9 months old today!

Well it's hard to believe that it has been nine months since Brendon entered the world. Fortunately I have managed to forget most of what the labour was like! I was pretty lucky, though, I had a good pregnancy so a few hours of intense pain is nothing to complain about really.
Here is a photo of Brendon taken yesterday while out food shopping. It is his first driving lesson.
He has another cold at the moment, and the cough sometimes makes him throw up. Other than that he is still a cheerful little boy.
He is sleeping much better during the day now. He usually has two good sleeps since we put the curtain up in his room and started wrapping him again. I also now wait until he is grizzly to put him to bed, rather than trying to put him to sleep when he starts yawning.
Right now he is sitting in his high chair, eating a biscuit and going 'quack, quack, quack', although I don't see any ducks anywhere! He really is the cutest little boy!
It's only three weeks until the Sweeneys come to stay and I can't wait!
The other photo is of my belated Christmas present from Mathew, my new meatsafe pantry. No more bending down into the kitchen cupboards!

Mum's visit

My mum has now gone back home and we had a lovely visit. I asked Brendon where Nanna was the other day and he looked around the house looking for her. Here are some photos taken at the end of her visit. He grabbed my face to kiss me just as mum took the photo!

Nanna's visit

My mum arrived on Saturday to spend the week with us. She hasn't seen Brendon since he was 3 1/2 weeks old! So far we have made a curtain for Brendon's room and now just waiting for Mathew to put the curtain rod up for us. Yesterday Mum came to swimming lessons and got to see how much Brendon loves being in the pool.
We spoke to a midwife on Monday about his day time sleeps and although we didn't learn anything new, we have made a few small changes that seem to have made a difference. Yesterday after swimming he slept for two hours and Monday night he slept all night.
Brendon is eating me out of house and home and the size of his meals are about half the size of what I eat!
Today we are just having a day at home doing some boring old housework and some baking. Hopefully there will be some sunshine today so I can go for a walk.
Brendon is saying "Dad" quite a lot at the moment. On Monday night he didn't want his milk but called Dad into his bedroom. Mathew rolled him on his side, stroked his head and spoke to him softly for about a minute and Brendon was asleep. It seemed to all of us that he was wanting his Dad to put him to sleep that night!
Brendon is starting to 'sing' and sounds like he is trying to make the 'quack quack' sound for a duck.

Sitting up

First haircut

Yesterday Brendon had his first haircut. I have kept the off cuts to add to his album. He was very good at the hairdressers, sat quietly and let Ainsley cut his hair. The girls there all love him. His hair is starting to get quite curly, especially when it is wet.
He started wearing size 1's this week, so I can no longer buy clothes for him in the baby section of Target, I have to get his clothes from the little boys section!
This morning I have finally managed to get him to sleep in his cot for a day sleep, the last few days he hasn't wanted to sleep any where else other than with me.
He still has a cough but seems to be feeling much better.

First Tooth

Brendon cut his first tooth yesterday. Took him to the doctors as he still has a nasty cough, but it's not in his chest so just have to keep an eye on it. Mum comes over in just over two weeks, can't wait, she hasn't seen Brendon since he was 3 1/2 weeks old!

It's been a busy week...

Well, according to the calendar, Brendon isn't due for a Wonder Week yet, but it may as well have been for all the new things he is doing. For a few weeks now he has been doing baby sign language for Eency Weency Spider but has just started signing Five Little Ducks as well. The big excitement this week was when he started signing 'milk'.
He has also started dancing, jiggling along to any tunes on the radio or to Mum and Dad's singing. At times he looks like he is trying to clap.
Mathew has taught Brendon how to do High 5's.
I looked in Brendon's mouth yesterday and it looks like he is cutting a tooth.
On Thursday last week, Brendon woke up not his usual happy self. He was off his solids, thirsty, hot, grizzly, sleepy and appeared to have a stomach ache. I took him to the doctors and they said he had a virus. That night I had diarrhoea and the next morning Brendon did too. I took him to the hospital to get him checked out, but they said the same thing... just a virus and to keep an eye on it. He had a fever for three days and the virus has now shown itself to be a cold. He has a runny nose and throaty sounding cough. The fever is over and his appetite has resumed. Brendon spent two nights sleeping in our room in his car seat (in the bassinet position) as sleeping flat on his back made breathing too difficult for him. Last night he slept in his own bed and only woke once for a feed.
With Brendon's fever making him thirsty, being able to sign for milk was a bonus, as he was able to let me know when he wanted some especially as it wasn't usually at a
time I would offer it to him.