A Matter of Choice

One day Leo will sleep through the night, and get up later than 6am One day he'll learn how to speak and ask for things rather than randomly screeching while I try to guess what he wants. One day he will know how to sit down so will not shout whilst holding onto the sofa because he has dropped his toy. One day he will walk and we can go out exploring without him eating sand, twigs, drinking sea water trying to crawl over gravel etc. etc. One day I will not be saying "No" a million times a day to him. One day I will not be worrying about him climbing on furniture, destroying things or throwing toys over the balcony. One day I will not watch Cbeebies or "Wheels on the bus" constantly.  But, one day I'll be worrying about something else just as much or maybe more so. One day I'll wonder what happened to my funny little chatty toddling man and have forgotten the broken sleep and early mornings. One day he will not want to sit on my lap for cuddles or l...

Happy Birthday Leonidas, You are one whole year old today! I don't know where that little baby (you were never tiny being born weighing 9lb 9oz) went, you were born with a mop of dark hair which disappeared as you rubbed your head on the cot every night, in fact I used to have to hold your little hands onto your chest to stop you fussing with your head. Your hair came back much lighter and now we spend every day in the sun you are going a lovely shade of blonde. You still have "happy feet" you used to lie on your playmat and kick your feet around with such enthusiasm, this has now been replaced by your foot clapping that you love so much - and making "sand angels" with your feet in the sand. You love to talk, (you definitely got that from me) you say Mum mum a lot but I'm not entirley sure it is directed at me. Your first sound was Daddaddad but you often forget to say that for several days at a time. The saying has stuck and I think your Daddy will b...