Logan got to meet the latest addition to the extended family on Saturday, his second cousin Luca. He was very gentle when introduced to 11-week-old Luca, impressing everyone. I suspect it's because he's used to babies from day care, or it could just be that he's a good kid!

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.

Exciting times!!

Well our little boy was 3 months old old on Wednesday 17th (4 days ago) and we just can't believe how the time has flown!!!

He is loving the singing at SPACE and is now started to make different sounds like he is talking to us, which I am sure he is :)

We had our 12 week vaccinations on Monday and he coped better than last time, still screamed but not quite as much and again settled as soon as I fed him. He was very sleepy the following day and a bit unsettled the day after but I think that was because he was trying to push out a poo - he waiting until Daddy got home to do it so he could change the nappy - what a good wee boy my son is!!



Yesterday we took him swimming and he loved it, not so keen on the shower afterwards but loved having both Mummy and Daddy in the water at his level. We did not stay in for long obviously as babies get cold quickly (the pool was nice and warm though) but I was pleased we went.



Today we have his Christening at 2pm so will try to update again tomorrow (given we have been slack of late) - I hope he will be a good boy - but as long as his tummy is full that should not be a problem. Better go and start getting ourselves organised - takes a while with a baby!!

Big Day Out

Yesterday, Logan had a big day out.

First up was the first coffee group for our ante-natal class, meeting at the Peppermill in Porirua. Four of the six babies born to the group so far were there (with their mums, obviously) as well as one other dad; Ann-Marie from the Mana Parents Centre; and five of the still-pregnant mums. It was entertaining watching the mums who'd had their babies swapping labour stories, and the mums-in-waiting cringe and want to move to another table!

It was good catching up with everyone, and we got some good advice from Daxa on relieving wind, as her son Taj has been having much the same problem as Logan.

After the coffee group, we popped into Baby Factory and Babycity to get some more prem clothes, as Logan only fits the smallest of the newborn clothes we have for him.

We then went to the supermarket. We were going to pop in to North City Plaza and see if our friend Margaret was at work, but while we were talking to another dad from the ante-natal class that we bumped into in the carpark, Margaret spotted us as she came out for lunch and ran over to say hello.

We've tried the advice from Daxa, from Juliette's Aunt Carol (who used to be a midwife), and from the Baby Whisperer DVD and we seem to be getting on top of Logan's wind problem. He certainly seems to be more comfortable, thank God!

We gave Logan a bath last night, but we had the water a little too cool for him (regardless of what the bath thermometer said). He went in the shower with Juliette this afternoon, and loves it!

He's snoozing now, and seems quite content. We noticed yesterday that he looked a lot less uncomfortable when we took some layers off him. Perhaps he's like his parents and prefers cooler temperatures...

Day 6/7

Logan's home now (came home on Saturday afternoon, with a brief stop in Churton Park to meet one of his great-grand-mothers). It's a relief to have mum ad son home, and not to be dashing backwards and forwards over Haywards.

The first night was a bit of a bear: we'd get up, change him, feed him, settle him, go back to bed -- and get an hour or two of sleep before having to get up again, so when family from Greytown arrived to visit, we must've seemed like the living dead! Still, his feeds are a bit further apart now, so we're hoping (fingers crossed!) that he's settling down. He was really good on Sunday morning, with his cousins Hamish, Amelia and Samantha (well, second cousins, technically) getting a look, and the community midwife turning up to check-up on him. Pretty much slept all the way through

The dogs were all excited to meet him, especially Merlin. They tend to whine a bit if he starts crying, but otherwise have slobbered him at every opportunity.