All warm & snug!
Indi & me wore the MaM babywearing coat for the first time on Friday. I’m sick of using the pram & 
Indi just wants to be held after 10 minutes in it anyway!
Friday was cold enough to wear the coat, I left the fleece neck cover thingy at home but wished I’d taken it as there was a bitter wind blowing right onto my chest and then onto Indi. Luckily he fell asleep quite quickly and I was able to position him out of the wind.
I’m going to attempt to wear it again today when we walk Sky, hoping the weather folk are wrong & we won’t have torrential rains!
I’ll be wellied up & taking an umbrella no matter what, don’t know how rain resistant the coat is yet - probably just for light showers. I’ll also have to wear my stripey hat… yay! It’s been two years since I wore it! (Last winter I was pregnant & immune to the cold!)
Indigo has started reaching for me when I go to pick him up and after he’s fed up with us playing on the floor he’ll put his arms around me like a hug! I know it’s not a hug, he’s trying to use me as a prop, but it’s still nice!
I shall post photo’s of our walk if the weather makes it possible/Jess & dad want to accompany me, just don’t laugh at my hat, or my wellies, or the ridiculous look of said hat & wellies together!
Happy October!
I love October! It’s officially Autumn & pointless complaining about the weather because this is how it’s meant to be.
October brings our 7 year ‘first met’ anniversary and our 4 year wedding anniversary, Indi will be half a year old and it’s the month that he will try solid foods for the first time (those cake crumbs don’t count!), three of our rescued cats came to us 4 years ago this month - Gaia from the RSPCA, sibling Aztec & Maya out of a skip from the recycling company I used to work for, and Halloween/Samhain - my favourite calender holiday!
Indigo seems very eager to try food as you can see from the photo below, so very eager that we had to… see second photo below! He’s grabby at everything now and his grasp is excellent. Indi’s first tooth is visable now when he smiles and laughs and just below the surface we can see his second one ready to break through.
If my blogging seems to slow down a bit, the reason may be because I’m doing the Vegan Month of Food thing over on my other blog. I’m going to try to do it five days a week but all depends on what kind of day Indi is having. I’ve got most of it planned anyway so it’s just a case of cooking, photographing and writing… that’s all!
Anyway, must dash - have to get Indi’s bath ready and the room has to be warmed before he wakes up!
This isn’t your food Indi!
So we had to get a highchair!
Good news!
Indigo has cut his first tooth!
He was gnawing on my chin yesterday afternoon so I offered him my knuckle & tada! There it was! I must admit to having a teary second or two - my baby’s growing up! He won’t be a baby for long 
So I filled in the first tooth in his baby book and wrote down the date.
He’s sitting, cutting his first tooth, will be trying finger foods next month… & he still hasn’t rolled over! Granted, any floor time he gets is now spent in a sitting position and when we’re holding him he loves standing… that’ll be next - forget crawling, he wants to walk!
Anyway, I’ve got a ton of things to do before going to Mum’s. Bye for now!
Internet Usage Overhaul
A baby forum that I quit going to before Indi was born & then rejoined not long ago really riled me up yesterday. But I’m rubbish at putting my point across & so came off as a… I don’t know! They’re all about CIO and ‘nipping things in the bud’ if you know what I mean, attachment parenting is an attack on their parenting style etc. So I’ve left, I don’t want to give AP a bad name. In fact, I shan’t call myself an AP as I’m not able to explain it in anyway that doesn’t sound like a rant, or saying the wrong thing or putting my foot in it. If anyone asks me why I babywear/co-sleep etc I’ll tell them that it’s what feels natural & instinctive and it’s what works for us. No trying to ‘educate’ people about AP, they never hear me anyway!
I’m dis-associating (is that even a word?!) myself from all baby & parenting forums and websites. The only places I’ll visit now are the Ishers, PPK, the Mama is & Hathor comic blogs and all my favourite blogs.
The internet is just as clique-y as the outside world. Very rarely you can form good friendships with genuine people on the web, but in my experience, you won’t find those friendships in most forums.
This overhaul is all the more better for me - less time spent staring at the screen!
Clever Boy!
Our little man can … sit!
Here’s a few photo’s of just that at each of his nannas houses
I can’t write too much at the moment, Indi’s not a very happy boy right now. We’re almost positive that he has a tooth coming through. He was fine this morning when my sister was here but later in the afternoon and this evening he has been so angry and upset. He’s jamming everything and anything into his mouth, it took me ages to get him off to sleep, poor baby.
We’ve been redecorating the living room today, well Jeff has! I’ve pitched in when Indi’s been asleep. I’ll post up before and after photo’s when I have a chance. (Have put the photos on my other blog)
That’s all for now folks!
Naughty mummy & daddy!
As you can see from this (bad) photo of Indi taken on my phone, we gave him a tiny bit of cake! It was homemade by me so I knew all the ingredients - just made sure he didn’t have any raisins! I’d like to say he loved it & asked for more but the look on his face in the photo is pretty much what he thought of it!
He won’t be getting anymore until we start baby led weaning on his six-month birthday.
He also saw ponies for the first time yesterday, and wasn’t fazed by them in the slightest. He preferred to watch the dogs!
We went shopping to Abergavenny over the weekend. Started in the pram because Indi was sleeping in the carseat. He woke up after 15 minutes, we took the pram back to the car and carried him instead. He did not want to be wrapped so me & Jeff took it in turns to carry him! After a while he started getting tired again, and then screamy tired! I decided to take him to the car while Jeff finished the shopping. As I was walking back I put Indi in the cradle hold just to give my shoulders a break and he fell asleep! He has never liked that position before! I was so happy and turned back to find Jeff. Granted, after a while my arms started to burn but I loved holding him that way. As usual there were the oblivious minority who walked in to my path, nearly bumping in to me… the same oblivious minority when I was pregnant and when I wear Indi. The pram comes in handy for getting through crowds sometimes.
Anyway, I’m duel-blogging right now. Indi has just fallen asleep and Sky’s waiting for her walk.
That Irish Pixie!
She made me jump for joy yesterday when I read this post… she’s given me an award, a “I love you this
much award!” Isn’t she just the sweetest?!
Indigo is currently ravaging my shoulder & spreading boogies all over it at the same time! There’s not much to report at the mo. At his last weigh he was 17lbs but that was nearly 4 weeks ago. I’m not getting him weighed as much anymore, just have to pick him up to know that he’s putting on weight.
Here’s a cute photo of him & his uncle Con. Have I told how nosy he is?!
Ahhh, that’s better…
You’ll be glad to hear that Indi’s getting better. We had a good sleep last night, he only woke once or twice (I don’t tend to remember as it’s a case of just turning on my side & feeding him back to sleep!)
He’s spent the past 10 minutes laughing at Skylar whenever she comes near us!
That’s all for now, he’s wriggling around on my lap like a puppet!
(Hello Dad 
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Indi’s First Cold :(
Indi’s caught his first cold
He slept very poorly last night and his breathing was terrible, nose is all blocked and snuffly. He’s not being his usual chirpy self, is being quite miserable nearly all the time he’s awake. I got about 2 and a half hours sleep last night so I asked Jeff to look after Indi while I had 2 hours this morning, it’s the first time since Indi was 3 weeks old that I’ve slept without him! Didn’t like it!
He’s sleeping in the pram again right now, we’ve been shopping & that was good for us both as we’ve only been out once all week thanks to the torrential rains! Poor old Skylar didn’t even want to go out in the garden!
In other news… I’ve started another blog Pick, Cook & Brew. It’s a non-baby blog, although Indi is bound to be mentioned most of the time! It’s going to be about food, Veganism, frugal living, country dreaming and an overall attempt at self-sufficiency. Don’t expect too much yet though, it’s brand spanking new!
Some People.
Some people can say a wonderful thing and not realise how much their comment is appreciated.
The cashier when we went to our local shop last night said this, “You look like such a chilled mam, when I had babies I was pulling my hair out. You’re a natural.”
I felt so happy when she said that! I really needed it!
My little boy is quite ‘finicky’ today. He got us out of bed at 4.30 and has been on and off with his sleep all day. He’s finally sleeping now in the pram, nursing him in bed and wrapping him in the sling just wasn’t floating his boat today
I shall not leave on a moany note though…
Indigo is laughing a lot more freely these days, and I can stop most of his crys by singing Row, Row, Row Your Boat! He has discovered the joys of grabbing our faces and very often likes to suck on mummy’s cheek (can’t do it to dada’s - too much stubble!). Indi has found his toes and other strange dangly things to play with…
He likes to stand by the backdoor and watch the skies empty on our garden and now he has woken up 
