Simon and Kelly’s Baby Blog

During the recent hot weather we took Ben to the beach for the first time (apart from brief visits earlier in the year).  We went to Bantham Bay which is the usual place we go and it turned out to be a lovely and hot day, after initial reservations and a brief, very light shower.

We had previously bought a tent for Ben to sit in, out of the sun, and it was fine.  Took a while to put up, which was fun!

It was very quiet when we got there mainly because the weather was a bit dodgy and the tide was in.  But during the late morning, the weather cleared to a bright blue sky, and more and more people arrived.  A lot of them had brought BBQ’s with them, so it smelt very nice!

Ben enjoyed sitting in the tent and was enjoying the water until he sat in it and realised that is was very cold!  He also had a ride on the Bodyboard until he fell in and the shock of the cold water put him off again. There was a bit of crying! ;0)

He managed to have his afternoon nap curled up in the tent, even though the beach was quite noisy by then.  He also enjoyed his dinner and snacks and he didn’t get sunburnt at all, which was the main concern.

All in all, I think he enjoyed the experience, but would have prefered the water to have been a bit warmer!

Here is a gallery of images from the day. Enjoy!

Here is a picture of Ben sat next to my first ever set of Father’s Day presents.  How clever he is to have bought them and wrapped them up for me!    He gave me a bar of Toblerone (yum), a Fab Daddy Mug and Coaster, and the Everton Season Review DVD for 08/09, which was fantastic!  Watched that first thing in the morning.

Ben sat next to my Father's Day presents (and my finger drums)

Ben is so noisy at the moment.  He is always shouting or making a whining noise!  Usually he does this when he is hungry or wants to try and stand up, but also first thing in the morning when he first wakes up.  He can’t stand up on his own yet but he can stand and bounce whilst standing if you lightly hold on to him so he doesn’t lose his balance.  He seems to love this and gets frustrated when he can’t get up on his own.

When he is not trying to stand up, he is trying to crawl around but it is more like a worm as he drags himself along the floor.  He is getting good at it now and it doesn’t take him long to get around the room, mainly to goes after wires, which is quite annoying!

He has also learnt to clap his hands when we ask him to, which is very cute, as he also gives a big smile when he does it.  Kelly has also taught him to cuddle in to her when she asks him to, which is also very cute!

The way he is going, he will soon be off to school! hahaha

Ben had his latest checkup on 11th June, and all is well.  He was weighed and he is now 20 pounds 1 oz, so he is getting bigger.  Apparently the health checker said that it made him bang on average for his age, but when Kelly got home, she checked this and found the health checker had marked him down on the wrong week.  So Kelly changed it and he is apparently a little under average.  Even so, he is eating fine and loves his food!  He has tried almost anything and always has a taste when Kelly and I eat our meals, otherwise he shouts at us!   His favourites are yoghurt, pear and bread with cheese.

On 7th April, Ben had his health and developmental check with the health visitor.  Everything was absolutely fine, his weight was back up on the centile line and he is developing as he should be and reaching all the right milestones at the right time.  We now only have to see the health visitor every couple of months.

Ben eats 3 meals and 3 milk feeds a day, so he must be gaining weight well now!  He is certainly getting heavy!  He pretty much eats everything and so far we haven’t really found anything that he doesn’t like.  He really enjoys Petit Filous, but then who doesn’t?

Ben can now sit up for over 5 minutes all on his own, it won’t be long and he will be crawling around and pulling himself up to stand against the furniture!