Joy to the World

There have been many moments in the last 11 weeks where there has been great tension between the joy-giver and the grief-giver...it's the same little boy. He has been more than delightful on some occasions and some nights he has tormented us with his sleeplessness. It creates great emotion and anxiety to been strung between two extreme emotions.

Yesterday I was so far swung to the joy side of the pendulum it was exhilarating. He was so content and happy that all his wake time was smiling, shrieking (at one particular worm-like toy), giggling and kicking with all-body excitement. When he smiles he couldn't open his mouth wider!

We spent the morning with 4 other mothers and babies with leisurely decafs and open conversations about our lives. I loved it. We then headed out to the shops for essentials like baby singlets and lamb for dinner. He was content enough to go from pram to capsule to car to pram to capsule without any fuss and I buzzed all over the city doing things that had to be done.

After his late afternoon feed he cuddled into my chest for a sleep and I sat to enjoy it. My buddy Kate called while we were snuggled up and we had a great chat. All his aunties and uncles came over for a Moroccan tagine for dinner so he got heaps of lovin' and stimulation. After they left we let him lie on his sheepskin out in the living area while we cleaned up and chatted. For more than an hour he was happy doing the aforementioned giggling and kicking. At 10:30pm he asked to go to bed (!) and I wrapped him up, put him in the cot and he shut his eyes and smiled.

At 6am I had to wake him for a feed (for my own comfort) and by 7.30am he was ready to start the day. I brought him into bed with me and we cuddled and chatted for half an hour.

It's the simple things that are now monumentally fulfilling - smiles, sleep and cuddles.

For those of you who are still with me in this blubbering blog about a little things...thanks for listening.

High, High Tea

This is a great way to spend a sunny, Sunday afternoon in Perth. Last Sunday (not to be confused with Nicole Kidman's baby) the girls took Mum for High Tea up St Martin's Tower. It revolved around at least twice during the course of the afternoon, giving us spectacular urban views. Happy Birthday Mum.

It's the weekend

I used to look forward to Friday night for the opportunity to stay up late without concern because there was always a sleep-in to follow. We used to eat take away Friday nights or go out for some kind of special treat.

Tonight we ate a meal out of the freezer that I prepared months ago and it's just after 9pm and it already feels late. I quietly insisted Michael go out and buy decadent icecream (you know the brand) and chocolate just so I could differentiate tonight from any other in the last few weeks. The culprit is pictured here.

Having said all that we did have a breakthrough last night with the little man sleeping from 10.30pm until 4am without stirring. Go son, go!

High Achiever

We don't like to brag but we do have a child already achieving over 99%...in the areas of height and weight. He's actually off the chart. At 9 weeks he's already over 7kgs which is more than a 7 month old we met on the weekend and lots of other kids twice his age.

We are so proud of him giving us a 4 hour sleep during the night last weekend. His first long sleep ever. I have a theory he's been waking so frequently during the night because he really is hungry. Maybe he's had a 2 month growth spurt and once he begins to plateau from that he can practice sleeping 'like a baby'.

Whatever he does, he couldn't get any more gorgeous with massive smiles and giggles all the time.

Saturday night

I'm a football widow tonight with both my boys watching the Swans v Collingwood game. So I'm doing my regular rounds of all the blogs I frequent and I came across this personality test from Mark R's site. I can't get enough of these tests. I remember when I did my first one at 18 years old and I scored 88% Melacholic. I was so depressed I was melacholic. From the results below it looks like I've mellowed a bit in that area but whoa.....I'm a little bit heavy on the judgemental side of things. Sorry about that friends - I'll try not to let that infect our relationship!

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