Kruizin Kid

Didn't take long for Roy to progress to cruising. He was cruising along the coffee table in a bid to steal Sheena's crackers.

Poor wee tyke has had a lot of bad spills this past week. He'll confidently stand up, only to loose his balance a couple of minutes later and have a bad fall. So many nasty bumps, but they are not deterring him.

Here they is watching funniest home videos.

Rapidly Rising Roy

Roy surprised us today when he pulled to standing at the coffee table. Not a surprising spot given that is where Sheena puts a lot of the toys. He only started to pull to kneeling a couple of days ago, so its quite a rapid progression. He usually cackles in delight when he works out something new.

He also crawled his way into the shower today, sliding open the screen like he's been doing it for years.

The difference in a day

Bronchiolitis can take a couple of weeks to get over, and Roy is still full up it. Here are some pictures from yesterday and today showing a great improvement in his color, so he is heading in the right direction . He has dropped a little weight, and is now on the 50th percentile for weight for his age.

Spoiling Mum

Roy had a horrible couple of weeks with a horrible cold that turned into Bronchilitis. We even spent a night in hospital when his work-of-breath resembled heart failure, and his respiratory rate was 60-70. I heard him wheezing in his sleep when Sheena called out at 5am, and decided I couldn't stand it any longer.

He is now on the mend. Wee tyke. He is has started to properly crawl, and can get into sitting on his own. He is more keen on practising to stand too.

Here he is on Mothers Day, spoiling me with smiles.

Easy days with Roy

Roy is crawling about the place faster and faster each day. He is the most contented little baby. Sleeps 11 hours overnight, is easy to get to sleep for a morning nap, and if he misses his afternoon nap which he is less keen on, he just plays the day away testing each toy in his way. He'll eat whatever you put in front of him, and is getting very good with his own cup now. He is not the slightest bit interested in holding his own bottle though, and he just reclines back like a little baby expecting to be served. I know he enjoys the 1-1 attention, and I quite like it too, so I am happy to indulge him.

His hearing is rather bad. He's got very bad glue-ear, and is only hearing loud sounds - it is apparently worse than most kids with glue-ear. We had to see an ENT last week after he failed his hearing test a month ago. Just have to get him checked out again in 2 months time, and then we'll reassess. With his sister's lack of speech at the age of 3, last thing we want is Roy's speech delayed because of poor hearing. The ENT was talking of grommets, but we shall see.

Playtime with sis

Roy is now commando crawling about the place, and busy getting into everywhere. He's keen on bottom shelves & cables at the moment.

He's teething of course, and carrying a heavy cold at the moment, but he's still sticking to his blissful routine of a 11-12 hour sleep overnight and usually 2 sleeps a day. I'm also lucky that he is a fantastic eater. He is an eating machine, whatever is offered goes in.

I had his hearing checked this week, and he failed due to huge fluid build-up. He had an ear infection a few weeks ago, so we have hope it will clear on its on. We still have to see an ENT Surgeon, but they wouldn't do grommets at his age - especially with his cardiac condition. The ENT will be able to give a more thorough review of his hearing function, which the audiologist though was OK other than the fluid. He doesn't babble much which is why I got it checked. He's only saying dada dada, but you'd usually be getting more than that by 9 months.

Kitchen cupboards

Here is Roy's new favourite spot in the kitchen. For those who also follow Sheena Time, she used to hang out there when she was a baby.