A Couple Dilemmas???

What do you think??

Potty training?? I've been and bought a potty yesterday after reading a book my MIL gave me, the book says to introduce the potty at about 9-12months. The reason i am thinking about this, I've seen recently a few of my friend really struggle as they have left it late, my friends little girl wont poo in her potty and is 2.5yrs old. When is best to start?? Should i buy another book? After asking my Mum turns out i was toilet trained by 18months and only had a nappy for bedtime. I am having to bigger expectations?? Is 18months plus more realistic?

Christy has made me think about this when looking at her blog. In 4weeks time it will be Billy's 1st Birthday, well i have a cake dilemma! Just looked up on the Internet first birthday cake ideas, the choices are Carrot Cake, Apple Swirl Cake or just my old time fav Nigella's Choco Fudge Cake (the one I've made loads of times and for everyones birthday) or a plain sponge? The point am getting to is that should it be healthy or sod it, feed him sugary junk food that one day??

The toilet! Its not good, your gonna think we are scruffs!

Billy has a obsession with the toilet. We have 3 in our house, downstairs, on suite and a family bathroom. I have to shut the doors to every one of these rooms or you find him stood up looking in the toilet, that if the the lid isn't down and knowing my husband the lid wont be down. Well earlier the week, in true bloke style Tosh went for a wee with the door open, sure he wasn't thinking about what he was doing, suddenly two little hands popped up at the side of him then a little head peered over, I said didn't you stop and move him??? He said I could stop weeing! So what happened today?? The same but could have been worse, he popped up at the side while he was weeing but with the remote in his hand for our TV from our bedroom and was dangling it in the toilet but not in the water! (DON'T WORRY HE'S HAD HIS HANDS WASHED EACH TIME HE TOUCHED THE TOILET AND I TURNED IN TO MORE OF CLEAN FREAK THAN USUAL)

Sorry POOP again!

Forgot to post about the recent POOP incident! Sorry guys you must know by now that poo amuses me! Anyways..... after the BBQ we came home and Billy went straight to bed without a bath, so the following morning Daddy passed him to me in the shower for a quick rinse and always after he's been washed hes allowed to jump on our bed and look at him self in mirror but naked! I heard Daddy shout OH GOD so when i went in the bedroom there was a perfectly formed poo sat on our nice clean bed looking up at me, Billy was still jumping and looking very proud of him self!

His 7-9month assessment.

Final on his 9th month the health visitor finds time to see him!

He's still small for his age but neither of us are big, so wouldn't really expect him to be although born weighing 8lb 8oz so maybe you'd expect him to be?!

Today he weighs 18lb's and on the second row up on his weight chart, his head is little apparently, i always thought it was big! LOL He has 2 cherries(testicles), all joints and hips are OK! So all in all a healthy boy! YAY!

WARNING THE REST IS ABOUT POO!

Not sure about her advice about his poo though, i asked if its normal for him to always do runny poos, she said it was fine! I have cut all brown bread from his diet and even cut his beloved raisins wheat's to see if we could firm it up, so far nope! The only result is that we now only have one poo per day and that he still trumps as much, his poo still stinks as much and its equally as runny! He currently drinks 21oz of milk per day. What do you think?? Should i book to see doc??

A very busy day so far!

After waking us up at ridiculas o'clock (4am) and not going back to sleep we got up! I was up dressed and downstairs cooking by 730am. Doing my domestic goddess bit, i cooked Bolognese from Tana Ramseys Family Kitchen book (very full of veg and its made loads) and Billy walked around the dining room and kitchen opening cupboards and stealing tea towels. OH and not forgetting tipping the plant over (come on Daddy shall we throw it away??) Defiantly need to get cupboard locks!

He had raisin wheat's for breakfast and ate 10 of them, i decided that he couldn't have anymore - very greedy!

I decided to go get him weighed this morning as we were ready to go out so early and I'd found 6 little flat spots on his legs and back so also wanted them checking out. Off we went to see health visitor, he weighs 17lb 9oz today so putting weight back on. Not enough for that forward facing car seat i am so eagerly awaiting! Any the spots, the HV thinks chicken pox! YUCK YUCK YUCK! They are flat at mo and she says if they start to rise and fill up they CP and the reason he was up last night may have been he had a temp?! (Know it all - OH sorry i mean my Mother is on her way round for a look, to give her diagnosis!) I don't think its cp or should i say i hope not!



One final thing - poo been my favourite subject at the moment - OK most of the time! He filled his nappy at 7am this morning and it leaked on our bed!! Wasnt happy! Gonna cut out brown bread as it could be the cause of all the runny poo, goes against the grain but its gonna be white from now on - reading post on Baby Centre and apparently babies bodies cant cope with the dense amount of fibre and it fills them for longer so they don't eat as much!

THE TRUMP IN THE BATH!

I know i know 2 posts about poo in one day is BAD!

He was laid in his baby bath relaxing as normal before bed time and we heard a massive trump, then another, then the next trump was like if you were watching a nature programme and a squid was in water squirting ink! Yes he's sprayed S**T in his bath! Not the type you could scoop out either! I've given such reference to this so i always remember so i torment him when he's older!

A day out with Grandma Susie!

Written by Billy (such a clver boy!) I was taken to see Auntie Be and Uncle G while Mummy was working. I went out for walk in my pushchair and they put my coat and hat on but why didn't they notice my mittens were in my hat that i was wearing?? Not like i can tell them I'm only 8.5months! Anyway i got to sleep in my pushchair and got to eat out, i was given scrambled eggs and toast - Yummy! I thanked them for my lovely scrambled eggs, that i ate every stitch of and showed off how well i eat on my own, Auntie Be was very impressed! Oh the thank you was a poo that big that it took two people to change me and a whole outfit change including my socks!

This is not unusual to have to change his full outfit due to him covering it in S**T - just later in the day than normal. NEED different nappies i think or a big cork!

Fully Rehydrated Raisins YUCK!!!

After been so good yesterday at eating his fruit pancake his nappy was a joy to change (NOT) he obviously doesn't chew everything that goes in his mouth, the reason i know this is that his nappy contained some fully rehydrated raisins!

Today we've been to toddler group with his little mates. He's kinda in between, baby group is now too little for him and toddler too big, he showed off his skills in his baby walker and it gave me great pride that he was the only one that can go forwards (Baby Olympics starting)

I go from one extreme to the other about his eating, I'm now worried he is eating too much. He eats most meals offered and between 28-32oz of milk per day, i thought once that they started eating properly that they dropped their bottles off??

Oh and hes eaten melon today!