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The little man is getting bigger and bigger all the time now!  He is growing very well and doesn’t have any problems with eating at all. He would eat non-stop if he could though! 😉

He now has two teeth come through, the second making an appearance on the 2nd March, and they are both the ones on the bottom at the front. They are quite big now and very sharp so you don’t want him to bite you!

He is walking aided really well now, and seems to prefer walking around more than anything else.  It isn’t as bad now as before as he has growing that little bit taller, so its not as back-breaking as it was to start with. It won’t be long before he lets go and toddles off on his own.  Because he is taller and can stand up now, his walker is getting a bit small, so it won’t be long before that will be put away. He has already broken the vent in the kick board in the kitchen by ramming into it though. tut!

His favourite shows on TV are Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom and Peppa Pig. Probably because Ben watches them all the time! You can put the Ben and Holly theme music on at any point and Aaron will immediately stop and turn around to face where the music is coming from. Even if he is in a fit of tears, the music will cause him to stop and be quiet! lol  Kelly has some episodes on her phone for the car, just in case! He also likes the two bedtime songs that are played on Nick Junior just before 7pm.

Sleeping -wise, he has been on and off a lot recently. Teething hasn’t helped really but there has been several times when he has caused us to have hardly any sleep. Being in a room with Ben doesn’t help though, as Ben is a nightmare sleeper, so when he makes a noise, it wakes Aaron up. Ben is suffering from night terrors at the moment which means he is waking up lots crying and shouting, which obviously keeps Aaron awake as well.  Hopefully they will grow out of it soon as we are all desperate for a good night’s sleep!

While we were up in Weymouth recently staying with Kelly’s family, we took Aaron to the beach for the first time. He loved it playing in the sand and even tried to eat it!! We bought him a little bucket and spade which he enjoyed playing with, and was digging out the sand with his spade. He seemed to enjoy it loads.  Hopefully the weather will stay nice this year and we will be able to go a bit more often than the past few years!

He has had several colds this year (we all have actually), but is OK at the moment though a tad snotty still!  Not sure how he is getting them all the time but it coincides with Ben starting School, so we think he has been bringing all the germs back with him.  Aaron has had a couple of heat rashes though. The first time we thought it was Chicken Pox (it was going around the pre-school) but it turned out it wasn’t with the doctor saying it was just a virus. In a way we were hoping it was Chicken Pox as it is a lot better to get it out of the way now than when he is older.

In the last couple of days, Aaron has had his 1st tooth come through, and it is one of the teeth at the very front of the mouth. We have been waiting for it to come through for a while now, as his gums have been quite hard for weeks.  It also explains why he has been such a nightmare sleeping recently! So you have to be careful now, as he can bite you properly (which he likes doing!).  The tooth next to it is also close so shouldn’t be too long now before they all start coming through!

Aaron has also decided in the past couple of weeks that he wants to walk now!  He seems to much prefer being stood up that sitting down and it has caused much back ache for myself and Kelly. He reaches out for your thumbs and pulls himself up to his feet and then starts toddling off around the house! He has very strong legs and he has taken to walking with ease.  You can put him up against a chair or something now as well, and he will quite easily stay stood up with no-one holding on to him.  It seems it won’t be long before he will be walking on his own!  He even tries to pull himself up in the bath! 😉

Oh yes, he has also learnt how to wave to people which is funny as he sometimes gets mixed up with clapping and waving and kind of does both at the same time!