Dear Matthew (or Machu as you are currently calling yourself),
You have started to do this strange, hilarious thing where you randomly lie down wherever you may be, on your back, and start snoring. Initially I thought one of the grandparents had taught it to you but after checking with them they said they had didn't and so I was a bit lost.
And then you and I were watching an episode on youtube of Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom (one of your favourite shows along with Peppa Pig, digger videos, the Wiggles and the movies Cars and Planes). In the episode Gaston the ladybird is in his house which is sort of like a cave, he crawls on to his bed, flips onto his back and starts snoring. You laughed at this point and started snoring so I knew it was Gaston that you were copying.
You've been snoring on the slide at the playground, lying in dirt, on your bedroom floor, in the middle of a session of gymbakids- wherever. It's hilarious and just shows what a gorgeous personality you are developing. My baby boy is such a character.
Love you my little ladybird,
Mum xxx
Dear Matthew
People regularly ask me when I'm going to toilet train you. And I regularly answer that you're a human being and I'm not going to train you to do anything, and that you'll do it in your own time. I knew I'd wait at least until you showed an interest in the toilet until I'd bother even trying to get you to sit on the toilet.
Well, today you woke up and went straight to the toilet. You then squatted down down next to it while holding onto the side of the loo, and presumably started pooing in your nappy (you did end up with a poo) and waved at me while saying 'bye-bye'. I smiled and took the hint and moved out of your eyesight, but kept sneaking a look at you. You'd catch me every time and kept saying bye-bye to me. Eventually you stood up and started putting your hand in the toilet at which point I needed to stop you. You then started playing with the lid and it came down on your finger (so you may not like the toilet anymore anyway).
In any event, it's started! My big boy is growing up. With no pushing from me, you've taken an interest in the toilet, done a poo next to it and asked for privacy! So proud! I'll buy you a little seat with attached ladder in the coming months so you can easily climb up and feel secure. But no rush!
Spurred on by your lead we then converted your largely unused crib into a sidecar crib and you're currently sleeping your first nap in it. This will give your mum and dad more room in our bed and help you with the eventual transition to a big boy bed.
Love,
Mum xxx
Dear Matthew
The weekend before last we headed down south again to Busselton with Gramps, Grandma, aunty Robyn and daddy. My cousin Kate had invited us to her son Dusty's baptism on
the Sunday morning so we left on the Friday night to make a weekend of it.
Unfortunately the weather wasn't brilliant but on the Saturday morning we decided to head to the Wonky Windmill in any event, which is a farm where you can feed and touch the animals. There was a bit of rain to start with but then it became fine and you loved feeding the animals and splashing in the puddles. I will add that you tried to kick a rabbit (which was a bit embarrassing) and kept waving and saying hello to the guinea pigs (which was so lovely). Grandma kept trying to pull you away from the animals as I think she was nervous about them biting your hand off but you fed the ponies, goats, sheep, deer, pigs etc like an old pro. At the end of the visit I even bumped into one of the mums who was in our mothers group when it first started and had a good chat with her while you and her boys played in the sandpit (this world is so small).
After the farm we headed to Simmos for an ice cream (or in my case a milkshake) and you played on the kids playgrounds with daddy. We then headed home for your nap and enjoyed a quiet night in. Daddy cooked a yummy meal of salad and Moroccan chicken.
In the morning we headed to the baptism which was at the church down the road from Kate's house. It was a lovely church and a beautiful ceremony but for some reason you weren't enjoying it and became obsessed with the many candles in the church to the point where you were screaming 'candles! Candles!!!' So that was a tad embarrassing but I think your 2 year old molars are coming in as you were also asking to be breastfed a lot so no wonder you were a bit off.
After the church we headed back to the house where lunch was being held and had a yummy meal and a play with all my cousins kids before heading back home. It was a wonderful weekend of family that's for sure.
Love,
Mum xxx
