Introducing Taliesin

I have tried to write this post about 3 times now. I sat down when I thought I had 5 minutes but as soon as I'd start typing one of them woke up so I gave up.

It is now 9pm on Friday evening and I think I've got 5 minutes...

...

... still "Q" so I'll carry on.

[Emilia's monitor has literally just come to life with Emilia moaning and groaning - I knew I should never have started typing!]

I know I put up a quick blog 5 months ago when Tal was born but I am now officially starting APL Part 2 so thought it'd be nice to introduce him properly:

"Internet, this is Tal; Tal, this is Internet.

Tal is the younger of 2 children and, although born a little early he is now growing well and is (last checked) a touch over the 50th percentile.

He is a generally chilled baby although gets very upset when Emilia cries. 

(Just this evening, she jumped onto her bed and cracked the top of her head on the headboard. Before she had let out the first wail, he was sobbing his little heart out!)

He also appears to be Lactose intolerant.

I'm sure you'll get on well!"

 Taliesin trying to chomp on a pepper

So Tal is now almost 6 months old. I am now (mainly) responsible for a 2 and-a-half-yr-old and a half-yr-old I have a feeling it's going to be a challenge!

Emma is out to sabotage my efforts too! On Monday she tried a little "experiment" and swapped him from normal formula with Colief to "Comfort" formula with less lactose in it initially, but removed the Colief

"Colief® contains the naturally occuring enzyme lactase, which helps to break down lactose for digestion."

Emma did this on my first day; He stopped sleeping through the night; He was grizzly all day; He wouldn't sleep in the day; He became really clingy.

I really struggled.

Even Superman takes a nap when he can!

But now he's on Lactose-free Formula and much happier! (So am I)

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SoI am going to count this week as "Handover Week" and say that it takes a little while to get into the swing of things. We'll see.
I still have the same group of Mummy friends that I inherited from Emma last time round but have lost +Rupert Key  as he is working most days. Hopefully I can squeeze a couple of coffee-shop adventures as the 6 months progresses.

One thing that I think I may struggle with is what to do with a 6 month old and a 2 yr old at the same time?

• Emilia is slightly too little (and at the moment loves her Daddy too much) to enjoy soft-play activities on her own while I sit with Tal and supervise but I can't carry him around it either!
• I can't take Emilia to all the Baby-sensory groups I went to last time because she will get bored and shout "Dad" "Dad" "Dad" at the top of her lungs until I respond.

Any suggestions from you, Internet, would be most appreciated.

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And finally:

I saw this today and it made me laugh. a lot.