gee, there was a time not so long ago that I was the bb-babbler and only Jess could out-babble me... but time gets away from me so easily now! I have been having The Nights From Hell, followed by The Mornings From Hell, followed by The Afternoon From Hell, followed by the same thing again. Would anyone like a monster-bebe? I have one going cheap. Just in time for Christmas?! hmm.. I'm kidding, really I am. Or am I?
Seriously, why did DS have to learn to crawl? And now he's figured out that he can get from sitting upright to onto his hands and knees and crawling out the door in less time than it takes me to go to the toilet! And considering I thought myself to be pretty efficient in that regards (having had 35 seconds to myself in 6 months...) that's a bit frightening.
We've been having such a hard time getting him to sleep at night. He goes to bed easily, after a bit of fuss, then wakes up every few minutes for an hour or more. Every time, he screams and cries and carries on like a pork chop till he's hyperventilating, but as soon as you pick him up he laughs and wiggles like a demon child. And then he does it again 3 hours later, and then 2 hours after that. This morning at 4:45 I was standing in the rain with DS in his pram, bringing the washing in off the clothesline. He was squealing with joy the whole time!! mental... then today at the shopping centre he starts squealing and screeching like I'm torturing him. OK, the muzak was pretty awful, but still... He's also decided to drop his morning nap, so all in all, I LOOK LIKE DEATH.
I wont even start on what state my house is in.

Um, blood test results... "something viral" is all the Dr could put it down to. Vaccinations is my diagnosis, and I'm sticking to that. Dr tended to agree with me, which was surprising. But DS is otherwise a healthy, happy, bouncing baby until he's hit with half a dozen live viruses in one hit. No wonder his immune system went haywire.

So aside from all this mayhem and chaos, I've been manically trying to get stuff sorted for our holiday, along with all the cancellation and insurance BS from our trip to Africa that isn't happening. It's depressing, the idiocy and incompetency you get from some people, and they have absolutely no excuse. If I can still remain coherent on the phone after no sleep and while being beaten about the head by a boofhead baby, there's no reason some dipstick airline employee can't process a simple request for a standard form. oh, but that's another thread isn't it? argh.

Enough about me and my mess.

Jess - OMG, you poor thing! That's so upsetting... I would have given DP a smack and sent him to bed without dinner. Yes, DP! I probably would have tied DS to the clothes line and hosed him down. I hope Tiahna's finger is ok, poor little chicken. Sent you a msg on facebook about all the other stuff. Be safe, yeah?

Bec - I just gave DS the avocado out of my sushi roll, being careful not to get any mayo on it. I mashed it up on my plate, and DP freaked coz he thought I was giving DS wasabi!! hey, now there's a thought... ooh stop that NaNa! wicked mummy!! I have just given him porridge (oats and millet), sweet potato, apple, apricots, cucumber, melon, broccoli, peach, zucchini, potato, carrots, pumpkin and some other stuff, I can't remember now... argh braindead... he loves green foods. But it all stinks at the other end, especially when he doesn't go for 24 hours (ARGH! TMI!!). I got him one of those "chewy sacks" (I'm going to call it a Munchkin coz that's what it says on the side of it!) but I made sure I got one that was green, not blue, because I don't want him to associate blue with food! Food is not blue, naturally, and maybe I'm being paranoid, but I've seen what kids are like after eating things artificially coloured blue *shudder*. Anyway, DS hates apple and pumpkin. He screws up his face and shudders like it's poison. I'll try some other stuff gradually, and I'm looking forward to getting up to QLD to give him some fruit and vegies that are home-grown by my mum and step-dad. He has avocado trees!
Glad you had a nice night out, and Cameron was so well-behaved! Wanna swap??

Sassy - Happy belated birthday (again! lol) I hope you're not too let down about the presents from your DH. See, now that's why I cancelled my birthday all these years! Technically, I'm still only 19 since I haven't had a decent birthday in that many years... Will you do something to treat yourself? I really hope things feel better with the AD meds and you can get back to yourself again!

Oh no, DS is screaming again... BBL! So sorry I prattled on so much already!