Dinner

Dinner time has taken an almighty twist... yup, its dinner on the floor now... The modern style so we like to call it. Haha. Neo has become a hater of the high chair now, so we decided it's time we stopped using it, the tantrums, squeals and lack of food eaten just really aren't worth it!!! 

Just lately we've been staying in a lot, the weather is nasty here, pure winter weather, cold, windy and raining.. and as Neo enjoys eating the rain cover, shall I say, licking the rain off, we stay in on these days as much as possible. 

His walking has improved loads, last night we took the rubbish out together. He loved it and kept stopping to look at the women as they walked past us. On the way back up in the lift some lady was blowing him kisses, he really does make friends easily :) 

I don't really have much to write today, except the tantrums are increasing in frequency and the mischievousness is doing the same... boys will be boys though haha 

Handfull

Well.. Neo is a few days off of the 11 month mark and it really is beginning to show how he is turning from a baby into a little boy.. he causes mischief wherever he goes.

So a couple of days ago, there we were, just chilling together in the kitchen, Neo has a nice bottle of milk and dis drinking it like a little angel. Thinking I had a couple of minutes spare o check a few emails while he was occupied, I did exactly that... checking... signing in... loading page... waiting... Neo is still quiet... look at the news.... open up email page... 2 emails... have a quick look.... turn around to look at Neo... Oh MY!!!!!!! What is he up to??? There he is, bottle of milk turned upside down and he is bashing it on the floor so it squirts out everywhere and then... he's not just leaving it, he wipes it across the floor with his hands and attempts to swim in it... what a mess!
        I take the bottle away from him "No Neo, thats not what we use a bottle for" He kicks up, screaming and banging his hands on the floor and thrashing his legs... and I thought the tantrums didn't start until they're 2! After 5 minutes he forgets about the bottle and continues to play.

By play, what I really mean is make a mess haha, first off he's over to the cupboards, opening them and slamming them shut, while smiling at me, now, we did buy child locks, but my baby genius just peeled them all straight off, anything with him has to be screwed down!!! I take his hand off the cupboard handle and take him over to the "sleep corner" where all his teddies and blankets are and plonk him in the middle, he laughs, gets right back up and runs over to the cupboards... he's back at it, cheeky smile, slamming the cupboards open and shut.. I repeat the same method of removing him and placing him with his bears, nothing seems to stop him, to him its a game and with each removal he laughs harder and harder! Kids!




I think that getting ready to head out will deter him from the cupboards so I walk to the bedroom telling him to "come" He follows me excitedly, running behind me, I grab a nappy out of the cupboard on my way, to which point he stops, looks at me, smiles that cheeky smile, and runs in the other direction with me chasing behind him.. he's quick, but not quick enough. I scoop him up, hook him under my arm, and through to the bedroom we go. I shut the door. We have an inbuilt wardrobe here and atm Neo's clothes are in piles at the bottom of it as we now need to get him some drawers. So I open one side and he comes over, he wants to help, by that I mean empty the load of clothes in there onto the floor of the bedroom... after much fight, squeals and stressy moments I manage to grab a set of clothes out for him and keep the wardrobe in tact.

I get him dressed then Get the pram out, he gets excited and starts ramming it into the walls of the flat, while he's occupied I get dressed quickly. Then I hear him crying, he's stood at the door, getting frustrated coz he wants to leave already. He's become really good at walking to the lift and then to the front door. So as we head out he's still walking, and I  tell him to wait for mummy, not today, he scoots around the pram and is running down the corridor, I don't even have time to lock the door before I have to chase him, he's pushing the heavy door open that leads to the stairs, so I run, grab him, and put him in the pram. He isn't a fan of this and puts up a fight.

That day pretty much continued like that, Neo pretty much ran rings around me, causing havoc and destruction every where! The process from baby to toddler really is fun!

Every day since then has pretty much been the same, and he's learning to throw properly so we get the occasional brick in the face :). Boys!.

On Thursday we had a very good friend visit, Amy, She was amazed at the size of Neo and tbh, i'm beginning to get amazed at the size of him, he's getting massive!! At first Neo isnt too bothered by her presence, so we go to the shops then head to the park, where I let Neo out of the pram. He runs in every direction but the one for home, so I run after him, scoop him up and place him next to the pram a few times until we come to the swings. What a joke, Some little Brat has only burnt it so now it's no longer useable, seriously, some kids need to get there heads sorting, out of the whole park thats the only thing Neo can use coz he's still so small.

At home, Neo was quite well behaved and ended up giving his Aunty Amy cuddles and jumping on her to grab her necklace, it was a lovely day :)

But as for now, I have to head off and chase this boy some more as he is currently raiding the fridge....

Moved...

So the reason I Haven't updated in a while is because we have moved into a much bigger flat, this one has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, a lot more cleaning to do haha! The move with a baby was eventful, every time i was packing stuff into bags Neo would come across and put anything he could find into the bags... helpful but unorganised :) however, it didn't stop there, it also meant that when he got bored he would go and undo anything he could find, empty boxes, knock over computers, ha, he was such a handful, but never the less, we are glad to be moved :).

Neo has grown up loads in the past month or so, he's learnt to clap and is walking extremely well, he even walked into town the other day, though it took us nearly an hour due to everything being fascinating  including drains, he stops, points downwards and starts to try and touch it, with me pulling him away going "No, dirty, urgh" and him squirming in a desperate bid to feel this new object... so innocent.

We recently took a trip home, where Neo got to play with his cousins, he loved this and was surprisingly very well behaved, minus the odd smack to his relative here and there and the odd poke in an eye. I let him play in a paddling pool in the park and he loved it, splashing and running and falling over, we ended up coming back with loads of toys, absolutely loads! Thanks to various friends and family, :D.

Since moving into our new flat I have managed to give Neo his first proper bath, which, he loves, he got so excited and was splashing around and squealing it was so cute! Now every night when he's ready for bed he starts trying to drag me into the bathroom so he can get a soak. I love giving him a bath as well, it's so relaxing and such an enjoyable experience, especially as I watch him learn about buoyancy and how the water can affect his balance :D

He's teething again at the moment so the little blighter got up at 2.30 this morning, yup thats right folks, 2.30am... I'd got into bed about 10pm and had seen to him 3 times in that time, had about an hours shut eye! When he got up he was a bit moany, so I fetched him a bottle of warm milk to suck on in the hope he would drift off back to sleep, no chance! He was wide awake, running around the living room and squealing, boy was it cold at that hour, I put a movie on and curled up, leaving him to do his thing.... when 6.30 rolled around he was ready for some sleep, in the hope that he would crash for about 4 hours or so I eagerly put him down for a nap and hopped into bed myself! Nope! by 8 he was up, shouting at me, ready to play once more!

Once I found the motivation to move from watching movies we went to tesco's where I brought Neo some cooked ham for his lunch. He spotted it though and was demanding it while in his pushchair, I didn't mind so much as yesterday he barely ate anything because of his teeth hurting him, so I opened up the meat and tore off a chunk and handed it to him, he ate loads of it on the way home and then promptly fell asleep on his cuddly dog :) He only slept for half an hour though! Wow! I was exhausted.

The day pretty much went on like that, he had one more nap about 3pm which was another half an hour and now at 9.30pm I am tired, very very tired indeed. But having Neo is amazing and I really wouldn't change him for the world. When he was being called earlier he said "yeaaa" Now for a 10 month old that is pretty good :) it was so cute too, to hear him respond like that, totally shocked me.

Here he is >>>>
He has a fascination with trees and plants and has to run and point to every one :)