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Category Archives: Isaac

  1. Bipedal Baby

    Oh dear. He’s gone and done it. He’s turned into a toddler.

    So, uh, can I ask, what happened to my sweet, biddable, snuggly baby? Since when does he have tantrums and flail his limbs and stuff?

    And today (oh god, today). Today I stood him up in the middle of the floor and stepped backwards. And you know what he did? He walked.

    He walked to me.

    3 steps and fall. Help him back to standing.

    5 steps and fall. Help him back up.

    EIGHT STEPS AND FALL.

    He’s growing up.

    And now he’s walking it seems.

    I don’t think I can call him the baby anymore.

    He’s a fully fledged toddler and I’m not sure I like it.

    Sob.

    Posted in Isaac.

  2. Where did the time go?

    I’m fairly sure I had a baby here not too long ago. What on earth happened?

    Isaac at almost 14 months.

    For the record, I did not help him get on or off the plane/toy/push-along-thing.

    And Amy, for the love of chocolate, would someone PLEASE create a hairclip/hairtie that actually stays in her hair?

    Her fringe is almost long enough to get pulled back with the rest of her hair, but even then, the tie slides out her hair, it is that fine and silky. Have I mentioned she starts Kindergarten in 11 months? I think my tiny baby has disappeared.

    I know I blogged about it over on the (newly moved to it’s own domain) food blog, but look what I’ve got!

    Posted in Amy, Animals, Isaac.

  3. I didn’t mean to do it.

    I honestly didn’t mean to make Isaac look like Jenny, The Bloggess.

    Truly I didn’t.

    It just sort of happened as I shampooed his hair.

    (the blurry mouth, well, you try and get him to stop talking so you can take photos.)

    Sorry Isaac. Sorry Jenny.

    Posted in Isaac.

  4. Photos

    Photos, because after a day like yesterday, I think I just need to share some photos.

    Talking

    Look at my dirt!

    This means war.

    Thistle

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    Posted in Amy, Isaac, Life.

  5. Isaac’s swallowing issues – a follow up

    I was sitting here this afternoon, with Isaac on my lap playing. Clap hands, kiss cheeks, poke out your tongue.

    It was good fun, except he was being difficult and not poking out his tongue.

    Clap hands, kiss cheeks, poke out your tongue.

    He giggled, he clapped, he kissed me, he attempted to poke out his tongue.

    And that’s when I noticed it, like a slap in the face.

    He’s tongue tied. Badly tongue tied.

    When he pokes out his tongue, it almost looks heart shaped, with the tip of his tongue curling under and completely unable to move past his bottom teeth.

    Suddenly, an awful lot of things make sense.

    Breastfeeding Isaac has always been difficult. Painful as well. He’s always torn my nipples to shreds and it hurts. But he’s my second baby and we’ve kept going. He’s almost 13 months now and we’re still breastfeeding. And guess what? It still hurts.

    Funnily enough, tongue tie can cause issues with swallowing and eating. Geez, I wonder who that sounds like?

    Needless to say, I’ll be ringing the Paediatricians tomorrow to ask for an earlier appointment. I know that in older children nowadays they like to wait and see if it grow out, but honestly, with the problems we’re having already, I’d like it taken care of. I’m not sure how much ‘he can’t swallow anything properly’ stress I can put up with.

    Plus, from looking at photos from the last 8 months or so, I think it might be getting worse and more noticeable, rather than better and looser.

    Anyway! That’s why he isn’t swallowing properly.

    Figures.

    Posted in Isaac.

  6. Saturday Snippets

    So, I sit here and sit here and sit here, thinking about my next post. You see, I’ve got no inspiration because I haven’t showered today and normally I spend the entire time in the shower mapping out blog posts in my head.

    I think today is an update sort of day anyway.

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    Gluten:

    Amy and Isaac remain relatively gluten free, except for small incidents of trying to eat the dog food or standing in the horse pellets. I try to limit the chances they have of getting cross contaminated, so normally, they’re not allowed near the dog food/horse pellets.

    We all know how my children listen though, don’t we?

    Amy is slowly gaining weight again and is looking like a mostly healthy 3yo, instead of like a stick that moves and breathes and screeches with the breath of a thousand suns. She is also more settled, even as we discover more things that trigger her behavioural issues, even if they are supposedly gluten free.

    (Hydrolysed wheat protein – gluten free because of the process, still turns her into a tiny little demon. Chupa Chups: Supposedly gluten free, as long as you don’t eat the cola ones, she still reacts to them. Barley sugar lollies: The colouring maybe? Who knows.)

    Isaac – well, he’s all GF and his eczema has cleared up entirely. It’s great.

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    Weaning:

    Night weaning – SUCCESSFUL! This is me, now getting at least 6 hours sleep a night. Sure, it’s still broken sleep as occasionally he needs his bottle replacing, or a 2am snuggle, but generally, he is good until about 4am.

    4am-6am is less than pleasant, although I am hoping he’s stopped that, as he slept until 8am this morning. WHEEE!

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    Amy is obsessed with birthdays. She spends a lot of time walking around singing: Can I have a Birthday? Can I have a Birthday? Can I have a BIIIIIRTHDAY!

    If you tell her her birthday isn’t for a while, she gets very sad and asks ‘But PLEASE can I have a birthday?’

    Her manners are lovely. Until they’re not.

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    The puppy, she’s only had one accident inside. Typical of me of course, I trod in it and was left stranded in the middle of the bedroom with dog poo stuck to the bottom of my foot. Hopping wasn’t an option.

    I poked and prodded Nathan until he woke up and procured me baby wipes, so I could clean up enough to limp to the bathroom and scrub my foot with soap and hot water.

    Shudder.

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    Isaac still isn’t standing alone by himself. If I stand him up and then move my hands away, he can manage about 5 seconds before toppling over giggling, but he doesn’t stand alone by himself.

    He does however, spend a lot of time standing on his head in a ‘downward dog’ yoga position. Rather cute, but still not walking.

    Don’t get me wrong, I’m not pushing for him to be walking and YES, I know he’ll do it in his own sweet time (please stop telling me that he’ll walk when he’s ready, I KNOW he will and it kind of annoys me that you assume I don’t understand that) and that he will be FINE.

    He is FINE and he will walk when he is ready, but I am still watching him intently, waiting to see if he’s ready yet. Amy was standing unsupported at 11 months and actually took her first steps at 11 months too, although she didn’t walk until 15 months. Isaac, well, he doesn’t even want to use any of the walky toys we’ve got, let alone stand by himself when it’s not a ‘catch me Mummy!’ game.

    He also toes out on one foot fairly badly and I wonder if this is affecting his balance. I shall talk to the physio when we see her next and see what she thinks.

    You’re not meant to worry about how their feet and legs bend until they’re 2 at least, but knowing that we’re dealing with EDS, of course I’m worrying.

    Amy toes in, from her hips and so do I, more so when we’re tired.

    I wouldn’t be surprised to find that Isaac toes out because of the EDS.

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    Gah, this was meant to be all tied together and coherent and normally I write better than this. But bleh. It’s Saturday.

    How are you today? What snippets do you want to share?

    Hell, write a post, link back, we’ll make Saturday a regular deal. If you want to of course.

    Posted in Amy, Animals, Food-Issues, Isaac, Life.



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