Beside immunisation day the last week has really been a magical time. Lenny is changing so much everyday, turning into a real animated little person. He spent several play sessions staring intensely at his right hand the other day. Seemingly recognising it as part of him for the first time. He then progressed to trying [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Eight weeks old
Posted in babies, lenny, tagged 8 weeks old, sleeping, smile, talking on September 27, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Poor baby
Posted in babies, immunisation, lenny on September 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Lenny had his first lot of immunisations today and I don’t know who was more upset about it, me or him.
As usual the doc was running late and Lenny fell asleep in my arms while we waited to go in. He was very unhappy when he woke up to the doctor weighing and measuring him [...]
Early morning smiles
Posted in lenny, smile on September 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
One thing the early childhood nurses tell you about establishing good night time sleeping patterns is to avoid eye contact during the overnight feeds. Feed and change him then put him straight back to bed without talking to him the instructions go. They even tell you to cover his eyes if you need to [...]
Lenny takes a trip
Posted in babies, lenny, sleep, travel on September 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Lenny hasn’t been much of a daytime sleeper since he was about two weeks old. He usually goes back to sleep easily after his night time feeds – which I’m thankful for – but we’re lucky if he has a couple of 20 minute catnaps between 6am and 6pm. But it seems we’ve discovered the [...]