General update

Carter at 12 weeks old

First of all, an apology may be in order for the slack rate of blog updates; however, if you have had kids of your own, you would quickly realise that updating a blog is one of those tasks that gets put to the bottom of the pile as time becomes...well, NOT your own... So anyway, here's a quick update...

The cold that was passed on from the neighbours ended up giving Mum and Dad chest infections so they were both on antibiotics with Dad taking a total of 6 days off work. This made being at the beck and call of the kids slightly more challenging.

Carter had an ultrasound of his hip, and it turns out that everything is fine. So even though two baby clinic nurses said there was a click there, our GP didn't, and I guess that's why she is paid the big bucks.

Carter is doing well as far as weight gain, and general progress - he's fitting into clothes that Linc didn't wear until he was about 5 mths old.  His sleeps during the evening range from 4 hours to 8 hours with only very short sleeps during most days. What is annoying at the moment is where he doesn't go back to sleep for very long after he has had his early morning feed.

Lincoln still hates Santa, so a trip to the shopping centre ended up being a waste of time; we are going to try again shortly, so stay tuned. Linc still goes swimming every saturday and seems to enjoy it.  Although he's at a really dangerous point where he is not afraid of the water at all. Halfway through class when he's supposed to be sitting on the edge to jump in where Dad is, he'll get up, run halfway along the pool and jump in.  And no, he doesn't swim - he sinks.  Another thing that hasn't been mentioned is how he has progressed with his interest in the TV... In the Night Garden just doesn't do it for him anymore, and it's now Toy Story and Cars which keeps him entertained.  And he's been doing a fair bit of TV watching lately, as we have had over 200mm of rain in the past two weeks alone.

In a nutshell, life isn't easy at the moment - and when both kids are screaming, and you're tired (and hungry while your nicely prepared dinner goes cold) it's sometimes difficult to keep the stress levels under control.  But then each of them will give you a smile, and you quickly realise that there is no way we would change a single thing.  Bring on Christmas holidays!