I know someone who has been at the centre of a media storm of late. He’s not a footballer… yet, but he does have a surname that may or may not rhyme with that of a Premier League player who, let’s say, may have cropped up in the odd news headline recently. Yes, I can exclusively …
Ever since Dylan learned to crawl, he has been displaying some unexpected characteristics. Yes, folks, I’m going off on a completely irrelevant and almost certainly pointless tangent. I’m pretending to think that he reckons he’s a cat. For the benefit of anyone reading this who doesn’t know me, I should point out before I get any further …
The sunny weather we have all enjoyed of late has seen us finally dragging ourselves outside to do something about the horrendous mess we call the garden. Dylan was born only a month after we moved in, so we had a great excuse to neglect it last summer but sadly not this year from my lazy point of …
Well, it’s official. We have a crawler! As I was speculating last week, Dylan has established that moving his arms as well as his legs is an integral part of cruising the carpet. Chaos will ensue, as will some basic DIY work to install stair gates. I am fundamentally useless at such things. Indeed, I …
Well where to start? Dylan’s been doing new things every day at the moment and it continues to be very exciting. The most obvious new trick is that he can now stand on all fours. Kate reliably informs me that this pose is a yoga move known as the downward facing dog, but it’s when …
Dylan is continuing to change at a rate of knots and there have been another couple of firsts this week. Okay, the first one is tenuous, but that’s not going to stop me writing about it; he seems to have developed his first crush! He’s been moody for the majority of the last seven days …
There’s a sign on the wall at our local Mothercare that says something to the effect of ‘your baby won’t enjoy bath time at first but soon they won’t want to get out’. Well the first part is definitely true, albeit something of an understatement. Unfortunately, there’s no sign of the second becoming a reality …
Dylan seems to be getting a tiny bit more independent with every day at the moment so what better time to let him try out his first set of wheels? Like the vast majority of first-time drivers, his new motor – okay, it’s a walker, but it looks vaguely like a car – is second hand. …
Dylan has been a little mardy of late; it’s understandable though as he’s got more teeth coming through. I know how much my wisdom teeth hurt when they sporadically push through so it must be agony for him. Other than doing our best to alleviate his pain, we’ve found ourselves doing some weird things to cheer …
I’ve always had a fastidious nature and have been cultivating what I am sure will one day blossom into a full-blown OCD. I’ve long since had what I perceive as the sensible habit of checking my pockets every time I move from one place to another. I’ve also alphabetised our DVDs and proofread text messages before I send. …