Aaron's Blog

Over the last couple of months the poor boy seems to have had all his back teeth come through at the same time!  They usually come through after the front teeth but they haven’t this time, although some of his remaining front teeth are now pushing through as well.  As expected he hasn’t really settled when sleeping for a while now (apart from the odd few days) and we have had to keep him dosed up on Calpol, as you can imagine how sore his gums have been.  He has taken to sucking on ice as well which must numb the swollen gums and take away the pain he must be experiencing.  Hopefully it won’t be long now until all his teeth are through and we won’t have to worry about more teeth for a few years!

Recently we went to Trago Mills and went on the North Pole Express to go and see Father Christmas.  This was the first time Ben and Aaron had see Father Christmas so they were both excited (moreso Ben as he knew what it was all about!).  Aaron was probably excited because he could see Ben getting very excited!

When we arrived at the ‘North Pole’ there was an Elf there to great us and Father Christmas was there to talk to all the children.  Aaron didn’t go up to the front with everyone else, but stayed being held by Kelly.  He did go and get a present from him though which turned out to be a hand puppet Duck, which Aaron liked!  We couldn’t get a photo of Aaron with Father Christmas as he wouldn’t let go of Kelly! 😉 But he seemed to enjoy his first visit to see Father Christmas.

Yesterday Aaron went on the naughty step for the first time, after he was throwing metal Chuggington trains on to the floor!

After the first one, Kelly told him to stop but he did it again, so Kelly told him off again. She then went to sit down and when her back was turned, Aaron threw another one! She then told him off and he started laughing, so he was put on the naughty step!

The first attempt didn’t go so well as he sat there for about 10 seconds and then toddled back into the room, so he was swiftly put back on the step where he sat for a while longer swinging his legs until he realised he had been naughty, at which point he started to get upset which meant it had some effect!

Dear me….about 18 months and on the naughty step already!! Little rascal!! 😉

Aaron can say several words now and it is really cute when he does say them 😉

He can now say – juice, shoes, cat, daddy, mummy – and he can also say ‘yes’ and ‘no’ by shaking or nodding his head. Very clever boy!

He has also started climbing up onto chairs and then grabbing item from the kitchen side.  We have to be more careful now with what we leave on the side as he will run off with anything!

The little man is growing big and strong now!  He is getting quite tall and has a very cheeky smile!

Kelly gave him his first hair cut in July as his hair was getting very long and he looked like a proper surfer dude. She managed to do it when he was in the bath and he wasn’t too bad whilst she was cutting it.  Once done, he looked a lot older though – not a little baby anymore, but a proper little boy. He does needs another trim now though!

Towards the end of June we had to change the height of the cot he sleeps in as one morning we heard a bang from the boys’ room and found Aaron lying on the floor. He had managed to climb out over the side of the cot and then fell to the flow.  The poor chap was crying but it didn’t last too long. So we had to adjust the height so he couldn’t do that again!

He has been going to play group sessions with Kelly and Ben (when Ben hasn’t been at school) and had been enjoying them lots. He joins in and always eats the snacks which are there for the children.

In the past week or so he has started singing to himself. It is always ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ as this is what they sing at the play group sessions. He does the twinkling movements with his hands as well which is really cute!

Aaron is always fighting with Ben! Jumping on each other and rolling about on the floor. Usually until someone gets hurt and then there are tears and tantrums. Boys will be boys! 😉

He is teething quite badly at the moment. Mostly due to his back teeth starting to try and push through. It means he is dribbling loads and wakes up in the night a fair bit. Hopefully they will push through soon and be over and done with!

During the summer, when I was off work, we managed to visit several places including Paignton Zoo, Dartmoor Zoo, Dairyland, Pennywell Farm and we also took the boys bowling for the very first time.  Aaron enjoyed all of these visits and loved watching the animals at the various places. He also enjoyed bowling and participated by helping Ben roll the bowling ball down a ramp onto the alley.  He also enjoyed the sweets he had there! 😉  (I will be putting some photos of these visits on this blog in the next couple of weeks!).

He loves the Wii and always picks up a controller and pretends to join in when we are playing it. He has even had a few goes at bowling and has actually managed to get a few pins down on several attempts!  He is also obsessed with the Game Boy Advance and always has to have this open and pressing the buttons when Ben plays with the DSi.  A proper couple of gamers they are!

On the odd dry and warm day during the last few months, he has enjoyed going out the back and playing with our sand and water table with Ben. As you can imagine, they have had themselves covered in sand and soaking wet each time they have used it! But they have had good fun together!

It was also the first Olympics since he was born!

Well, come back soon for the photos and the next update! 😉