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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.

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Had the first mother’s group meeting thingami today. It was cool. Out of about 9 or so of us all but one used slings (though I was the only one that was actually using mine, the rest had their babies in prams or arms), all but three breastfed exclusively. I was the only one exclusively using cloth nappies though, there was this lady who used cloth nappies at home but disposables for outings.

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My mother surprised the hell out of me last night by being supportive of the possibility that we may homeschool when Tiny is old enough o_O My mother is full of surprises. Just goes to show that I can in fact discuss whatever with her, and she may or may not agree with me but she respects me enough as a person to listen and offer her own viewpoints and life experiences without making me feel like I’m doing things “wrong”.

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Got my order from BubbaJ today :) Two hemp nappies with two inserts and I got a BubbaJ bag too which is cool. I’ll be able to use it to cart the floor rug kowren made for Tiny out of an old single doona and doona cover of mine. Well she only used half of said doona and doona cover, she has the other half to make her future baby a floor rug … or whatever else she wants to do with it :)

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Tiny likes this song, he was fussing, I asked him if he’d like to listen to music, what would he like to listen tp, would he like to listen to Guns n Roses? And put this song on. He went into happy state.

Those cloth nappies can contain anything but major blowouts, and we had another one of them. I had Tiny sitting on my lap shortly after he woke up. He must have got that concentrated look on his face that he often gets when he’s about to do a massive poo but I missed it as I was trying to get through the last of the things I check each morning (deviantART), one of my online friends had gone a bit nuts, but she always does good work so I didn’t mind.