Mel.... NO WAY!!! OMG!!! We're no where near that here. He hasn't even crawled yet lol. Joshua was taking steps early too, 9 months. When you get back, we need to try to have that catch up too if we can. Hope dinner was fun
Mel - oh my goodness...... STEPS!! at least your house would already be pretty babyproofed ??
My mum and dad had lachlan on NYE so we could go out (cos we're moving to a town with no family and 1 friend LOL) .... next morn I went and got him and he's commando crawling. I felt upset they'd seen it first.... but good for them to be a part of his 'first' crawling attempt as we'll be gone in under a week.
so yes LKW is commando crawling everywhere. and it's made me realise how dirty our floors are - his jumpsuits and singlets and nappies get covered in cr@p!!! oh wells.
had our niece (5yo) come stay for 24hours. is she a little miss bossy boots! made me appreciate having only 1 who doesn't talk (besides dad-dad and bub-bub!) .... she said things to me like 'sacha put lachy down and come and tear this out for me' and 'take the washing off the line, no you're doing it WRONG!'.... by the end of the 24hours i was over it..... i told her 'I won't be doing what you say if you speak to me like that' and she said sorry but did it again 5 mins later. is that an age/ sex thing? are little boys like that or is it an upbringing thing. she has much older brothers (same age gap as my step sons to lachlan) so i'm worried he'll be like that too - i caught her stealing his toys again! doesn't like to share at all!
Apart from that nothing much news.... I leave next monday morning for my 674km drive with lachlan. thank goodness mum is coming with me!
hope you're all great! so far 2010 is the best year - our dreams are realised. hope it's the same for you all too!
Sacha, the house is relatively babyroof, but you stop being so careful about things once number 1 gets a bit bigger and isn't chewing on cords and sticking things in powerpoints, so we have had to replace a few latches etc. Nothing too dramatic though.
Lol at dirty floors.I always said I was going to strap a sponge to Byron's chest so he could clean as he went, but I figured that some people wouldn't find it as amusing as me, so gave it a miss.
That is a real shame you missed Lachlan start crawling, but there will be lots more milestones for you to see first. They do new things all the time from here on in.
Don't assume that the behaviour of any child indicates what yours will be like at the same age. It sounds to me like your niece is allowed to be rude to her parents and will continue to be rude to adults until they stop her. Most kids will try it, but don't continue because it doesn't get them anywhere. I have also come across that sort of behaviour much more in girls than boys, you are more likely to be trying to manage a rough head than a bossy boots. I am sure Lachlan will be a delightful 5yo!
Cass, dinner was lovely. We went to a seafood place on the esplanade and then went for a walk along the waterfront. I guess it will be the last time we get to go for a child free evening stroll in a while. sigh.
I go back to work the week of the 18th of January, but will only be working Mon, Tues and Thurs. If you are free on Wed or Fri then we might finally get to meet IRL.
Wow, walking!!!! Nowhere near that in this house!! It must be lovely to watch your little person toddling around though
Cass, I had to laugh at you calling Elijah a lazy log! Sounds a bit like Noah, especially the part where you said he would rather whinge until you go and get him. Sounds very familiar
Noah is rolling. Some days he rolls everywhere and is in to everything, and others he'll just lay or sit there and look at me like "just pick me up will you, it's all just too hard". He's not even getting up on his knees at all. He can slide himself backwards (and get stuck under tables/chairs etc) but not forwards. As for being on his feet, not interested at all.
His top two teeth are on their way, so then he will have 4 teeth. Still breastfeeding, and he's now eating me out of house and home!
I am starting to feel like I need to work. I will only work part time though, so could be a long time before I find something. I just think it would give me a bit more balance and would be a positive for all of us. Here's hoping I can find something suitable.
Mel, Oskar will be in daycare Wednesday's but Friday's should be ok. Will definitely make a date!
Megan, lol... he IS a lazy log! He does NOT roll anywhere but onto his side and almost all the way over to his tummy to reach things but that's it. Oh I hear ya about eating ... OMG since Elijah decided a few weeks ago that food was good he just LOVES eating. We've done BLS... were you doing that also? Elijah loves anything, it's great. I just give him the same and he sits there kicking his feet and eating. He grabs handfuls of food and stuffs it in and licks his hand haha so funny and MESSY but cute too. He chews it so well and you see him moving it around in his mouth. I swear he gags so much less than Oskar ever did and is miles ahead in the eating game. Oskar had all the pureed veg etc and it really was harder, as in, changing the texture etc. Elijah had mashed potato with peas and corn in it, rice, baked beans, scrambled eggs etc and just has no problems at all. It's fantastic!
I weighed Elijah the other day and he is 9 1/2 kg now lol and about 74cm tall/long. We call him nugget haha. He's too cute. Second tooth is almost through and mustn't be bugging him so much now cos he's not so velcro.. yay! Not sure if/when he'll crawl. Was watching him and he swivels around on his bum and pushed himself backwards on it yesterday. I'm wondering now if I've got another bum shuffler on my hands. Would be really amusing if he is the same as Oskar cos it's not usual really. Anyway, he's no better a sleeper yet but is sleeping now so I better go and get me some sleep too!
Yep, we're doing BLS too. He's so funny. We eat together everyday and he just has what DH and I have for dinner (unless we have a hot curry or something - he loves a mild curry!). Pasta is his favourite by a mile and he just shoves one shell after another in his mouth until he can't fit any more, then chews/swallows and goes again! This week he has decided he doesn't like orange vegies! No carrot, pumpkin or sweet potato has crossed his lips! lol But happy to eat everything else. Tonight he picked up about 3 bits of carrot, looked at me, blew a raspberry and then threw it back on his tray! lol cheeky little monkey. lol We can no longer eat in front of him without him squealing and whinging because he wants some, even it's a complete stranger he sees eating. Will be interesting when we go out to dinner on saturday night! Seems like that part time job will come in handy to pay for all the extra food!
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I am sure Lachlan will be a delightful 5yo!
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