Posted by Monstermum on 14 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: BLW
Well it was too good to last wasn’t it? A website, a blog and facebook all to keep up and the endless spam just got me down so I’m saying goodbye for now, I just don’t have the time to keep up this blog.
You can catch the latest on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=541443091) or on my website (http://www.adamandclaire.co.uk/Bruno/Living%20with%20Bruno.htm)
Ciao ciao
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Posted by Monstermum on 29 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: General
Monster has come over all affectionate of late. He crawls up and wraps his arms around my neck. “Aaah” he says as he drools, wipes snot and kisses your neck. Then he pulls back and does it all over again. Despite being covered in slime its wonderful. We also seem to be in favour for lots of kisses this weekend too.
Just wanted to share 
Posted by Monstermum on 27 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: General
Well we’ve had a really bad week or so on the sleep front. No doubt something will come out the end of this period be it another tooth or yet another illness. I’m probably not officially sleep deprived but I have really struggled with the 5am “let’s play” situation we’ve had.
We’ve tried dream feeds but 5am, like an alarm clock, you hear that click click click of a dummy on the side of a cot then the rattle rattle rattle as he shakes the cot before wah wah wah when he realises you still haven’t arrived 
So for the past 2 nights we’ve skipped the dream feed. It does mean I end up getting up at 2am or 3am but at least then Monster will come to bed with us and sleep which at 5am he refuses to do. I now regret ever telling anyone that he was a good sleeper!!
Posted by Monstermum on 23 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: BLW
Monster has turned into a pasta hoover. He has this new way of eating penne or, his favourite, fusili. He sucks it in and swallows it whole. We went out to lunch yesterday and ordered a child’s portion of pasta (its amazing how quickly having to order especially for the Monster has come round!). The portion was probably almost as much as I would eat. He sucked it all down, then helped himself to some of my roast dinner and muffin!
No wonder a pot belly has arrived!!
Posted by Monstermum on 20 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: BLW, General
Its the Monster’s birthday today. Happy Birthday Bruno!
He had a fab day. He spent half the day at nursery with all his friends - no doubt they sang him “Happy Birthday” a bit like the grandparents who left some wacky messages on the answermachine! We didn’t spoil them all with a cake though.
After nursery it was back home for some playing with daddy - big surprise! Then dinner was at Pizza Express - one of our favourite places to eat out BLW style. Monster had the 3 course menu again and enjoyed dough balls, pizza (he seemed to keep on stuffing in the mushrooms!) and the day was topped off with a toffee sundae - special treat seeing as it was his birthday an’ all! He was much aggrieved at having to share it with mummy too 
Posted by Monstermum on 17 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: General
Well the monster has been ill. Poor chap has had some sort of virus so no food just lots of milk and mummy thanks. Lovely chap that he is, he’s shared his germs with the rest of the house, how lovely
At its peak, Monster was drinking 1.5l of milk to make up for the fact that he didn’t want to eat. Just goes to show how many calories all those little snacks & mini lunches take up!
Posted by Monstermum on 06 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: BLW
We tried Monster on risotto this evening. He’d already had marmite on toast and some raisins as he couldn’t wait so I wasn’t expecting much luck. The pincer grip is working but small grains of risotto rice seemed a tad unlikely to me!
We gave it to him in a bowl and he got his own spoon. I’m really trying to encourage him to use it himself and teach him how to do the scoop manoeuvre - he does at nursery but oddly lacking in enthusiasm at home. Maybe because we’ll do it for him? A few spoonfuls went in which I had helped him load and he took a few bits of fish off of my fork quite happily. Then he got stuck in with his hands and the spoon was forgotten.
I was really surprised at how well he coped with risotto rice with his tiny fingers. It was definitely easier for him when there was a pile to grab but he did have an attempt at individual grains too. We’ll have to keep making him practice, lazy boy!
Posted by Monstermum on 28 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: General
Poor Monster he really is a Monster these past few weeks. He’s been teething since 4th December. 3 teeth have arrived in that time and number 4 is pretty much through but still causing him trouble. Teething in this house means not sleeping much, drinking more milk, being off food, generally wanting cuddles or just crying & squirming and not knowing what to do
To top it all off, Monster has had what I am now calling teething tummy - a bit like Delhi Belly! Ad of course, teething tummy comes with his lovely friend - a bright red bottom! Poor baby.
Posted by Monstermum on 23 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: BLW, General
Well I was going to write about how Monster had successfully weaned himself down to 3 bottles a day - morning, mid-afternoon and bedtime. But then the Worst Night & Day Of His Life occurred. He’s had about 5/6 bottles of milk today after spending most of the night whimpering or downright screaming (sometimes in his sleep!).
His upper laterals are poking out and we’re just waiting to hear the ping of the gum bursting, its that close. Poor Monster was even off his food and I bought him a croissant as a special treat too!
The normal teething strategy wasn’t working today either. We tried everything - Ashton & Parson’s, Nelson’s Teetha and ended up slathering his gums with Calgel, and dosing him with Calpol. I think this is the only time he’s ever had Calpol during the day when he hasn’t been ill with a fever.
Odd though, despite not breaking through yet, we had a weird calm period just before dinner. The Calpol would have worn off so it wasn’t that. He just sat quietly and read his books then devoured a whole chicken fillet for dinner! I wonder how that bodes for my sleep tonight?
Posted by Monstermum on 19 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: BLW
You either hate it or love it right? Well, not Monster. Totally unphased by the smearing on his toast this weekend.
I’ve been umming and ahhing over giving it to him because of the salt content but gave in on Sunday when we had the old fashioned “tea” with toast & jam. Monster had marmite and some peanut butter.
He definitely preferred the peanut butter!