Weeks up to 33, Nearly 8 months

Just tonight I was thinking gosh I have been slack! Christmas has been and gone, Gabe's first. He had fun.

Tonight shower was fun. All in (enough shower heads for all) I decided to try the collapsable baby bath again. Well after Gabe was soaped and showered up, in he went on the floor of the shower in his cute little bath. Him and his closest 6 bath toys. Why, well I needed to try new tactics to keep a rolling wriggling baby a bit more occupied while I got my shower in. What can I say, it worked! He had a blast sitting there splashing and playing & I got my shower in.

Yup our little smiley man is nearly 8 months old. Where has the time gone? Oh yeah, feeding, playing, changing, bathing said little smiley man.

Now he's been into his food. Yup he loves his food. He spends a lot of time eating himself, I give him some cucumbers, tomato, carrot sticks. It was amazing to watch his hand / eye coordination as he tried his hardest to grab at the sticks. Now, he's a pro! Roast chicken bits, rissoles, anything he can grab and suck and gum. Yep gum, no teeth yet. After he's had a play he usually happy for a few mouthfuls of baby food. But its all quickly down hill from there as he is soon ready for bed again.

Om Nom Nom... he has yet to learn the benefits of swallowing.

Month 7-8 Here we go!

Well finally we can say since Christmas, we have a commando crawler. He tried hard, doesn't go far. Something that he is certainly rectifying lol.

Now Gabe is exploring beyond the decorator mat on the floor. So far the coffee table has been a place of interest.

Then there was the bath mat, once great at staying rolled up in his towels while I finished my shower. Hmmm not so now as he wants to be right over the drain watching and playing with the water as it drains away. SO there must be something I could do... Right out came the collapsable bath, now he is happily playing in his little tub with a turtle, dolphin and crab for playmates while I have free time. It works for now :)

I'm free!.....

Now with all the wiggling comes busters. Yup headbanging, lip busting, good old accidents. We have started having our fair share here. Meet his first boo boo. Head contact with bedside table. Nothing a bit of mummy cuddles couldn't fix.


This month also saw his first fever thanks to a nasty virus. He was a little trooper, happy throughout. But geez kid mummy didn't like the temps of 39 & 40 degrees!  We even loved the post viral rash which left him a bit spotty for a couple of days.



Not sunburn...


Right now mister irresistable is sleeping before his dinner. Can't believe he is 8 months old now, where does time go?

Mr Happy :)