Month: October 2008

It’s been a big week.

Saturday morning Mark took him to his second swimming lesson, and then we went to a party for James’ first birthday. On Saturday night, there was no sleep. Well, that might be a slight exaggeration, but none of us got much.

And in the morning, there was a tooth.

We had to hold him upside down to get the picture, but he likes that a lot, so it’s all good.

On Sunday, we caught up with my dad’s extended family for a christening, and he charmed one and all.

On Monday, there was crawling.

Tuesday brought clapping, and pulling up to stand in his cot, all the better to hear the echo of his screams when the evil mama confines him.

On Wednesday, today, there was another tooth – popping out between his 2 hour morning nap, and his 2 hour afternoon nap.

He is adored by one and all, and getting more and more adorable by the second.

I put Inigo in his Pastafarian Onesie (that he got from Adam and Sarah for Christmas last year) after aqua aerobics today, and we have had a small miracle.

We left him with Bev for a few hours this afternoon, and when we came back, she informed us that he was definitely on the move.

So out came the mobile phone, and here he is exploring his new powers.

I hope he uses them only for good, but I have my doubts.

The Theme to the “Muddy Mudskipper Show” from Ren & Stimpy.

Who’s the greatest mudskipper of them all?
Who can skip thru the mud with the greatest of ease?
What kind of wonderful guy?
Who can crawl like a dog without scraping his knees?
Who’s got seg-ment-ed eyes?
It’s Muddy Mud-Skipper!
It’s Muddy!
Mud-Skipper
It’s the Muddy!
Mm-ud Ski-pper show!!

So far, his favourite songs are “The Philosopher’s Song“, “Galumph Went the Little Green Frog”, and “Happy Together”. Happy Together was the song that Mark sang to me as I walked up the steps of the Rotunda at Observatory Hill to get married, so it’s special to both of us. The Philosopher’s Song has always been a great favourite of mine. It may not be orthodox to introduce the kid to a drinking song at such a tender age, but it should do wonders for his curiosity about the history of philosophy when he is of an age.

And we’ve been able to calm him when he is having a fit of pique since he was about six weeks old by singing a rousing chorus or two, so I think a little philosophy won’t do any harm.

This is a new business, but it seems like a great idea – loan a range of nappies for your baby to try them out, and see what works for your kid before making a huge investment.

Great idea, I wish it had been around when we first started with cloth.