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Ah yes so have I told you about my icecream craving. Weirdly this craving always rears its ugly head AFTER giving birth...every night its either gotta be Weiss Raspberry & Vanilla or a good serving of vanilla icecream with custard. With Seven it was Banana Paddlepops so you could say my tastes have "matured" with Kale. I start looking forward to my icecream from about 5pm onwards...my own little happy hour!!
However on Fridays Stu will kindly pick up a bottle of Marlborough Sauv Blanc to finish off the week. Afer one glass I feel shattered and crawl off to bed to blissful sleep. So I say hooray for icecream and wine becos Stu gets the "sleep in" on Saturdays but I get a long sleep Friday night.
Again how good is icecream
So this is my second attempt at trying to keep a weekly diary for Seven. I admit last time was atrocious...but not going to dwell on my past slackness just look forward to more consistently blogging from here on in...do have an Iphone now so that might help - well it seems to help with everything else 8-)
So Kale Stanley McPhee Blake. He was born 5th November 2010 at 12.45pm. Very similar birth to Seven so really had nothing to fear (had such a great water birth with Seven but was unsure I could do it again). Started a bit slower but again ended up in the car in "pieces" and somehow held on until the birth centre. Midwife checked on arrival and I was 8cm then hopped in the bath and almost straight away felt the need to push...four pushes and he was out. Am serious that it was that quick - arrived at hospital at just after midday and he was out 45 mins later. So he was out faster and also bigger - 4.34kg (9lb6oz) and NO STITCHES!! Ended up having to stay 48 hours in the ward as I had Strep B and Kale came so fast they didn't have time to get antibiotics in so they kept me in as a precaution.
So now we have to BIG boys - they are going to eat us out of home when they are teenagers.
Thats enough for now...photo I took today xo
Its true - Seven is going to be a big brother in early November.
And this time its just flying by...I can't believe I am almost half way. Was able to tell my Mum and Dad in person when they came over to visit in early May which was really special.
I have been telling Seven about his new brother or sister but he is not very interested although he does touch my bump sometimes. He will be 19months in November so he will hopefully understand a bit more by then.
The weather has been awful with lots of rain/wind and some sunny bits which reminds me a bit of NZ. I take Seven to the park when its clear and try to get him out and about at least once a day otherwise we both start to feel a bit niggly.
Last Friday I worked at Compco for the whole day so Stu's parents came over and looked after Seven. As usual he was a little angel for them so he is now obviously only playing up to his parents...oh the joys of toddlerhood are definitely upon us!!
OK so I have been back to my old ways with Sevens blog but hey I have a good excuse - the weather has been awful so I have been entertaining the little Master and...it was my birthday 8-)
Seven has another baby molar through - again with very little fuss - so he now has three, two top and one bottom. I can feel the other one close to the surface and am hoping they will all be through with no hassle.
His personality is really starting to come out which is mostly cute except for the high pitched squealing when he throws his toys on the wrong side of the gate and wants us to retrieve them for him. Another one of his little games that he loves but we are already starting to loathe. Also screaming at food times is not a favourite...ignoring it is proving a little tricky.
Also for the past week his day sleeps having been all over the shop which is making me wonder if he is wanting to reduce to one sleep. Am trying a couple of other things before attempting that option though.
Oh and it looks like our precious little man is not far away from crawling on his knees...
As per the title of this post its been over 2 months since I posted. I intend posting at least once a week (hopefully more). Things that have happened with our little Mr Seven:
- he turned 1yo and had his first birthday party
- his Nana & Poppa visit from NZ and he was very spoilt
- two of his baby molars popped thru with minimal fuss
- started commando crawling & we still haven't baby proofed
- says Mama, Dada, ta and toot, toot (train)
- starting going to playgroup which he loves
- weighed in at 12.5kg and 78cm in length
- started some nasty toddler habits such as tantrums & screaming
- can still melt my heart with just one smile
A couple of photos:
Seven is "talking" but its a foreign language to us. Saying that though his sounds are becoming clearer and less babbly...I always pretend I know exactly what he saying and chat back to him & tell him he is very interesting and clever and smart. (most mothers do this they just don't admit it lol)
He is also rolling around the loungeroom after toys and giving hints that he might consider crawling sometime soon...although obviously when he decides to. I have no doubt we will wake up one morning and he will just up and do it and we would not have childproofed the house.
I am loving how he seems to understand everything a lot more and when he gets excited flaps his arms and kicks his legs like crazy. And his giggle is so cute and infectious...oooohhhhh I am so loved up mum even more than ever tee hee
Here is the little Mister at the park...check out those arm muscles!!!
Woah I can't believe its been almost 2 weeks since i posted. We have been busy seeing friends & family and I have been doing some mixing for my old work. Woo hoo a bit of extra cash.
Seven has a cold and cough but still manages to be his normal cheerful self (little angel). He has started to have disruptive day sleeps and I am wondering if I should try to reduce him to one long sleep in middle of day.
We have decided for his birthday that on the actual day we will celebrate it just as a family and when my parents arrive in early May we will have a family and close friends picnic at Centennial Park. It will be nice to have all grandparents in his first birthday photo and he won't know its not the actual day since he is too young to understand.
He is still eating like a champion and has not refused anything I have given him.
Also Dad is taking him to the park when he gets home from work to give Mum a bit of a break and to start dinner - its funny I still feel like they have been gone so long when its only been half an hour.
