New photos!

As promised, some new pictures of Bear!! He’s so big now!

Bear absolutely loves ice cream! We are so thankful he grew out of his dairy allergy, here he is enjoying a mini milk in the garden and a Mr Whippy style ice cream from his nanny’s new business (check her out on facebook, twitter or instagram – @justvwdesserts she serves ice cream and sundaes from her amazing VW campervan!) Bear definitely is nanny’s no.1 customer…..he insists on sampling all new ideas!

Bear is also quite partial to a babychino when we are out and about – we have to keep our eye on him though, given half the chance he will be sipping our coffees too!!! He is most definitely lively enough on his own, without the coffee!!

We love to get out and about, whether it is digging for worms in the garden, the park or taking advantage of our national trust membership (thanks nanny & grandad for our Christmas gift!) So far this year we have visited 6 different national trust sites (some a number of times as they are so close by!), with lots of plans to visit lots more soon. We got Bear a little ‘passport’ so he can keep  track of all our adventures. We have had a lovely warm weekend, this weekend, Bear and daddy even got chance to wear their shorts. Outside activities this weekend included painting fence panels, playing with lots of new garden toys Bear got for his birthday and lunch outside! Bear was very, very happy to be able to be back outside for long periods of time (when it was icy and cold he could only manage 20 minutes of play at a time!)

Allergies are back!!

so, all has been very quiet from us for quite a while now. Bear has been really well and hasn’t had any issues for months…..well over 12 to be more accurate. He turned 3 the other week and we seem to be having some unexplained allergic reaction in the form of hives and itching. We started a food diary, but there was no obvious food to coincide with the reactions. We also suspected rubber latex, following his birthday, we had a fair few balloons in the house, which he thoroughly enjoyed playing with in every way……some sneaky culling of the balloons after bed time until they all vanished seemed to see a huge reduction in the frequency of the reaction, although it has not solved the problem completely. He is kept comfortable with piriton when required and a calpol plug in vapouriser seems to make him more comfortable at night time when his reaction causes stuffy noses and itchy throats. It has been a while since we have had to deal with allergy related problems, but it all feels so familiar and there’s no panic this time….thinking we are now seasoned professionals now. Good job really,as we are soon to add another little man to our household…..and the same allergies are never far from mind after our experiences with bear.

 

So, arriving in June 2017 will be our little cub. Pregnancy has resurrected several allergies for myself. Lots of itchy skin related problems have seen me give up on all my usual shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, moisturisers and make up. I was feeling pretty sorry for myself, until I discovered something wonderful……child’s farm! Now, I know I probably have mentioned them many a time when talking about bear as I have been a fan for quite some time, but I never thought to use it for myself! I now smell and feel amazing after using all their shower products as well as their moisturiser, even caught my hubby filling up his bath the other day with child farm smelling bubbles, so even he is loving their stuff.

 

this is just a quick update from me today,but hoping to update more regularly with all things bear and cub! Especially as I will soon get to bring our cloth nappies back out of storage since bear potty trained last summer!!!! Excited!

Where did my baby go!?!

We have noticed for a while now that Bear is growing up way too fast….he likes to eat off a plate with cutlery now and give himself his milk. He knows what he wants and certainly knows what he doesn’t! But it really has hit me this morning, with his birthday only 2 weeks away, I have been watching him at work and have just realised that I no longer have a baby! He has gotten into everything and anything today, whizzing from one side of the shop to the other in the blink of an eye and has entertained himself for hours on end. He has mimicked sawing and hammering (we were doing a little bit of ‘Bear proofing’ this morning) and sat on the rug eating his sandwich so independently….and as I was typing I heard something snap as he broke his chair with a tray and have I have just found his cup in the bin! It made me laugh to myself when he has been ‘chatting’ with the customers, so very clearly answering their yes or no questions. He has been becoming very brave, standing up and cruising around the desks and chairs so easily and trying to climb everything, squeeze through every tiny gap and the little bumps and tumbles no longer bother him. Just the last 24 hours he has decided that he would quite like to keep standing completely independently, he can hold his balance quite well for 10-20 seconds now, as soon as he has worked out to balance and move there will be no stopping him! I am feeling a little sad about my baby growing up, but am so excited to see our Toddler Bear soon! We have so many plans for the summer, in the garden, trips to the seaside, walks up the woods….all of these things were amazing last year, but will be so much more fun this year with Bear being able to join in, talk and play with us. We are still hopeful that in the next 12 months Bear will grow out of his CMPA, but if he doesn’t it doesn’t matter, he is happy just as he is!