: : : Here is the news for October : : :

Friday 31st October
There was an incident today. A shocking incident. I can't honestly say that I was totally to blame, I did, after all, not have a nappy on. That can't be completely my fault although I'll admit that when it comes to nappies I'm not exactly helpful. Anyhow, there was an incident and I'm not to blame, although I DID do the crawling. I can't say any more.

Thursday 30th October
Dad was lucky enough to have been allowed to play with me this morning. Although it was early he found enough energy to lie down and smile at me. After a while he must have found some special energy reserves that he had forgotten about because he reached out and got me some toys. I banged one on his head and he got up.

I've got four teeth that are *just* below the surface of my gums, so they are nearly ready to errupt. I'm hoping that my anguish won't last too much longer.

Wednesday 29th October
There is no good news about my nether regions to be had today.

I got into a little baby loop this morning. For some reason I felt compelled to crawl from Mum to Dad and back again, looking at the mirror on the way. I'm not sure why I had to do it 15 times, but I did.

Tuesday 28th October
The news about my poor old bottom is not good I'm afraid. It's the sorest bottom that there ever has been. It's made me very very sad and it's all due to some teeth that I'm getting. I think I may be getting four teeth all at once.

Monday 27th October
Today has not been a very good day. I have been greatly troubled by the new teeth that are coming and I'm afraid that as company I have been less than companionable. There has been a loud crying and a gnashing of the teeth that I have already. I've also been chewing my finger and trying not to sit on my sore bottom.

Sunday 26th October
I've had yet another lovely day of being admired by all and sundry - especially Grandma and Esther - They both seem to love my exclusive brand of babyish good looks and smiles.

I'm off my food today - Dad thinks it's because of my teeth, but then Dad always thinks that everything is to do with my teeth. He could be right though. Maybe.

I slept all the way home - that was for three whole hours. There's going to be trouble tonight.

Saturday 25th October
Now that my Aunts have all turned up - including one that I haven't even ever met and that I didn't even know I had there are lots and lots of people to cuddle me. I think I managed to not get put down on the floor for nearly the whole day.

Friday 24th October
We're going somewhere again and as usual no one has taken the time to ell me where exactly it is that we are going to. I don't mind too much though as long car journeys give me the ideal opportunity for long peaceful naps, relatively undisturbed by external interferance.

Hoorah! we're at grandma's new house which is very very cold. I'm having to do a great deal of crawling - not only to keep warm but to investigate the wide expanse of carpet too.

Thursday 23rd October
Drawer gets opened. Drawer gets closed. Drawer gets opened. Drawer gets closed. Drawer gets opened. Drawer gets closed. Drawer gets opened. Drawer gets closed. Drawer gets opened. Drawer gets closed. Drawer gets opened. Drawer gets closed. Drawer gets opened. Drawer gets closed. Drawer gets opened. Drawer gets closed. Drawer gets opened. Drawer gets closed. Drawer gets opened. Drawer gets closed. Drawer gets opened. Drawer gets closed. Drawer gets opened. Drawer gets closed.

I've been a bit grumpy today because I didn't get much sleep last night. I think that this was mainly due to the fact that I have a couple - maybe even 4, teeth coming through. It's been very painful and I had to have some medecine for it in the night - which I absolutely hate.

Wednesday 22nd October
I've been playing with a new toy today - it's the toy with the rolly balls and the holes for putting them in. It's great fun to play it at breakfast time. I do tend to drop a lot of the balls on the floor though. Mum and Dad need to give the falling balls their full attention if I'm to be kept occupied during the all important morning feeding period.

I've been honing my clapping and waving skills. I'm getting quite good. I'm also pleased to report that I have a little bit more hair on top. it's like slivery flaxy fluffy stuff.

Tuesday 21st October
I had a much better night with a lot more sleep than i normally get. Something can'tbe right. I'll try and sort that out before Mum and Dad brainwash me into sleeping ALL night instead of waking up at least once.

I got pushed over in the leaves for the benenfit of neville. He was a man taking photographs of Peter for some magazine all about my town. I didn't enjoy it too much.

I have been enjoying putting things in and out of containers. It's a fun hobby. Things go in. Things come out. It's an activity you can enjoy all day.

Monday 20th October
I gave Dad a proper send off when he went to work today. I waved and waved and waved. I also said hello a lot which may have confused him a little bit because he didn't go for ages. I think he was enjoying the moment. I kept waving and smiling to keep him happy.

Sunday 19th October
I have done some special pointing today. I generally don't like to point at anything on my own, but if someone else is pointing then I like to point at it too - or clap - which ever thing seems the best thing to do. I especially like to point at someone elses finger while they are pointing. If our fingers can touch while we are still pointing then all the better.

I've been trying to do a bit of freestyle walking today. I can just about manage one step on my own and then I fall over. One step isn't bad though, even if it is the step that send me tumbling into the carpet. It's fortunate for me that there's usually someone there to catch me before my face gets bashed. Usually. I shan't be trying it on my own for a while.

I did all my usual smiling and vote winning manoeuvres today.

Saturday 18th October
Mum and Dad both slept downstairs last night and I had the whole bedroom to myself. I can't say that I was very pleased about it either. I shouted about it.

Dad took me out a few times today - mostly to the shops. I got to ride in his sling and I think we looked quite fashionable. I certainly had my fair share of admiring glances. Dad doesn't get very many though.

Friday 17th October
For some reason Dad is still here and not at work. He's in bed being ill. I tried to cheer him up a little bit this morning my bashing him on the head a few times. It didn't seem to help very much though.

Mum took us all out to the park in the afternoon, I fell asleep - as usual. I have worked out that when I'm in the pushchair I can just abour reach forward under the hood of Peter's bit of the pushchair and tug his hair. He doesn't like it very much because he can't get away. I like it a lot.

Dad was feeling better in the evening and he took me to the shops. Everyone at the shops admired my lovely smile.

Thursday 16th October
I learned to point today. I didn't point at anything in particular - I just pointed. Then I did one clap for good measure.

Wednesday 15th October
I tried a bit of free standing today. I'm geting a little bit less like a pencil standing on it's end and a little bit more like a boy who can nearly stand up. This doesn't stop me from falling over quite a lot though.

I'm still a bit ill today so I have done quite a lot of moaning and grumbling - much to everyone's delight.

Tuesday 14th October
There was a certain incident that ocurred today when Mum had gone out to the gym, leaving Dad in full control of the proceedings. I won't go into too many details about the exact nature of the incident, but it did cause a certain amount of panic and precipitated a hurried and immediate bath. Dad tried to put me to bed straight after my bath, but he eventually relented and let me stay up until Mum came hom, which thankfully, wasn't too long after.

Monday 13th October
I slept a bit better last night than I usually do - I didn't wake up for my 4.00am chat with Mum. I'd like to chat with Dad too at these times, but he's usually asleep. He even manages to sleep through me bashing him in the face. Mum is far more fun in the night, which leads me to ask the question - Why, exactly, did I stay asleep when I could have been awake having fun? I'll try to remember to wake up more tonight to compensate.

No new teeth as yet - still just the 6. Dad says he can see some just below my gums which may explain my crankiness.

Sunday 12th October
I've had a lovely day, I started quite early - as usual and Mum and I went downstairs to play. We left Dad upstairs snoring in bed. It's probably his snoring that wakes me up. Peter does a very good impression of it.

Today I learnt to clap. I didn't do it too many times, I wanted to keep some of them for when Mum was watching. Dad though they were all very good though.

In the evening we all went out for tea. I had some cheesy bread and a digger. Very nice.

Saturday 11th October
I spent most of the day with Dad today, first we went to buy some new clothes for me and Peter. We had to wait for a while before we could get into the sale place, and Dad invented a great game with my socks. He puts them on and then I take them off. Those are the rules. I also went to the big food shop with Dad. I eventually persuaded him to let me ride with him in my sling. I persuaded him by chewing the shopping trolley a lot. I don't think he wanted me to bang my lip again so he very quickly picked me up. Anyway - I heard him tell Mum that I had been a joy to be with so he can't have minded that much. Dad is a pushover.

Friday 10th October
I have had a terrible fall. It happened just near the stairs. I was just trying to walk a little bit when I fell over and bashed myself on the stair gate. No one noticed the blood at first, then Dad and Mum noticed. It didn't hurt as such, but they were a little bit shocked. I've got a great big fat lip and because I wouldn't submit to a bath before bed, on account of my lip, I had to go to bed with blood on my face, which although not fun, will be cleaned up tomorrow i'm sure. I also got blood on Dad's cardiacs t-shirt and that IS bad.

Thursday 9th October
I've been learning a few things today, I've been practicing my waving which, I might add is coming on a real treat - I can wave like anything, sometimes for ages and ages. Even when there's no one looking.

The other thing that I have learnt today is a little bit of singing. Mum taught me a song about a Tractor with wheels. The whole song is a little bit complicated and I can only remember the "all day" bit of it, so that's the bit that I sing, usually while I'm waving.

Wednesday 8th October
I was awake a lot last night, there always seems to be a lot of fun to be had during the darker hours. I get Mum and Dad to myself because Peter is asleep. There is always ood and drink to be had too (if I want it). It's the easy life for me.

Mum and Dad say that they are a bit fed up with my constant wriggling. I'm just not keen on sitting very still for very long. The thing they complain about most is when I have my nappy changed. As soon as my nappy is off, I'm on the run! It's a lot of fun.

Tuesday 7th October
I had a bit of a bumpy night last night, I'm not sure why but I kept waking up all the time. I managed to have a nice long nap during the day though.

I went to a baby song place today. I didn't do any singing because there was too much noise already and my beautiful voice would have been lost in the infernal din. Instead I practiced my walking by cruising up and down the row of chairs until I was rudely interrupted by an old lady who thought I was in some kind of trouble.

Monday 6th October
I've had a lovely day today, there have been no surprise cuddles from Peter and I've managed to fit in an extra nap and an extra meal. This meant that I didn't do any grumbling at all in the afternoon. I usually like to have at least a few hours of solid grumbling. It gave Mum and Peter a bit of a rest anyway. I might do no grumbling tomorrow. I might not. We'll have to see.

I woke up quite early to say "hellodaddy" about 100 times. Everyone was very pleased. Except Mum and Dad. So just me really.

Sunday 5th October
I had a lovely time in the garden today - I even had a go on Peter's swing, which I am now reliably informed is partially MY swing too. There's a slide too, but that looks a bit high for me at the moment. I've been promised some lovely soft rope to replace the current scratchy rope. I had a bit of a roam around the lawn - Mum made sure that my path was fairly clear of things to put in my mouth, leaves, worms, soil and I kept her on her toes by putting my hand to my mouth every so often. Even if there was nothing in my hand. It's a very good joke.

Dad thinks I may have a tooth coming through. That shows exactly how much he knows - I was just plain old grumpy in the afternoon - no teeth involved at all.

Saturday 4th October
I have been out and about with Dad today. We went around the shops so that Mum could have a chance to play with Peter without my accursed interference and general time-eating tactics. Dad seems to enjoy going to a different kind of shop than Mum. I don't think I've seen as many computers, cds and televisions all on one day. It was an eye opener. Only *I* fell asleep.

Friday 3rd October
I was up quite a lot last night, particularly in the early hours of the morning, which as you may have guessed by now are some of my most favourite hours of all. Mum was kind enough to look after me for most of them. Dad grudgingly got up and took me downstair to play in the late-early morning, but he wasn't much fun.

Thursday 2nd October
I banged my head today. It was probably my own fault, I was quite near the floor anyway, and actually I was looking at the floor but I looked a bit too closely and banged my head on the floor. I've done the same thing on the patio doors, but there's an excuse for doing that because of the see-throughness of the glass. I'm going to have to start looking out for my head, I'm banging it way too much.

Wednesday 1st October
I spent a long time today waving. We were at the hairdressers shop because Peter was having his hair cut. I was hoping that I wouldn't have to have mine done as well as I still don't have very much hair. What I do have is very soft though and everyone loves stroking it. I waved at a girl on a stool for ages and she waved back at me too.

I've had a rash on my tummy which I think may have been caused by my mystery illness. I can report that as of bath time it has at least partially disappeared.

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