A few days ago you took your first wobbly steps from dad to me. It was such an exciting moment for us both. You are shedding the baby tag and with your recent hair cut and new-found attitude you are growing into quite the little boy.
I thought it would be nice for you to look back and read about what life was like for you as a wee 13 month old. You are developing quite the personality now and the first signs of temper tantrums are appearing. You can now raise your finger or gesture the sign for milk whenever you want either daddy or my attention. Unfortunately, it took us quite a while to work out that the one sign you have learnt 'milk' was being used not to mean 'milk' but 'want'.
So this is currently how you and I spend our days:
6:00am
Normally you wake around this time but a 3 or 4am cot call usually precedes this. If we're lucky we get to sleep in until 7am in but not before dragging you into our bed with 15-20 mins of protesting.
7:00-8:00am
I give you your bottle and breakfast. The bottle is hassle free but you are getting fussier with your food. Our current breakfast options consist of Breaky-Bix and milk, porridge or toast/crumpets with banana, cheese or Vegemite. While preparing your breakfast I eat on the go. Sometimes if I'm lucky and you aren't in a rush to get out of your high chair I have the luxury of making myself a coffee.
8:00-9:00am
We use this time to get ready. I brush and floss my teeth and use distraction to wash your face and teeth while you play with an assortment of our toiletries. Most of these end up in the bath and occasionally in the toilet bowl. Now that you're pulling up, in addition to pulling off your socks and trying to eat our towels, you get amusement from grabbing for the hair-dryer cord and slamming the toilet seat lid. If I spend too long applying my make-up you let me know by dramatically face planting the lino.
9:00-12noon
This is the first play session of the day. If we have Mini Maestros that cuts into a chunk of our morning but otherwise it's time for a quick play at home before hitting the road/ park for some real fun.
You aren't that keen on books. As much as I gently coax you to look at the pages you insist on slamming them shut. It tends to be musical books that grab your attention. You like the train horn on Let's Go, Thomas and the sound of caterpillar walking from The Very Hungry Caterpillar. You mightn't love me for it but I will not give up on you and books.
You love opening the door to our ridiculously tiny kitchen pantry and grabbing out your food sachets or any combination of spices. You also love pushing along your car, putting tokens in your cash register or scrunching up your face when I open the lid of your Play Dough. It's a smell and texture you are still getting used to.
You love holding onto the cot rail or bed head of our bed and throwing yourself backwards. You laugh as you do this.
You love investigating things, like spinning wheels on your toys and putting lids on containers. You also like banging and the sound that comes from different materials. Dirt and sand are still good enough to eat. You also like pushing your walker along the driveway and stopping to fill it with whatever is nearby, usually stones or sticks.
There is a satin sheet that separates the kitchen from the hallway and you love crawling through it as I declare, 'through the magic curtain'. We play a game where I am standing on one side of the curtain and you the other and I sneak through the curtain without you seeing me so that although you hear me calling we continue to miss me each other as we make our way through the curtain. You find this incredibly funny.
12-1:30-2pm
This is generally when you sleep. Day sleeps mean little rest for mum as it's when I prep dinner, do house work or madly try to make dessert.
2:00-4:30pm
This time is for afternoon play/errands and depends on the kind of morning we've had. If we spend the morning outdoors we can chill indoors and boogie to your Mini Maestro's CD and play with your toys. If you're up for it or if we spent the morning inside I take you for a ride on your trike or catch up with friends. Sometimes at 4:00pm I make a made rush to the shops to get ingredients for the evening meal. This is never a good idea and invariably ends in you crying your way around Fresh Provisions and me feeling like an awful mother.
5:00pm
Five in the evening tends to be the witching hour and consists of mummy madly preparing dinner while you whine, cry, fuss and protest as I leave you on the kitchen floor to do my thing. If I've had the time during the day to prep dinner then this time is normally spent doing my best to entertain you while we both wait around for daddy to get home.
5:30-7:00pm
Bed time depends on the kind of day you've had and how much sleep was involved, sometimes it's at 6pm but normally it's between 6:30-7:00pm. I bath you directly after dinner and you are hanging out for your bath by then. I undress you in your high chair if dinner was especially messy and then you stand by the bath while I fill it up and get your toys. We read Fluffy Lion and you play with Ducky and Dino. Every chance you get you attempt to drink the bath water and giggle when I insist, 'No, Rohan!' You can splash on demand, it's one of several words you understand. You also enjoy filling up your water cups and throwing your bath toys onto the tiles.During you bath time daddy normally arrives home and after dressing you get to hang out a little. When you start to get whiny it's our cue that you're ready for bed. Daddy gives you the bottle and puts you to down. Some nights you go down more easily than others. So we say good night for at least a few hours. We normally see you at least a couple of times during the night. Your sleep is improving but you're still a way off from sleeping through.
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