Super Genius Harrison

Well, I know you are all thinking biased mother with that comment there but you would not believe how quick he is moving through some of those milestones (well in my opinion)... Firstly he could roll from back to front since he was 7 weeks old, to which the health nurse thought would have just been a fluke due to excess wiggling and I shouldn't expect it again too soon - but I assured her that he does it every time I try to put him on his belly - hence my new purchase of the tummy time toy you can see him playing with... (and the nurse said he was very young to be doing so) - according to the occupational therapist that gave a talk to my mothers group this is normally a sign that they don't like being on their belly (but we must persist on putting him down for supervised play like this to strengthen his back muscles for crawling etc...)...

He has also mastered the art of turning onto his side from his back (he has done this since about 5 weeks when he had wind pain, but I figure you can't really count a pain reflex as a milestone, but he now does it purposefully with his eye on getting to his toys etc) so I'm hoping its just a matter of time before he can roll from back to front... Here he used his little side roll trick to turn himself nearly 180 degrees so he could see the TV and reach the ducks (not sure if the ducky was just an added bonus as his first love seems to be the TV)... When I put him down he was lying so his head was somewhere near the top of the mat (where his feet are in this pic) sneaky little munchkin...

He seems to be mastering the art of moving his arms as well, he will reach out and grasp things (and seems to love wiggling his fingers, it's like a constant game of twinkle little star) and he has learnt if he bumps the ducky he jingles... Another trick he learnt with his Daddy just last night was pulling himself up into a full sitting position... You let him sit partially reclined on your lap (back to your stomach), and he grasps your fingers and pulls himself upright into a sit... Very cute, we will have to start putting some of the video footage up here...

Well that is today's little update, I would say I'm off to vacuum the house but I have passed on my sickness to Daddy who is all curled up in bed looking like death warmed up... (and I remember how bad I felt the first day I came down with it)... So we are trying to be bery bery quiet.... Aren't we Master Harrison.... :P Well it's the thought that counts surely...

The Swing of Bliss

Well I purchased this swing at the Target Toy Sale (gotta love 1/2 price items) and little did I realise when I purchased it just what a godsend it actually is... All I have to do is pop him in there and he will sleep for ages (so far I have to wake him up so he doesn't oversleep and end up being a nightmare at night. )... So it allows Mummy to do much needed things like shower without him screaming etc. Ohhhh I love this swing... particularly since I have woken up today with with a cold and feel like I've been attacked by the snot monster.. (graphic I know)

And well he is 11 weeks at the moment and weighed in at 6.4kg! My little Sumo Wrestler... He certainly loves his milk... You can see in the picture with Daddy just how much he has turned into my little rolly polly....

Harry Cool!

We invested in these cool little shades to protect our little ones eyes from those evil UV rays... Mummy thinks he looks like a little rock star..

Sleep as we know it

Here is mummy & Harrison having an afternoon catnap...

Don't mind mummy's 3 chins and she'll be apples... 

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Midday musings

Well here are some more pictures of my little Prince Charming that people have been asking for... He is getting to be quite the tubby little thing, and weighed in at 5.7kg when I took him to the nurse on Tuesday...

We took him for his 2 month vaccination yesterday. Phil took the day off to help me - which was a good thing cause I wouldn't have been able to do it myself... I can understand why some people opt not to vaccinate, but we decided to go ahead personally as we would never forgive ourselves if he ever caught one of the evil diseases that they are designed to stop. So Daddy held him while Mummy sat doubled over in the chair with my eyes and ears covered praying as hard as I ever have for him to be all right, and not have any adverse reactions. And the poor little tyke screamed for each of the 3 needles, so obviously it wasn't painless. He was then upset and drowsy for the rest of the day and his little legs hurt. And I worried the whole time that it was doing something evil inside him. Made worse when I googled "vaccinations and side effects". He finally seemed to get back to his normaly happy self around 3am, so I figured I was then allowed to go to sleep. And he seems completely normal again today... All I can say is I'm not looking forward to the next lot at 4 months...

Here is a lovely picture taken the other night of Harrison with his Nana. And another with his Daddy all rugged up like an eskimo. We were off to the Kmart Toy Sale, and trying to get there before everyone else...