I love him so much my teeth hurt

Shhh… Owen is asleep! This is his new thing, he wakes very early, around 6am, huffs and puffs and kicks till mum wakes up and plays with him, then almost like clockwork, bang on 9am just as mum has woken up fully, dressed and is getting into the day, he goes off to sleep again! I don’t mind really, it does give me a chance to do stuff, have a bath and things but I could really do with the extra sleep myself, and I just can’t sleep at this time of day. Once I’m up, that’s it. I guess it does mean that he is in a much better mood later on in the day though. Oh, it’s a hard life, being a baby!

Today is Owen’s hospital dermatology appointment, and, as if on cue, his skin is looking peachy and smooth as a baby’s bottom, to quote a phrase (actually Owen’s bottom strangely enough looks like it’s got cellulite, and isn’t smooth at all!). I am hoping that the dermatologist won’t just think I’m a paranoid, overreacting mummy. Luckily the doctors have referred me so they have to take it seriously. Don’t they? Well, we’ll see. He may have to have a blood test as well, as the doctor has recommended he has allergy tests. Aargh, I really am not looking forward to that. I absolutely hate seeing Owen have needles stuck in him. I hate having needles stuck in me, I can’t imagine how he feels, my little man.

Every day that passes at the moment brings new developments, now. I think Owen is going through a kind of developmental frenzy, he’s just started sitting up on his own. He loves standing up and can support his own weight – that’s happened very quickly. He is starting to roll onto his side from his back more. He is showing signs of wanting to crawl, but hasn’t quite coordinated lifting head and bum off the floor at the same time yet. He’s having one meal a day – lunch, and eating things like courgette, carrot, parsnip, banana, sweet potato, cucumber. I’m avoiding acidic fruits for now, since he’s reacted to grape and melon. He’s cutting another tooth, I think. This morning he brushed his tooth for the first time! Well, he chewed a toothbrush. But it’s a start! It made me want to laugh and cry at the same time, watching him happily chewing his new toothbrush.

To quote a friend, who said this of her partner but it’s so true of how I feel about Owen… “I love him so much my teeth hurt”.