A change - no nappies involved

Been getting a bit bored with the green background.  I thought we'd have a change. Hope you like it.

Nicknames

Aidy - The one we thought we would give him.

AJ - Sar and Si's for him. Not his mum's.

Goofers - His mum's.  And dad's.

Goofers Poofers - His mum's.  When he poofs.

Who boy - When swaddled.

Chic-a-choo - When cute.

Baby Boo - Cute again.

Squawkers - When he wakes up and, er, squawks. Its not a cry.  It's a squawk.

Not a performing seal

We've had a great weekend, mainly because Aidan's slept when he should and been fun when he's been up.  From Bla's birthday party to Si, Sar and Katie coming over this afternoon, it's been everything you want from a weekend and then some.

We also managed to capture a smile.

Click twice and enjoy.

Here's looking at you kid

Cheeky.

And just to let you know last Sunday he gave us his first real smile.  We've been trying to get a snap of it all week but he isn't playing the game yet.  I'm sure it'll be caught soon.

Isn't he lovely...

At 3:30am, settling Aidan, everybody's comments were burning a red hot hole into my tired brain. 'He's so placid,' they said. 'I can't believe he's sleeping so well,' they added. But the scorching 'he's so so good' was the kicker.

Earlier Aidan and I went to see a few of our friends at Bla's birthday party.  We gave Erin a break and I introduced the wee one to some of our friends who haven't seen him yet. I can safely say they may have met him but he hasn't seen them yet.  He slept through all their fawning. Probably the reason why he was up crying instead of sleeping at 3:30 this morning.

We left not long after most people turned up.  It was a reality check when we were walking down Wandsworth High Street on our way home seeing people making the most of their Friday night.  We'd left our friends behind doing that too.

Sometimes I miss being carefree.

Dream a little dream

It may not be part of the sleep plan but Aidan had had a busy day getting over the BCG vaccination and dad just wanted some shuteye.

Natty nappies

On Friday we had a visitor.  She was a chirpy lady.  A happy lady.  She's our local nappy lady.  

She's an advocate for reusables as opposed to disposables.  We've been wanting to meet her for a while, for two reasons. One, she's a legend around the Antenatal classes - in every one I've been to she's been mentioned.  And two, we promised ourselves we would use disposables for six weeks then try reusables.  We've collected a fair amount over the past few months and wanted to know more about what we have and what we need.  And more we got.  

We were told all about Motherease, Tots Bots, Bum Genius, Fuzzibunz, Bambeasy.  And the difference between bamboo and fleece, how to wash them and store them, and what times of day which should be used.

We were also told all about the way they are used too. Usually there's a lot of discretion when talking about bodily functions, a little less when talking about babies, but there is still some.  Not on Friday in our house, though.  I've never hear the word pee said with so much gusto or poo with as much vigour.  And later when she was talking about older boys and their power pees you could hardly contain her.

Anyway she was very impressed with our stock and said we could start using what we had straight away.  So we did.  I have to say with great results too.  Even an Aidan master-blaster couldn't break through them.  We've had one wet one - when dad didn't cover the inner lining with the outer layer fully. But apart from human error they've been, on average, a lot more successful than Pampers and their competition.  

I now find myself changing Aidan thinking about nappy company names: 

SweetCheeks?  BumChums?  Or, in the US, how about FleecyFurryFannies?  I know this would be wrong in the UK but could it catch on in the States?

I guess I shouldn't give up my day job.