Week 10

27th February - 5th March 2005

Caroline's Entry

We're starting to be able to see some developmental changes in Evan's behaviour now. He's been sucking at his fist for a week or two already but sometimes he manages to be a little more dextrous and actually put his fingers in his mouth and suck those. He hasn't quite found his thumb yet though!

He's also "talking" a lot more now. He started saying "gurrr" a lot a couple of weeks back but now he has a new gurgle where he really sounds like he's trying to laugh and he tends to do this in direct response to us. We'll quite often have fairly extended play time where we just play with him and talk to him. For some reason his favourite place for play time still seems to be his change mat!

One of the nice changes that we're seeing is that he's finally starting to show some signs of independence. For the first weeks of his life he was so clingy that we just couldn't put him down for a moment. Gradually this is getting better and now we can usually put him somewhere like the bouncer or pushchair for half an hour or so and he'll amuse himself. Sometimes I wonder if all babies are clingy like Evan or if they all have different personalities.

We're also realising just how big he is now. He weighed in at 12lbs 12 this week and we've had to relegate another bunch of clothes. The other night I put him in a sleep suit and it seemed to fit until I tried to do up the poppers that go over his nappy and I just couldn't do them up! We didn't have any more clean ones so we just had to leave it undone - it looked like he had a little tail! Poor thing :/

Caroline

Emma's Entry

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My little boy is growing ever so quickly, we went to see his grandma this week as it's been 5 weeks since our last visit and she couldn't believe how much he had changed. He has pretty much out grown most of his clothes so we're washing daily just to make sure he has something to wear. His clothes and toys allowance will definitely be spent on the former this month!

"Hello Billy, my name's Evan!"

I took Evan to see my work colleagues for the first time this week. He was on his best behaviour, he played, smiled, let people hold him and then fell asleep on my shoulder. They all fell in love with him, and why wouldn't they? He is the most adorable little boy in the world! To be honest, Evan is really good all the time and now that he is older and more secure (maybe all the cuddling did work) he is actually enjoying playing on his own. He will lay beside me and gurgle to himself and he loves playing with "Billy Banana" in his push chair.

Evan's hair is growing longer and he now has this cute bit that sticks up on top, he naturally has the "sticky uppy" look that I try to get everyday but fail at so I am jealous :).

I have started telling more people about my plans to stay at home so that I'll have a bigger incentive to make it work, as if Evan isn't a big enough one already! We're having so much fun and Evan is starting to get into a routine, which is good for him and it makes our life easier. He tells me when it's bed time so no more late night football for me anymore! Our feeds also happen at roughly the same time everyday it's just a shame that one of them clashes with our dinner time.

A memorable moment this week was watching Evan looking for boob on my mum and brother when we went to visit them - he ended up sucking their noses! No pictures of that unfortunately but it was rather amusing. Usually he settles for his fist or fingers as he is now very good at moving his hand to mouth.

Emma