So, apparently time has sped up since my last post, there’s no other explanation as I have no idea where almost 2 weeks has melted away to. That’s my feeble excuse for no posts in a while as each day just vanished and before I knew it I hadn’t written anything! Oops! The next thing is trying to work out what we’ve done in this new melting time zone. Well, truth be told we’ve not done too much. The baby/toddler groups are back in full swing so we’ve been at them, we popped to visit the soft play, have spent time with family and of course we’ve both worked.

Polly however seems to be changing by the hour. We’ve noticed over the last couple of weeks that she seems to be understanding so much more and some really cute little behaviours have emerged as a result. For example, getting different teddy bears to re-enact the ‘hop little bunnies’ nursery rhyme, having what can only be described as full on conversations with her toddler friends or with whatever she is pretending is a phone at the time and then there’s the fact that if you ask her a question now she mostly understands and will answer, for example, the other evening when she sat down quietly before bedtime- me: “Are you tired?” Polly: “Yeah.” me: “You wanna go to bed?” Polly: “Yeah” whilst nodding her head! It’s amazing to watch this gradual transition as she turns into a real little person, it obviously means we also have to watch what we’re saying even more as I really don’t want her to think the acceptable response for dropping something on the ground is ‘for fuck’s sake’- I mean when you’re pregnant it is but when you still can’t say ‘please’ it most certainly is not!

We’ve enjoyed some family time this week starting with our normal weekly trip to Henry’s grandparents on Tuesday. They are much more like an extra set of parents and we love spending time with them, Polly especially as she gets excited the moment we turn down their road. This week’s visit included a roast, some Postman Pat and Polly enjoying lots of  Nanny cuddles. Then on Thursday we spent the afternoon with Henry’s auntie and cousins. Polly and her cousin Harley did lots of playing and laughing and we all ate lots of food while chatting- mainly about baby stuff as Henry’s cousin and I are both expecting our seconds. It’s strange to think that the family will have grown by an extra whole 2 people by the summer. Good strange obviously!

Henry is now working away on his course which is great to see and is back in the routine of going to the gym so he’s a happy boy. I mean squeezing everything in and still being able to spend time with his 2 favourites does mean his alarm goes off at some funny times, this morning he was off to the gym at 5 so he can fit in a decent session before work later this morning. I don’t think he realises how much I appreciate these sacrifices so we can make this whole big transition into a better life as family friendly as possible.

And finally, I’m saying it out loud which means I think it’s ok to type it, but I am touching wood a lot as I do this (I mean in my head I’m running naked through a whole bloody forest- only in my head though as right now that ain’t a pretty thought). I think, think, hope, think, hope we are through that bloody sleep regression! Yipee! It’s been a painful 6 weeks or so but she seems to be back to being able to put herself to sleep which is such a great feeling and it means there’s a lot less tears in the house from everyone! Well, time to sign off now as my little monkey is currently trying to bust open a pot of sudocrem which is every parents nightmare!