New weights for the boys this morning.
Theo - 25 lbs
Charlie - 23lbs
27 Oct 2008
26 Oct 2008
Colds
The boys have been suffering the last few weeks. Colds, coughs. sniffles and runny noses have been the order of the day in the Burchell house - each of us kindly sharing our relative bugs back and forth between each other.
I'm sure this is fairly typical of colder days with babies but it is tiring when you're up several times each in the night, frantically trying to find the medicine spoon in semi-darkness.
Medised, Calpol and Tixylix are constantly on the shopping list!
I'm sure this is fairly typical of colder days with babies but it is tiring when you're up several times each in the night, frantically trying to find the medicine spoon in semi-darkness.
Medised, Calpol and Tixylix are constantly on the shopping list!
The End of Summer
So, today the clocks have gone back an hour. We're supposedly meant to get an extra hour in bed!
So, why didn't anyone tell Theo and Charlie.....
So, why didn't anyone tell Theo and Charlie.....
25 Oct 2008
Tikes on their Trikes
Nanny and Grampy bought the boys a trike each for their birthday. Here's a picture of the boy racers ready to burn some rubber....
17 Oct 2008
Toy Mountain
Our routine used to be straightforward. Put the boys to bed, come downstairs, clear up the lounge of their toys and playmat and have dinner. Since their birthday though, things have somewhat changed!
No longer does the odd nice soft rattle or a book seem to suffice as a form of entertainment. Now we have Mega Blox, rocking horses, toy cars, shape sorters etc. All of which seem to make a great deal more mess!
The evening lounge clear-up now takes about three times as long as it used to - partly due to the quantity but also because of the extra care needed when picking something up that could go 'boing' or 'beep beep' or sing a nursery rhyme at the slightest mis-grip. Also, where as before we used to 'de-toy' the lounge completely, now the odd brick or plastic shape inevitably remains.
Is this the start of the 'toy takeover' that seems to happen to every parent's house?
No longer does the odd nice soft rattle or a book seem to suffice as a form of entertainment. Now we have Mega Blox, rocking horses, toy cars, shape sorters etc. All of which seem to make a great deal more mess!
The evening lounge clear-up now takes about three times as long as it used to - partly due to the quantity but also because of the extra care needed when picking something up that could go 'boing' or 'beep beep' or sing a nursery rhyme at the slightest mis-grip. Also, where as before we used to 'de-toy' the lounge completely, now the odd brick or plastic shape inevitably remains.
Is this the start of the 'toy takeover' that seems to happen to every parent's house?
16 Oct 2008
15 Oct 2008
14 Oct 2008
Boys and Their Toys
This picture was either taken in our nearest Gap store or its the boys' in our living room opening some of their presents on their birthday. Note the two rocking horses in the background (a present from Mummy and Daddy) - that's Gulliver the Horse on the left (he neighs when you press his ear) and Carrots the Donkey on the right (he munches on his carrot when you hold it to his mouth).
Jabs - Round 3
We took the boys to the doctors today for their latest round of jabs. It's been 8 months since the last lot and this was just a booster of some of the ones they received back in February.
Time will tell whether this helps them sleep better tonight (PLEASE!!!!!) or means they'll be even more ratty than they have been recently (NOOOO!!!)
Time will tell whether this helps them sleep better tonight (PLEASE!!!!!) or means they'll be even more ratty than they have been recently (NOOOO!!!)
12 Oct 2008
11 Oct 2008
10 Oct 2008
9 Oct 2008
8 Oct 2008
Theo is Walking
It may only be a step or two but I think we can definitely say that Theo is walking! He's started to take those first few dodgy steps, followed by a fall onto his bum (or a face plant if we don't manage to catch him quick enough!)
Looks like there will be no stopping him now.....not too literally I hope.
As such, it looks like the poll on who is going to walk first has to close. With a 50% split on the votes, it looks like half of you were right and half were wrong!
Looks like there will be no stopping him now.....not too literally I hope.
As such, it looks like the poll on who is going to walk first has to close. With a 50% split on the votes, it looks like half of you were right and half were wrong!
Theo and Charlie are One - Part 2
Another in a series of professional pictures taken of the boys for their first birthday.
4 Oct 2008
Bad Dad
Daddy has inflicted pain on his poor little boy, Charlie.
Daddy accidentally caught Charlie's left hand little finger in the door to the playroom whilst Mummy was out. Poor Charlie let out a scream so loud that I'm surprised social services weren't at the door within minutes.
With little spots of blood dripping from his squashed finger all over the floor, Daddy dialled 999, asked for an ambulance and within no more than 5 minutes, a paramedic was at the door. In that 5 minutes, Mummy returned home, restored calm to the chaos, let the Paramedic examine Charlie and accompanied him to the hospital.
Meanwhile, Daddy stayed at home and looked after Theo - none the wiser to the chaos around him -fed him and put him to bed.
Luckily, Charlie's finger was just badly cut and bruised. No broken bones. He and Mummy returned home about two hours later with his finger in a bandage. A little dose of Calpol before bed and not much longer later, Charlie was asleep.
He doesn't seem to be in any pain - let's just hope he doesn't end up with some kind of door phobia.....
Bad Dad....
Daddy accidentally caught Charlie's left hand little finger in the door to the playroom whilst Mummy was out. Poor Charlie let out a scream so loud that I'm surprised social services weren't at the door within minutes.
With little spots of blood dripping from his squashed finger all over the floor, Daddy dialled 999, asked for an ambulance and within no more than 5 minutes, a paramedic was at the door. In that 5 minutes, Mummy returned home, restored calm to the chaos, let the Paramedic examine Charlie and accompanied him to the hospital.
Meanwhile, Daddy stayed at home and looked after Theo - none the wiser to the chaos around him -fed him and put him to bed.
Luckily, Charlie's finger was just badly cut and bruised. No broken bones. He and Mummy returned home about two hours later with his finger in a bandage. A little dose of Calpol before bed and not much longer later, Charlie was asleep.
He doesn't seem to be in any pain - let's just hope he doesn't end up with some kind of door phobia.....
Bad Dad....
3 Oct 2008
2 Oct 2008
Gone Potty
No, it's not time to call the Guiness Book of Records ("Baby potty trained at 11 months!") but we thought we'd buy a potty for them, hoping they would get used to sitting on it etc. in time for when they're REALLY ready - which can't come soon enough given our monthly nappy bill....
Watching TV with Grandma
Boys playing up? Quickest way to sort them out is to tap in Channel 623 or 624 on Sky and relax as they stare at the TV under the spell of one of the two baby channels on Sky. Here's a picture of them under Grandma's control....
1 Oct 2008
Professional Photos Incoming!
To mark their first birthday, we went to have some professional pictures taken of the boys the other day. Watch this space for some really lovely looking photos in the next couple of weeks!
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