Thoughts of JB in his first year

1. how glad I was to finally to see his face when he was born; he looked like an old soul. Then he peeled for days.
2. wondering if his manky eye would ever get better (eventhough baby literature says it will)
3. examining his poo at 5am and wondering if it was ok
4. the ‘fake’ smiles, thinking they were real!
5. gosh, breastfeeding is so hard; I’m leaking everywhere, and everything still hurts!!! (if I stop now, am I a bad mother?)
6. lots of chucking, I smell like milk all day long.
7. smelling his baby smell
8. wondering when I can stop swaddling him (surely they could have invented something more effective?)
9. I never give him tummy time, am I a bad mum? He just ends up chucking up his milk (good chucker!). but that head control is pretty good….
10. swinging in the hammock with papa, mumbling ‘da da da’ – 3 months.
11. love breastfeeding! Can’t remember why it was so hard. Gosh, I love him so much. This is crazy.
12. the endless ‘groundhog’ days. And being lonely.
13. who has time to shower? I’m lucky I brushed my teeth!
14. first tooth!
15. my birthday…. JB is still alive! And kicking…
16. JB rolled over! – 5 1/2 , 6 months
17. starting solids – the word is PUREED!
18. we like rice cereal. Anything, as long as JB eats it!
19. JB ‘gostan-ing’ i.e. going backwards. Must be frustrating, trying to crawl.
20. KL time… meeting gung gung & por por. Still reversing.
21. lots of babbling – da, da, da, da, mam mam mam….. da-DI! Lots of saliva.
22. yay! Crawling – 7 months
23. crawling v v v v v fast!
24. separation anxiety – OMG!!!! How come no one told me how bad it was? My life is over.
25. have to stop rocking him to sleep. Crap, forget it.
26. first time on the swings – 8 months!
27. JB loves his new pram, why did I hesitate for so long?
28. doing solid sleeps during the day (FINALLY!) – 8+ months.
29. pulling himself up – 10+ months
30. lots of good eating, finally he’s into his protein – fish, egg, lambchops, even chicken!
31. blueberries, strawberries, kiwis, mangoes…… bliss!
32. clapping hands, putting hands in the air, mimicking YAY! – 11 months
33. gastro!
34. time to wean? NOooooOOO! Should try and cut his night feed.