: : : Here is the news for April : : :

Sunday 30th April
There has been either sleeping or eating happening today. I have no time for other activities.

Saturday 29th April
Today I had a really good go on my play mat. I did quite a lot of batting things around. There are more than a few things hanging down from my twin arches and I'm not sure whether I hit them on purpos or by mistake. I did get my arm stuck in one of them and I had to be rescued.,

Friday 28th April
There's not much doing today. I think I went to hatton but I may have missed it because I was asleep.

Thursday 27th April
It's a new world record. I managed to finish all of my food in record time with the minimum of burpage. The burpage that there was was HUGE though - so big that it nearly made my eyes pop out.

Wednesday 26th April
Eat. Sleep. Grumble. Eat. Sleep. Eat. Sleep. Grumble. Eat. Sleep. Grumble, grumble, grumble. Eat. Grumble. Sleep. Eat. Have a look around. Eat. Grumble.

Tuesday 25th April
I was quite grumbly last night as I am currently experiencing troubles with wind. I need to be winded every 5 minutes or so, just to make sure that I don't explode. I always reward the winder with a resounding burp which usually makes my eyes spin around.

Monday 24th April
I had a very busy night last night - I decided to see how long I could make my last meal of the day last. 3 hours is the answer.

Sunday 23rd April
I went swimming today and I missed the whole thing because I was asleep. I watched everyone else swimming for 5 or 10 minutes and then I got bored and dozed off.

Saturday 22nd April
Today i had a quiet day. Then I had a noisy night.

Friday 21st April
Look! I'm a month old today! I shall celebrate by not doing too much fussing, having two big burps after my milk and then getting hiccups.

Thursday 20th April
Dad thinks that my eyes are changing colour - they started off as a very dark blue and are now lightening to a proper blue colour. That means that I might have brown hair and blue eyes, which will be lovely.

Wednesday 19th April
I seem to have settled down into a little routine now - I wake up once a night at around 4.00am for a little snack and then I sleep for the rest of the night, so I'm quite good really.

Tuesday 18th April
I was feeling a bit needy today so I had to get Mum to hold me for most of the afternoon - which I think made her arms a bit tired.

Monday 17th April
Today was mostly concerned with sleep and food.

Sunday 16th April
Today has gone very quickly as I have been either asleep or eating. I even slept through my first ever train journey. Not a peep - my little papoose is very warm and comfortable. I woke up just as we got home. If no one had mentioned it I would never have noticed that we'd even gone anywhere.

Saturday 15th April
As you know - saturday is my day of rest. After a relatively active night where I had to compete for medspace with Andrew I slept for most of the day, waking only to make quiet grumbling noises.

Friday 14th April
Not a lot happened to me today. I grew (statistically) by about half a mililmetre. I slept for about 18 hours to allow this to happen.

Thursday 13th April
A day of sleep. And some grumbling.

Wednesday 12th April
I tried being mostly awake last night (for a couple of hours at least). I also did quite a lot of grumbling and general noises of disgruntlement. No one liked it very much.

Tuesday 11th April
Burps and general wind. A warm front, on Mum. Mostly caused by me. So sorry. Please excuse me.

Monday 10th April
It's been another lazy day today. If my calculations are correct then last night should be the first night for about 4 years that Mum and Dad have not been woken up my me or one of my older brothers.

Sunday 9th April
Today has been a very similar day to yesterday. I had a visit from the midwife though and she did all her usual troublesome tasks - the one I hate the most is being undressed and put on the scales. I have put on 2 ozs apparently. Everyone is happy that I am getting fatter. Perhaps soon I will lose the excess skin around my knees.

Saturday 8th April
To be honest, not a fat lot happened today. I did lots of eating and lots of sleeping and not very much grumbling. I'm not a very grumbly baby.

Friday 7th April
Today I enjoyed a few last cuddles with grandma before she went home. She even took me out to lunch but I missed out on it because of being asleep. I did hear hannah being complimentary about my ears though.

Thursday 6th April
I slept the whole night through last night, only to be woken very rudely by two noisy brothers very early in the morning. They don't seem to be able to be as quiet as I can me. Even my worst shouting is only mild grumbling noises by comparison.

Wednesday 5th April
Last night I woke up twice as much as usual. Twice. Once at three and once at five - I wasn't sure whether I was still hungry. In the end I decided I wasn't and went back to sleep. I also did a lot of sleeping during the day.

Tuesday 4th April
Today I have mostly been asleep and done NO crying at all.

Monday 3rd April
Today has been mainly a day for sleeping, although I did occasionally open one eye to regard the world around me. A bit like a pirate.

Sunday 2nd April
I've done more of what I did yesterday. Andrew helped feed me in the afternoon and I did a bit of lying around on my mat. I tried to bat the big blue whale thing a few times too.

Saturday 1st April
I did a lot more eating today and a little bit less sleeping. Mum and Dad have been keeping a record of my awakeness for the whole day so here it is - for your entertainment.

4.30am - 5.30 feeding
5.30 - 9.30 asleep
9.30 - 10.30 awake and feeding
10.30 - 11.45 awake and alert
11.45 - 2.15 asleep
2.15 - 3.00 feeding
3.00 - 5.30 asleep
5.30 - 6.00 feeding
6.00 - 7.00 asleep
7.00 - 7.45 awake
7.45 - 815 feeding
8.15 - 10.00 awake
10.00 - 10.30 asleep
10.30 - 11.30 BATHTIME! feeding
11.30 - 3.00 asleep
3.00 - 3.30 feeding
3.30 - 8.00 asleep.

That's pretty much my life so far.