Trying To Post Something For The Grandparents

Well, hello strangers!  Can you tell it's a little harder to blog now that I have two boys to look after?  Life is a mix of feeding, mastering the art of projectile vomit catching, expressing, a little breastfeeding, cooking, once a week grocery shopping (this is new for me!), nappy changes, toddler wrangling, attempting to get to our regular weekly outings and doing our best to beat the colds that have plagued us for the past 5 weeks.  Not sure if you will believe me but I am really loving it.  There is something wonderful about going to bed knowing you have two little people filling up those rooms at the other end of the house.

Simon is growing like a weed.  We haven't weighed him recently, no need to as he is nice and chubby! (Particularly compared to his big brother who was always in the lower percentiles for weight).  Typically I have no photographic evidence of this to bring you today - but I have made progress and am actually managing to take a few more photos here and there.

Here is a couple of oldies for you:

21st June (just over 2 weeks old) - The three of us just trying to survive while we waited for Kevin's holidays to arrive.  Simon's room (thanks to "the chair") became our new living area.  Given Simon's tummy issues I did everything possible to get him sleeping as close to standing up as possible!

22nd July (7 week birthday) - Simon loves to play and smile (when he's not screaming and vomiting!).  In fact a smile is indication that he's finished feeding and ready to play.  Brian and I broke out the good old play mat a few weeks back and this is Simon flaked out after a good play session.  This is the perfect way to get them to sleep.  For a while there I was letting Simon play in this at about 2am after his feed, and until I finished expressing.  I think for number 2 you care less about "what you are supposed to do" and more about doing what works.