Spending time with Grandma Bain

Don has returned to work and Grandma Bain has been helping us out by looking after Calum while I work from home. All has been going well and Calum is getting in a lot of cuddle time with Grandma and has mom just downstairs for those very important feedings. Desiree has been helping out too so little Calum is one happy guy. I start work earlier and am able to spend afternoons with my little guy.

Calum has started trying to eat a bit of pablum. He doesn't take much, just a few spoonfuls and even then, some of those end up in his hair, on his nose, in his ear, on mommy, on his toys, on his clothes......I'm beginning to understand all we have to look forward to. I've told Don that we are not going to feed him pasta till he gets a lot older - like 10. I've seen to many of those funniest home videos with babies spitting it out, having it come out of their nose, wearing it on their head. It looks like it can create a real mess.

We read the recent cautions regarding co-sleeping with infants. It was a little scary and to tell the truth, with Calum growing and insisting on sleeping with this little arms and legs spread out, our bed isn't getting any bigger. Don and I have been waking up all sore because we have tried not to move about all night. Calum likes to move closer to me during the night and I keep moving away until I lay at the very edge afraid to move. So, we've tried to put him back in his crib at nights. We've had some success. The first night he was in till 2 am and I was the reason he ended up in our bed again. I simply got tired of getting up every few minutes to feed him. Last night he did well till about 12:30, then I dropped my glasses on the floor and woke him up. I picked him up and cuddled for a bit then tried to get him back to sleep but he would have none of it. Back into bed with us he went. If he were one the bottle I wouldn't mind him being in his crib so much but as I am still feeding him, it's a whole lot easier not to have to get out of bed everytime he wants a little snack. He seems to get very hungry at about 3 am and wants frequent feeds till 5:00 or 5:30.

Calum is starting to learn to roll, or at least half-roll. He gets a little frustrated sometimes but Desiree and I have been working with him on this. I'm sure it won't be long till we wish he didn't move around so much.

Oh, I almost forgot our other news. Our landlord has decided to sell the house so a move is in our future. We have a fixed term lease so they say we don't have to move till February but I think it will be sooner. The house has been painted and the real estate agent will begin showing the property on Saturday. We plan on going out for a few hours. We asked how much the house would be sold for and it's much too much because we know all of the problems with it. We are thinking of looking for a townhouse next - a rental because I suspect that if we bought now, in a few years we would be downsizing again as the girls go off to university or college. What a strange thought.....only yesterday they were these little things that liked Pokemon cards and morning cartoons.

Ah well, happy weekend.