Last night Conrad slept from 7pm (as usual) through to 4am, when I gave him a bottle. He then took a couple of hours getting back to sleep – not crying but mostly moaning and making tired noises – but it’s promising still. Until he sleeps through the night properly, though, we won’t think about moving him out of our bedroom and into Jessica’s room, which they’ll share until we get a bigger place.
With regards to weaning, Conrad now has baby porridge (an organic mix of four grains including quinoa and millet) with mashed banana for breakfast, and veg with couscous, rice or quinoa followed by fruit and water for lunch and dinner, and – I’m pleased to say – no formula with either meal (apart from what’s mixed in with the breakfast porridge). I have mixed in yoghurt, cottage cheese, full fat milk and creme fraiche with his food a couple of times now, so he has had dairy too. He has already had his first curry, very mild of course: parsnip, carrot, peas and red lentils blended with basmati rice and a bit of cumin and coriander.
We put our Christmas decorations up today, Ian and I and Conrad’s Auntie Wendy, while Conrad and his sister were having their afternoon naps, so it was a bit of a surprise for them when they were brought back downstairs: twinkling lights and baubles around the shelves in the living room. Conrad’s eyes were attracted to the twinkling lights at first but he soon seemed to get used to them, in the same way he seems to accept most things he comes across – I guess everything is new to him anyway. Will be interesting to see what he makes of his first Christmas, though most likely it’ll pass by mainly unnoticed by him.
Gabriella