Weight: He won't be weighed for a couple of weeks, I don't feel like he's getting much bigger at the moment to be honest.
Health: ALS and I both came down with a sickness bug last night but fortunately OJ seems to have avoided it. However, he went down for a nap yesterday at 11:15 and only woke up to scream, feed and then go back to sleep right through to 4:15! He also had no wet nappies for over 8 hours despite feeding almost every hour. We rang 111 who sent us to the walk-in centre as the nappy issue was concerning and he was really unsettled. However, typically, by the time we got there he had perked up and had a wee. We think he may be teething again as he's unsettled and very bitey but he won't let me have a look in his mouth.
Feeding: He's back fussy on and off with solids due to this stupid heatwave and possible teething issues. He's been wanting more breast milk which is understandable due to the heat. Some days he'll eat a huge amount of solids and others he'll have very little but overall he's having plenty.
Sleep: We've had a move around... it's got even hotter this week so we've emptied the nursery, put our mattress on the floor and we're all sleeping in there, as it's about 5 degrees colder than our bedroom. It does mean constant cosleeping but, as the mattress is wedged in on the floor, we still put OJ up there on his own before we go up to bed, with the monitor on of course. Sleep was alright but has been all over the place for the last 2 days with us both being ill and OJ being disturbed by up being up and down and then his super long nap yesterday.
Routine: Nope, nope and nope.
Likes/dislikes: I don't mention this enough but he LOVES his daddy. Daddy never fails to get a giggle out of him. The latest thing that makes him giggle is putting a cold can on his tummy or back, probably because it's so warm. He doesn't enjoy the heat and immediately cries if the sun gets onto his pushchair or shines in his face. He's not a fan of new people and will cling to me or ALS for a while, but once he warms up he's okay. That being said he was very friendly with the doctors at the walk-in centre earlier! He's started waving his arms and banging his legs on the floor whilst grumbling when he's not happy about something, like a little mini tantrum!
Firsts: First "Messy Play" group (which he definitely treated as an all you can eat buffet). First time in his exciting new tent. First time for us having friends round who stayed after OJ had gone to bed - he went down like a dream! First proper co-sleeping. First day of "crap" parenting (pouches of food, TV as a babysitter) while mummy and daddy are poorly.
Milestones: He's really getting the hang of his pincer grip and today managed to fish a small bit of banana out of his bib and get it in his mouth, I'm excited to try him with something less slippery to see how he does. We got out the "That's Not My" books the other day for the first time in a while and he immediately started touching the textured parts, some without even being shown!
Things we did: We went to the park to play in the paddling pool with daddy on Friday as he missed out last week. On Saturday we had some friends round and Sunday we went to "Messy Play" for the first time, spent lots of time chilling in the garden (with the TV turned round so daddy could watch the football) and moved ourselves into the nursery. Monday was swimming as usual and then we had a quiet day or two. Yesterday we went shopping for daddy's birthday presents, then ALS came with us to the park to meet up with my aunt and uncle. Then he came home ill and by 1am this morning I was ill too! This morning Nana and Grandpapa came round to have OJ for a couple of hours so we could sleep, absolute lifesavers.
Me: I'm feeling really rough, as I spent about 6 hours vomiting every 15 minutes this morning. It was like being in labour again but without the pain, which makes me wonder how I coped with labour. I honestly sat thinking how I didn't want any more kids if this is what it was like! Prior to that I was doing well and had started a new set of crossfit-style workouts... they're now on the backburner again until I recover. I've started a new, more public blog and Instagram too about parenting a high need baby so I'm excited to connect with people through that.
This week I took WAY too many photos but there are just so many good ones and so many awesome memories! I'm also going to post more with me and ALS on as I figure if anyone knows us they'll know who we are anyway!
34 weeks 1 day - ALS always gets the best photos, just a shame his dummy was in!
34 weeks 1 day - paddling with daddy.
34 weeks 1 day - the bond these two have is so wonderful!
34 weeks 1 day - "Excuse me... this is cold on my toes"
34 weeks 1 day - Primark sizing sucks. This is part of a dungaree set (3-6 months). He is still in 3-6 month clothes but he outgrew the dungarees, I couldn't fasten them around his legs, over a month ago yet the vest is still huge. Stupid sizes.
34 weeks 2 days - the face of a baby who went to bed at 6 pm but then decided to get up BEFORE the sun, in the height of summer, at 3:30 am!!
34 weeks 2 days - he doesn't trust our driving, trolleys also turn him into electro-baby!
34 weeks 2 days - he had his own slices of pear but shouted at daddy until he gave him his whole one.
34 weeks 2 days - dining alfresco by the patio doors with the lads round.
The next few are a selection from Messy Play (34 weeks 3 days)... or "OJ's buffet".
He especially loved the bath at the end... and this cute little flag covers his willy!
34 weeks 3 days - playing in the garden, this frog is a current favourite toy to chew on and he giggles so hard when mummy makes it hop and say "ribbit"!
34 weeks 3 days - inspecting the new setup.
34 weeks 4 days - 8 month growth photo, they're getting so hard to take as he tries to dive off the sofa (note to self: with any future children, do it on the floor).
34 weeks 5 days - a beautiful moment. OJ and I were in bed and ALS came up later on, as soon as he lay down OJ rolled away from me and snuggled up to his daddy.
34 weeks 6 days - trying to get him used to a comforter (this Dumbo one from Primark was too cute to resist and cheap enough to buy a spare if he takes to it), while we camped downstairs to avoid daddy's illness... which didn't work.
35 weeks - the only one smiling at 8 am after a horrendous night of sickness for ALS and I.
35 weeks - flat out after a couple of hours with Nana and Grandpapa.
35 weeks - still flat out 5 hours later after lots of screaming and milk top ups.
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