Weight: He is due to be weighed in a few days time so I'll update next week.
Health: He's had a nasty cough and cold this week, which he's kindly shared with me. He's still been pretty chirpy but it's taken its toll on him a little! It's hard to tell how his reflux is because he's coughing and vomiting so much anyway.
Feeding: He's getting much quicker at feeding now and all feeds tend to be under 10 minutes unless he's sleepy. He's also really easily distracted. He feeds 2 hourly most of the time but he usually goes for 4 hours in a morning - he'll feed around 6 am, sleep for a couple of hours then wake up and play until around 10 am, which is nice for letting me have a lie in when daddy's around to get up with him!
Sleep: Sleep hasn't been great but that's to be expected with him being all congested and coughing a lot. However, the night before last he did go from 8:30 pm until 1:30 am which is the longest stretch we've had in a LONG time, I thought my boobs were going to explode! When he naps in the day he regularly does this weird whining/crying thing in his sleep (it occasionally wakes him up) but never at night, it's really odd.
Routine: Nope... that's all I have to say about that!
Likes/dislikes: He's absolutely loving swimming at the moment, we even got a smile after a submersion the other day for the first time. He's really enjoying crinkly toys too and loves to chew on a spoon (or two). He's really not a fan of being still, in fact I don't think he is EVER still.
Firsts: First nasty cold, first time out in the sunshine without having to be bundled in warm clothes and blankets!
Milestones: He's really coming along with his sitting and can sit for a good 20 minutes or so, or until he sees something he wants that is out of reach and throws himself towards it! He's also transferring objects (he has been for a few weeks but I keep forgetting) between hands and has learned to shake his rattles rather than just chewing on them. He's so close to rolling back to front too - he can basically do it but when he realises he's on his front, rather than pulling his arm from under him he just rolls himself back over, which isn't surprising considering if we put him on his tummy he just rolls straight over. He tends to be happiest on his side!
Things we did: We had a relatively quiet weekend, OJ spent lots of time with daddy whilst I prepared a load of purees for weaning. However, I have decided I'd rather do baby led weaning so I'll probably end up using most of the purees in porridge etc. or just giving him the spoon and letting him go to town by himself. For the last few days we've not really done much as we've both been poorly but we've had a couple of nice sunny walks and today we've cracked down on reorganising our living room and moving all the furniture into better positions so that OJ has more floor space.
Me: I'm absolutely full of cold and exhausted from both of us being poorly. As OJ won't take a bottle and has been comfort feeding through his cold I'm having trouble fighting off my own cold. ALS is amazing and takes as much of the pressure off as he can but unfortunately he doesn't have breasts!
23 weeks 1 day - still a bit too small for his 3-6 month outfit from his aunty in Australia but he's rocking the Simon Cowell look, don't you think?
23 weeks 1 day - he loves Lucozade bottles so I've made him some shakers, including the one between his legs, but he still insists on taking the one I'm drinking from!
23 weeks 1 day - happily munching on a spoon whilst mummy gets ready for weaning - he's a few weeks off starting yet but I like to be prepared.
23 weeks 2 days - loves a good selfie.
23 weeks 3 days - wakes up, goes for a snuggle with daddy, steals his phone... standard Sunday morning.
23 weeks 3 days - poorly boy snuggling my boob after lots of coughing fits and some milk to make it better.
23 weeks 4 days - 4 am wake up call with lots of coughing and sneezing, poor little mite.
23 weeks 4 days - fast asleep again by 7 am after lots of milk and snuggles.
23 weeks 5 days - sitting up like a pro!
23 weeks 5 days - isn't he just the cutest?!
23 weeks 5 days - he was ignoring his toys and trying to eat my foot but caught me when I tried to take a photo... I think his face says it all!
23 weeks 6 days - in his first summer outfit looking smiley because he learned how to share (his cold) and then looking thoughtful because I told him he didn't need to share everything and I didn't really want it - I jest, he was trying to figure out an answer on The Chase haha!
23 weeks 6 days - is this how baby led weaning works? (Disclaimer: We haven't started weaning early or given him a whole packet of snacks, the packet wasn't open but he loves playing with anything that crinkles).
24 weeks - another 4 am start but with daddy this time, lucky daddy had him back asleep in half an hour and he was still like this when I got up at 8 am.
24 weeks - impromptu trip out in his little sunhat (cue me panicking because he would be too hot in the footmuff but I didn't have anything else to cover him with and I had nothing to shade his face... I was much more prepared later on when we went out again).
I'm a big advocate of home cooked food for babies but there will be times where we are in a pinch and need something practical (such as at competitions) so we've stocked up on these goodies for special occasions. How awesome are the Ella's Kitchen pouches with the attachable spoons? OJ should be able to have a good go at feeding himself with those too! Also, we are low on storage space in the kitchen and need to reorganise so for now we are using an empty cat food box to store all his bits and bobs... whatever works, right?
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