Introduction Time...

I am Boobah's mom. Boobah is at this point in time 9 and 1/2 months big and tall. He weighs 10.5 kgs (or did at his 9 month injection time check-up) and he's absolutely marvelous. A laugh a minute.

I do strange things with my child - poor thing. Sometimes I wonder how he's survived for this long. I'm not a bad mom, I just tend to do unconventional things in strange ways.

Last night, Boobah had Nando's for dinner. Just some chicken and a chippie or two from The Dad. He enjoyed this meal hugely. I'm just happy he ate, because since his measles injection about two weeks ago, he hasn't been big on solids.

Because of the injection, my normally never-been-sick-a-day-in-his-life child became so feverish on Friday night, that after a tearful conversation with Nannie (Boobah's maternal ouma) at 12:30 am (so technically Saturday morning) and then a lukewarm bath (which led to much splashing and giggling) we were finally able to settle down for the night... Or so I thought. I put him in the bed with us with the fan on, because isn't that what mummies do when their babes are sick? What a mistake! Boobah had no intention of sleeping under a blanket that night, and kicked and babbled and kissed and babbled and tossed and turned until this sleep deprived mom burst into tears again. After another tearful conversation with Nannie at 4 am, it was decided that Boobah would spend the rest of the night at Nannie's house.

Just my luck. Turned out that after we dropped the little man off, he cried two more tears after we left, whereafter he promptly turned into the sweet angel we are used to, and slept till 7 that morning - in Nannie's bed. Why couldn't he just have done that at home?

Well, it seems as though the evil effects of the injection is finally gone now, because there have been no other incidents regarding fever since Friday. And it seems as if his appetite's returning.

Let us hope that he doesn't catch the cold I got from sleeping with no blanket cover while having a fan blowing full-blast in my face because my babe was struck with fever.

Aaaahhh - life as a mom...