No cheese please!

Rio's sicky, pretty sure cheesey food doesnt agree with him. The smell of sick is vile, but cheesey sick? wowzers!! Inbetween he's still his cheeky little self though, so i cant complain.

We've gave in and got him a baby walker. Originally the health visitor did convince us to not get one as they can cause children to use the wrong muscles and end up having to have insoles etc later in life. But Rio is at that stage where he cant quite crawl, but wants to be up and about. So like a naughty parent i gave in and he absolutly loves it!! Jessie (our dog) doesnt though, Rio is obsessed with her so he follows her about like a little lost sheep. The way i see it is aslong as you dont just dump them in there and use it in moderation its fine.


 By doing this he has also learnt to clap. When he learnt to move it forward we clapped and said "clever boy" so now when we say clever boy he claps hiself. Its pretty adorable.

Weight wise, he's 16lb13oz and 70cm. 7months old & still in 3-6 month clothes..infact alot of them are still to big.

The coca-cola advert was on last night, i didnt watch it.. im going to try put it off abit longer as im not quite feeling the christmas spirit yet. Bah humbug. I did go christmas shopping to meadowhall the other day though but theres nothing jolly about christmas shopping with a pram! Hectic!

^^ "I'ma get you" ... "Noo, come back Jess Jess"

 

Happy halloween, pumpkin of the year.

Today is halloween. This time last year my Rio was in my belly.. looking at him now i think how the hell did i fit you in my tummy little man? Though of course i didnt give birth to a 16/17lb baby..youch that would be a..urm..miracle.

Obviously he wont be going trick or treating, though in all honesty i think if i pushed him round in a pumpkin outfit or something id have plenty of goodies to munch on but i wont. Instead he's just got a little halloween sleepsuit and bib and we will sit in the house handing out treats to all the other little monsters. Though i am warning you.. if anyone comes to my house dressed as a slutty schoolgirl i will be sending them away. Oohh when did i become so old so young. Haha.

Me and Craig had a pumpkin competition last night, we actually did..maybe theres some youngness in me there somewhere eh? I say he won, he says i did. We've both agreed our 3 year old neices can have the overall title. Lets call it pumpkin of the year shall we?

Annalises..obviously i did the knifing she did the scooping.

  Mine & Craigs

Roll over Rio

Rio has been babbling for soo long, but suddenly he has really found his voice. He's soooo loud and gobby haha!! He's also started staring and observing strangers/other babies. But the main update (which is abit late because i havent had an internet connection as my router decided to pack in - typical).. is that he can finally roll over and back again, when he wants to, which is normally at bedtime.. when he rolls back and forth giggling away to hiself..he's such a little crackpot but you cant help but laugh at him no matter how tired you are.

He's now on follow on milk and weaned onto everything he should be. His body needs to get used to it though... i actually was excited to change a full nappy after a week of struggling! Oooh the joys of motherhood.

May aswell include that i got asked for ID for a lucky dip today after horse riding too..dont you have to be 16 for those? i know im a short arse but im bloody 22 next.

The downside of parenthood

What a horrible blogpost title eh? Before this week i would of said "there is no downside of being a parent", me and Craig have never been ones to go out partying, yes sometimes for friends birthdays etc we let our hairdown but were the kind of couple that would prefer to have a natter over a nice meal. Older than our years and all that haha. So there wasnt any kind of 'downside'.

Then this week i got ill. Blergh.The downside to parenthood is that when your ill you've got to soldier on! Yes in between projectile vomitting you've got to soothe your little one and check that their okay, until, if your lucky enough, your OH comes to your rescue and takes over. Luckily for me mine did as my bug left me drained as i stuggle with my iron levels anyway, and with horrible stomach pain for days.

Today he is back at work, it cant be helped their short and we're losing out on money, which since its nearly christmas, jeez louise!! How did that happen? we need so it cant be helped.

Dont get me wrong im still a walking zombie but im putting on a brave smiley face to keep Rio-saurus entertained. Secretly id love to just lay in bed with a hot water bottle and crap daytime tv and snooze but that isnt going to happen. I've trudged on with colds before but Rio was the same so we got to be little nappy lazybums together but this bug malachy is a whole different story!!

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Do you say yum?

I used to think the word 'yum' was pointless, yes sometimes i say "oooh that was yummy" but who actually eats and says "yum"?

 Rio does!! He smacks his lips and goes "mm yum yum". Unless its apricot fromage, then he pulls a face and spits it right back at me. Secretly i dont mind though, as their my favourite and it means i get to eat them.. mwahaha.. but yeah, thanks son!!

I wish my nails grew as fast as his too, any mummies out there will know when they get to the pully hair nipping neck stage nail trimming all the time is a must.. because by eck does it come keen!

Half a year old

They say time flies, and their not babies for long...too right!! Suddenly Rio is 6 months old.. he's half way towards his first birthday. And although ive got hundreds of pictures when i flick through them it doesnt seem anywhere near enough!!! Why didnt i take more pictures of those first precious moments? I'll tell you why.. half a a year ago today i was in a daze. I was just staring at my perfect little bundle, at my new perfect little family and cherishing it.

My little 6lb6oz of perfection is now 16lb7, sitting up with teeth!

 That also means ive been living with Craig for just over half a year. And that just over half a year ago this happened  http://walkingtalkingpollypocket.blogspot.co.uk/p/rios-birth-story.html

Being a parent is amazing, i'd even say i was made for it..haha, as cheesey as that sounds! Its learnt me alot..good and bad. It learnt me who my true friends are.. and sadly thats not alot. But thats their loss not mine.

Ive learnt that poop filled nappies arent that bad, unless its the middle of the night..then by all means try and pie it off on your partner!! haha. That every tom dick and harry will try to interfere and tell you how its done, what you should do..and generally think their in charge of your baby and pass them from pillar to post. Ive learnt to ignore it, as a parent you do things your own way.. there is no right or wrong.  Well you know what i mean. But most of all, ive learnt to stand up for myself and learnt that i was right. Just because im not 30, and married does not mean that i cant be a good parent. I've proved them wrong, i bloody well am!

 

Ive also learnt that i am absolutly rubbish at formatting pictures side by side on my blog!!

This morning Rio woke up with... his second tooth!!