Jottings – Jan 17-Feb 5 2012

I have a big, big post to post…when I finish it and maybe chop it into two posts so, sometime in June perhaps it’ll be up!

It amazes me how much I am forgetting of Zac’s first few months – I have heard people say it over and over but I just didn’t get it. I still don’t get it, but it is happening. So I downloaded an app called “Momento” which is designed for jotting down moments in a day. I love it. A couple of minutes and I have a moment recorded, ready to export to a text file, and copy and paste here. Which is what these “jottings” posts will be.

Hopefully I can update this blog with the jottings each week, but of course, to start, I have more than a week’s worth. At the moment I am mostly concerned with getting it recorded, so there will be no prettying it up – this is straight from the text file straight from my phone straight from my tired, tired brain! I’m still deciding whether to write them all addressed to Zac, or about Zac, so there’s been a bit of futzing with style. Heck I may get adventurous and include some non-Zac related stuff to. It’s a work-in-progress.

 

Tuesday 17 January 2012
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9:38 PM Zac started clapping today! He also did a non-commando, not quite proper crawl today. He’s expressing frustration now – by yelling and screaming and going red on the face. He looks so unhappy. For the past couple of days we’ve thought it might be tooth pain related but tonight I think it is him being frustrated and not knowing what to do about it.

 

Wednesday 18 January 2012
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5:11 PM To Zac: you have a special excited squeal for when you see our cats, or other animals. Even if we can’t see them we always know from your reaction when they’re about!

Thursday 19 January 2012
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9:04 PM Zac: you started imaginative play today, or at least I think you did. In the bath, after you pulled all the toys into the bath, you took one of the splodge toys and ran it up and along the wall. Your expression was different from the usual “working things out” expression

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9:07 PM Zac: three words most often used in reference to you; beautiful, alert and happy. “He’s such a beautiful boy” “he’s SO alert” “He’s such a happy baby” I find the alert comment most interesting

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9:10 PM Zac: today on the tram, a lady asked what nationality you are. I replied “Australian” and she was surprised. She said that you look so German. She then asked if you were my baby!

 

Thursday 26 January 2012
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8:55 PM Zac: you love standing in the bath. And now when you want to get out, you will turn to face me, crawl onto my lap and use that as a launching pad to try and haul yourself out of the bath!
You are also becoming more and more wriggly when I’m changing you. Today we had a big scare where you fell off the change table. Thankfully Daddy’s reflexes are quick and he caught you before you hit the floor, but that is my cue to start changing you in the floor. I don’t have as good reflexes and my arm brace affects my grip.
You have learned your lesson from last weeks unfortunate vomit incident (you slipped whilst playing in vomit and banged your head on the floor, earning your first forehead bruise) and now you don’t instantly put your hands in any vomit. This makes clean up a lot easier!

 

Monday 30 January 2012
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12:41 PM Zac: you’re enjoying eating corn kernels with your fingers

 

Sunday 5 February 2012
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2:28 PM To Zac: Last night in the bath you started experimenting with putting your face in the water. You started with just your mouth, tasting the bath. It was like you just made the connection that the liquid you sit in every night is the same as the liquid you drink during the day! You eventually put your nose in as well, which caused some spluttering and sniffing. I’ll be interested to see if you continue the exploration tonight!

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2:31 PM We rearranged Zac’s room today and it works so much better. I realise now that there is no perfect arrangement for his room, or indeed the whole house. It is a constant process of adjustments being made to where we are at right now. I like the subtle flow of change; things stay consistent enough to satisfy my side that likes order and knowing where things are, with enough change thrown in to prevent me from feeling stagnant

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9:30 PM To Zac: you continued your bath explorations tonight. After spending some time putting your open mouth, and sometimes your nose, in the water, you started to experiment with lying back in the water. You enjoyed this and repeated it many times, your smile the same as when I blow gently on your face: a smile of enjoyment, of a new physical sensation.