So, I'll post up the next lot of 365 photos and comment on them when there's something interesting to say!
I've mentioned Doggie before, Leo's favourite bedtime toy and comforter but never took a photo of him. So, meet Doggie! I still haven't got a spare Doggie, something I really must do. If anything happened to this one, Leo'd be pretty upset. Sometimes he'll have a real look of absolute glee when we give him Doggie when he's settling down to go to sleep.
The offending object! Or so I thought, anyway. On Thursday, Leo started pulling at his ear and crying. He'd been swiping at it for a little while, but I'd interpreted it as something he did when tired. He's going through a phase at the moment where he doesn't want to take daytime naps, and will get overtired. When this happens, he rubs his eyes, yawns and grabs for his hair. But while we were having coffee with my friend S (and Leo's future wife, I) we noticed he was really pulling at his ear suddenly. I made him a doctor's appointment the following day where they found nothing, thankfully, besides a bit of ear wax. Subsequent Googling on my part told me that younger babies can often interpret teething as ear pain, and it's common to see them exhibiting similar things to when they have an ear infection.
This past weekend was a very big weekend for me (and, I'd like to think, for our cub too). On Friday afternoon, Leo and Daddy went up to Shropshire to visit Nanny and Grandad, without me! Leo made sure to catch up on plenty of sleep before he left, so he was ready and prepared for lots of cuddles!
I hated Leo and Daddy leaving and really, really regretted that I was staying home.
Purees! I spent some of my time alone this past weekend making purees for our cub. He was officially 17 weeks on the Saturday, and 4 months on the Sunday, which meant he's officially "allowed" to be weaned. I made him some carrot, apple and banana & avocado purees.
I spent the entire day (and night) Saturday without him...it was horrible and I hope never to do it again! And for anyone who's wondering...no, I didn't catch up on any sleep! Both nights without the cub I woke up lots during the night - I guess it's just ingrained in me, now!
Four months old! Whilst Daddy and Leo were oop North(ish), Daddy found a set of foam letters and numbers, inspiring me to start taking a photo every month. It's such a shame we didn't think of this earlier and haven't got photos for one, two and three months old!
The cub arrived home at around 16:30 that day and it was a very joyful reunion for me!
Summer's finally here! Over the weekend the weather improved dramatically here and by Monday it was lovely and warm and sunny. Some of Leo's favourite things include being naked and talking to trees, so we took advantage of the good weather to allow him to do both at the same time. He had a very animated conversation with our sloe tree in the buff.
Even more importantly, he achieved two big milestones during his nudey time outside that day! He rolled over not once, not twice but THREE times in quick succession. When he got bored of that, he grabbed his feet successfully. The good weather must make babies develop quicker!
Tuesday saw Leo's final lot of jabs (for the moment). He's never responded wonderfully to the jabs, and this lot took effect very quickly. He was very unhappy all day and fussy. We were sat on the sofa together, playing with Louie, when he very suddenly turned and curled up on me and went to sleep. We don't get many snuggly sleepy cuddles from Leo anymore (he obviously thinks he's MUCH too grown up for baby cuddles!) so it was lovely and very touching. I felt very bad for him that he was feeling so miserable that he just wanted to cuddle and sleep.
Today saw another day of lovely weather and more opportunity to dry the laundry outside...I thought it was quite amusing that one load of washing contained 6 bibs. He goes through at least 3 bibs to catch dribble through the day and usually more...as illustrated here!
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