Coughing

Mikey now has a new trick... He has mastered the art of the most pathetic cough you have ever heard and he started this cough just after 6 this morning and kept it going until 7ish when we stuck a bottle in his mouth which did at least stop the coughing for a while!!

Andy has also broken his car again! He decided on Wednesday that I was in no way in a fit state to drive myself and Mikey to Nanny and Gandad's so he would drop us of on his way to work, that bit worked fine but the car decided to break down as he tried to park it at the office! He got it towed home and found my spare keys and drove my car back to collect us (my keys were safe in my hand bag rather than leave them in the house for any burglar to find!) So We then had to get the car seat into the back of my car and me folded into the moved forward passenger seat... I so need a larger car but no chance of one of those at any time in the foreseeable future. But when I picked my car last year there was no inkling of a Mikey on the horizon so that possibility wasn't even considered!

Tonight is Andy's infamous Murder Mystery Party... It has already been hit by the weather with 1 charachter pulling out as her babysitter has backed out due to the possibility of snow or something (I admit I wasn't really listening to him that hard!!) I think I'm looking forward to it - so long as I'm not the murderer and I manage to stay warm enough...I may have to add a jumper to my outfit somehow! Shame I don't have one in the right colour though! If anyone has a purple jumper I can borrow please let me know asap!

THe last 12 months...

I've just been reading my entry for Remembrance Day last year.... it was actually the 12th of November and I was moaning that I wanted a baby an there was no sign or chance I was going to get or have one! How little did I know! That was a Thursday and I did a test on the Saturday and found out I was expecting the little bundle we currently have bouncing in a chair right here now! How things change when you don't expect them to!! The last year has not been easy but I wouldn't change it and I would not want to change Mikey at all, I love him to bits and at the moment he and Daddy are playing with a teddy dressed as a devil (I wouldn't ask!!) as he was such a good boy during the 2 minutes silence  - just 1 tiny quizzical noise just before it ended, really not bad for a 21 week old baby!!

Yesterday was my first full day away without Mikey... It was tough. I only phoned twice, which I was quite proud of, Andy sounded fairly calm but kept telling me he was crying and that didn't help! Luckily at the first call I made was from Sutton Valence and couldn't drop everything and rush back! It probably did Mikey good to have a break from me too if I'm honest!

Something must have changed as he didn't wake up until 8.20 this morning so by the time his bottle was ready didn't have breakfast until nearly 9.00!!  But he seems very happy so I'm not going to worry! And he's still bouncing as he watches the march past at the Cenotaph...his timing is pretty good to be honest! But I don't really want to encourage him to join the armed forces if I'm honest... after all I'm afraid he will always be my baby however big he gets....

Headache cure

I've found a wonderful headache cure...unfortunately I have a feeling the NHS won't agree to fund it for me as it is basically me spending 3 hours at the hairdressers being pampered... which is what I've done this afternoon! The only other possible other down side is I would eventually run out of hair - I know mine grows fast but it doesn't grow that fast! Today was a temporary colour (which only lasts a couple of shampoos and a cut & blow dry) But I spent 3 hours there and I did miss Mikey but I also had 3 hours of just being me! Something I haven't done since June really and if I'm honest something I needed to do for my sanity.

The solid food thing had a bit of a break yesterday, I decided I couldn't face another highchair battle and the seat we had been using for feeding was in the back of Daddys car for some reason so Mummy took the easy option and we stuck to bottles... the nice blonde nurse in creche fed Mikey much earlier than I was expecting so we had an extra bottle to fit in but I don't think he was too bothered! The only problem was the odd bang from fireworks, he wasn't upset he just seemed to be a little annoyed every so often. More I think as he didn't know what it was all about, rather than being scared or worried! I think we'll wait until next year before we take him to an organised event  and he really isn't big enough for sparklers yet... But Mummy may have to have 1 or 2 after he has gone to bed!!

5th Month

We've now had Mikey for nearly 5 months...to be exact he's 19 weeks old! But if I'm honest I find it hard to remember life without him now. At the moment he is sat on my lap screaming! It is very difficult to ignore him at times like this!

One bottle demolished and a happy baby is now bouncing in his chair with Freddie the Firefly (Lamaze toys are wonderful) who currently goes everywhere with Mikey and has bells and wonderful crinkle material wings and lots of 'bits' that are perfectly designed for small hands and fingers to grab. I have a feeling a couple more Lamaze toys may be delivered by Father Christmas this year as Mikey would most certainly welcome them! The advantage of Lamaze is although the toys make noise it isn't horrifically loud! Even when Mikey really lets rip it is still bearable!

We have now been having one solid meal per day for a week! I'm learning fast that baby food is not clothing friendly in colour! Especially those that contain carrot... I'm not sure the bib from Lunchtime will EVER the same! I will admit that Mummy has tried a few of the foods he's had... the apple cookie crumble (which Mikey didn't like) was delicious! I'm not so sure about todays but he loved it!