Let the Battle Commence!

Well, Kitty has only been properly 'bum shuffling' for about a day now, and already her character has changed.
Gone has the butter wouldn't melt cute baby girl, to be replaced by the havoc making monster!
At my parents house today Kitty grabbed an badly placed cup of tea and tipped it all over herself (that really scared me, luckily it was cold)'
So, nothing is out of bounds for her anymore. You'd think i'd be better equipped for this baby stage, Gabriel was terrible. He was of the persuasion that why would you play with your toys when you can stick your fingers in the plug sockets and raid the shoe box.

Kitty can now bum shuffle the length of our house. She put this to good use at bedtime and shuffled into the bathroon, grabbed Gabe's discarded sock and threw it into the toilet when he was having his pre-bathtime wee. It landed mid-stream. Gabe of course thought this was hysterical. I discarded said sock and tried to not give her any attention for this so of course she did it again with the other sock.
Hmmmmmn, where's my angel child gone?
Think I need to spend this evening psycing myself up for what she might wreck tomorrow, I need to get back in the zone!

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Bedtime - almost done

Well, the little darlings are almost all tucked up for the night. Gabe's fast asleep and Kittys just falling asleep on the boob as is her custom.

She's such a mardy baby when it comes to bedtime, she has to fall FAST asleep on the boob and I have to place her gently in her cot that way, god forbid I should attempt to place her in her cot asleep but only just, she screams blue murder and wont be consoled! She will however then self-settle when she wakes in the night generally until about 2am when only boob will do.

So different from Gabriel who is a fab sleeper and always sleeps at least 13 hours and more if he can! I think this is the only way that Gabe is a real Callaway like me, that and his obsession with Ice cream. Every other way he is like a mini-Gary.

I can smell that my tea is ready downstairs so I will attempt to gently lay her ladyship in her cot and quietly retreat from the bedroom praying she stays asleep so I can drink white wine and have some adult conversation over Haddock and Chorizo with cherry tomatoes (or 'Chorizo Thing' as it is called in this house) . Fingers crossed.

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My New Blog

Been puzzling long and hard all morning ( yes I have nothing better to do) over what to call my new blog.
I have been reading lots of lovely ladies' blogs on my phone whilst feeding Kitty and decided I'd quite like one of my own.
I pondered over a title based on one of my favourite sayings;
'We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars'  - until hubby reminded me that implies that we are in the gutter!
Keep Calm And Carry On - a saying I try to live by but often fail!
and decided on this inspired title - just this side of un-glamorous and seems quite apt!