Before and After

Just a quick note. 

I noticed yesterday how big Logan now looks in his bouncing chair. So I looked at the first few photos I took of him in the chair (which was given to us by his friend Freya cos she wasn't using it anymore).

The difference is INCREDIBLE:
Before:

This was taken on 10th April, Logan was 11 days old. We must have got the chair a couple of days before.


After:

This was taken this morning, 20th September, Logan is 5 months and 3 weeks old. He's way too big for it!!

So I'm going to buy a newborn to toddler one off eBay because this chair has been wonderfully useful, especially since we've started weaning him as he's too small for a high chair. So this is perfect for feeding him bottle or solids.

Nail clippers are evil

Oh gosh last post Monday 5th September??? 2 whole weeks and no time to write... Well the good news is that I'm back full time on Monday 3rd October and will have a whole lunch hour to post something everyday if I wish so. The bad news is... I'll be back full time!!! :(

Nail clippers are evil... Yes they are. They are much better than scissors as you can cut off more of the nail with them, but when you have a wriggly child that won't keep still, sometimes accidents happen. My poor wee boy got part of his thumb chopped off last time! Usually Mike and I do it together: one of us keeps Logan occupied with silly faces, songs etc... while the other cuts nails without Logan even noticing. But that time, I was busy tidying up the bathroom after Logan's bath and had asked Mike to do his nails in the meantime. Well one person just isn't good and unfortunately his thumb got chopped! Poor Logan screamed and blood kept pouring out and Mike was distraught and I was trying to stop the blood from running while Mike was hugging the wee man...

At last we had Logan all consoled (well feeding time came next so that helped) and the blood stopped and Logan bundled off to bed. Middle of the night he woke up crying, probably not understanding why he was trying to comfort himself by sucking his thumb and that was hurting??? But that was all, he was fine after that. We kept checking as we were really worried it might get infected, but all was well and a week later it was all healed.

A friend files her daughter's nails. She is 3 days older than Logan (we met at antenatal classes and then were in hospital at the same time!). I tried that with Logan but found it didn't remove enough nail (and was taking forever). Another friend used to bite them off (her wee girl is now about 19 months old). Haven't tried that yet, might give it a go next.

Logan is growing up fast now. For the first time yesterday he rolled over from his back to his front on his own! I didn't even see it. I was in the kitchen doing the dishes and heard him moan. Couple of minutes later I go to the living room to check on him and that was him on his front!! He does front to back very easily now. And he's just about to hold his bottle on his own!! :)

Back at work

That's it, after 6 months of wonderful maternity leave, I started work again last Monday. I've agreed with my bosses to work mornings only until October, so for the first 5 weeks I can spend all my afternoons with Logan.

The first day was really hard, but thankfully his dad was looking after him and he wasn't left with strangers. And when I came home, they'd rehearsed a "mummy's back home" dance it was so cute!! So his dad had him 3 mornings, and his grand parents the other two. We're still trying to figure out if these arrangements suit everybody or if he should spend a couple of mornings at nursery! Logan isn't really fussed himself (not lost without me AT ALL).

It has been a little bit difficult to teach my boobs that I'm back at work!! I've gone from breatsfeeding Logan 5 times a day to just 2, at breakfast (7.30) and at dinner (19.00). It took Logan 4 days to understand and accept that he gets a bottle of formula at lunch and at 4 pm (plus solids). It was really difficult at first as he just wouldn't take it so I had a bit of a guilt trip because a couple of days he didn't eat very much. But it was worth it as our feeding schedule is now well oiled! We've even given up dreamfeed!That's brilliant as it's given me back half an hour of my evening.

It's pretty good to be back at work in a way, as after 6 months of baby thoughts and talks, my brain is now put back in full use and I can concentrate on non-baby issues. Plus I really like my job so it compensates for the fact that I am not with Logan 24/7 anymore. Dare i say it: sometimes I even see it as a break from motherhood... 


Logan's grandparents bought him a door bouncer and he loves it!! So we got him one too. It's excellent: hangs on the door frame and has a harness type thingy where one tries to install the baby (easier when 2 people are doing it). There's a spring, and once the baby has understood how it works he just bounces bounces bounces (Tiggers are wonderful things and all that!).

 First day back at work - Looks like Logan does know something's going on and isn't happy about it!