Logan's 6 month update

So I'm a little bit late on posting Logan's 6 month update! It's hard to admit my tiny newborn is 6 months old!!! 

I cannot believe how much he is learning, everyday is totally different and he learns so much! 

He is army crawling everywhere... Nothing is safe any longer! But it is so much fun to see him going and getting what he wants to play with or sliding on over to you. He can put one nee forwards but then lies down so we're working on the crawling. 

This month we've started baby led weaning and he is doing amazing on it! He will pretty much eat anything. At first it was a case of sucking something spitting it out and throwing it on the floor but a few weeks on and he is pulling bits off with his gums chewing it and swallowing it. He has been for his first carvery (and two more after that) and had his own little meal. 

Talking!!! Logan started first saying mama then baba then dada and nana. Now he says dada quite a lot but when he cries or is tired or hungry he will shout mama. So it makes it ok that he says dada all day. 

The funniest thing Logan does at the moment is scream when you do! It's so funny! In the morning in bed we all scream for ages because why not!? If you scream he will copy you and he loves it! 

For Logan's half birthday (yes we celebrated it) we had a 6 month cake smash and went to the sea life centre! We had so much fun and he loved it so much. I got him a fish tank and am slowly filling it up with fish. He loves looking at them! 

Logan also attended his first football match besides watching his daddy at 3 days old! He was a bit bored though and ended up eating wot sits to occupy him 

Also Logan went on his first swing and had so much fun!!! 

The kind of parent I hope to be!

Looking back at my childhood I try to look at the days my mum and dad made us stay in and do nothing, watch tv because they couldn't be bothered to go out or they were too tired from working all week, or it had been raining and they didn't want me getting dirty... 

Then I remember we didn't have any days like this! 

Growing up we were always out and about or playing with our parents, either riding our bikes in the garden, or out as a family, going on days on a boat or to the park or swimming... No matter what we were always doing something and always having fun. 

My parents were very orientated on me and my sister, if we were playing in the garden they would be there with us... I remember playing in the swimming pool in the garden with my dad and riding my bike around with him, mum would play with my teddys with me and even put on a birthday party for one of my dolls once! 

We did things that me and my sister wouldn't want to do, like go and look at airplanes or war museums but it would always turn out fun! And we owed them really for sitting through a barbie and barney concert! 

When people ask me about Disney films or old tv shows my reply is 90% of the time no I haven't seen that, and they always say I was a deprived child... But how on earth they can say that is beyond me! Who wants to sit inside watching tv when their parents want to play with them and take them out! 

I was such a Tom boy growing up, which I'm sure my dad loved, I would always be in the mud playing with worms and making fish and chips with stones and worms and playing football and riding my bike and playing in water and it was the best times of my life! 

When I look at the parent I want to be.. its for my children to look back at their childhood and say that they can only remember days out and fun with their mum and dad... Bike rides, haven holidays, camping, days out to the beach, walking up mountains, playing in dirt, going to the beach, driving all the way to Wales just for a chippy or all the way to stoke just to go to water world... Every single year for my birthday without fail because that's what I wanted to do! 

Every parent worrys they won't be good enough, but as long as my children have the same childhood that me and my sister did then I will have done a pretty damn good job! 

My parents deserve medals for bringing us up with all the fun they did because it's only now that I realise how hard it is to do things all the time with your children and also I feel for the amount of people who don't get to spend time with their kids! 

I will be an amazing mum to my children. I might not always get it right but I will always try and will always turn to my parents for help because now they get to be amazing grand parents instead 😊

Xxxxxxx

Logan's christening!

We had such an amazing day for Logan's christening yesterday! It was so special and so worth all the manic organisation over this last few days! The house looked so pretty and covered in decorations and Logan looked absolutely gorgeous in his outfit and badge from grandad.

Logan's godmother and auntie got him a beautiful bracelet to wear but it kept falling off his little wrists so we have that as a keep sake now that he can try on again in a few months! 😬 

Logan woke up with a snotty nose that seemed to get worse through the day which was eventual with his screaming but a few mummy cuddles did the world of good 😊 

I'm so happy with all the family and friends that came along to the christening including my high school friend who I haven't seen in a long time came along to celebrate with us and it really meant a lot to me! 

Logan got so many kisses yesterday off so many people that came to see him. He had some beautiful presents and lots of cards!!! 

His nanna and grandad adopted him a donkey who's name was his middle name 😊 I can't wait to take him to visit him as he grows up! 

Logan's first friend made him the most gorgeous photo frame too! I love it so much. 

He has an engraved memory box from his godmother and a gorgeous card!! 

His godfather got him a Liverpool kit too hehe 

A lot of people got him some gorgeous things but I can't list them all! 

Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who spoilt my little man and everyone who fingerprinted his tree 😊 it turned out great! 

Logan's 5 month update!

This last month has been one of the most enjoyable months of motherhood so far. My cute tiny little newborn has deffinately gone and I now have this fun baby that plays, giggles, smiles at everyone, hardly ever cries, and is just so fun to hang out with! I have the most amazing days with him and I wouldn't change it for the world. I appreciate the days were its me and him so much because I just love bonding with him and playing with him! I get to act like a total idiot and that's ok!!! 

In this month Logan got christened!!! My little man looked so cute. A proper little church boy! It was such a good day and I am so greatful to all my family and friends for everyone who came and for everyone who gave Logan cards and gifts. We really appreciate it!!! 

In the last week Logan has turned into a blonde! Goodbye ginger hair we have a blue eyed blondie in town! He is so gorgeous! We experienced our first big slide this month and tried lots of new food. 

Some of the food he ate this month is, his normal puréed food. And now we have chunky food! He has eaten chunky carrot, avocado and sweet potato and threw most of it all over the floor! He may have had one bite of each, but it's a start on our move to proper solids next month 😊 

He's also impartial to an odd taste of chocolate and pizza 🙈 

 

Logan's 4 month update!

Logan is 4 months old today and growing so fast! 

In this last month we have started solid food and he is doing amazing with it! 

He rolls from his back to his belly and has started gurgling away. He will just sit there and talk to himself for a long time. He has started giggling properly and mostly laughs at his feet! He grabbs everything especially his jungle gym. 

He has started to like his swing now that he hated when he was first born. 

He made a new friend at baby group that he loves. He just smiles at him! I hope he'll stay friends with him and they'll be in the same year at school! 

His favourite foods this month are butternut squash, banana and peach and apricot porridge. Today he ate fresh banana for the first time and Iv never seen him open his mouth so big! 

He went to his first party and screamed when it would normally be his bed time as we have such a good bedtime routine at home. When we went back to sleep at nannys he was so scared and screamed so bad we had to drive back home to his own bed! 

He also went to his first funeral for his beautiful great grandma who he loved so much! 

One year since my pregnancy test!

It's one year today since taking my pregnancy test and I remember that day like it was yesterday. It's the day I found out I was capable of loving someone more than anything else in the world and the day we told close family and friends we were expecting. 

A few of my favourite reactions were: 

- Luke's grandma. They had had a fall out and they weren't talking to each other. So we went round to break the ice by telling her we were having a baby. Needless to say she didn't stay quiet long! 

- then we went to Luke's mums and said that they were talking again now. She asked what we said to her and we said we had told her we were pregnant. Lukes mum said "oh god don't wind her up" then looked at my face and started crying as she realised we weren't joking! 

- Luke's aunties reaction was my favourite! We went to her work to tell her and she was soooo excited and got all teared up and just kept hugging us! 💕 

Weaning and my reasons to start at 13 weeks old!

I started weaning Logan at 13 weeks after he refused to eat for two days. He was only have a tiny sip then would cry. He suffers from reflux quite bad but he is on ranitidine for this. I was unsure but after the lack of milk he had taken I decided to mix some porridge with his normal milk and see what he thought. He absolutely loved it! And kept pulling the spoon to his mouth. He only had a couple of spoons for his first try but then straight after he drank 5oz of milk!! More than he would normally drink. Then he stopped drinking again that day so the next morning I did the same. More milky porridge and he drank his milk again and every bottle that day! So happy with it I thought I would stick to a routine and have milky porridge every morning. Then after a week I introduced evening porridge as his pudding but in the evening I gave him a flavoured porridge and he loves it so much and then goes straight to bed in his cot and straight to sleep. I did this for another week before I started introducing lunch. For lunch so far this week Logan has tried mixed veg blended which he didn't like at all. Broccoli blended which he loved! Carrots blended which he was ok with but it took some convincing! Lol and sprouts he hated!!! He kept gagging so that's a no no I think. I'll try again but he might just take after his mummy. (The poop after the sprouts stunk!!!) 

So right now he's having porridge with his morning milk. (Milk is always offered first so the food is just a top up on what he already has as he now drinks his bottles properly without needing food first.) then he has blended vegetables for lunch and porridge for supper. I am going to become more creative over the next few weeks so I will do a weaning update!! 

Today Logan had blended potato with carrot and broccoli and it didn't go down the best but he ate it all so that's a good sign right? 

Tommee Tippee Perfect Prep Review

I have the special black edition of the perfect prep machine and it is definitely a must have for new mums! It makes life so much easier for you and keeps your baby a lot happier than having to wait for a bottle to cool down! 

How it works - 

The perfect prep puts a shot (usually an oz or two depending on the size of the bottle your making) of boiling hot water into your sterilised bottle, you then add your powder into the hot water and this then sterilises and kills any bacteria in the milk powder. Then you put the bottle back under the water dispenser and it fills the bottle with filtered cold water to make the bottle at the correct temperature for your baby. You can change the amount of milk being made on the top of the machine however the least you can do is 4oz so you may have some go to waste in the first week or two depending on how much your baby needs. 

You can also use any size bottles for the machine as the bottle support changes for a smaller or bigger bottle. 

It takes around 2 minutes for the bottle to be made and is so much easier than boiling a kettle then wait for the milk to cool down. It also filters the water so it means there isn't any horrible bits in the water like the kettle water leaves in! 

I don't actually have any disadvantages to this product except the clean cycle seems very confusing but we haven't had to do that yet and it's been running for 14 weeks so far! 

We changed the filter for the first time last week and this has lasted over 3 months!  

I love this product so much and I got it for a good price as I found it on offer on the babies r us website. However. I went into store and it was full price so I just went online and reserved it for in store pickup and then payed the online price for it so it wasn't too bad! 

First farm trip!

Today we went to the farm for Logan's 3 month birthday and we had such a good day. I was a bit unsure if he would even care but he absolutely loved looking at all the animals and stayed awake for all of it! He had a little nap why we ate lunch then woke up to play on the park! He didn't seem to care much about the park but he liked the slide and there was this huge bouncy pillow type thing that he really liked bouncing on! Until some kid screamed at us lol. He loved the goats and the giant horse he had a photo with. I wish his dad would have took him with me by now but he works so much :( hopefully soon though now he knows how much fun we had! 

3 months old! (13 weeks!)

How my baby is 3 months old is beyond me!!! 

This last month he has grown so much. He is extremely advanced for a 3 month old and deffinately thinks he is older than he is. 

He constantly pulls himself from a lying position to sitting and tries he's hardest to sit up in his car seat and gets very frustrated that he can't. 

He rolls from back to belly although he can't figure how to pull his arm out of the way so gets a little stuck. He had his second lot of injections and the nurse who did it last time only say Infront of him  and he screamed the place down! Remembered that face lol 

He loves standing up and has learnt to kiss now with his mouth nice and open! 

Teething is really bad this last week And Logan is really struggling with it. He is chewing everything and everything and pulling his ears almost off his head! He's been quite upset and has had a little fever but we're hoping this passes! 

For Logan's 3 month birthday we went to the farm with his godmother Emma and we had such a good day!! He's flat out now though and I can't wait to get the pictures! 

Happy 3 months gorgeous!! 

Throwback... My baby shower at 36 weeks pregnant!

I had such a fun baby shower!!! 

The whole house was decorated in blue and I had my closest friends and family with me. I had a lot of my work friends attend which was such fun as I had missed being at work when I went on maternity. (As I took my holiday first!) and my sister did such an amazing job at organising it and decorating the house! She planned so many games that we ran out of time and the house looked great! Some games we played were, what's in the nappy, what's in the box, guess the size of the bump and baby birthday, and word games to see who could come up with words to do with birth etc.

At the end of the party I was exhausted and went straight to sleep! It was so tiring but I had so much fun, my sister did a great job! 

Christening invites!

Are these not the most gorgeous Christening invitations ever. 

The picture just does not do them justice as I have blocked out the details and my address and number but they are so pretty. It cost less than £15 for 40 of them but the prices for more are so generous! They checked first to make sure everything was correct then they arrived 2 days later! 

Www.sayitwithprint.com 

Christening preparation!

So we finally have the date for Logan's christening. Downside is we have to wait till September for it as the Church want you to attend for 3 months first. 

We will have been attending for about 4 months when he gets christened but we are thinking of choosing the same church for our wedding in 2016! 

So far all we have planned is the date and venue for the after celebrations. For the party we will be coming back to our house as next door is my finances dad who has a lodge type shed in his garden that I am going to turn into a mini party room and have food there or in the house. Depending on the weather of course! 

The invites are ordered and are gorgeous! I am so happy with them I can't wait for them to arrive :)! 

To be continued... 

Baby Gurgle and sensory class!

We have been going to sensory class since Logan was 5-6 weeks old. 

When we first started going we stayed for the first part which involves singing songs and using feathers and teddys and clothes etc. Then we would go into the sensory room to let him watch the lights and drift off to sleep. 

This is Logan when we first started going 

Today I thought he was a big too clever to be put in the sensory room all the time. He doesn't settle in there anymore and just wants to see what's going on in the world and be sat up. So we stayed in class and today was all about touch! The lady brought out jelly and spaghetti! 

However she never mentioned the jelly had just come out of the fridge so the babies screamed from the cold. But the spaghetti was a nice temperature and the babies seemed to enjoy it a lot more! Here is Logan in the spaghetti 

He was not as scared as he looks here!!! But after a little bath I put him in his car seat and he fell straight to sleep. It deffinately wore the babies out and I'm sure next time they will enjoy it more as they will be a bit bigger!

Logan has a little friend as group that I hope keeps going as long as we do so that he can grow up with a friend his age. Here's a picture of Logan next to his friend (you can't really see his friend but that's probably best in case he doesn't want to be on the blog!) 

Isn't he just so tiny!!!