Chilli on a Hot Day

Had a good night, with Tom waking at 2.40 for feeding and then 6.50 when he was chattering to himself until I went in to feed him at 7. Today dawned sunshine and blue sky, again!!!

Did our usual morning thing. Then went to Donnington Minis at 10.30. Turned up, to find the Health Visitor doing baby massage. I didn't have oil with me so couldn't join in, however, as we are doing a course anyway it wasn't a problem. In fact, I didn't think she did a very good job, so am glad we have paid to have private lessons, they are very enjoyable as we do them with the NCT crowd anyway - it's always fun to meet up with them, time always flies.

Talking of NCT meet ups, after group, we went to pick up Seren and Michelle to go to Rachel and Oliver's. Rachel had promised to host a meeting for a while and today was the big day. Errol had made a huge chilli for the event which was delicious (thanks Errol). Once again, time flew. Everyone was looking very summery today - in fact most babies, including Tom spent the day just in nappies. Mind you, can't blame them it was pretty hot today, Rachel's thermometer registered 30 degrees.

Tom started off grumpy, but cheered up as the afternoon went on, he played very nicely and also managed to almost roll on his side again - he is sooooo close. He still hates being on his front though and still hasn't worked out that he needs to lean on his arms! All the babies were there - funny, every single one looks like their dad - regardless of them being male or female. Everyone has grown so much, they are all developing, although the month's difference between them still shows, not so much in growth, but in developmental stages.

Before we knew it, it was approaching 5pm, so we said our goodbyes and returned home for a kick in the garden before bathtime.

Sorry no pic today - forgot!

Lost!

With yet another beautiful day on the cards, today's plan was to be out of the house early, do an 8 mile walk from the village of Barthomley and then have lunch at the excellent pub there.
It all started off well, and we were walking by 9:15, but that was as good as it got. Either the local farmers have rearranged the fields or the narrative in our guide was badly wrong, but we ended up completely lost in a large field. Tom also picked this moment to have a complete paddy.
If it had just been us, I would have blamed it on poor map-reading, but we ended up with another hiker who was equally perplexed. Eventually, we asked a local resident who sent us on our way, but it soon became apparent that she had no idea where she lived. At this point we gave up and navigated our way back to Barthomley by the noise of the traffic on the M6.
This meant that we were back at the pub 45 minutes before it even opened, so we cut our losses and headed to the village of Marbury (near Whitchurch), where we remembered having a good pub meal once before. The grub was good this time too, but we found ourselves sharing a bar with a crowd of complete in-breds. I tried to see how many fingers some of them had, but I couldn't count quickly enough. There were also 3 old ladies at the table next to us who had clearly had several sherries too many each and threatened to drag me up for a dance. To cap it all, the (very well-upholstered) barmaid was wearing a ridiculously low-slung dress which left NOTHING to the imagination when she reached down to pull a pint. Strange morning.

We then drove home and spent most of the afternoon in the garden doing not much. Tom sat very happily in his Bumbo seat, I read some magazines and drank home-brew, and Jodie kept jumping up and annoying us.
We managed to squeeze in a couple of the races from today's MotoGP meet before giving Tom his bath and his bottle, then had dinner in the garden.

Summer is Here!

Not a very good last night. Tom had me up at 1.40 for feeding, and then was up at 3.00, 3,30, 4,00, 4.30 (tried feeding at this stage to see if it made any difference), 5.00, 6.00 and 6.30. Of course by the time it came to 7.00 he was asleep - typical. His Dad managed to sleep through everything as well - humph!!!

Another beautiful day, so I dressed Tom in his first T-Shirt and shorts set. Didn't bother with a vest today - he was so hot and grumpy yesterday. Did our usual morning thing, but all a bit later than usual as I didn't get him up until 7.30. We then went to Newport (Somerfield are selling lamb legs at less than half price) and had lunch in the garden of The Fox - very nice, quite a few children and a set of twins a little older than Tom were there.

The afternoon saw us off to Dudley for a meeting of the Jet Alumni. We were entertained in the garden by Helen and Alan's little son, Ziyoun who was lovely and kept telling everyone to be quiet (when Tom was asleep) or to be careful (when Tom was on the grass). Very sweet. We were treated to Japanese curry before heading back home for bath and bed.

Hot and Grumpy

Tom was an absolute gem last night. He fell asleep before finishing his bottle which is normally a problem. He woke at 1.40 for feeding and then we didn't hear from him at all. In fact I went in at 7am to check he was ok, and found him just waking up. So, we all had a good night's sleep.

Did our usual thing in the morning. Tom had a longer than usual morning nap - was asleep from 8.30 to 10.00. We then went to breast feeding group. Had a good time, there were four babies there all the same age - Tom included, which was nice (he was the biggest of course!)

Came back, had lunch. We were going to visit Carol at General, but she wasn't in, so we sat out in the garden. Tom had a sleep at 2pm and then we went on a jaunt to Asda to pick up some bits and pieces for the weekend. He wasn't his usual well behaved self, I think maybe because it is hot and he was hot!

Jude and Richard popped in around 4.30. Unfortunately Tom was in grizzling mode as he was due a sleep, so cuddles didn't go too well.

As you can see from the pic, Tom is getting better on his front, but still has to concentrate hard, and only lasts about 2 minutes.

Cheeky Monkeys

Had another OK night. Tom woke at midnight for feeding. He was then awake again at 5.30, 6.00 and 6.30. However, I managed to hold off until 7am before getting him up.

Did our usual morning thing. At 10am we left the house for Trentham - where we met Debbie and Luke at the monkey forest. Luke enjoyed the monkeys so much at Blackpool Zoo, that Debbie thought it a good idea to bring him here. He certainly did enjoy it - more than Tom, who fell asleep as soon as we entered the monkey enclosure! There were plenty of monkeys everywhere, all looking very non plussed by the hordes of visitors gawping at them. Most were asleep or sitting not doing very much. It was nice to be so close to them.

Once we had done a circuit we had lunch. Debbie being ultra prepared had sandwiches with her. Me being the usual me had nothing, so had to queue to get some sandwiches. Very frustrating as the service was far from efficient - I almost put my BaxterStorey hat on to start planning how to do things differently so service would be quicker, menu more varied, layout better etc.

Had a nice long lunch, chatting with Debbie. Tom was too interested in what was going on to feed properly - had to feed him in two sessions! Once Luke had had a play on the slides and satisfied himself watching other people etc, he decided he wanted to go to see the monkeys again, which we did. This time we saw a monkey with it's 3 day old baby - very cute. Tom once again missed everything as he fell asleep!

Soon it was 3pm and time to say goodbye to Debbie and Luke and make our way back home before the rush hour started. Got home in time for Tom to have a kick about in the garden before bathtime.

Tom had another good night, waking at 1.30am for feeding and then again at 6.30 - but managed to hold him off until 7.00. Having proudly boasted that I haven't leaked at night for a good fortnight, I woke this morning in a lake of cold milk - yuck! I think Tom was grizzling through the monitor whilst I was asleep and I reacted! Typical we had nice new clean sheets on the bed as well!!!!

Morning was spent doing our usual Wednesday routine: Asda to pick up some bits and pieces, library to get Tom some more library books for story time and then baby clinic for weighing. He is now 15lb 13oz.

Spent some time convincing Tom that he wanted to have his lunchtime nap, but won in the end. Once rested, I tried him on his bumbo again - he managed about 5 minutes which is a great improvement on previous attempts.

2pm saw us visiting Kamila. She is now 6 months pregnant and full of questions. Tom was well behaved until he decided to do a massive poo! It was his third of the day and must be his last. It was a good one, exploded through his nappy, up his back etc. Vest was completely ruined and is in the bin. Anyway a great education for Kamila, now she knows what to expect!

Dinosaurs are Great

Had a good night, Tom woke at 2.40 for feeding and then again at 6.00. I managed to convince him to go back to sleep until 7am. As you can see he was wearing a rather splendid sleep suit last night, covered in colourful dinosaurs, from his Devon Granma.

This morning we had an appointment with the Registrar regarding Tom's naming ceremony. We have been given the structure for the ceremony, we now need to decide what we want and who we want to do it - internet research definitely the order of the day.

12.00 saw us in the Golf Club in Muxton for lunch. A number of dads were free and as we were doing baby massage, it was a great opportunity for them to keep out of our hair and have a drink. Baby massage was good, included some bits on their front which was interesting. Sam was fantastic on his front. Tom did ok for about 15 minutes and then started to cry so we improvised and watched the rest of the session.

Got home around 4pm, Matt had just made it back and was happily full of beer. I think we will definitely be revisiting the Golf Club again for lunch and tag it on to a Granville walk, food was good and the service quite speedy.

Tom was pretty happy for the rest of the day before going to his daddy for his bedtime routine.

The Boys in Bed

Tom slept very well last night, must have been his long walk yesterday. He woke at 3.30 for feeding, then 6.30 - I asked him for 3o more minutes, but he went back to sleep so I had to wake him up again!

Did the usual morning things, then after his nap we decided to brave the weather (very cloudy and threatening rain) and explore Telford Town Park a little more. Neither of us had realised that there is more to it than the playgrounds (which have been spruced up big time, so next time we have children to stay we can revisit) - there are miles and miles of walks and Wonderland which includes Crazy Golf, an indoor soft play area and lots of other things which I'm sure we will explore when Tom gets older.

Had a scoot around The Range and Lidl before coming home for lunch. Then Matt went to work whilst I baby sat. Tom was very grumpy and very hungry today. I fed him more times than usual. When he wasn't feeding he was crying! I tried massage, but only got half way through before he started to cry, so I gave up! One thing I did notice today was that he has started rolling on his side. I had the TV on when he was on his playmat, he obviously wanted to watch it as he rolled on his side to do so. He wasn't completely on his side, but almost.

Daddy did his usual bedtime routine. Unusually for Tom, he needed settling twice between 7 and 8, but did eventually drop off. I'm wondering if he is having a growth spurt?

6 miles with a 16 pound pack

Just look at that weather! Far too good to waste, so we decided to do a hike. Given that we hadn't gone for a proper hike with Tom yet, we thought we'd better start with something fairly unthreatening and picked out a 6 mile walk through Farndon and Chirton (near Chester). Flat it may have been, but far more scenic than we'd expected. As I'm fairly out of shape just now, I thought 6 miles of lugging his lordship round might do for my legs, but in fact it was surprisingly easy. Or should I wait until tomorrow before proclaiming myself pain-free? Nik & I had a nice lunch at a pleasant hostelry in Chirton and Tom had 10 minutes of the usual in the back of the car once we'd finished.

We were planning to visit Cheshire Farms (ice cream paradise) on the way back, but a text from Paul at no. 53 informed us that a BBQ was being held this evening out the front, so we decided to come straight home.

I did a bit of work on my little car while Tom had another feed and then filled his nappy pretty much to bursting point. He's been due a monster for a couple of weeks now, so it was bound to happen at some point.

The BBQ went very well, and we think we spotted another step in Tom's development. Grace, Hannah & Rebecca from down the road waved at him, and he waved back. If he'd done it just once, you'd have to say it was coincidence, but he did it 3 or 4 times. Progress? Anyway, he was very well-behaved and charmed everyone.

Bumbo!

Was up at 2am, 5am and 6am before admitting defeat at 6.30. Today dawned bright so we decided to take Tom out. As Canal Street has opened up at Blists Hill we thought we would have a wander and see if the new fish and chip shop was in operation.

The place was the fullest we have ever seen it, had to park in the overflow car park. However, it was Queen Victoria's birthday today so it was to be expected. There were lots of people in character including one brave lady riding around on a penny farthing. First stop was a Punch and Judy show, which to our surprise we found very entertaining. It did catch Tom's attention as well.

The fish and chip shop was open and we were first in the queue at 11.30 to get our fish and chips (since Tom arrived, we seem to be up and doing things much earlier than we used to - and that includes lunch!) Was very tasty, but very bad for us as they were using proper lard for frying. We then went down the bottom of the hill to see what else was new. At this stage Matt noticed that the pram was getting very difficult to push, and then I noticed a drawing pin in the front tyre, which had totally deflated.

We exited shortly afterwards and went straight to Halfords to buy a puncture repair kit. We also visited Mothercare as we got £30 of vouchers in the post today (reward for setting up Child Trust Fund). I was going to buy Tom a mobile, but the mobiles seemed to be of poor quality and astonishing prices so we walked out disappointed.

Got home, gave Tom his feed, played for a little while before putting him down for his 2pm nap. I also felt very tired, and as Matt had gone for a spin on his motorbike, I decided to have a nap too. Once we had all woken up, we walked down to the butchers (found a new footpath meaning we don't have to walk on the main road at all) to get some dinner in.

On our return I gave Tom a full massage, and managed until 5.45 until he started grizzling again which is good going.

Today's pic - Tom's head control is getting better and better, which means he is tolerating being in the bumbo a bit better each day. His limit is about 4 minutes, but I'm sure it will increase in time.

Grumpy Tom

Didn't have the best night. Tom woke me up at 12.00, 1.00, 3.00, 5.00 and 6.00 - I guess you can't have it good all the time! I gave up at 6.30 and got up and fed him etc.

Did our usual morning thing, he didn't go to sleep until 9am which is late for him! I used the time well - unloaded dishwasher, put laundry on, and confirmed the booking of the skittles alley for the 1st. I also did some research into cake decorating today and have found a course that will teach the basics.

Tom is not his best today, quite grumpy and vomity - he soaked me and the sofa many times! Went to Breast Feeding Group - where he continued to be grumpy and then fell asleep. Came home, picked up Matt and went into Newport for lunch at The Barley, where he was very well behaved, full of smiles for the waitresses - typical. Went for a browse round the shops and bumped into Sam and Amanda.

The afternoon was spent feeding, sleeping and crying. Unfortunately there was a lot of crying, he just didn't seem to be happy at all. I tried giving him a full body massage which worked for about 15 minutes, but then he started crying again. I hugged him, read to him, sang to him, walked round with him, but he just wouldn't be comforted. I was very relieved when it came to 6pm and I could hand him over to Matt. Let's hope he sleeps whatever is bothering him off.

Today's pic - I wanted to get a picture of him doing his new trick I described yesterday. As you can see he is concentrating really hard. I think he managed it for about 2 minutes, but then he was grumpy today so anything was a bonus!

If Simon can do it, I can do it too...

Another good night. Tom woke at 3am for feeding, then again at 6.30, once again I managed to convince him to go back to sleep until 7am. Did our usual morning things and he went back to sleep at 9.00.

Spent a while on the phone arranging a Waterbabies course for Tom (we are going to Shrewsbury on Saturdays so both of us get a chance to be in the water with him) which made us a little late for 0-6s at Oakengates. Caroline was there with Simon (5 months) who has always been smaller than Tom. However, he is now being weaned and is able to hold himself up on his front for quite a while. Tom not being outdone actually managed to copy Simon and held himself up on his front as well, only for about 2 minutes, but a great start. I've been showing him what to do for ages, but it hadn't clicked, I guess seeing another baby do it helped. I will do my best to remember to put him on his front now every day to get his muscles stronger. I'll try to get a photo tomorrow if he does it again...

After lunch, Tom had a sleep and then I did a full massage on Tom. He seemed to enjoy it, definitely better behaved than at the lesson yesterday, excusing the fact he weed on me twice! He was quite chilled afterwards, so we went down to Asda to post some letters and pick up some bits and pieces before returning home. He had another nap in his pram and then we spent the rest of the day reading books, swinging in the kitchen and kicking in the bedroom.

Raspberries and Fur - Tom is Developing!

Last night was good. Tom was up at 1am for feeding and then didn't wake until 6am. I managed to convince him to go back to sleep, so he didn't wake again until I walked in his room at 7.20. Did usual morning things, and then he was back asleep at 8.30.

Once he was up again we went out to do our chores. Asda for Weetabix for Matt (and yes I managed to go there and just buy Weetabix - how good am I?), Post Office to send parcel off to Clare, Library to extend lending time for a book for me (funny don't seem to have much time to read books these days!). I also enrolled Tom, so he has his first piece of plastic and his first library books. Next stop was baby clinic - he's back to his old ways again, he has gained 10oz this week and is now weighing 15lb 8oz.

Returned home, he was still fast asleep in the pram so I took the opportunity to get some bits and pieces done as this afternoon we are off to Amanda's for our next session of baby massage.

Development wise Tom does seem to be changing all the time. He now blows raspberries when happy and he has started grabbing things. Problem is that his hands are so small that it is hard to find something small enough for him to grab, although we have discovered that he is good at pulling Jodie's fur out!!!! Jodie to date has been very good with him, she spat at him when the fur pulling incident happened which is fair enough. She hasn't tried to scratch him which is great - it was a worry as Jodie hasn't really shown herself to be baby / child friendly in the past.

Massage session went ok. Tom started to grizzle half way through it, I ended up having to massage him sitting up. Basically he is too nosey and his boredom threshold is too low for him to cope being on his back for so long. We missed a bit of the massage, but not too much and anyway I have the notes, so I should be able to catch up between now and the next session.

Tom then had his usual grizzling period between 5 and 6 before his bed time routine. Initally he refused to go to sleep, but after a cuddle and a story he seemed to relax and we didn't hear from him again.

Today's pic - Tom in his spotty dog outfit - will probably be the last time he wears it as he is growing so much. This is Matt's favourite.

Grizzly Tom

Mum and Dad babysat last night, so Matt and I went out to The White House as recommended by Michelle for May Madness - 2 three course dinners and a bottle of wine for £30. Very good, we were stuffed, but happy and it is nice to have a leisurely meal out.

Tom woke at 1am for a feed, and then again at 5am. At 5, I thought I would see if I could encourage him to go back to sleep again without feeding, which I managed, although he was awake again at 6.30 and refused to go back to sleep. So I was up and feeding him for 6.45.

Took him down to Mum and Dad at 7.30 for their last morning play with him. He didn't last long and was back in bed at 8.15! We had our breakfast together and then said goodbye to mum and dad, were sorry to see them go as usual.

Tom and I went to visit Carol at General, then we came home for lunch. Tom was a little grizzly today (missing his Granma and Pop Pop?), so I decided to give him a massage. Went well - of course I missed his big wee! However, 30 minutes later he was grizzling again, so I decided to take him out to Asda for a walk. As is usual for our walks, he was very well behaved, however, on our return home, he started grizzling again. Not much I could do, I tried reading to him, singing to him (big screams!), cuddling him, but he was determined to be grumpy. I guess he needed to sleep, but couldn't get off.

6pm came along and Matt took him through his bedtime routine - first time he's done it since Thursday!

Sorry, no pic today - forgot again, although I'm sure Granma and Pop Pop may have one they can send me?

First Trip Without Mum and Dad

Had another good night, Tom woke around 6am and was talking to himself for a while. However, he must have fell asleep again as I had to wake him at 7.15 for his breakfast. He was full of smiles as he got washed and dressed, but became solemn and went back to sleep early.

When he woke again he was solemn again. Mum and Dad went to Asda, whilst I tried to remember what I learnt on Friday and massage him. Went ok, although he started crying at the end and peed big time over the towel! However, he went straight to sleep afterwards, so I guess I must have done something right.

As the weather was miserable and rainy mum and dad thought it unwise to take Tom for a walk, so we gave them a quick crash course on the car seat and pram and some thawed milk and they went off to Cosford, whilst I went to get my hair cut, dropped into Telford to buy some new jeans, did some vacuuming and went to the Drs. Felt very strange to be without Tom - the longest I have been without him ever!

Came home to find Tom after having a good time in Cosford. Gave him a quick feed. He then went straight into grizzly mode before his bath.

Rain Rain Go Away

We all had a good sleep last night. Tom didn't demand feeding until 4am and then stayed asleep until 7am. Got him up, gave him a leisurely breakfast on the bed, before taking him down to play with Granma and Pop Pop.

We decided over breakfast to go to the Trentham Estate to wander round the Italian Gardens, or if it decided to rain, amble through the garden centre and retail village. Guess what - it rained!!!! In fact it rained so hard that we were prisonners in the car for a good 10 minutes on arrival. First stop was the coffee shop so we could all have a drink. We then looked around the shop - I fell in love with a fantastic froggie machintosh for Tom, but as it was age 3, I left it behind (but I have made note in my memory!)

The weather cheered up so we had a walk around the outside plant section. We then had a look in the shops - I got some rum flavoured cider for Matt to sample from the foodie shop. We then had lunch whilst looking at the weather to decide whether to go into the gardens or not. We decided not - the clouds were grey and threatening. Instead, there was a free craft show so we wandered around that. Dad even met some ex clients of his there.

As we returned to the car, the heavens opened, so we had made the right decision. Returned home, Mum and Dad spent most of the afternoon playing with Tom, which he really enjoyed. It's great for him having other people to play and interact with - he was all smiles all day.

North to Southport?

Tom was up at 6am - I brought him into bed with me until 7 (Matt's in London, so I was happy to have a bed mate in the morning) He fed once last night (at 1am) but the bugger also got me up at 3am - he was crying, so I got up. In the time it took me to get to his room (about 30 seconds) he fell asleep - the little bugger!!!!

As mum and dad are up, we thought it would be nice to introduce Tom to Great Great Aunty Shelm and Great Great Uncle Bob, and yes the two greats are very necessary when you are mum and have been teased by Bob for many years!

As Tom was up early, he fell asleep early and was back in bed around 8am. We took the opportunity to have breakfast. By the time he woke up we were ready to head to Southport. OK journey - too many trucks and dawdlers - but that's always the case. Shelm was overjoyed to see Tom, was very gooey - couldn't keep her eyes off him. Bob was charmed as well. Tom behaved himself very well, adding to his spell over them.

They took us to a carvery for lunch, during which Tom slept in his pram - what an angel, only waking for dessert (hummm - I wonder if he has a sweet tooth?). To ensure his daily burst of fresh air we took him for a walk around a pond and then for a blow along the beach - his first sandy beach. We returned to Shelm and Bob's for tea and a bun, before heading back to Telford. Tom got a little upset on our return, but thinking about it - this was his longest day in the car - 4 hours, so can't really complain. He was in the bath immediately on his return, then Granma fed him and read him his story before he zonked out!

Baby Massage

Today we had a relatively busy day. Tom was up early at 6am this morning which was fortunate as his feeding needed to be brought forward by an hour so that he was ready for baby massage at 10.30.

I picked up Michelle and Seren as the weather was so rubbish and drove to Amanda's as she and Sam are hosting the baby massage course that Michelle kindly arranged for us. The course was really good, we spent a good 30 mins massaging our baby's legs, feet and bums. I really enjoyed it and think Tom enjoyed it as well - can't say that he relaxed during it - he was too busy kicking and watching other people, however, afterwards, he was the first baby to fall asleep.

Amanda provided a great lunch and we all caught up. Our babies have really changed since our last time at Amanda's they all seem to be levelling out weight wise, apart from Sam who is racing ahead at 18lb.

Got home at 3pm, Mum and Dad arrived at 4pm. Had a chat, whilst Tom cried - refusing to sleep whilst tired! At 6pm, Mum and Dad took Tom upstairs for bath, feed, story and bed. He soaked them in the bathroom (that's my boy!) went down without too much problem.

Breast Feeding is BEST

Night time went well last night. Tom only woke once at 3.30 for a feed and went straight back to sleep. Matt didn't stir either so we all woke up happy.

Had a busy day today. 10am saw us at the Oakengates Under Ones club. Had a lovely time there, most the babies are now around Tom's age, and I know most of the mums quite well to be able to have good chats. Rose is going back to work tomorrow - how scary is that? Can't imagine having to do that at this stage, I consider myself very lucky.

Rushed back home, had lunch and then headed to Telford Town Centre. This week is Breast Feeding Awareness Week and as I go to the support group, I had been asked to visit the stand in the shopping mall to support the team, which I did, along with all the other mums from the group. Had long conversations with some of the team there and wrote an essay on improvements to breast feeding support I think would be helpful to mums to encourage them to carry on breast feeding after hospital. It is something I feel very strongly about, although I do realise that I have been lucky with Tom - he hasn't caused me any real problems.

Next stop was Asda to get in some food for Granma and Pop Pop who are arriving tomorrow. Unfortunately Tom decided he was hungry as soon as we arrived there, so I fed him in the back of the car before putting him in his sling to cart round Asda. He was a very happy soul bobbing up and down as I walked up and down the aisles. Didn't get home until gone 4pm - very late for us.

Rosy Cheeks

Tom had me up twice again during the night: at 1am - he just needed comforting to go back to sleep and then again at 4am when he needed feeding.

We were up as usual just past 7am. Morning is a good time for Tom, he is always very happy - full of grins and wriggling like a mad man - it's always fun to get him up, washed and dressed. Just as well, otherwise it would be a real chore getting up at 7am every morning.

We didn't really do that much today. Normally we would have gone to see Carol, but the Japanese are over, so thought it wise to steer clear. Instead we went to Asda to pick up some groceries and then to baby clinic for weighing.

Tom only put on 1oz this week, so is now 14lb 12oz. However, I wasn't surprised, he did go off his food after his jabs and he did sleep through the night 4 days in a row. In fact he hardly asked for food the whole week - it was always me going to him.

Spent the afternoon with Tom, trying to get him to sleep for longer than 30 mins at a go so I could do something productive. I did manage to make some flapjacks and gingerbread for the girls on Friday, so not too bad.

He looks very rosy cheeked in the the photo - I think probably because I took it directly after a feed.