Interesting Developments and other things

 A couple weeks ago I was struggling and at my wits end (again). A couple weeks on and things are changing in a good way - its those little changes that mount up to big ones!
Lucas was feeding constantly, I mean he was just driving me mad. I saw this family with a new baby, the mom just finished (bottle)feeding her baby and then passed her over to the siblings who happily cradled the cooing baby and literally I burst into tears. Why didn't I get one of those children? God, what are you playing at? Its not fair! (I know, whine, whine, whine!). All my baby ever does is cry, poo and feed, gah! But I took a look at him and he had changed after all. Suddenly he has learnt to roll over from front to back. Of course he now spends a fair amount of time head butting floor, lol, but that's ok. He likes to sit too, though needs to be held for stability still, but he can pick things up and put them in his mouth. And he can reach and grasp things held above his head. Its fabulous. He spends less time crying and more time 'talking' to us in his cute little way. On top of that in the last few days he has tried some food. We are going for the baby led weaning approach and he has already grabbed and gummed broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, sweet potatoes, parsnips, butternut squash, apple, banana, mango and (accidently) a bran flake, pasta and some rice. He loves it and was clearly ready for it even if he's not the recommended 6mth yet. Only thing we are finding is its not quick enough for his appetite so lots of frustration and tears; I think I am going to have to help the process with some spoon feeding. The slogan for baby led weaning is "The mush stops here" obviously someone forgot to tell Lucas as he mushes everything in his fingers before it even meets his mouth.
I finally got my hair cut too which, strangely, made a huge difference to how I felt about thinks. Who'd have thought it!! I grew my hair during the pregnancy but long hair just irritated me because its so thick, it was permanently greasy, and needed to be brushed and tied up. Now I have my usual shorter style which is lovely, low maintenance and clean!
Otherwise things have been pretty routine here. DH is doing a big job at some manor house near Dorchester which involves laying 5000+ edging bricks and it needs to be done before 6th Jan. The owner is a funny lady and wont have any work done on the place whilst she's in residence so its a tight schedule. It mean DH is doing longer hours than usual as it includes travelling so he leaves by 7am and doesn't get back much before 6 each night. Its not much fun really and I am haing to do a lot of the kids club runs which is hard work with a baby.
I haven't seen any friends during the week this week but did go to HEY on today. We are doing The Gruffalo play next week so the kids did another run through with scenery and costumes. I had a good time although its never easy to join in whilst Lucas needs me, although there are lots of offers of help. I did have a bit of a difficult time there this week as I had a situation that I didn't (still dont) know how to handle. Lucas was laying on a blanket for once, usually preferring to be held, and after being there a few minutes he began to be a bit 'shouty' in his usual way. He was talking and being heard, and was probably around 5-7 minutes from a strop, but was fine. I was talking to a new lady but had one ear on him and knew he was fine. However another parent came in and without asking she picked him up saying to him "oh your getting fractious lets go for a walk" and off she went. Well I was stunned to silence really and she was gone with him before I could react and I did get him back after about 10 minutes but I was not very happy. She is an AP parent and does love babies. She fed her children until they were quite old, never tells them no and never makes them do anything they dont want too, she also wishes she could have had more - not really relevant but it kind of is. She seeks out babies and is almost clingy with them.  Maybe Im over reacting but I did not like how she was with Lucas at all. Anyway, so I didn't say anything and I dont know how to or what I'd say, but I am really not looking forward to next week :/
So the coming week is a busy one with appointments, courses, clubs and groups, DH away for long hours all week and lots to do.  However it is pushing me back to a normality of sorts and helping to remind me of things I used to be very capable of doing before Lucas came to us.