139. Stand over her crib at night and watch her sleep. This is when life starts to make sense.

Age: 10 months, 2 days My cold is finally tailing off, but it's still enough to make everything seem so much harder. And then there's the new development. Charlotte has started throwing tantrums when put to sleep in her King … Continue reading →

Age: 9 months, 2 weeks, 5 days On Friday morning, after giving me a birthday present, Charlotte went to spend the rest of the day, and the night, with her grandparents. Another birthday present of sorts. While Beth and I … Continue reading →

Age: 7 months, 2 weeks, 2 days Yesterday we shipped Charlotte off to her grandparents for the day, then rearranged our flat to finally give Charlotte her own room. This involved quite a lot of furniture tetris, a certain amount … Continue reading →

Age: 7 months, 1 week, 1 day Forbidden Fruit: Or to be more precise, forbidden TV remotes. Charlotte is fascinated by certain things, mostly those things which mummy and daddy like to play with. She wants those remotes, she wants … Continue reading →

Age: 7 months Happy seven month birthday, Charlotte! It's not such an important milestone as the three or six month dates, so Charlotte's decided to mark it with a couple of days of peeing so abundantly that she overloads her … Continue reading →

Age: 6 months, 3 weeks, 1 day Well, it's been an exciting week. Not too long ago I was reporting a lack of developments, and now, in the space of the last week, all sorts of leaps forward have been … Continue reading →

Age: 6 months, 1 week, 1 day … and we're back. Oh, in the mouth!: Charlotte's wicked eating skills are slowly improving with practice. She still tends to distribute at least a quarter of any given meal around her face … Continue reading →

Segundo seems to have a pretty good handle on how much sleep he needs and when it’s time for him to go down he’s not going to push it past his limit. This weekend I was watching College basketball in the boys room, cause that’s where our tiny TV with ...

Age: 5 months Another month gone. Other than the whole swimming thing, there have not been many quantum leaps forward in habits or abilities in the last month. Trying to talk and trying to stand are still her two favourite … Continue reading →