Well, Pup will be the BIG 1 tomorrow. I have to admit to being a bit teary about it too. Stupid huh? I guess it took so long for us to get pg and stay pg and now the first year has just blown by and now I look at him and he is a little boy. Not a baby anymore. He is starting to exert his independance and buggar off to anyone who tries to help! I am so glad that we have a digital camera and have taken 100's of photos of him throughout the year. I was looking at them yesterday and today (see why below) and all those memories came flooding back. Especially the ones of his birth. Oh dear, I'm snivelling again.....!!!!
As to why I was looking at his photos; I have done a few posters of him for his birthday. I got some big A0 size card from the newsagents and I have broken them up into "Birth", "up to 3 months", "3 - 6 months", "6 - 9 months" "9 months to 1st birthday". for each one, I have put corrosponding photos and snippets of info (eg: I laughed for the first time, I had solids for the first time, I have 2 teeth etc..). I have kept a diary since I was pg and everytime something of note happens, (such as a tooth appearing), I write it down. So it wasn't that hard to get all the info together. Just time consuming. Anyway, it's done now and I also decorated a party hat for him in the primary colours of his invitation. I am going to completely update his website, so I'll put photos of the posters on there. I'll let you all know.
I got the fright of my life today. And this harks back to the conversation of Kates about forgetting to put the sides up ont he cot. I put Pup down for his sleep this morning and then went outside to mow the lawns. I came back inside about 40 mintues later and went in his bedroom and there was NO BABY IN THE COT!!!!:eek: I nearly died. I tentatively looked beside on side of the cot and no baby. I called out his name and saw his head pop up around the other side of the cot where he was quite happily playing with some toys. When I looked around the room, he had been having a wonderful time and the change table contents (creams, cotton buds, nappies etc) were EVERYWHERE. I then could not recall what I had done - I was still in a state of shock. But I remember putting him in the cot and giving him a toy to play with. I thought I put the side up on the cot, but I couldn't have, as there is no way he could get the side down himself (I don't think). So he's obviously fallen out or climbed out somehow. I reckon he's toppled out 'cause he can't stand by himself yet, so I can't see he climbing out. OMG!! But, tough buggar that he is, there was no evidence of tears, no attempt to get out of the room (he could have just opened the door which was ajar), and not a scratch, bump or bruise on him. Maybe he levitated out of the cot!?? At any rate, I've checked on him 10 times tonight. And his afternoon sleep was uneventful. I was so upset - I felt like a terrible mum and I cried to my mum.
And I am in the TWW (not that I feel I deserve another baby after what happened today!)
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