7 months

so a pre amble my missus is lovely but sometimes she comes out with funny things and lately she's been a mumzilla and I have a funny story to go with it.

so it all started recently as we are planning bubbas first birthday, which takes lots of planning as he's a baby socialite.



we are really excited for his first birthday and have booked a nice play area that does finger food and a sensory area its awesome! the problem arouse when planning and making sure all his baby friends and family could come



enter the copycat! a source of annoyance and rage because my missus hunts out play areas like a sniffer dog finds drugs this means some others in the group sit back BUT the downfall of the copycat is that their party is after ours! cue evil laugh as ours will be better and first .

not to derail from the precious memories that we have made so far but another bee in the proverbial bonnet of my mrs is a local baby group is looking for a baby to be the face, now only a slight exaggeration but harry is well known as a happy smiley baby and an example of this is I took him to the library and the woman behind the desk said she recognised him and he was really smiley last time he came.  so the point of this is that he does this where ever he goes laughs and smiles except when he's tired then he grumbles.  so the on to the "bee" another baby at the same class doesn't smile or do much during the session except at the key moment all the babies entering wore special t-shirts for the group and had a picture taken. a slight role reversal our bubba grumbles as hes tired and the other beams a smile and another source of annoyance is born.



an well end with a nice thing over the school hols me and the bubba went out for a walk round a local park and it went really well! he woke up happy half way round in a good mood and smiled all the way round we went to the café for breakfast and to warm up and then on the way home he slept for ages and when I go part time well do lots more!



gagging and choking!  if ur baby is 6months and over chances are you've started looking at feeding him solid foods now its a scary prospect but its worth knowing that a babies gag reflex is a lot further forward to stop them from choking, this doesn't mean they cant choke.

to put your mind at ease have finger food that will dissolve in the mouth corn rings and wafers all help hand eye coordination as well as being fun!

    

wafers magic cups and teeth!

so looking ahead new things are happening! and for the canny readers its in the title!

so first things first his nanny bought him some wafers that are flavoured and feel like prawn crackers and melt on the tongue so they aren't a choking hazard and he loves them!  the other good thing is that it helps with his eating and using his hands double bonus!



this is because the gag reflex is at the front of the mouth and while he can eat toast etc he's not quite ready and its set his reflex off and its on the ban list until he learns to chew properly along with banana.

now on to our second item on the agenda. I've only just seen the magic cup and it is indeed magic!

this kid is like OMG its not coming out! and here's why it has no spout but the top is like a suction cup when u suck u move the rubber and the liquid comes out  so no pressure no liquid! genius! also means u cant drench ur self great for pissed up parents lol

so final furlong he has started getting white spots on his gums which are teeth! as hes gurning loads more know and he looks like this

 yea we call that his beaker face! its very funny

so here is something that I recently thought of (while writing this in fact) each post will have something I've recently learnt that I can pass on and todays subject is head thrashing. for those of you with babies that do lots of this it can mean one of several things.

1 ear infection - check temp if high its quite likely
2 new skill - no worries!
3 tiredness - some repetitive movement are used to self soothe and help them sleep
4 autism - although this comes with other signs such as no eye contact or babbling so if ur baby is doing the others its probably not this