone so far away from me, and he is too big for his moses basket now, so day time naps are on my knee, and as lovely as these snuggles are they are not helping Noahs independence and self settling abilities, instead he seems to be only truly content in my arms or within reach of me.
The snuggly night times are lovely too, it makes breastfeeding much easier having him in bed with me, but this means up until now I have not really thought much about a bedtime routine, the older children go to bed anywhere between 8.30 and 10pm and so Noah usually naps in the evenings after a feed in my arms until they are all in bed and by then when I do put him down, he normally wakes straight back up and I feed him again, then for my own ease I end up keeping him on my knee knowing that's where he will be settled and peaceful giving me a few hours to frantically tap away at my keyboard trying to get the work done that I have missed out when playing the day away.
I know this stage like all others does not last forever and I try to remember this when I am still awake at midnight trying to get everything done that needs to be with a tied baby still on my knee.
Somebody asked me the other day if he slept well, he does sleep well... providing he is with me. Does he sleep alone through the night - no.
I'm constantly conflicted into if I do need to alter this, or is it simple OK as it is?
On one hand I really do need some time in the evenings to get at least something done, and I guess having a few hours uninterrupted sleep would be nice, but on the other hand I am not sure how to change things or even if I really want to move past the baby in arms stage just yet.
When the others were younger, night times were always organised even if the days were manic and lacked routine, I always said I could always cope with the days as nights were my time, tea bath bed for 7pm. I could give up the daylight hours whole heartily as I still had time to do everything else once the children were all asleep.
I'm not quite sure whats happened but its been quite a while since that sort of evening routine was followed older children bring homework, a love for computer games and a reluctant to bath every night all of which have some what altered that organised evening sequence.
But prior to Noah it didn't mater so much as with growing children the evenings may become busier but the daytimes get emptier and because I had the daytimes to myself evenings didn't seem so important. and therefore the evening routines slipped.
So perhaps I need a new routine, how do I get some time to myself if day time is filled with the babyness that is so very important in these quick passing months, and my evenings filled with teenage troubles and my nights interrupted with co sleeping breastfeeding?
I certainly won't get my evenings back fully when the older children still need me as well and they certainly don't want to go to bed at 7pm
How do I make a routine work?
One which works for us all, one that works for teenagers and a baby, that gives me my time in the early evening as well as making sure everyone else has their own time and needs met.
Or maybe there really isn't a need to change anything at all, perhaps I have been right with my no hard routines approach, because right now just for a little longer I am going to remember that Noah will only be small enough to fit in my arms for such a short time, I will continue to savoir each sleepy snuggle and gummy smile as he wakes up safe in my arms. Knowing that soon enough these days will have passed and a new normal will have worked itself out.
Getting time to myself seems to be harder and harder, Noah is awake a lot more in the day, having given up his morning nap he can pretty much stay awake through the morning school run and hence he is wanting attention from as soon as we're home until after his dinner time breastfeed where he usually fall asleep on my knee for perhaps an hour.
The early months are easy, babies love to sleep and are happily occupied without a lot of interaction, meaning you can have a newborn and find you have a lot of time to get things done,however that all changes around the 6 month mark doesn't it?
Suddenly the toys are not as interesting and don't hold attention for as long, the places that used to give you time hands free no longer have the same effect.
The play mat was at one point a favourite place, laying on his back pulling and kicking at his toys would give me enough time to wash the pots or hoover, that was until he realised he could see and reach better sat up, then the playnest become his favourite place and he would sit happily there for a good while, now however he is increasingly mobile, he rolls around and tries to escape the playnest resulting in him getting frustrated that it is keeping him enclosed now he much prefers being on the floor starting out on his playmat but very quickly rolling to the middle of the room.
Being more mobile and less sleepy means day times seem to pass in a blur,our day normally starts with us getting up around 6am to get Jake ready for his paper round and the other two ready for school, Noah is normally happy to sit in his playnest for the morning rush hour happy to sit and observe the chaos around him until we go out the door on the school run, then once we're home the hours pass with peek a boo, story books and tickling toes and before I know it its the school run again and the older three are back home.
I love these days the smiles and giggles, the excitement at exploring new things, the fun and the snuggles are precious, but they are tiring, especially with the needs of the older children to juggle too.
It is full on, with no breaks.
I've never been a huge routine follower, always more of a go with the flow and hope for the best, gentle parenting, baby led weaning, co sleeping, breastfeeding,hippie type. But I am finding things especially hard to manage at the moment.
Not the children per say, but for me, it seems the days simply do not have enough hours in them anymore.
I know a routine may be needed in order for me to actually get something done without a baby in my arms or someone calling out 'mum'.
Sleep is a particular area where there is no routine at all really and it is, I guess, the one area which I do need to alter.
I also know that it is my own doing that have made Noah so much happier in my arms, as it is as much for my benefit as his, when I keep him close on my knee.
I have never been a fan of daytime naps upstairs in cots, I simply don't like to leave Noah upstairs in the day time, I just can't bring myself to put him up in the room alone so far away from me, and he is too big for his moses basket now, so day time naps are on my knee, and as lovely as these snuggles are they are not helping Noahs independence and self settling abilities, instead he seems to be only truly content in my arms or within reach of me.
The snuggly night times are lovely too, it makes breastfeeding much easier having him in bed with me, but this means up until now I have not really thought much about a bedtime routine, the older children go to bed anywhere between 8.30 and 10pm and so Noah usually naps in the evenings after a feed in my arms until they are all in bed and by then when I do put him down, he normally wakes straight back up and I feed him again, then for my own ease I end up keeping him on my knee knowing that's where he will be settled and peaceful giving me a few hours to frantically tap away at my keyboard trying to get the work done that I have missed out when playing the day away.
I know this stage like all others does not last forever and I try to remember this when I am still awake at midnight trying to get everything done that needs to be with a tied baby still on my knee.
Somebody asked me the other day if he slept well, he does sleep well... providing he is with me. Does he sleep alone through the night - no.
I'm constantly conflicted into if I do need to alter this, or is it simple OK as it is?
On one hand I really do need some time in the evenings to get at least something done, and I guess having a few hours uninterrupted sleep would be nice, but on the other hand I am not sure how to change things or even if I really want to move past the baby in arms stage just yet.
When the others were younger, night times were always organised even if the days were manic and lacked routine, I always said I could always cope with the days as nights were my time, tea bath bed for 7pm. I could give up the daylight hours whole heartily as I still had time to do everything else once the children were all asleep.
I'm not quite sure whats happened but its been quite a while since that sort of evening routine was followed older children bring homework, a love for computer games and a reluctant to bath every night all of which have some what altered that organised evening sequence.
But prior to Noah it didn't mater so much as with growing children the evenings may become busier but the daytimes get emptier and because I had the daytimes to myself evenings didn't seem so important. and therefore the evening routines slipped.
So perhaps I need a new routine, how do I get some time to myself if day time is filled with the babyness that is so very important in these quick passing months, and my evenings filled with teenage troubles and my nights interrupted with co sleeping breastfeeding?
I certainly won't get my evenings back fully when the older children still need me as well and they certainly don't want to go to bed at 7pm
How do I make a routine work?
One which works for us all, one that works for teenagers and a baby, that gives me my time in the early evening as well as making sure everyone else has their own time and needs met.
Or maybe there really isn't a need to change anything at all, perhaps I have been right with my no hard routines approach, because right now just for a little longer I am going to remember that Noah will only be small enough to fit in my arms for such a short time, I will continue to savoir each sleepy snuggle and gummy smile as he wakes up safe in my arms. Knowing that soon enough these days will have passed and a new normal will have worked itself out.
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
5 month Update
Five months - wow.
I find the time passing so very strange, in one sense it seems like Noah has been here for ages, in another I simply can't believe its 5 months already.
With the passing months he is growing and changing and simply becoming a whole little person.
The new born days are over now, he is certainly finding his place in the family. He is awake most of the day now, only napping for a short while (mainly on the school runs!)
He is very chatty and giggles loudly at all sorts of things, he can roll front to back and back to front, so has some way to get around the floor, he also can sit independently up now which is his preferred pose, no longer content to be laying down he wants to be right in the center of things, demanding to be talked too and entertained.
It's bitter sweet the changes, the development, I love of course watching him grow, flourish and learn new things, we all marvel at the speed he seems to pick things up and cheer him on as he watches his siblings seemingly learning new things by the day.
But I know all too well that the passing days, every new milestone, takes away a little of the baby and as exciting as it is watching him grow it is also a little sad.
I adore the moments snuggled up on my lap as I feel his warmth like a little hot water bottle, I love feeding him and knowing I can sooth him like no one else, I love the smiles and the wonder in his eyes. and I am trying to soak up all these moments as I know they are passing so very fast.
I find the time passing so very strange, in one sense it seems like Noah has been here for ages, in another I simply can't believe its 5 months already.
With the passing months he is growing and changing and simply becoming a whole little person.
The new born days are over now, he is certainly finding his place in the family. He is awake most of the day now, only napping for a short while (mainly on the school runs!)
He is very chatty and giggles loudly at all sorts of things, he can roll front to back and back to front, so has some way to get around the floor, he also can sit independently up now which is his preferred pose, no longer content to be laying down he wants to be right in the center of things, demanding to be talked too and entertained.
It's bitter sweet the changes, the development, I love of course watching him grow, flourish and learn new things, we all marvel at the speed he seems to pick things up and cheer him on as he watches his siblings seemingly learning new things by the day.
But I know all too well that the passing days, every new milestone, takes away a little of the baby and as exciting as it is watching him grow it is also a little sad.
I adore the moments snuggled up on my lap as I feel his warmth like a little hot water bottle, I love feeding him and knowing I can sooth him like no one else, I love the smiles and the wonder in his eyes. and I am trying to soak up all these moments as I know they are passing so very fast.
Keep up to date with the baby days on my Baby Days Tab
Monday, 11 May 2015
Garden Project
We have the smallest garden, and it was never really very practical with children and dogs, the small square of grass was more of a mud hole than a nice place to sit.
Darren had many times said he wanted to change the garden, update it and make it more useable, so last summer he set his plans into action and with the help of Jake he decided to start the garden project.
This involved cutting down the conifers, removing the trampoline and building a summer house in their place.
Darren planned and designed everything himself, and built the whole thing with just the help of Jake
We built it on a budget and recycled and upcycled as much as we could, we purchased the 2 windows from ebay for £10 and the doors £25
We used old rail fence to clad the front and old pallets to make the outside decking area,
Inside we kitted it out into an old English bar, by using a old leather sofa for the bench seats.
and lots of old nik naks from our memory boxes to add character, every item has a story, the porcelain dolls from Darrens mums collection, the clay pigeon shooting trophy from his dads, the old pound bank note, the toby jar and even the boat steering wheel to remind us of our canal trip.
Over the winter months we didn't do a lot outside, but recently with the weather picking up we have been out doors again, opening up the Sheddington Arms and adding some more finishing touches.
Darren always loves a project so he set about also making a snack shack, somewhere to keep an additional freezer, (with having a tiny kitchen we have only a small freezer in the house so an additional freezer is very handy)
This snack shack also is the home of Darrens signature dish - his King D burgers, home to the chip fryer and the george forman grill to keep the greasy smells out of the house, and double as an out door BBQ area it works amazingly well.
There is still some work needed, the edges of the garden are a particular source of annoyance as Lacey (our springer spaniel) is intent on finding any spare section of mud and digging in it, but overall the garden is so much more useable now and I can't wait for the rest of the summer to enjoy it.
Darren had many times said he wanted to change the garden, update it and make it more useable, so last summer he set his plans into action and with the help of Jake he decided to start the garden project.
This involved cutting down the conifers, removing the trampoline and building a summer house in their place.
Darren planned and designed everything himself, and built the whole thing with just the help of Jake
We built it on a budget and recycled and upcycled as much as we could, we purchased the 2 windows from ebay for £10 and the doors £25
We used old rail fence to clad the front and old pallets to make the outside decking area,
Inside we kitted it out into an old English bar, by using a old leather sofa for the bench seats.
and lots of old nik naks from our memory boxes to add character, every item has a story, the porcelain dolls from Darrens mums collection, the clay pigeon shooting trophy from his dads, the old pound bank note, the toby jar and even the boat steering wheel to remind us of our canal trip.
Over the winter months we didn't do a lot outside, but recently with the weather picking up we have been out doors again, opening up the Sheddington Arms and adding some more finishing touches.
Darren always loves a project so he set about also making a snack shack, somewhere to keep an additional freezer, (with having a tiny kitchen we have only a small freezer in the house so an additional freezer is very handy)
This snack shack also is the home of Darrens signature dish - his King D burgers, home to the chip fryer and the george forman grill to keep the greasy smells out of the house, and double as an out door BBQ area it works amazingly well.
There is still some work needed, the edges of the garden are a particular source of annoyance as Lacey (our springer spaniel) is intent on finding any spare section of mud and digging in it, but overall the garden is so much more useable now and I can't wait for the rest of the summer to enjoy it.
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Times have changed... or have they?
It's funny isn't it? So very often I hear of people saying about how when they were young things were different.
I see memes flying around the internet, you know the sort, ''we went out till the street lights came on, drank out of sprinklers, climbed trees and lived to tell the tale...''
I have always wondered why people think things are so very different now, in fact I have blogged about it in the past (you can read that post here)
Playing outside climbing trees, having simple childhood fun is still very much present in the children of today.
There is however, no denying that there has been changes to society, but is it our perception that has made these changes come about, or is the world really a different more scary place for children to grow up?
My eldest is now 13, a fully fledged teenager. I want him to grow up experiencing the things I did, and experiences all the things I didn't.
I want him to learn through his own mistakes, and also see the world and make his own impressions on it.
I don't want to be the helicopter parent buzzing around him making it almost impossible for him to grow and develop and spread his own wings.
I hope he will look back on his childhood years with memories of the fun times spent doing things very much like I myself did, outdoors playing vividly imaginative games.
This wish for him, and all my children, to have independence, responsibility and opportunities to learn, grow and develop is why when I saw a sign in our local newsagents reading 'paperboy/ girl wanted' I thought of Jake.
A paper round.
An age old tradition is it not?
A sure fire right of passage, that step up of the ladder of maturity.
A huge privilege, something to be proud of and impress your mates with when you bring home that first wage packet and you can buy the snacks with money you have earnt.
Not to mention the benefits of the regular exercise.
So why then are our paper boys in decline? Why did that notice stay hung on that door for nearly a week without a que of boys and girls eager to prove their maturity and get their hands on the pay?
Are our streets really that much more hazardous now than 30 years ago? Or is it more due to the youth of today? Do they simply not want the responsibility of a paper round, is the promise of pay no longer a source of encouragement with so much available from the bank of mum and dad? After all a paper round is not the best paid job in the world is it?
Is the thought of early starts in cold days just not seen as such an exciting opportunity when the heated homes and internet beckons at every spare second?
Perhaps its not at all about our fears as parents, but more our childrens perceptions that are changing and I'm not quite sure that's for the better.
After a few days of seeing the ad staring out of the shop window I decided I'd mention it to Jake, not knowing what rules were in place about age restrictions or such like, I just wanted to gage his reaction.
He eagerly jumped up and said he would happy do the paper round, so off we went to enquire. The rules being you have to be 13, responsible, reliable, punctual and polite.
He got given the job, and the pride in his face as he ran back home to tell his dad and his friends made me once again wonder why others had not also jumped at this chance.
I feel a huge sense of pride in him, the way he took up the chance, spoke politely and confidently as he inquired, the way he has taken on the role ensuring he is steadfast with this new responsibility he now has.
The reality of the work involved has now sunk in, it isn't easy work the papers are heavy and the morning weather is chilly, but the first pay packet seemed to make it all worth while so all is good and I will do everything I can to encourage him to continue this round for as long as possible. (even if for the past week it has meant that I have also had to shuffle my already manic morning routine so that I can accompany him to master his round)
I hope that he continues to relish the responsibility and independence he has and that it in some way helps him form values which will help him through the next stages of his life.
I see memes flying around the internet, you know the sort, ''we went out till the street lights came on, drank out of sprinklers, climbed trees and lived to tell the tale...''
I have always wondered why people think things are so very different now, in fact I have blogged about it in the past (you can read that post here)
Playing outside climbing trees, having simple childhood fun is still very much present in the children of today.
There is however, no denying that there has been changes to society, but is it our perception that has made these changes come about, or is the world really a different more scary place for children to grow up?
My eldest is now 13, a fully fledged teenager. I want him to grow up experiencing the things I did, and experiences all the things I didn't.
I want him to learn through his own mistakes, and also see the world and make his own impressions on it.
I don't want to be the helicopter parent buzzing around him making it almost impossible for him to grow and develop and spread his own wings.
I hope he will look back on his childhood years with memories of the fun times spent doing things very much like I myself did, outdoors playing vividly imaginative games.
This wish for him, and all my children, to have independence, responsibility and opportunities to learn, grow and develop is why when I saw a sign in our local newsagents reading 'paperboy/ girl wanted' I thought of Jake.
A paper round.
An age old tradition is it not?
A sure fire right of passage, that step up of the ladder of maturity.
A huge privilege, something to be proud of and impress your mates with when you bring home that first wage packet and you can buy the snacks with money you have earnt.
Not to mention the benefits of the regular exercise.
So why then are our paper boys in decline? Why did that notice stay hung on that door for nearly a week without a que of boys and girls eager to prove their maturity and get their hands on the pay?
Are our streets really that much more hazardous now than 30 years ago? Or is it more due to the youth of today? Do they simply not want the responsibility of a paper round, is the promise of pay no longer a source of encouragement with so much available from the bank of mum and dad? After all a paper round is not the best paid job in the world is it?
Is the thought of early starts in cold days just not seen as such an exciting opportunity when the heated homes and internet beckons at every spare second?
Perhaps its not at all about our fears as parents, but more our childrens perceptions that are changing and I'm not quite sure that's for the better.
After a few days of seeing the ad staring out of the shop window I decided I'd mention it to Jake, not knowing what rules were in place about age restrictions or such like, I just wanted to gage his reaction.
He eagerly jumped up and said he would happy do the paper round, so off we went to enquire. The rules being you have to be 13, responsible, reliable, punctual and polite.
He got given the job, and the pride in his face as he ran back home to tell his dad and his friends made me once again wonder why others had not also jumped at this chance.
I feel a huge sense of pride in him, the way he took up the chance, spoke politely and confidently as he inquired, the way he has taken on the role ensuring he is steadfast with this new responsibility he now has.
The reality of the work involved has now sunk in, it isn't easy work the papers are heavy and the morning weather is chilly, but the first pay packet seemed to make it all worth while so all is good and I will do everything I can to encourage him to continue this round for as long as possible. (even if for the past week it has meant that I have also had to shuffle my already manic morning routine so that I can accompany him to master his round)
I hope that he continues to relish the responsibility and independence he has and that it in some way helps him form values which will help him through the next stages of his life.
Blogging
It's nearly May, nearly Summer again, the days weeks and months are wizzing past faster than I ever thought they would, I am sat here now Noah sleeping on my knee and I once again have flicked through my facebook timeline and then landed on my own blog, but today I am tapping away at the keyboard determined to actualy hit publish.
When Noah was born I set up this new blog and had hopped it would rekindle my love of blogging, at the end of a day whats better to blog about but the firsts of a baby? But things haven't really worked out that way, 5 months have passed and I have not actually managed to blog very much at all, its not that I don't want too more that I am not sure what to actually blog about which seems kind of crazy when there is more happening right now than perhaps at any other times that I have blogged.
I want a personal diary, to remember the little things, to look back on for myself and for the children to look back on, a online photo album with inputted memories, a baby book perhaps or more of a family memoir, but I am also concious of over sharing, ever more so now my eldest are older and have their own stories to tell. What is there story and what is mine?
Becoming a new mum again with a brand new baby but also having the been there done that knowledge of previous children is a strange sort of place to be.
I guess theres only one thing for me to do however, and that is actually to get over the 'what shall I blog' thoughts and just get the words down one way or another, at the end of the day even if my ramblings seem mundane now, they will be the memories I long for in years to come.
When Noah was born I set up this new blog and had hopped it would rekindle my love of blogging, at the end of a day whats better to blog about but the firsts of a baby? But things haven't really worked out that way, 5 months have passed and I have not actually managed to blog very much at all, its not that I don't want too more that I am not sure what to actually blog about which seems kind of crazy when there is more happening right now than perhaps at any other times that I have blogged.
I want a personal diary, to remember the little things, to look back on for myself and for the children to look back on, a online photo album with inputted memories, a baby book perhaps or more of a family memoir, but I am also concious of over sharing, ever more so now my eldest are older and have their own stories to tell. What is there story and what is mine?
Becoming a new mum again with a brand new baby but also having the been there done that knowledge of previous children is a strange sort of place to be.
I guess theres only one thing for me to do however, and that is actually to get over the 'what shall I blog' thoughts and just get the words down one way or another, at the end of the day even if my ramblings seem mundane now, they will be the memories I long for in years to come.
Monday, 20 April 2015
Another month passed. 4 and a half month update!
So its April already, another month has shot by, more weeks have clocked up and the pace of things has not slowed down at all.
So whats been happening?
It was Easter which we never go over board with - a few tasty chocolate treats no piles of Easter eggs here.
Instead we focus on enjoying the time together with the older three off school.
We have spent time in the garden, which is a tiny tiny space but we are trying to make it as functional as possible and I will do a post on our garden projects as soon as I get around to it. and of course been out and about as the weather warms up!
Noah is now approaching 20 weeks old. He is becoming more of a character each day, he wants to be involved and the center of things, although still growing he does seem to have slowed down a little, he has instead focused on finding new tricks to entertain us, he giggles and chuckles away loudly when his big brother tickles his toes or his big sister blows raspeberries on his tummy, he can roll over confidentally and grasps at everything in his reach!
He is a real time hugger and demands a lot more attention than in the first couple of months, sleeping much less in the day and instead wanting to play. (Doesn't like me at my computer - he has a love for my mouse and its optical light and grabs at it when ever I'm using the computer)
Breastfeeding is still going great, although there is no real sleep routine, he feeds on demand although much less through the day now, he co sleeps in with me at night about 50% of the time, and the other 50% he sleeps in his carry cot at the foot of my bed. I really am not worried tho as I know this time only last for a blink and even when I'm tired the sleepy snuggles are still some of my favorite times of the day.
We brought a highchair (one of the only items we have brought new!) Although we are not actively weaning just yet.
He is however really interested in our food now, and grabs at our food and watches us intently when we're eating.
Noah rolls over on the floor so gets frustrated on his playmat after a while, rolling over and getting annoyed he tries to sit himself up on his bouncer chair and almost topples out of it,
So recently brought a play nest from a secondhand facebook selling site, I love these they really are fantastic and Mikey loved his all them years ago. It is a good safe place where he can practice sitting and can grab and reach his toys a bit easier.
Clothing still pretty much is babygrows, (with the odd dungaree outfit creeping in) he fits comfortable in 6-9 months and some 9-12 months! He is still in size 4 nappies and we finally got round to weighing him at a drop in session, he was 18lb 5oz at 17 weeks.
So whats been happening?
It was Easter which we never go over board with - a few tasty chocolate treats no piles of Easter eggs here.
Instead we focus on enjoying the time together with the older three off school.
We have spent time in the garden, which is a tiny tiny space but we are trying to make it as functional as possible and I will do a post on our garden projects as soon as I get around to it. and of course been out and about as the weather warms up!
Noah is now approaching 20 weeks old. He is becoming more of a character each day, he wants to be involved and the center of things, although still growing he does seem to have slowed down a little, he has instead focused on finding new tricks to entertain us, he giggles and chuckles away loudly when his big brother tickles his toes or his big sister blows raspeberries on his tummy, he can roll over confidentally and grasps at everything in his reach!
He is a real time hugger and demands a lot more attention than in the first couple of months, sleeping much less in the day and instead wanting to play. (Doesn't like me at my computer - he has a love for my mouse and its optical light and grabs at it when ever I'm using the computer)
Breastfeeding is still going great, although there is no real sleep routine, he feeds on demand although much less through the day now, he co sleeps in with me at night about 50% of the time, and the other 50% he sleeps in his carry cot at the foot of my bed. I really am not worried tho as I know this time only last for a blink and even when I'm tired the sleepy snuggles are still some of my favorite times of the day.
We brought a highchair (one of the only items we have brought new!) Although we are not actively weaning just yet.
He is however really interested in our food now, and grabs at our food and watches us intently when we're eating.
Noah rolls over on the floor so gets frustrated on his playmat after a while, rolling over and getting annoyed he tries to sit himself up on his bouncer chair and almost topples out of it,
So recently brought a play nest from a secondhand facebook selling site, I love these they really are fantastic and Mikey loved his all them years ago. It is a good safe place where he can practice sitting and can grab and reach his toys a bit easier.
Clothing still pretty much is babygrows, (with the odd dungaree outfit creeping in) he fits comfortable in 6-9 months and some 9-12 months! He is still in size 4 nappies and we finally got round to weighing him at a drop in session, he was 18lb 5oz at 17 weeks.
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