I can’t believe Edward is 7 months old today. It’s the biggest cliche but time is really flying. I can truthfully say I’ve loved every minute so far! Edward is 7 months old. He weighs 9860g He’s 68 cm tall His favourite activities include bouncing in his Lindam bouncer, swimming, music classes, playing with loud and noisy toys, snoozing in mummys’ arms and cuddles with daddy. No teeth yet although we’ve been teething for ages. He sleeps from 7pm until 7am (sometimes 8am!). He eats 3 meals a day, drinks 3 bottles of milk and we’re slowly weaning him off…
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I’ve just collected my 6 month sample pack from Bounty. I love a freebie and that didn’t change during my pregnancy when I signed up to every mother and baby club I could find. I’ve benefited from lots of samples which have helped me choose the best products for my little boy. I’m brand aware but I wouldn’t say I got sucked in by all the marketing that gets thrown at pregnant women. There was little that interested me in the Bounty pack (except a bar of Galaxy and can of Coke!). I was more interested in the Mama Pack…
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The theme for The Gallery this week is your favourite photograph. I’ve been a total geek since Edward was born and everyday I’ve taken a photo of him. He has his own little blog which I use for updating the extended family on his progress. My iPhoto is creaking with the amount of photos I’ve taken since he was born and they’re organised into daily events, as well as the best of each week, and finally the best of the best of each week which get turned into a mini mosaic and uploaded to his blog and my flickr account.…
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A while ago I bought Edward a beanbag chair but he never looked very comfortable sitting on it. So over the weekend I refashioned the beanbag into a large cushion using some lovely alphabet fabric from my Cath Kidston stash! Much happier (honest!).
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Yesterday a taxi driver saved my life. Ok, so I’m being a bit dramatic but seriously a taxi driver did help us! Our NCT group have been looking for events to get us through the colder months and someone came across Mini Mozart classes. It’s very popular but we managed to squeeze into the post-natal group. Our first class was yesterday at the local YMCA. I don’t drive but I knew which bus to take and did my usual calculations on what time we needed to leave – taking into account getting Edward dressed, clean nappy, packing the changing and…
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Last week Edward and I headed off to our local swimming pool for our first swim together. When I was pregnant I went to antenatal swimming class which I really enjoyed so I wanted Edward to enjoy swimming so we could do something special together. I was nervous about getting to the pool on time, what to wear, changing and whether he would like the water. Fortunately Edward loved his first swim (which was brilliant as we had to pay in advance for 3 months of classes!). It was nice to be back in the warm water and the instructor…
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A couple of weeks ago we bought Edward a Lindam bouncer. It was recommended by all our friends and seemed simple enough to use. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1gJF_QwpxI&fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0] He loves it and spends some time in it each day.
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Having a child makes you see things in a different light. I have a new found appreciation for the world and my life. Today we looked after my 6 year old niece as well as our little one. We let her pick what she wanted to do and went to McDonalds for breakfast followed by a trip to the Isle of Wight Zoo. In comparison to our local zoo this zoo was quite small and before Edward we would have walked round within an hour. However we managed to spend four hours looking at the jaguars, lions, tigers, lemurs and…
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When I was pregnant and read current government advice that babies should sleep in your room until they are at least six months old I didn’t think we would manage this. We thought the baby would be too noisy or would wake too frequently and we would put the baby in it’s own room fairly quickly. At home he sleeps in his cot from 7 until 11 when we wake him up for a dream feed and put him to bed in his moses basket in our room. This has been our routine since he was 2 weeks old and…