Rewards

There are of course many rewards to spending all day with your child, and I wouldn't swap it for anything. Hamish and I have lots of fun together - he makes me laugh every day and it is a joy to see him growing, mentally and physically.

His latest discovery is that he can walk backwards, and he is taking great delight in pacing forwards, then slowly stepping back until he hits something. He does it on the ground too - crawls forward then shuffles back with a look of wonderment on his face.

He's starting to say recognisable words - up, Minnie, quack, miao, baaaaa, shoe - and our favourite - 'nummies?' Which means he wants food. I suppose it means 'yummy', and he always says it like it's a question.