Hi Everyone! I know it's been a while but honestly, it doesn't feel like it. The speed with which the last 6 months has flown by sometimes does my head in. It seems like it was only yesterday that we brought Ethan home. Now he's a laughing, drooling, gumming machine. He's not entirely mobile but seriously, he's not far off. I know that once he masters crawling, it's all over - the house will never be the same again and quite possibly, neither will my sanity.
There's no doubt that we've produced a mischevious boy who has a great sense of humour. Our day starts early (6AM in fact) because that's when Craig gets up to go to work. Ethan's since decided that he wants to be up too (which means Mummy also has to be up...) and while I initally loathed the early waking, I've since gotten used to it. It's lovely sending Craig off to work and spending that time as a family unit. And Ethan has such a grin and manner about him that Craig often misses the bus, because he just can't tear himself away from the baby! I try to squeeze in some chores but I need to start being more careful as Ethan is an adventurous rolling machine. And despite the inability to crawl, that's not going to stop him commando-rolling across the floor to the destination of his choice... Not a bad plan until he gets himself wedged against furniture. It's hard not to laugh as I extricate his wriggling-crying body from whatever new awkward situation he lands himself in.
Sleep sadly, is non-existent. Around 3 months, we were getting all comfortable with 1-2 wakings during the night but then Ethan hit 4 months and it's gone completelye Sh*thouse. We were in 2 hourly waking territory and somehow, my body adjusted and we just got through the day but then... Ethan got his first cold two weeks ago. : / As you can probably imagine, babies don't deal well when they can't breathe out of their nose. It was horrible. Needless to say, we didn't get much sleep and even fumigating our bedroom with vicks vapor drops did little to help clear Ethan's sinuses. It was the next level in parenthood. Since that awful night, Ethan's sleep further deteriorated into hourly wakings which is where we're at. Please please, may this phase pass soon!!
Despite the chaotic nights, Ethan is a very happy baby and a big one too. He officially weighs 9.1kg and my arms are starting to look as good as Michelle Obama's from carrying him, muwahahha! The same cannot be said of the rest of my body but the breastfeeding has taken care of the pregnancy weight so I can't really complain. Oh, Ethan has no teeth yet. And thank goodness... I'm afraid to think what would happen to the already crap sleep once we throw teething into the mix as well!
I can't wait till Easter. My Mum and my brother Aidan will be visiting for a few days and Ethan gets to meet his Granddad Paddy! It's going to be fun ^^
I hope you're all doing well and happy. We look forward to catching up soon, if you don't mind the company of a toothless grinning baby.
Lots of love,
Demi, Craig & Baby Ethan.
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