Walk this way
On the 1st of June Jake took the next step in his development. Literally. R had been off-road driving for a day and Jake and I went to pick him up. There, in the middle of the forest, R put Jake down on the ground, where he stood all by himself for a few moments. Then he lifted his foot and took a step, followed by another and another and another. Jake was walking!! None of that stumbling and falling for our boy though - each step he took was very controlled and confident. We went mad, cheering and clapping, whereas Jake just looked really indifferent. He's done it quite often since and if R and I sit down on the floor, he will walk from one to the other, giggling away. He still prefers crawling though, as he's much faster that way, but I'm sure he will soon dispense with crawling altogether as soon as he discovers how easy walking really is.
Last weekend I was changing Jake's nappy and thought he had some nappy rash. Later on that same day, R changed his nappy and called for me to come and look. He had loads of blisters around his groin and tummy. Chicken pox. Then he also got them on his back, loads on his face, in his neck and ears and on his willy. Poor thing. However, by some stroke of luck, he didn't get itchy! It looked really bad, especially as he had so many in his face (I counted the pox on one cheek and lost count at 30) but he wasn't bothered by them in the slightest. He got quite a high fever at one point and was quite clingy then, but other than sleeping a bit more than normal, he didn't react to the chicken pox at all. The good thing is that he will have fully recovered by the time his first birthday comes around but he got it close enough to his first birthday to build up sufficient immunity so he won't get it again.
At the moment Jake goes to my parents and a friend on the days that I work. This arrangement was particularly great when he was really little and I found leaving him behind enough of a wrench. However, now that he's becoming older, I've noticed how he thrives on contact with other children. In the primary school two doors down from our house there is a daycare centre that has a really good reputation. I've been for a look around there and we decided to enroll Jake from the age of 1 for the days that he would normally go to my friend. Last week he spent his first afternoon there as a kind of 'practice run'. It went really well - Jake loved it and was completely hyper when we picked him up. The staff there were really impressed with him and he charmed them all! Today he had his second practice run and when I went to pick him up, he was fast asleep after a busy afternoon eating, playing in the sandpit and taking all the plastic trucks down off the shelf. He will miss my friend and her kids, but I think he will love all the kids at daycare and all the toys they have there.
Sunday before last it was father's day and we'd gone away for the weekend. We were staying with friends who live by the sea and Jake was sleeping in our room in his travel cot. In the morning (after a horrendous storm in the night that he slept right through) we woke up to Jake standing upright in his cot, a huge smile plastered across his face, exclaiming "Papa!!" He was so happy to see his dad upon waking and said 'papa' for the first time - what an excellent father's day present! He's not using proper words most of the time, but mama and papa are definitely part of his vocabulary. When we went to pick up my parents this week when they returned from a holiday in China, he said 'Opa' (grandpa) as well, so his vocabulary is slowly growing!
What I can't believe is how quickly everything seems to be going at the moment. It seems as though he doesn't change at all for a while and then suddenly he will do all kinds of new things at once. Sometimes it scares me because it feels like our little baby boy is slipping away from us and becoming a little boy in his own right. I know that is what is meant to happen, but at times I just want to stop the clock and savour the moment. I love getting to see more of Jake's character though - he's such a sweet boy and he has a good sense of humour. I love spending time with our little boy.
Last weekend I was changing Jake's nappy and thought he had some nappy rash. Later on that same day, R changed his nappy and called for me to come and look. He had loads of blisters around his groin and tummy. Chicken pox. Then he also got them on his back, loads on his face, in his neck and ears and on his willy. Poor thing. However, by some stroke of luck, he didn't get itchy! It looked really bad, especially as he had so many in his face (I counted the pox on one cheek and lost count at 30) but he wasn't bothered by them in the slightest. He got quite a high fever at one point and was quite clingy then, but other than sleeping a bit more than normal, he didn't react to the chicken pox at all. The good thing is that he will have fully recovered by the time his first birthday comes around but he got it close enough to his first birthday to build up sufficient immunity so he won't get it again.At the moment Jake goes to my parents and a friend on the days that I work. This arrangement was particularly great when he was really little and I found leaving him behind enough of a wrench. However, now that he's becoming older, I've noticed how he thrives on contact with other children. In the primary school two doors down from our house there is a daycare centre that has a really good reputation. I've been for a look around there and we decided to enroll Jake from the age of 1 for the days that he would normally go to my friend. Last week he spent his first afternoon there as a kind of 'practice run'. It went really well - Jake loved it and was completely hyper when we picked him up. The staff there were really impressed with him and he charmed them all! Today he had his second practice run and when I went to pick him up, he was fast asleep after a busy afternoon eating, playing in the sandpit and taking all the plastic trucks down off the shelf. He will miss my friend and her kids, but I think he will love all the kids at daycare and all the toys they have there.
Sunday before last it was father's day and we'd gone away for the weekend. We were staying with friends who live by the sea and Jake was sleeping in our room in his travel cot. In the morning (after a horrendous storm in the night that he slept right through) we woke up to Jake standing upright in his cot, a huge smile plastered across his face, exclaiming "Papa!!" He was so happy to see his dad upon waking and said 'papa' for the first time - what an excellent father's day present! He's not using proper words most of the time, but mama and papa are definitely part of his vocabulary. When we went to pick up my parents this week when they returned from a holiday in China, he said 'Opa' (grandpa) as well, so his vocabulary is slowly growing!
What I can't believe is how quickly everything seems to be going at the moment. It seems as though he doesn't change at all for a while and then suddenly he will do all kinds of new things at once. Sometimes it scares me because it feels like our little baby boy is slipping away from us and becoming a little boy in his own right. I know that is what is meant to happen, but at times I just want to stop the clock and savour the moment. I love getting to see more of Jake's character though - he's such a sweet boy and he has a good sense of humour. I love spending time with our little boy.
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