Brooke - it is around 21 degrees everyday, so quite pleasant at the moment.
Seeing as you asked...
Al is going well. He is still on a morning bottle and evening bottle.
He eats well which is great. He is insisting on having a spoon or fork and feeding himself, but not much gets in that way. His way of saying he doesn't want more of something is still to throw it on the floor. Often food he doesn't fancy goes directly from plate to the floor! He still loves tipping his water over and making little puddles whenever he can.
He loves rolling things around the ground- whether its a ball, a plastic bottle, cars ...whatever he gets hold of he throws and sees how far it will go on rolling. His favourite activity is to push a toy tractor around the playground. If he can get it on the right angle, he can go round and round the playground for an hour while I am able to relax! He is enjoying looking at books and I've had to remove some of the bed time story books from reach as he has begun to destroy them unintentionally.
He gives me hell on the stairs most of the time. He can't make up his mind if he wants to do it alone or if I should carry him. It is quite frustrating as we have 3 flights to deal with and I am usually carrying something else as well.
Sleeping is on the whole much better than ever, he is finally learning to re-settle himself without a drama so I am getting up much less.
Tantrums generally consist of stamping his feet, sort of like running on the spot. Its quite cute, for now.
Heather - join the fat tummy club! Its scary how fast that can happen!Good to hear you have some early symptoms.