Day 116 24/10/2011 Doctor's visit

We took Michael to the doctor's today. We are still worried by the spot he has on the top of his head. It's always been there, right over his fontanel. It's some kind of growth in the skin. The doctors always call it a cyst. Sometimes it grows up and fills with water and then it bursts and gets small again. We worry that it is spreading but I'm not sure about this. Anyway after getting up and out and to the doctor's by 8:30 it was disappointing to find out the the appointment was at 8:00. Still Rocio sat and waited for a chance to go in whilst I took the car to have it's oil leak fixed. By the time I came back she was out and walking home. As usual the verdict was "Don't worry. It's a cyst. Keep your eye on it. We don't want to do anything about it at the moment."

Day 115 23/10/2011 Visiting May

We went to see May today at her house. She is a good friend of Rocio's from the church in West Bridgford. Unfortunatly she won't be able to get to the christening but they did have a good cuddy at her house.

Day 114 22/10/2011 Shopping and Charming

We went out to Ikea and shopping in town today. Michael seemed a bored in the buggy today. I think he doesn't always like it because he can't keep and eye on what we are doing and he doesn't sleep so well in it as he does when he's in a sling on mum or me.
Michael charmed the lady managing the changing rooms in a clothing shop and she ended up doing her job one handed as she held Michael in the other while Rocio was trying on clothes.

Day 113 21/10/2011 Knowing boy

Michael is suddenly more alert. He has always been quite alert he arrived in the world looking around with one eye. The other was still gummed up with vermix and I opened it for him.
In the last few days he just seems to understand much more of what is going on around him. He is very observant of faces and loves any kind of silly face pulling. We can be calmly looking at each other and if I wiggle my eyebrows of something like that he will bust out laughing. He still loves me to stick my tongue out at him and all sorts of peek-a-boo game are great too.

Today in the afternoon Michael and Rocio were dancing to their favourite Stevie Wonder song and Rocio started eating a little sugar out of the sugar caddy. She often gives Michael a tiny bit of different things to taste so she said "Michael it's time to taste sugar" and gave him a little on her finger. He spat it out. He didn't like it. Ever since she was pregnant Rocio has changed her tastes so much. She never used to like sweet things only savoury. Now she no longer wants crisps and the like as snacks from the shop it is always whisper bars.

Michael was not really as grumpy as this picture shows him and even if he was we had a great time laughing at his teddy bear hoody!

Day 112 20/10/2011 Volunteer

WE had our first visit today from Mandy the volunteer who will come every week tto help Rocio. I don't think they went out anywhere today just sat and chatted but it was good for them and Michael to get to know each other. Michael must have been pretty comfortable with the situation as he fell asleep in her arms.



I think from now on they will be going out places each week. it should be really good fun for them all.

Day 111 19/10/2011 Here he is

Michael loves sleeping in his cot these days. Gone are the days when he wouldn't sleep without Rocio. He quite often like a bit of space and once he is sleeping soundly he can easily be put down in his cot and sleeps for hours, occasionally making snuffling noises and wriggling about but not waking until he is hungry.
The problem is it's getting very cold in the bedroom and he is not big enough to warm the cot on his own. Last night he had cold hands and arms so tonight he is back in the bed with us. We will have to look at moving his cot to somewhere warmer. Perhaps even sway which rooms we use for living room and bedroom.

Here he is

Day 110 18/10/2011 Squeal !

Michael has really started to find his voice. Just in the last couple of days he has learnt how to squeal. He does this when he is angry because he is not getting his own way and he does it much more just because he is happy. It's really loud and piercing but it is very funny too. When I phoned Rocio from work in London today I couldn't hear what she was saying because Mike was squealing every few seconds. What will he think of next?
He has been in great mood most of the morning though. Here he is in his chair on the kitchen work surface. He likes it there watching what is going on and getting plenty of attention.