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Tiny rolled from front to back today!

Of course I missed it. I put him down behind me on the floor on his tummy, turned to respond to Sprat and when i turned bacl he was directly under my chair on his back looking somewhat stunned.

Then the tears coz the horrible cold metal support of the chair was touching his skin.

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Tiny’s not feeling well :(

Nothing too serious I don’t think, just one of those things. He has a bit of the runs and has been wanting to feed lots. I’ve been feeding him anywhere between every hour to his usual 3 hours. He spent most of yesterday with me asleep (JJ was an absolute sweetie and skipped all his tutes and things to stay home and take care of us, I was sick as well and completely useless), and getting his nappy changed.

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Josh is currently feeling bad coz he is torn between wanting to do well at uni and having a LOT of work to do and spending time with his son. I can understand him wanting to do well and am trying really hard to encourage him but at the same time I am prbably not helping by reminding him that unlike uni which can be repeated, Tiny is never going to be this little again. I want him to spend more time with us but time is really hard to come by, and when he is spending time with Tao he is so wrecked and just wants to sleep.

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Read on the Alternative Baby forum and then heard on the news while driving back, about some mother who fell asleep with her newborn in the bed and woke up to find it dead.

That in my opinion is one of the worst possible things that could ever happen to anyone.

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I like the mother’s group thing I’m going to, the mothers there are very sweet, open minded people and the child health nurses are great.

Although I don’t agree with some of the things being advocated that some of the mothers are doing like controlled crying. But people are going to do what they’re going to do I guess.

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Tiny has a tooth bud just visible under his lower gum. I was wondering why he was wanting to chew on things (more specifically, his hands or my fingers). I asked Mum and she agreed with me that it was a bit too early for him to be teething, and she said sometimes their gums get a bit itchy prematurely so they just birte on things to scratch them in a sense.

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I don’t think there is any sound in the world more beautiful than a baby or child’s laughter.

JJ and I cart Tiny around with us everywhere we go (partly coz he’s breastfed, partly coz we wouldn’t have it any other way), and everywhere we go people are taken by his cuteness. He’s recognising people we see frequently, and will often shoot them the most adorable gummyshark smiles, thus reducing them to melted puddles.

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Everyone keeps asking “Is he a good baby?” Huh?! Good in what sense? Apparently a “good” baby doesn’t cry much and sleeps lots.

Rightio then.

Tiny slept through the night last night. The night lasted from midnight to 7 something. He had an extremely saturated nappy when we woke up in the morning but seeing as he didn’t wake up for his usual in between change and top up, was to be expected I guess.

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Tiny tried to roll over a few days ago! He didn’t manage in the end but it was extremely exciting to watch ;) He was trying to push off the bed with one leg and using the other to try to kick over and get some momentum. Maybe the next time he tries he’ll flick his shoulders in the same direction thus acheiving success :)

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I put Tiny on the floor today while JJ was at uni, down on his tummy coz he was being active and I thought he might like to attempt crawling again (it always frustrates him and he makes lots of noise, I’ll flip him back over as or a bit before he starts crying). As soon as I put him down he lifted his head all the way up.