Sleep (or the lack of it)

Ben doesn’t sleep during the day. It’s weird. He’s a great sleeper at night but during the day it’s a different matter. The problem is that it’s stressful when Ben has to be mollycoddled through all his day times and Jon misses out on prime “me only” time too. Presumably, Ben will eventually pick up on the fact that he’s supposed to sleep more than he does…

On the plus side, at least it’s not at night.

LOL

“Forget Big Brother. Watching Paint Dry is the new reality show. The first reality show to do exactly what it says on the tin.” Here

Data Movement

I’m trying to get some data from a remote SQL Server to my MSDE installation. It’s painful on dial-up! I really really wish we had broadband…

New Car

Picked up our new car today. It’s a 2.2 diesel Almera and it’s quick! It’s got an in car computer that’s too complicated for me…

Grumble

Ben settled nicely to bed tonight.

Jon didn’t.

Jon managed to wake up Ben just before falling asleep.

Ben still awake 2 hours later :(

Jon

Jon’s been a little terror the last few days. It’s driving us crazy whilst at the same time, we are very aware that his feelings must be in turmoil. On the plus side, he’s wonderful towards Ben still, it’s just us that he’s taking it out on!

Family Visiting

Mum & Dad visited today with Brenda. Also, Jen, Leah and Jack turned up. All to see little Ben :) I haven’t seen Brenda in years! 1996 was the last time I think and it was good to see her again.

Unfortunately due to traffic on the M5 everyone was late. As a result Jon didn’t get to spend much time with Leah & Jack before nursery and they had to go home shortly after he came out. Hopefully we’ll meet up with them again soon for a longer time.

Hot!

It was hot and both kids were fractious with Ben not sleeping when we would have preferred him to and Jon acting up cos Ben was getting attention rather than him! All in all, not the best day, though last night went very well with Ben going back to sleep after his feeds very quietly :)