: : : Here is the news for July : : :

Monday 31st July
I still haven't quite mastered rolling over. I get so far and then I either have to turn back or get some help. It's always that last little arm that gets stuck underneath me. Maybe one day I will learn. Until then I will roll over most of the way and grunt and complain until someone helps me.

Sunday 30th July
Today we went for a prak picnic and I had a lovely bottle of milk - hand warmed by Dad in some way. He disappeared off to the car for a few minutes - he probably went for a ten minute nap. Anyway - he came back with warm milk so I didn't mind too much. I was so hungry that I drank the whole thing down in one.

Saturday 29th July
Today was a saturday and as usual there were treats happening all around me and I am too small to take part in them.

Friday 28th July
This evening, for a change, Dad gave me a bath. Usually he is trying to force my brothers into bed, but this evening that was Mum's task. I enjoyed my bath although it wasn't quite as professionally done as it usually is.

I also spent a long time sitting up in my sitting up chair - it's quite tiring.

Thursday 27th July
It's a thursday and I don't seem to have seen Dad for a couple of days. THis morning he went to work before I woke up and only returnedwhen I was fast asleep. I shall give him a big smile tomorrow morning - early at 6.00am.

Wednesday 26th July
I went to the health centre today (not on my own obviously) and I got weighed. I am glad to repot that I am exceedingly average. I weighed in on the 50th percentile for the 4th time in a row. PERFECT I call it.

Tuesday 25th July
There is not much news today.

Monday 24th July
Mum was trying to help me roll over today, she moved my arm just a little bit to one side so that I sort of fell onto my tummy. Anyway - I was enjoying being on my tummy when she had to pop out into the kitchen for something (probably my food). Anyway - when she came back I had rolled onto my back. So at least I can do it one way.

Sunday 23rd July
I was still very grumbly today. No one know why really - and I am not about to spill the beans - as Andrew is always saying "he can't even talk. or sing." Anyway - I shall do a bit more rolling practice.

Saturday 22nd July
More and more rolling over practice is going on. I was also very very grumbly in the afternoon and didn't want to drink me tea.

Friday 21st July
I am still practicing my rolling over and I can actually do it. The only problem is that once I have rolled over my arm gets stuck and I am not quite sure how to get it out from underneath me. Usually I grumble about it until someone comes to rescue me.

Thursday 20th July
Linen squares calm me down. Linen square send me to sleep. Linen squares are the best things in the whole wide world.

Wednesday 19th July
HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT. TOOOOO HOT.

SOOOOO close to rolling over - if only i could get my spare arm underneath me in some way.

Tuesday 18th July
I went to a sports day today and Dad awarded me the prize for the quietest and most well behaved baby in the world - If there had been a prize for a pram race then I think I would have won that too.

In other news it is far too hot for someone of my size - so hot in fact that my new fan is in full usage.

Monday 17th July
It really is just far too hot for me and I'm very restless. THis evening I was tossing and turning in bed so much that Mum sent Dad out to buy a spare fan just for me. It is doing a really good job cooling me down though.

Sunday 16th July
I went a longish car journey today. I may be right in saying that it was actually the longest one that I've ever been on. It was hot anyway, so i went to sleep. When I woke up I was elsewhere. I had a brief look around, some extra food and then went back to sleep again. When I woke up I was in another place. my whole life is like this.

Saturday 15th July
I can sooooo nearly roll over...

Friday 14th July
I have been doing some really great grabbing today. I lie underneath my little gym and grab hold of the hangy down things. I've been trying to pull myself up of the floor. THAT is how hard I pull on them.

Thursday 13th July
I made more attempts at rolling over today. I am so nearly there - I just need a little more weight at the top to carry me over onto my tummy. I'm still not sure about lying on my tummy though, so maybe I'll wait until I can roll back again.

Wednesday 12th July
There is no news today.

Tuesday 11th July
I went bowling today. I slept for most of the time. I'm sure that one day I will be able to take part in at least some of the many activities that everyone else seems to be doing for ALL of the time.

Monday 10th July
I may or may not have said hello to Dad when I saw him this evening. THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENED. First, Dad came through the door and saw me in my bouncer. He said hello to me and I did a gurgle. The gurgle may have sounded a bit like "hello". Everyone was impressed.

Sunday 9th July
I went to the swimming pool and for once stayed awake so that I could see what was going on - it looked very unhygenic to me.

Later on grandma came to visit and she made me laugh an awful lot. I gavev her a nice cuddle and wasn't sick on her at all.

Saturday 87th July
I can so very nearly roll over it's not true. I can either a) get from lying onto my back to lying on my side or b) get from lying on my side to rolling onto my tummy. It's really only the bit in the middle that I can't do.

Friday 7th July
There was a grandma this morning and she was quite keen to look after me. Dad handed me over early on in the morning and she seemed so taken with me that it was quite a hard job to get me handed back to Mum in the afternoon.

Thursday 6th July
I was absolutely ravenous today and managed to fit in a whole extra bottle - 5 whole meals in one day, not even Dad can manage 5 whole meals. I also had a terrible case of wind and did a burp of such enormous proportions that the walls of the house bulged.

Wednesday 5th July
Today I was weighed at the clinic on the cold cold metal scales. I weigh in on exactly 6.67kg which is exactly on the 50th percentile, which makes me almost perfect in every way.

Tuesday 4th July
I am not myself today - it's FAR too hot for someone as small as me. I did stay in the door bouncer for a long time. I boinged up and down and regarded the world with my blue eyes.

Monday 3rd July
It was another really hot day. I spent a good long time laughing at the baby in the mirror. He is one funny looking boy.

Sunday 2nd July
I got to go on a family picnic today. Although it was very very bright for my big eyes, Mum put me under a shady bit and I managed to stay awake long enough to watch everyone else eat their lunch. I had already eaten mine and It was probably much more delicious than everyone elses.

Saturday 1st July
I haven't been feeling very well today and I have been unable to complete my food consumption duties for the day. Instead I had a couple of good long sleeps and a few snoozes.