Good news!

April 19, 2011

Good news!

Babies never cease to amaze me. You can have a really down day, be feeling rather fed up and frustrated with life, and then they go and do something which is just fantastic and instantly perks you up. Today both William and Finn have done that, and now i feel so much happier and more positive about the future.

William has been a bit up and down with his eating since i first persuaded him to start taking small amounts of cereal mixed in with my milk from a spoon. Some days he will happily gobble it down and some days he either refuses it entirely or takes a small amount and then gets fussy and won't eat the rest. Up till now i figured it was just due to his mood on the day but today i figured out it's more to do with the temperature of the cereal/milk mix - it seems that if it's not quite right he won't tolerate it so i did a bit of experimenting with different temperatures, found the one he preferred and then reheated it back to that warmth when he started to look reluctant to eat any more. Which worked brilliantly and he gobbled down the rest of it and smiled happily, nice and full at the end! Then this afternoon i tried Finn out with some baby rusks (which he loved) and i gave William a little bit mixed with extra breastmilk, which he also loved! i was so surprised that he ate it the very first time i tried him with it because it took quite a while to get him to even try the cereal. So great progress on the eating front from William :)

And in Finn news, he started crawling for the very first time today!! He's been close to it for a while because when he's sitting he will lean forwards to get toys and get himself onto a hands and knees position, and from that position he will rock backwards and forwards, but up till now i haven't been able to tempt him to crawl. Then today i was doing some of William's therapy and Finn was on the floor playing and all of a sudden he crawled several paces to reach a toy he wanted that was across the room! He kind of surprised himself by doing it, by the look on his face, and i managed to get him to do it a couple more times by placing his favourite toys round the room but he's still a bit unsteady and when he gets too excited he moves his arms faster than his legs and ends up nose-diving into the carpet! But i know he'll soon perfect his technique. Well done Finn, my clever little peanut :)