Bang, crash, smack!

When we got up on Tuesday morning, the last thing I expected to be doing was driving over to our local Minor Injuries Unit but that is what happened. TP was standing at the coffee table and turned around to look at me and he misplaced his footing or something and fell and hit part of his head on the table with a loud bang. He was crumpled on the floor in a heap and sobbing, and trying my very best not to panic I went to get him to make sure he was ok.

I couldn't find any lumps, bumps or cuts so gave him a cuddle and a kiss, when I went to give him a kiss there was blood on my dressing gown. So I carefully checked him again, only to notice that blood was bubbling from his mouth, so panic stricken again I shout for his Dad and we check his mouth. He had cut the top part of his gum and there was (what looked like) a big split and it was oozing with blood. As it didn't stop bleeding, I rang NHS Direct who told s to go to A&E or a nearby MIU which we did.

They saw us in under 40 minutes (which was very impressive I thought!) and checked a very wriggly TP over, who by now seemed to be back to his usual self and the wound had stopped bleeding. The Dr there said that it was a shallow cut (although it looked worse when it was bleeding) and it would heal itself and he didn't think that there would be any damage to his teeth.

So all in all, a very busy morning but thankfully everything was ok and TP's mouth is healing up very nicely and he doesn't even seem to notice the cut anymore.

Bodyclock

I read that a baby's bodyclock doesn't start to set itself until around 10 months, well I think TP's has started and I'm not sure I enjoy these 6am starts! It doesn't seem to matter what time he goes off to sleep as he will always wake up between 6 and 6.30am. Ahwell, it will come in handy on those days that I have to work I guess. Tp's getting on average 10 hours sleep a night, its obviously enough for him as he's bright as a button, unlike his zombie Mummy!

Mummy must try harder!

I must make time to post more often! It's been a month to the day since my last post and boy has it been a busy month.

Well, where to start?

Crawling & standing up!
TP has been crawling (forwards!) now for about 3 weeks and no sooner had that started then we had the pulling himself up on absolutely everything. Sleep has never been TP's strong point but its even worse now as everytime he wakes up, he automatically stands up and then wonders how the heck he got there and more importantly how the heck does he get down again?? Touch wood, it seems to be easing off a bit and we can get back to our attempts of getting him to self-soothe again. Tonight, for instance is the first night towards no booby-feeds between bedtime feed and dreamfeed, he's woke up twice and so far so good he eventually went off the 2nd time in his cot by himself. :D

Swimming
Every Friday we go swimming and have done since TP was around 8 weeks old with a company called Merbabies and we really look forward to it every week, well Mummy does anyway! They teach confidence in the water and TP gets dunked on a regular basis and really doesn't mind at all, he will also hang onto the bar along the edge quite happily all by himself and he even tries to push himself up onto the ledge - oh did I mention he jumps in from the ledge too? On 1st April we took part in am underwater photoshoot which Mummy was very excited for when we got there we sang our normal intro songs (so the babies felt comfortable and familiar) and then we had to hand them over to trained divers who lowered them into the water for their first images, it was at this point that TP burst into tears and didn't stop for the whole shoot! So after a very upsetting shoot, we waited anxiously for the photos. I'm not sure if I had high expectations or what but I was quite dissapointed with the results (I have the watermarked thumbnails but not sure if its ok to show them here, so wont just to be on the safe side!) for a number of reasons. Anyway, if I decide to buy any of the images and post them, the more I look at them the more they grow on me. :)

Playgroup
Its taken 10 months but we finally got our bums along to one of the local playgroups today and it was fantastic. TP showed off his new found crawling and standing skills and even shared a kiss and a hug with a little girl he met, he was taken aback by the hug but smiled and giggled at the kiss! TP was a gem, he even shared his toys after the initial glee of lots of new toys - he had to pick up each every toy.

7 month check (at 10 months!)
Last week we took TP along for his rather late 7 month check. Everything was fine apart from his uneven leg crease where his leg meets his bum (basically one bum cheek is saggier than the other) so we were told he had to be seen by his GP. We went there today and she checked him over, did that awful hip check where they push his little legs right up under his hip and said he needs an ultrasound scan at the hospital. We're not overly worried as he's very active on his legs, can 'froggy' without pain and theres no family history of hip problems - these, according to the Dr are all positives but she wants to be sure, hence the ultrasound.

Words & general babbling
TP has been babbling for a while and saying the usual Mama & Dada and Hiya, however we managed to teach him to say dog and everything is 'dog' now! You ask him where the cat or dog is and he looks right at them, its amazing (at least I think so!). TP also sings his favourite tv theme tune (which Booba & Booby from Baby TV), its very cute indeed, you start the La la 'ing and he joins in!

Parklife
On Tuesday the sun was shining and it was a beautiful day, so we organised a quick impromptu trip to the park with TP's best buddy. It was their first joint park visit and we all had so much fun! We had a picnic lunch of chicken baguette and fresh fruit and then played on the swings, slide and a motorbike on a big spring. :D

I can't upload all of the photos to here but you can see them here.

I told you we'd been busy this month!

Catch up!

It's been ages since I posted anything so here's a quick catch up.

TP's Nanna & Grandad came to visit last week from Sunderland who he hadn't seen since September and my oh my did he make up for it! He was showing them every trick he could do and kept pulling a face I had never seen before, it was so funny like a little showing off face as if to say, "Look what I can do Nanna!" and fluttering his eyelashes at them. Anyway, it was a lovely week and we won't see them again until June for TP's birthday so we'll miss them alot, but kind of scary that the next time we will see them TP will be 1!! Where has the time gone?

Food has been a litte off the menu these past couple of weeks due to teething I think, well brekkie & lunch have been off but TP's seems to be favouring dinner at the moment! Nanna & Grandad were VERY impressed with TP's eating skills and he joined us a couple of times when we ate out last week but only to nibble on a cheese panini or half a chip (ooOO naughty Mummy!!).

We're still not crawling forwards but the safety gates have been installed due to TP's great skill of speed rolling, if it were an olympic event he would win gold that I have no doubt! So with the new rolling skill and the fact we have a HUGE tv unit with all kinds of consoles and tv equipment in it we've put up a Babydan barrier to prevent little fingers pushing buttons. Everytime you turn around, he seemed to be at the tv unit so now its all locked away - for how long I'm not so sure!

TP turned 9 months yesterday and I think he must be having a growth spurt or something, he fed almost every hour last night so needless to say ended up in bed with us, saying that he seems to always end up in bed with us lately (lazy Mummy!!) but at least we both get some sleep that way, even if he does hog the bed!

Well, TP's having a lovely nap now so I'm off to catch up on the housework and ironing and all that really exciting stuff that we only get to do during nap times!

So much has happened

Wow it feels like ages since I last posted here and quite alot has happened. TP is trying to crawl! He can commando crawl backwards, swivel round on his tummy and is rolling all over the place. On the down side he's doing it in his sleep and there have been a few times that I've had to go in and turn him onto his side or back again because he's stuck in his cot.

Sleep.. hmm thats something that is very rare in this house, for Mummy at least. TP is going through a phase (yes, thats what Im calling it for my own peace of mind!) and he will wake anything from every hour to every three hours. Every three hours is bliss, actually anything that ISN'T every hour is bliss!! I invested in Elizabeth Pantley's No Cry Sleep Solution and we've done 10 days, so tonight will tell whether we've any improvements but we'll leave that to another post. We've discovered how good co-sleeping can be, well good that I get some sleep, bad that I have to lie on the edge of our King Size bed because a certain 8 month old feels it neccessary to lie like a starfish!

Oh, last night when TP woke up at 12.30, I fed him and popped him back in his cot and he was just dosing off when he he turned onto his back and clapped his lips together a few times and said, clear as anything, "Mama!", why do they always do these things in the middle of the night when you can't jump up and down for joy and scream YAAAAAAY, he FINALLY said it !!!! Anyhoo, I sat in the chair and beamed inside. Ofcourse, he hasn't said it since but I can wait. :D

Well I'm sure alot more has happened but I can't think of it right now so I'd better get off to put TP in the bath.

Happy 8 Month Birthday TP!

Well today is TP's 8 month birthday, where has the time gone? We've not had much of a food week since his bout of teething but last night his sleep was MUCH better and he only woke twice in the night so Mummy had lots of sleep!

TP doesn't crawl yet, he shows no signs of being interested either if you put him on his front he rolls straight over onto his back! He would much rather sit up and play or stand on his legs, which is ok by me, I see my friends struggle trying to keep an eye on their little one's who are crawling EVERYWHERE! Stay sitting as long as you want to my boy, thats what I say. :D

TP just babbles endlessly, he loves to scream and is always laughing, he is such a joy, although I guess I am biased! :P He can say dada, calls our dog A (her name is Angel and he ALWAYS says A when she is close by, probably coincidence but hey!) but very rarely says mama, usually only if he's crying and having a tantrum, oh yes, he has those too but generally only at night!

Toothy problems.

Well it's been one heck of a week. TP spent the first part of the week with a temperature, he was hovering around the 39 degrees mark and jumped up to 40 one night. After a quick call to NHS Direct I felt a bit calmer, but he went off to the Dr's the following day and the Dr decided it was teething and I was most annoyed that she didnt even bother to take his temperature (!). Anyhoo, a couple of nights in bed with Mummy & Daddy later his temperature went back to normal and his sleep got worse! Up every hour and a very tired Mummy & Daddy are hoping that the teeth will make an appearance very very soon.

On the plus side, TP's three 30 minute naps a day are changing and for the past 2 or 3 days, he has been having a 90 minute nap mid morning and then another 30 minute nap at about 2pm, Im trying to get him to take a further nap at about 4.30pm which seems to be key to him going to sleep alone at night without the need for having a booby in his mouth to sleep. The question is, how on earth do you make a baby sleep?! It's going to be late afternoon walks with him in the pushchair I think!

TP is comlpetely off his food at the moment, we've been offering him all 3 meals but are lucky if he puts anything to his mouth; most of it is ending up on the floor! Nevermind, he's been taking lots of milk and that's the most important thing.

The royal wave has gone

Yesterday TP gave his first real wave. No more sticking his arm up in the air ow that he can do a proper wave, he's waving at everything including tree's on his Granny's allotment! Ofcourse, he won't do it on demand so once I get a picture of him doing it then I will be sure to post it. :D

Sleep is for the weak...

I haven't updated for a few days, simply because I'm knackered! I have a bad cold coming and TP has decided that he doesn't need to sleep and I feel like I'm spending every hour of the day in his nursery trying to get him to sleep! Even now as I type this, he was asleep but as soon as he went in the cot the wake up switch went on and now he's playing after a 10 minute nap. I don't know how he does it. :/ I've also started a diary to note milk feeds/ food feeds / nap and sleep times.

Anyway, food has been a bit hit and miss over the past few days, I'm not sure if he has some more teeth coming or he's having a growth spurt. TP has been feeding almost 2 hourly, night time included so something is definitely afoot!

On a brighter note, I tried him with some scrambled eggs again on Thursday (he didn't like them the first time he tried them) and he really enjoyed them this time, so hooray! Although, I did cheat a little and put cheese in too - he seems to eat anything that has cheese on it. :D

Another toofy!

We saw our first tooth on New Years Eve and today I just found a 2nd tooth! Well lets hope all those sleepless nights will start to ease up now that we have our 2 bottom teeth.

I keep trying to look at them but tp keeps sticking his tongue over, he's keeping them a closely guarded secret lol.