I am SO late writing this, almost a whole week - oops!!
Weight: I tried to get him weighed but the clinic was cancelled - I weighed him on our scales and he was 11.5 kg and then last week he was down to 11.1 kg (after being poorly).
Health: We saw the dentist today and he confirmed that Oscar indeed has a full set of teeth before the age of 2! He's been okay reflux wise. We got to step 2 of the milk ladder - he tolerated full malted milk biscuits with no issues so we moved onto the next step. We gave him three cheesy puffs and the next day he developed diarrhoea so we stopped... however he then got sick and then passed his symptoms onto Ant and then onto me so we don't think it was the dairy. Otherwise things have been good.
Sleep: He goes to sleep pretty well and happily waves me off at bedtime so he can settle alone. He was sleeping pretty well, waking only once and sleeping until 6 or 7 am until he got poorly a couple of weeks ago. He then started waking at 3 or 4 am and not going back to sleep. He's slowly improving now and is getting up around 5-5:30 am but he's fidgety from around 3 and often has to have a snack to settle him down. The dentist mentioned today that his teeth are starting to get misaligned so we're going to have to ditch the dummy ASAP which no doubt will have a major impact on his sleep for a while.
Development: He's doing really well with his speech - he's still not quite stringing two words together but he can use lots of words in context and you can just about have a simple conversation with him. He can communicate his point most of the time and is making a few more consonant sounds. He's pretty good at undressing now and can remove trousers and long-sleeved tops by himself most of the time. He was showing a real interest in the potty before he got poorly and today he sat on it for the first time since his illness and actually did a wee just before bed so that may be in the pipeline soon. He's gone through a bit of separation anxiety lately but now he's back to full health he seems to have gotten over it. He's getting good at kicking a ball and aiming it and is trying hard to "draw" things. He can get himself up and down stairs on his feet, holding the bannister although he prefers to hold a hand.
Likes/Dislikes: He still loves his cous cous and cream crackers - they've been the staple of his diet for a while now but since he's been poorly they're about all he's eaten. He's digger crazy but also partial to buses and dustbin lorries. We let him watch way too much TV while he was poorly, especially as we ended up poorly too, and he's absolutely obsessed with Monsters Inc and The Jungle Book - anything is better than that damn Bing bunny - and I think we watched Monsters Inc at least once a day for about 12 days straight. He hates the wind which is making it harder to get outside but at least the rain doesn't bother him. His favourite books at the moment are The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child - he's cuddling his Gruffalo at night instead of Peter Rabbit at the moment. He likes stomping in puddles too.
Nursery: He's really happy at nursery, although I still feel very out of touch with them. He's due to move up to a new room, in a totally separate building when he turns 2 but they move them in batches so they said it won't be until probably around December and they'll do it gradually. He already goes into the bigger garden and has had the odd few hours in the 2-3 year old room so I think he'll be okay. We've had our approval for 15 hours free childcare when he's 2 although it doesn't start until the term after he turns 2 so will start in January. He only does 15 hours so for 38 weeks of the year our childcare will be free and we will only pay for school holidays.
Me: I've submitted my fourth assignment and had it back so just have a few amendments to be made. I would have been further ahead but we've had a hell of a month with my mother and then with us all being ill. Oscar got a stomach bug, then passed it onto Ant (who ended up in hospital with severe dehydration) and then I got it, recovered for a day and got it again. It's been a hell of a busy, stressful month.
We ended up missing our IVF appointment because I was poorly so it is now set for bonfire night - very frustrated by that but nothing we could do about it!
