William can eat an elephant's head…

Hey mum, stop taking pictures of me when I'm busy eating an elephant! And get rid of that flash!


And that is not all. He is very smiley, social and beginning to put his arms around your neck when you carry him, in a sort of hug. A hug however, which is accompanied with a dribbly neck snog, earing-pulls and neck pinches. What a joy.... One of my other 'mum friends' asked me this week whether he was always this smiley, which I liked, as I thought that he might have been on the 'very' end of the smiley spectrum for babies his age, but it is always hard to tell.

William has been very well behaved today and a real joy to look after - what a treat! We planted some garlic in the garden, he ate some leek/carrot/parsnip mash and has been doing lots of 'standing'. He is so pleased when I hold him in standing position, his whole face lights up. He loves that he can do it and his legs are really strong. His sitting is coming along well also and he can no sit unaided for over 10 minutes. He sits and plays with his toys, picking them up, shaking rattly or noisy ones, looking at whoever is in the room to check they have seen him make a noise. The noisy ones seem to be his favourites at the moment.

I’ve taken some nice pics recently. These are all from this week.





Weaning continues:


We have a little routine each evening, starting around 6ish, were William has a drink, then he has his bath. He really enjoys sitting up (with my hand behind him, in case of a wobble) and playing with his bath toys, feet, face washer, the edge of the bath etc. After I've cleaned him, he usually plays for 10-15 mins while I sing to him, then I get him out, he gets dried, new nappy, pjs, and a bottle (these days, fingers crossed he keeps taking it) before burping and bed. His first patch of sleep lasts 1-4hrs, and each night seems to evolve differently from then onwards. Last night he first went to sleep at 8.30pm and woke at 1am-ish, 4something o'clock and 7.30am. The night before he went to sleep first at 7.30pm, and work at midnight and thereafter hourly until 8am. Tonight he went to sleep at 7.30pm first off, and has woken at 9 and 10.30pm so far.... cheeky monkey.