Amy had some friends and babies over today. Went I got home they were still up in the lounge chatting away. Jakey gave me a massive grin as soon as he saw me. I scooped him up and he gave me a nice nuzzling cuddle into my shoulder. I then took him downstairs and he absolutely made me crack up by gurning away with the funniest face possible. Basically what he does is suck both his lips into his mouth and then grins. The result is two massive cheeks and a big cheesy closed-mouth grin. I guess you just have to be there 😉
It’s Amy here. Jake was a pet lamb today. We had two of his friends, Jessie (and Ele) and Macai (and Queen) over for lunch. I met them at the post natal group we had and we have decided to join together and start looking after multiple babies so that we can all get a chance to have some time off. Jake has taken a bit of a shine to Jessie – this is nothing new as he always likes the ladies, but he really pushes himself in an attempt to show off. Yesterday we all met up in the park and he was rolling over (something he has not done for a long time) and playing with her. I think he blew it when he grabbed her by the ear and made her cry though… At the moment I think his most adoreable trait is when he is feeding and he lifts his hands up to feel my face and put his fingers in my mouth. I then do loud kisses on his fingers and he is grinning while feeding. Sometimes he will come off and turn his head upwards to me with a huge gummy grin, and then get back to the serious business of feeding. I gave him a little papaya, mango and peach today and he loved it and was making mmmmmm sounds between each spoonful – which began to sound more urgent the longer it took for the spoon to make its way back to his mouth. He is ‘helping’ by grabbing the spoon and shovelling the food into his mouth with his hands… He has also taken to doing real ‘squeezy’ cuddles, where he puts both arms around your neck and nuzzles his head into your neck, draws his knees up against your tummy and squeezes.
The poor little mite has constipation at the moment. We have started to have the first real solid poo now that he has had solids for just over a week. He is really straining. He goes completely red in the face and his whole little body goes rigid as he squeezes. Today I was changing him and he was trying to empty his bowels and he started to cry. It was so sad because he was looking at me as if to say, “please make me better Mummy”. I gently massaged his tummy and got him to squat down so that it made it a little easier. I gave him some cooled boiled water in a bottle. He has started to take a cup, but he needs a little more practice before he takes the amounts he needs.
This evening he had “Mr. Daydream” for his bedtime story and we thought he really needs Mr. Nosey. He is sooo nosey – always gurning round and rubber necking to see what’s going on. I do love that little guy. PET!!!