I like the snow (if I have a belly full of food!)

So Tom has had an up and down week. He spent most of it ill, but with nothing obvious. It was really strange, he certainly wasn't himself and refused to eat, unless it was something sweet, when he would eat and eat and eat! What do I do, give him lots of sweet things, or try to starve him into eating something good? He wouldn't even eat anything normal at nursery, so something was definitely up. I ended up calling the Doctor for advice, he said to give him the food he wanted so he had 'fuel' to fight whatever was wrong, and to call back in 2 day's time if he still wasn't eating, so that is what I did.

We had a turning point on Thursday, where suddenly he perked up and wanted to eat me out of house and home. We went to Jungleland as always for Breastfeeding group where he ate some sausages (yes you read right - sausages), a fruit bar, a satsuma, a sandwich and a huge tea cake - definitely on the mend I think, although he was still grizzly and cried at the slightest thing!

Friday we went round to see Sammie, Jen and Sophie and once again Tom ate them out of house and home - this time with chicken nuggets, he ate 7 - yes SEVEN of them along with some toast, but ignored the beans and scrambled eggs. He then demolished a whole bowl of fruit and some chocolate. Sammie now doesn't believe me when I say I have the baby that doesn't eat - she just says that obviously I don't feed him!

We've just come back from lunch at The Malthouse in Ironbridge - Matt Young Translation's Family Christmas Do. Once again Tom ate and ate and ate - demolishing his garlic bread along with some more sausages and eating half my winter berry crumble and custard. He is certainly making up for last week (although I have a feeling that he is now eating meat and not eating vegetables - he has refused every vegetable I've given him this week!) He didn't seem to mind the cold and snow after lunch either, something to do with a nice warm belly full of food. Took us an hour to get home, mainly to do with drivers that shouldn't be attempting to drive in this weather (snow)- why does everyone drive so slowly and then suddenly stop for no reason - no wonder the roads jam, thankfully we have 4 wheel drive so didn't have too much trouble negotiating the roads!

We were going to Haddenham tomorrow to see Amber and exchange Christmas pressies, but don't think we will be going now, likelihood of getting stuck is too high. Not sure what we are going to do with Tom this afternoon either, he doesn't like staying in but in this weather there really is very little that you can do - other than Jungleland or Quackers.

Oh, and the separation anxiety is back - such a pain, Tom is crying quite a bit at the moment. Let's hope it is a short phase, it is hard work - even trying to get the laundry in the washing machine is a bit of a trauma at the moment!