Well.. we are officially a single parent household - for the next month and a bit at least! Robin left for Europe this afternoon and I have to say, I miss him already. Though I'm used to him being away alot, and he's had a lot of shows lately too, but I think it's more knowing that he'll be gone so long this time thats making it hard already. During his previous overseas tours I always found the evenings the hardest because it was always time we usually spent together and I expect this time will be much the same (though with a teething baby, I'm not imagining the nightly wake up calls will be much fun on my own either!). I'm sure Noah will keep me busy throughout the days and fingers crossed the time goes quickly. Just 35 days to go! Until then it's just me and Noah.. and Billy of course, but he's hardly much of a conversationalist!

8 Months and Counting

Noah is now 8 months old and this past week has all of a sudden decided that day time sleeps are the bomb! .. to say that mummy is very excited about this lasted development would be a grave understatement! After 5 months of fighting him every nap time before he would finally give in and drift off, he now refuses to be rocked at all, I just pop him in the cot, tuck him in with his dummy and his blue 'puppy' blanket, and walk out and he doesnt make a peep until its time to get up.. usually 45min-1.5hrs.. suddenly I have time to get things done, it's great :) He has also decided to go back to having his 6/7am breakfast bottle and then going back to sleep for a couple of hours.. which means I can too :) This morning he didn't wake again until 10am, and it was perfect timing too since I was run off my feet at work yesterday and I really needed that sleep in!

Rob bought home a cold from the Melbourne show with The Amenta the weekend before last (though he insisted it was only 'a dry throat from the air con in the hotel'.. hmm first time I've ever heard of a dry throat being contageous BOB??) I ended up catching it and so did Noah.. Somehow Noah managed to escape with only a runny nose for a day or two but I was struck down with it for a week. Im pretty impressed with Noah's immune system actually.. hes been around quite a few sick people/children lately and never seems to catch what they've got.. if only I wasn't so run down I might be able to fight them off better too.

The weather here has been rediculously cold over the last week.. the only saving grace is that its been sunny and so doesnt make me feel so miserable because I can't be out very long in it with Noah. We can only go out for him to have a swing for a few minutes before he gets too cold so we've both been suffering a little cabin fever I think. I rugged him up like a little eskimo the other day and we went for a walk just to get out of the house for a bit.. Usually he gets figety and fusses after about 10 mins in the pram but I think he was so pleased at a change of scenery he happily sat in there for nearly an hour, the whole way around the 'big' block.

Noah has become a pro at getting onto his tummy from a seated position.. problem is once he's there he can't get anywhere else. He just lays like a beached whale on his tummy slapping the floor with one of his hands and crying to be helped up. It's definately cute..but also tiring for both of us! I've tried so hard to help him learn to crawl but he just can't get those limbs to move in the right way.. my poor little man, he's so frustrated. He'd do anything to be on the move but he just cant yet. And so all day we go through the cycle of - sit him on his bottom, he flops onto his tummy, then cant move anywhere and starts crying, I help him try to crawl, he doesnt get it, so i sit him back on his bottom and then the cycle repeats over and over and over. He loves walking and will call out to be helped onto his feet and he'll then cruise around holding onto your hands, taking these giant over exaggerated monster steps. He's begining to try to cruise along the furniture (with support) but the balance just isnt quite there yet, he's learning fast though and just in the last few days I can notice a big difference in his ability to judge distance and decide whether to risk the stretch from toy box to coffee table or not.. usually he goes for it anyway, but I'm pretty sure it's because he knows I'll catch him before he falls. I've taken to letting him fall (but cushioning the fall so it doesnt hurt) and it's helped his balance a lot.. But because he can't do any of these things solo yet, it means most of my day is spent keeping him happy and/or mobile so he can do the things his brain wants to do, but his body wont let him.. and as a result the washing is piling up around me and if it wasnt for his lovely naps I wouldnt get anything done!



Only a week and a half until Rob flys out to Europe for 5 weeks.. Still dreading it but I'm sure I can find ways to keep busy. I'm planning to go visit mum and laura a few times for a couple of days as she's has holidays over that period. I'll take Noah up to visit dad and Mick too, I dont think they have seen him since Easter. How is it that time just dissapears out from under you? before you know it, months have passed and you're sure it can't possibly have been so long, but it has. I remember the day Noah was born like it was yesterday, but in reality theres only a few months until his first birthday and I know that in no time at all that too will have come and gone. As exciting as it is to witness all these moments and milestones, it's also a little sad that they will only happen once and then in the blink of an eye they will be just memories in the past. Time seems to drag on forever when you are a kid, but it seems like you hit a certain age and all of a sudden someone hits the fast-forward button on your life and you spend the rest of it trying to keep up whilst cherrishing every moment and trying to lock it in your memory before it passes out of sight. I suppose thats why I'm writing these down, in the hope that reading these little notes will trigger the little things I wont remember years from now. But mostly it's for Noah, so he can read about his brand new life before he starts to remember it for himself.