Day 69 7/9/2011 Making a splash

Today Mike woke up early as always but after having a really big morning feed unusually came back to bed and we all slept until 10.00 a.m. That's my waking up time but not his! It was lovely. Even when we did all wake up we spent a long time playing and being silly in the bedroom. Then after adult breakfast time we decided to give Michael an early bath. We hadn't been able to bath him in London so he probably needed it. He never seems to smell bad but I guess any nappy wearer deserves a cleanly washed bum regularly. So we got him ready and put him in. Mostly I held his head and Rocio washed him. The big difference today was how much he enjoyed it. Before if the bath went badly he would just cry and look really tense and if the bath went well he would allow himself to be floated about looking dreamy until it was time to get out. Today he discovered splashing the water by stamping his feet and he loved it. He was in for a record breaking long time and Rocio, the floor and I all got pretty wet by the end. I've really never seen him have so much fun with anything he has done himself. This wasn't him laughing because mummy is dancing him about or getting frantic because daddy is giving him raspberries on the belly. This was him finding his own fun splashing the water and doing it again and again.
He was still up for fun after he got out




By the time I was getting ready for work Michael had crashed and was soundly asleep.