Tabitha and Huey

Ever since Tabitha was born, her comforter bear (we’ve named him Huey) has never been far from her side. Her attachment to him has grown and grown and has become particularly strong recently. He now has to come with us everywhere we go and I’m starting to get worried we’ll lose him (we have already had a close call at Christmas when he got dropped in The Range in Clacton and Tom had to go back a few hours later to retrieve him from lost property). When we’re out I am constantly on ‘Huey watch’ to make sure he doesn’t escape from the pushchair. Not that I think Tabitha would let him go, she’s generally got him firmly in her grasp. Her love for him is so cute – he gets strapped into her highchair, pushed around in her toy buggy, gets to kiss the teddy in her book goodnight and has his teeth brushed.

Sixteen months!

It’s just occurred to me that Tabitha is 16 months old today, so I thought it’d be rude not to do a quick update! In just two months time she will be a year-and-a-half old which is hard to believe really. Also, it’ll be mid-October… I know I’ve said it before, but time just flies by.

So, this past week Tabitha has been teething like a good’un. It all began last Thursday when Tom and I went out for dinner to the Olympic in Barnes and my mum babysat. Tabitha had gone to bed unusually early (she’d woken up too quickly from her daytime nap and just couldn’t stay awake any longer than 6pm). We thought she’d be out for the count, but by about 9.30, my mum called to say that she hadn’t really slept. Luckily, we were on the way back, so came home and managed to settle a very-sweaty Tabitha. I thought it was an unfortunate one-off, but the following night it took THREE hours to get Tabitha to sleep – she finally gave in at 9.45pm, and that night and for the next couple she was really unsettled. Whenever she awoke, I had to dose her up with Calpol or Nurofen, and then cuddle her back to sleep. She was also drooling like a gushing tap. She’s been much better the past few days, although still no sign of those dreaded incisors – her gums are really red though, so they must be imminent.

We’ve been taking full advantage of the Children’s Centre’s summer programme over the past couple of weeks, with lots of visits to ‘Stay & Play’, as well as ‘Messy Play’ and ‘Bounce’, plus a fun day to go to tomorrow morning. It’s been a Godsend as barely anything else is running over summer, plus it’s all totally free, which is amazing. Magda and Mackenzie have been coming along too, which is nice as I haven’t seen much of the other mums lately – Sarah has moved to Nottingham now, so we did have a Mortlake mums dinner a couple of Thursdays ago, but that’s it. The weather has taken a turn for the worst, and it has been quite rainy – we had to miss bumps and babies this afternoon as it was throwing it down – although it’s nice that it has cooled down a bit as it was far too hot.

Other than that, not much else to report really, so I’ll leave you with a recent photo of my gorgeous girl (her hair’s finally growing!):