Time flys by....

So many people said; 'Appreciate Jamie. Time goes so quick. He won't be a baby very long' when he was born, and it was easy to ignore them. But them BAMM! He's almost grown up!! I can't believe just how many changes have happened in the last week or two. I miss my blog for a few days due to sickness etc. and when I return there seems to be loads to report. Just this morning I commented how I thought Jamie had grown in the night - this happens quite a lot actually - and then he was running round the house (yes, walking has been mastered!) and shouting like a little boy. Its gonna be madness when we can actually understand what he is saying!! And I don't see that being too long as his level of understanding is amazing (I think) and he is certainly coming on leaps and bounds with his words. At the moment anything beginning with B or D is getting a good try and his favourite word at the moment seems to be Nanana - as he loves Bananas. When we go walking or when he sees one on the TV, Jamie delights in shouting 'Doggie' and of course when he gets hold of the TV controller he asks for 'Nnnight' (Garden)!! We continue to tell him what things are and just this week we have started to do Sssssssake with him which he thinks is brilliant and has begun to try to imitate the ssssssss sound himself.

He was sat on the bed with us the other night and we were thinking back to when he used to sit between our legs to have his bottle. Now his legs are up to our chins and he sits and feeds himself. All of a sudden he is on ‘proper’ food – tins of spaghetti shapes, potatoes, vegetables as well as eating whatever we have on our plates - sarnies, chips, pasta, salmon etc. and he has been drinking his juice out of a free flow / no spill cup for weeks now! (Saying that I have had to purchase another bottle for his night-time milk as the old one cracked in the microwave and he refuses to drink his milk in anything else!) Saturday afternoon we went to celebrate Auntie Judith and Uncle Ians 40th Wedding Anniversary and we all shared a plate of the (very nice) buffet; with Jamie just taking off what he wanted.

Jamie's awareness of things around him; other children, people, animals, TV etc. continues to grow, although he still does not appreciate the pain he can cause by biting or pinching, and he still finds it funny! Babysigning has therefore gone to another level as he is almost 'playing' with the children his age. None of them seem to appreciate the idea of sharing just yet but at least the mummies are trying to emphasise this!

My friend Karen and her hubby came for tea a few weeks back as we could not get a babysitter. She is a Paediatric Nurse and so I was a bit worried what she might say.....but she seemed to think we were doing everything correct – except for letting him fall asleep on us instead of in his cot. When they came, we said to come about 7.30 so that Jamie would be in bed, but unfortunately he was still awake so we made the fatal mistake of getting him up. He was in his element – smiling and giggling and generally being a show off. He ended up sitting with us all while we had our Chinese and helping with the prawn crackers. Then he started dozing off and so daddy took him into his room, but he was so stimulated that he would not go to sleep. Karen suggested just leaving him to cry for 10mins; which we did, and amazing he feel asleep not long after. I know we are supposed to put him down awake rather than asleep but we like our nightly cuddle and I suppose it is easier for us all; especially as they show 'In the Night Garden' as part of the bedtime hour on CBeebies. Must try harder.....