8 months old!!

Well time really flys by doesn't it!!

I can't believe that our wee man was 8 months old last Saturday. He weighed in at 8.43kg and we measured him as 70cm tall!

His second tooth finally seems to be popped through, he can sit up by himself and has started to say Dada (albeit probably not in context). He is also starting to pull his knees underneath him when he is having tummy time - arghhh crawling is approaching! He loves his bathtime with Daddy and is sleeping through the night most of the time.

His eating is progressing really well - he is having 3 meals a day now and prefers it when he can feed himself. He has had a roast chicken and a roast beef meal with us, loves baby yoghurt and custard and seems to like cheese as well.

We are so blessed with such a happy wee boy and with the wonderful daycare he goes to.

I am really looking forward to this weekend as we have our first swimming lesson on Saturday at 9am - Daddy will be official photographer :)

We have our happy boy back!

Logan's definitely feeling a bit better. He slept through the night (something all three of us needed!) and was quite chirpy this morning (though he wasn't too impressed about having to wait for his bottle).

He also really likes Marmite on toast -- the taste, the texture, the mess! -- which they also give him at daycare. When we dropped him off this morning, the got to sit at the table with the other kids and have some toast.

We reckon he's a lot happier when he can feed himself -- he kept grabbing the spoon when I was feeding him last night -- so giving him toast or a Cruskit cheers him up no end.

What a weekend!

I spoke too soon. Logan had a miserable weekend, grizzling and crying pretty much the whole time. His tooth was obviously giving him trouble, and he hasn't been his normal happy self since last Wednesday.

He was happier this morning, though, so hopefully his tooth has stopped bothering him as much.

Been a while

It's been nearly a month since the last post, and Logan has very definitely growing up.

His major milestone is he has a tooth! And (fingers crossed) it doesn't seem to be bothering him too much. He has grizzled a couple of times, but a quick dose of Weleda teething powder (which he likes -- he hates Bonjela) seems to fix it.

The other milestone is that most nights he sleeps right through (much to the relief of his parents!). There have been a couple of nights when he's woken up about 1-2 am, but I think that's more to do with his teething. And of course, the one night I wanted him to wake me up at that time (i.e., for the New Zealand v. Paraguay match), he slept through...

Logan's really settled into daycare, and his teachers are always telling us what a wonderful little boy he is (like we didn't already know).

His menu has expanded quite a bit, and he's developed a taste for wafers and Cruskits. He'll wolf down any vegetables you put in front of him, though he doesn't seem to like sweet fruits. Seems to like bananas, though.

Into day care

With Juliette back at work since last Friday, Logan is now in daycare (at the Early Years in Kaiwharawhara).

He had four "settling visits" since we got back from Nelson, and his first proper day was Friday. The settling visits went okay, although with one of the last two, when we left Logan at the day care (to see how he'd be without us there), he had a meltdown, so we ended up rushing back to pick him up again.

On Friday, we dropped Logan off at 7:30, and then took Juliette to work. He was crying when Juliette called later in the morning, but the carers said he was otherwise okay. Unfortunately, the teacher who is to be Logan's primary caregiver -- Jenn, whom Logan's really bonded with -- was away, and there were a number of temp staff (who Logan had never met before) covering for others who were sick. Coupled with the noise and lots of other children, Logan was a bit unsettled, so the day care called me to come and 'rescue' Logan at around 12:30. He was still a bit grizzly when I got there, and almost fell asleep in my arms. I took him in to Juliette's work, and he was all smiles and giggles -- somebody suggested he'd just been putting on an act! I took him back home, fed and milked him (including him kicking half a jar of parsnip-pumpkin-and-carrot on my trousers), and he was settled enough to go out again to collect Juliette from the train and do the food shopping.

Today, we dropped Logan off at 7:30-ish again, and Juliette at her office at 8:15 (I'm still at home, recovering from my surgery). Juliette called them around 11, and he was doing well. I picked him up at 4, and was told that he'd had a wonderful day, they'd found some toys he liked and that they need to move him away from other kids who are crying (because that sets Logan crying).

Lunch with GG and Great Aunt

Logan got us up twice last night -- including at 1am. We think the strange room is a bit unsettling for him, but he's okay when he cuddles up with mummy. He did, however, sleep through the thunderstorm we had last night.


Any way, we ended up sleeping in till about 10am before getting ready to go back to Nana's for lunch. We did think we'd visit the market, but in the end we were too tired and, as Juliette said, we'd only be tempted to spend money.


We tried giving Logan his bottle before we left, but he wasn't particularly interested. But he was very interested in the pumpkin and sweetcorn we offered him, devouring the lot. He's getting very good when it comes to solid food, particularly when it's stuff he likes.

About 12:30 we left for Nana's, about a 10 minute drive away. Nana and Elizabeth had put on a smorgasbord lunch. Logan had his bottle, and we talked for hours (though Nana and I fell asleep in our seats). Elizabeth got to have a cuddle with Logan and played with him on the floor. Logan showed off by doing rolly-pollies (three times!). I think I'm going to be spending the next few days babyproofing the house when we get home.

We stopped off at the supermarket again on the way to the motel. Logan was pretty tired, though fighting sleep the way he does when he needs to sleep but wants to stay up and play. Very cute, though not at 3:00 am.

Anyway, Mummy and Logan are tucked up in bed, fast asleep. We're going home tomorrow, on a 4:00 pm flight to Wellington, but we'll pop round and see GG and Elizabeth before we head to the airport.

Big Trip for the Little Guy

Logan's biggest trip away from home began with a 8:00 am flight to Nelson on an Air New Zealand Q300. It was a short trip, thanks to some tailwinds -- only 25 minutes from wheels up to touchdown, but Logan was great the whole way. No crying, no worries. He even fell asleep in Juliette's arms in the last minutes before landing.

After landing, we picked up the rental car (a Toyota Yaris -- not bad, but I miss the Mitsi), and headed into Nelson city. We parked at the Millers Acre Centre car park -- $2 for 3 hours parking! -- and went and had breakfast at a nearby coffee shop, La Creperie.

Afterwards, we still hand some time to kill before meeting Logan's Great Aunt Elizabeth for lunch, so we went for a wander down Trafalgar Street, trying to find a bead shop that Juliette wanted to visit. Fortunately, they'd moved from where Juliette had thought they were, and were actually a lot closer to where we were.

After that, we casually wandered back towards Millers Acre and got a table at Oasis cafe (where we were meeting Elizabeth for lunch) at about 11:45. Elizabeth arrived shortly after 12 and we had a lovely lunch together. Logan slept through most of it, but woke up in time to get a cuddle from his great aunt.

After lunch, we headed off to check into our motel, the Balmoral Motel in Tahunanui. It's a very nice motel, looks like it's been recently refurbished. They've even provided a port-a-cot for Logan to sleep in.

We dropped off our things in the room, then headed back out to say hello to Logan's great grandmother ("Nana" to Juliette, but "GG" to Logan and her other great-grandchildren). Logan played on the floor dressed only in his nappy (he hates wearing clothes) while we had a cuppa with Nana.

We only stayed an hour -- we're having lunch with Nana and Elizabeth tomorrow -- and left about 4pm. We found a supermarket and got some supplies in, before heading back to the motel for an early dinner and bed.