Friday 25 March 2011

The First Word

Joseph said his first word yesterday (and now he won't stop saying it)
and what was his first word?
Drum roll please............... mama

He's the first of all my kids to say mama first, it's always been dada before.
I'm one really happy mama now :-)
Trying to ignore the fact that he calls just about everyone 'mama' not just me :-)

Wednesday 16 March 2011

The Whole Five

when I tell people how many kids I have I always get raised eyebrows and comments. It didn't happen when I had two, or three or four so it only starts when you get to five. It probably continues after that but I'm not willing to test that theory.

Most of the comments are along the lines 'oh, you've got your hands full then' or 'I don't know how you cope' but they don't really apply to me. I like to think I cooked my kids in two batches. The first two came along in my 20's with my first husband. A boy and a girl, the perfect mix. Sometimes I was asked if I was going to have more but mostly people where satisfied that two was just right, especially as they were one of each kind. In my heart I always longed for more, but it wasn't to be, well not then anyway.

When my two babies where teenagers and their daddy was long gone I met a new man who didn't have kids. We decided to try for a baby and ended up with three! The first one was a long time coming and I thought that maybe because I was getting on a bit then maybe it was a little too late. I was wrong though and baby number three was born just before my 40th birthday. I'd always said that I wouldn't have a baby after 40 but the urge to have another was too much so baby number four came along when I was 41. There wasn't going to be a baby number five. We didn't plan another one but I did say one night that if the girls had bunk beds there would be room for another cot. Six weeks later I was pregnant!

So, we get past the raised eyebrows of the five kids, we get past the comments of my being a supermum coping with five little ones, but there is still the element of shock when people realise how old I am. It starts with the shock that my eldest is in his 20's, but of course I could have had him at 16, but I didn't, and now I've just had three children in my 40's. Hey, I always wanted to be a rebel!

Friday 11 March 2011

Seven Months

Can you believe it, Joseph is now 7 months old (and 2 days)
He can now sit unaided for long periods of time, he's started to pull himself up into a sitting position and he actually investigates his toys rather than just sucking at them.
He likes food more than milk now, he eats most things I give him savoury or sweet, he just loves to chew with his three little teeth.
He's still not sleeping through the night, but when he wakes he doesn't stay awake for long, he spends a lot more time in his own cot now rather than in my bed.
He loves going out, the girls used to moan a lot while in their pushchairs but Joseph just loves it. He moans in the car if we stop though.