30th December 2007

We spent Boxing Day at Dreamworld. We were going to go to the water park but it has been too cold! I can’t believe that it is near the end of the year and we still haven’t had many hot days! We haven’t had the air con on yet. It has actually been raining for the last few days and also very windy.

Thursday night I went to the Truets for dinner. Mandy, Scott, Marcus, Deepak (his b/f) and Trudy were also there. It was great to catch up with everybody again!

We opened the time capsule that we put together on the NYE of 2000. It wasn’t that interesting but we had all written out where we wanted to be in 10 years time. I wanted to be a CEO if an airline and married to Duane with 2 Labradors (black & white) Well I got part of it....DO NOT want anything to do with airlines now though!! Duane wanted to have a water fronted house and be a golf pro. Oh well! Our house looks like it’s on water at the moment with all the rain...wonder if that counts!! He got his dream of being a golf pro....I guess he should have been specific for how long!!!

Grace has been so good lately! She hasn’t been pushing or hitting Xavier, which is a relief! She is going to bed fairly easy without her dummies. She does need one of us to sit with her for about 5 mins, but thats fine. She hardly has any tantrums anymore. I think that is mainly because she can talk so well and get her point across easily. He little sentences are so cute. She came up to me today and said “cute boys” Oops its started already! She has been learning for a while now who are boys and who are girls. She gets it right most of the time! She also is starting to understand big and little. When she is going to the toilet she tells me if its a big or little wee or poo! BTW she is fantastic with the toilet. She hasn’t had an accident for ages and always asks when she wants to go. I still put her on before we go anywhere and when we come home, and I also remind her when we are out.

Xavier is just gorgeous! He is such a happy little giggly baby! His only issue at the moment is the night waking. He is waking on average every 3 hours and wont go back to sleep unless he has a feed. He only has a quick feed and then back to sleep so I am not sure whether he is actually feeding or just needing the comfort to go back to sleep. I have tried just resettling him but it takes ages and rarely works. I am going to just go with it and keep feeding him. I am also going to think about introducing solids soon! I kinda feel weird about doing it though.....It’s like he wont need his mummy as much anymore!

He is all over the show with feeding. I am completely demand feeding him and don’t really have any idea when he feeds! I know that he rarely goes longer than 3 hours during the day. He has started biting me at the end of a feed if I am not paying attention. It hurts so much, like little razor blades! He is such a fiddler when he feeds. He pulls out the nipple and then pushes my boob back with his hands. He also slaps my boobs, I think to get a letdown quicker. Once he has settled in and getting it he relaxes back. He pats my chest which is so cute. He starts from the outside and with one big sweeping movement he pats across, in an arc! I love it because it means that he is having a decent feed and not fighting my boobs for more milk! He is still a really quick feeder, usually about 5 mins either side! I am actually amazed that he is getting anything, he is so quick! He is peeing fine though and otherwise seems fine so I am sure that he is! I’ll get him weighed on Thursday!