Sweet, sweet dreams . . .

I’m so nice. I’ve been giving Mum and Dad a treat these past few nights – I decided I wasn’t so hungry after all, and stopped needing 3 feeds a night. I thought “what the heck, I’ll go cold turkey” and cut them out entirely – all of them! I was aware of Mum creeping into my room at 3am on the first night I did it, she seemed worried ‘cos she prodded me until I moved. Sigh. You can’t win, can you? Be so nice as to keep peaceful and let them sleep, and they come in and wake you up! Contrary, these adults.

Anyway. I think it was the avocado that Mum was giving me that did it. That stuff is yummy! Made me feel nice and full, anyway, and let me sleep longer. I did have a couple of times where I woke up and needed my dummy put back in, but not like I used to when I needed cuddles and patting as well. I was quite happy just to have it to sook on and go back to sleep.

So Mum and Dad are happy, anyway. Sometimes I need something to eat at 5am, but most of the time it’s 6am. I guess I just need to work on not waking up at all now, that would make Mum and Dad even happier I think! . . .

I’ve found my voice too – I love chatting away, the louder the better. Lots of cool noises to be made, and I’ve found that it means I get attention too, which is great. Fin likes it when I chat to him and he laughs and makes funny noises back. I make LOTS of loud noises when I’m bored of being on my back, just so Mum or Dad know to sit me up – I can’t really make it up there by myself yet, but that’s not reason to stay lying down; I just get my assistants to help me.

Fin and I have been enjoying the seaside a lot recently. The summer here is just going on and on, which is fab – Fin told me that when he was born, it was reeeeeeally windy and rainy outside. Ha! For me it’s been balmy and hot most of the way :o) I love wriggling my toes in the sand, and I even dipped my feet in the sea yesterday! I just hang out in the carrier whilst Fin runs in and out of the sea. Boys are so active, aren’t they? I think I’d prefer to just chill out on a towel on the beach, and watch. . .

Water Baby!

Check me out!  I'm a water baby!

Had my first ever swimming lesson with Mum today, and it was soooooooooooo cool.  The water was all lovely and warm, and it was like having my bath only MUCH better 'cos there was heaps and heaps of room to kick around and splash about.  I smiled the whole time!  I even - how cool is this - went under the water SIX TIMES!  Love it, love it, LOVE it! 

The only rubbish aspect to it was that Mum hadn't had a chance to get any togs for me, so I had to wear my brother's old swim pants - and they were FAR too big (not to mention a far-too-masculine blue!).  A lady should never be seen with her pants showing, never mind her pants falling down, for goodness' sake!  Never mind.  Next week I'll be back in fashion again, hopefully.  There are some videos and more pics of me being an Olympic swimming star on the photo link below.

Talking of firsts, I had another first today. My first real food!  Remember I said Mum thought I might be ready for something more than milk?  Mum spoke to a Plunket nurse lady who said to try me on baby rice. I think Mum was relieved to have the go-ahead - for some reason she doesn't seem to like being woken at 9:30, 12am, 3am and 5:30am. . . So anyway, I sampled some baby rice mixed with warm water and some boob juice.  I'll be 16 weeks on Sunday, so I'm okay to go for something mild.  Mild is too right - here's what I thought of it:

Anyway,  it did seem to make me feel nice and full and I was quite happy in the late afternoon, that window of time Mum calls "the banshee hour" 'cos apparently I get really grumpy and moody. Mum gave me some more just now, just before I go to bed, so as I sign off I'm feeling quite sleepy and full . . .  we'll see how the night pans out.

For now, readers, goodnight!

 

Swimming and other general pics here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/finlaygeorgesmith/LexSwimmingAndFirstFood

Success!

Hooray! I just grabbed and held on to a toy! Well, not grabbed, obviously a lady doesn't do such crude things; I took it nicely from Mum's hand. Pleased as! AND I did it twice more after that. It's fun. I was sitting in my Bumbo seat and I was trying to stare out my toes (hard) and so I thought I'd reach for them to see if that helped.  Mum saw and obviously thought this was amazing (simple pleasures for grown-ups, I tell ya).  She made pleased noises ("ooh") and then held a little toy out for me, and made encouraging noises ("Yay! Neeeeearly" etc) until I thought I better speed the process along and made a grab for it.  And got it! Wasn't quite sure what to do with it once I had it, mind, but there we go.  Life is full of strange tasks these days, I find. 

A plus is the fact that I might now maybe be able to get my hands on that darn dangling tortoise . . .  (see Lexie's previous post. The tortoise was a feature. Ed).

Here's me and Mum mucking around on the floor:

In other news, night-time is my playtime, people!  I'm waking more at night now, midnight and 3am, whereas before I was happy to go from 6pm til sometime like 2 or 3, have one feed, then sleep til 6ish.  Now I find myself hungry and want 2 feeds a night! She was a mean mummy last night and tried to not give me a feed at 3am, and let me make a fuss for a bit, but I made enough fuss for long enough that I did eventually get my 

feed. I heard Mum telling Dad that she reckons I might need some REAL food soon.  Apparently Fin started his real food at 4 and a half months.  I'm only 3 and a half, but still, it's exciting to think I might get some interesting flavours soon . . . wonder what it'll be like?  Ooh, I've heard about banana, Fin tells me about those, they seem cool.

Oh, a big thanks to Izzy Bellwood for sending me a bunch of her coolest clothes from when she was wee like me.  Her Mum obviously likes Monsoon, which is ace as there's no shops like that out here (well unless you spend LOTS of $, says Mum) so I get to show off in my new rags!  Here's me in one of my fave skirts:

Anyway, better go for a nap.  Pretty tired now after all that (some would say unlady-like) exertion. Maybe I'll be nice and sleep longer for Mum and Dad tonight. . . 

New pics of me (and some of my brother, who seems to get into everything are at the link on the bottom.

Ciao for now!

http://picasaweb.google.com/finlaygeorgesmith/LexieWeek14