As you have all seen from the last 4 entries, J and I went to Corsica for a week whilst Max stayed at Christopher’s. Although everyone says I shouldn’t, I do feel guilty for leaving Max behind, however as the next year is going to be pretty tough with the new baby and everything, J and I thought that we could do with some battery charging. We had a marvellous holiday and spent a lot of time in our hire car driving along tiny mountain roads that made my hair stand on end. For those who have never been, Corsica is a wonderful destination.
Meanwhile Max had lots of fun at Christopher’s. We called every night and on a couple of occasions actually spoke to the wee man himself. Apparently this created great interest in the phone followed by a peer round his buggy (both sides) to see where we were and then intense listening and big smiles. After a few minutes though he would push the phone away as though listening without us being there was really quite hard work!
Our flight back on Sunday was very delayed and it was gone 7.30 pm when we went to pick him up from Christopher’s. He wasn’t too impressed with us as he had just fallen asleep and I couldn’t resist waking him up for a cuddle! Once he got over the indignity of being woken and realised that we were actually there and not a figment of his imagination he regaled us with smiles and excited kicks. In fact he was so overexcited that it took ages for him to calm down and fall asleep once he was in his own bed. He had threatened to produce teeth whilst we were away but although there were three definitely visible under the gums, none had quite made it through. Since then however, his molar has certainly got two little peaks through and is definitely causing him a lot of pain. Trust Max to start with a molar! I suppose we have to be grateful it wasn’t a wisdom tooth!!
Yesterday he sat up unaided for a few minutes and with impressive control and it seems that now he has done it once, as long as he is in the right mood, he’ll do it again and again! Generally he is well although needing the occasional whiff of oxygen at night. We don’t know if this is a sign of something on its way, or just his reaction to teething.
These last few days we have spent mostly at home and not really doing anything exciting. We are getting ready for the charity event next Saturday and spending time organising and selling tickets. On Tuesday a very nice young lady came to meet us as she would like to come and work with us as a mother’s help/special needs nanny. Max seemed to like her and strangely enough, she seemed to like us! Then yesterday, a lady came to see us from wheelchair services and we will be given an extra large buggy style chair for Max to use as he is growing out of his current, standard size buggy. Of course, two separate buggies won’t be easy with baby n. 2 but at least Max will have exactly what he needs.