And it’s only 8am!

Yes – for the last 3 nights Edward has slept through the night – hurray!

It has been a long 7 months of broken sleep but a week ago Sarah and I decided not to feed him when he woke up. Which he usually did around 12 and 4 – 5, he could have water but no “mit milch” (formula). It only took a 2 or 3 nights of ‘trauma’ and hand holding from Sarah to get through it, that’s Edward’s hand not mine! The other part of the plan was to fill him up during the day so he couldn’t possibly be hungry during the night!

He seemed somehow to have got his eating upside down – he’d eat more during the night than he would in the day – so we changed that around! He has now progressed on to more lumpy food – although it does take the little fella a while to ‘chew / mash’ the lumps with his gums! He still doesn’t like our home cooking, instead preferring jars of food. (He still has formula at least 3 times a day)
He does have some absolute favourites – egg custard and fromage frais (not together!) He likes squash but doesn’t like to drink it out of beaker with a spout – he’s far to grown up for that – he went straight to drinking out of an open cup! He’s so clever.

He does have really hurty teeth at the moment so his cheeks are really rosy red and he’s chewing anything he can get his hands on and dribbling constantly!

The bigger kids and Noo are still doing the gym/swim every day and thoroughly enjoying it, there all feeling fit and healthy.

I’m studying hard as much as I can, as you know I started my pc technician course again with the 2006 objectives. Although the same, it is different, the modules are in a different order and the information is, to state the obvious, much more up to date! But the new studying routine is paying off as I have achieved 100 in each of my first 5 assessments!

The assessments don’t count toward the final certificate, they are simply for revision purpose!

My other studies are going well too – web design, most of that studying goes on between 9.30pm and midnight! Still I really enjoy learning about the web – it is here to stay and I believe that it will become so much more important in time to come. Some believe that it will do away with the need for having a powerful pc, as much of the work we do will be done online. You can already use word processors, spreadsheets, calendar programmes etc on the net for free, saving your documents online as well. So one day you could have your own online desktop, so instead of storing your files on your pc you will store them online and access them from anywhere. And with the increase of wireless networks you should be able to get to your ‘stuff’ from anywhere using any wifi device, whether it be a mobile phone, pda or small laptop.

On another note, I threw away the flowers that Mum gave us when she came over – they have lasted for ages!

Right then it is off to Tesco!