New outfit

Thomas has always made sure that his outfit matches the environment he is in.

Asleep in the kitchen

The droning noise of the extractor fan has soon sent Thomas to sleep. We will be trying this later if he wont sleep at bedtime.

At the gym

Thomas has working hard to tone up at the gym. He has been hitting the objects to play the tunes and has been happy on it for about 10 mins.

Thomas over the M1

Took Thomas for a walk this aft. He stopped crying and was asleep before we had left the driveway.
He was very unsettled last night and would only sleep when being held. Eventually he fell asleep on my chest for 4 or maybe 5 hrs. Both of us really need a good night tonight.

Out and about

Thomas in town.

This Week

This week has been hard. The 'getting back to work' routine has been a challenge, especially when I have had few hours sleep. Most of the nights though I have managed between 4 and 5 hours so the following day has been bearable. My colleagues have been very understanding and made my strong cups of tea to keep me going.

It has been a good week for Tracy and Thomas. They have really got to know each other. By the end of the week, there has been a marked difference in the atmosphere at home. Most of the evenings when I have returned from work, Tracy has been involved in feeding Thomas nearly every hour which has meant that we have not spent much time together. On the positive side though Thomas has been sleeping for longer periods during the night.

Listening

Thomas seems to listen to his mobile now.

After bath time

Having a kick about on the mat.

Back to work

I went back to work yesterday, which was difficult. Difficult for 2 reasons, firstly the last 2/3 weeks at home with Tracy and Thomas have been great. Stressful and tiring but great. It does not seem right to have to go to work every day and leave them at home. I should be with them, but unfortunately my holiday has come to an end. It has also been difficult because on Sunday night Thomas had a bad night. He was awake from 2.30 until 5.30 in the morning. Tracy looked after him during this time, changing several sleep suits and more nappies!! By the time Thomas finally went to sleep at 5.30am she was shattered. To make matters worse he didn't sleep very long and was awake for most of the day. The midwife came and went, advised us to go to the doctors which we did. The doctor suggested another colic relief medicine but the chemist didn't have any!! Thomas slept through all of the trips to the doctors, supermarket and home again, finally waking up at about 7.30pm. After a feed, I took care of Thomas so that Tracy could have a rest from 9pm until 10 pm. Thomas and I watched telly together!! Last night was a lot better. Thomas slept from 12.30 until 4.00am and then again from about 5.30 until after 8 this morning. Tracy and Thomas were both asleep when I went to work this morning. I will be popping in at lunchtime to see how things are going but a text this morning from Tracy said that were both fed, dressed and bathed :-)

Saturday night

The x factor isn't to everybody's taste!