My Baby is a Dickhead

Just a brief, somewhat provocatively titled post today. I don’t mean it, but sometimes you just have to marvel at the level of dickheadery on show by an 8-month-old.

Tough Times

I’ve written a lot about how magical the children are, but today the youngest is being a pain. He’s not slept well at all, and decided that 4am was a reasonable ‘morning’ time.

He’s also discovered that there are loads of things he wants to do in the world, but completely lacks the ability to do any of them. So he just makes a groaning noise about 12 hours a day, until we manage to distract him with something or other.

He’s only napping in 45 minute increments, and given that he’s now practicing doing situps, it takes about 30 minutes to get him to nap which hardly seems like a good return on investment.

And he’s growing teeth, which means if he ever stops biting on random things it’s only to drool on whatever is nearby, which is often my face.

Not His Fault

Of course it’s not his fault. He’s 8-months-old, is growing teeth, has been poorly and wants to do lots of stuff. But it’s important to note that Jesus Christ, he doesn’t make it easy.

The only thing today that appeared to brighten his mood was:

1. Eating a veg mix, couscous, cheese and pulled pork (a truly gargantuan dinner).
2. Immediately followed by watching his brother and sister dance around the kitchen.

For 5 glorious minutes, he was laughing uproariously and all troubles were forgotten. And then it was straight back to the groaning.

## Conclusion

He’s asleep at the moment. Please little man. Please sleep. Please stop groaning. Please learn to move. Please don’t wake up at 4am. Please.