Toddler Diaries 'Weekly update #1'

It’s about time I blogged this week. Missed my slot yesterday as I had a lie in (not a very quiet one with the racket going on downstairs) and Daniel is having one this morning. I was all set to go to Tesco at 6:30am with the three musketeers but then discovered it doesn’t open until 10am on Sunday morning. Can’t think of anywhere else to take them this early on a Sunday (I think it’s too early to subject oneself to McDonalds) so Daniel will just have put up with the noise. Our neighbours say they never hear us in the morning. I’m sure they’re lying. Oh well, it’s not too bad for now; Bethany is reading Topsy and Tim to Caleb, and Josh is colouring.

His passion for colouring this week is unabated. When we took Caleb for his jab on Wednesday, Josh asked to go in the buggy so he could colour en route. All the practice is paying off and he’s getting quite expert at it. His fine motor control has improved so much that he even managed to write his name yesterday! He delighted me this week by needing a poo in the middle of my hair cut. I made sure he did a wee before we left and told him I didn’t want him doing a wee in the middle of my hair cut, I forgot to mention poos! The hairdresser didn’t seem to mind me getting up to sort Josh out!!

Caleb continues to top the weight chart. Although very heavy he’s still not as fat as Josh was as a baby. Caleb is actually just on the chart, whereas Josh was off it. He’s such a chatty little chap and cheers us all up when he wakes up in the morning. He’s not the one who wakes us up; it’s usually the other two. Caleb loves his sleep and tends not to open his eyes between 7 pm and 7am. If he wants a feed in this time he just sucks his thumb vigorously to let you know and then feeds in his sleep, rolls off and carries on sleeping. He’s done a couple of nine-hour stints this week, which has been nice. He seems to have rapidly progressed to 3 meals a day and will eat most things, (especially the sweets and chocolate I caught Bethany feeding him), although he wasn’t so enamoured with leek and potato mushed together - who would be? It smelt gross, looked gross and tasted gross (yes, I did try it). He’s on a mix of homemade food and bought stuff and despite my best intentions I feel like we are probably heading towards the latter. He was very keen on the ice-lolly he shared with me yesterday, I thought it would have been too cold for him, but he seemed to like sucking it!!

Bethany is definitely a terrible two at the moment and is becoming a real handful. When she is nice she is very very nice but when she is naughty she is h****d. She has inherited stubbornness from both her parents, not a good combination. Not sure whether her behaviour is just personality or middle child syndrome. She does make us laugh though with her funny little sayings and her love of handbags, make-up and jewellery. Definitely some Wendy genes in there somewhere. She informed Daniel this week, (whom she often refers to as Daniel rather than daddy), that “mummy has too much going on in her life”. I have to agree.