He grew much bigger than that little jellybean very quickly....JJ liked to kiss my tummy and say hello to him. Benny gave me most of those marks. He was such a big bub, my tummy always measured bigger than average when I went to appointments.
The last ten weeks carrying Ben were very difficult. I have a scare on my back from all the pushing Job and I did in that spot to relieve some of the pain. At 36 weeks I begged the doctor to take him out as it felt like my back was breaking. He agreed to at 37 weeks. One week later, he was born. He weighed just over 8 lb, 3 weeks early. The relief on my body was immediate. He was a gorgeous baby, he came out with rolls all over him and big chubby cheeks.
Mum was lucky to have a cuddle straight after he was born. She told me he'd been sucking the whole time she had him (while I was in recovery) looking for food. Such a Benny.
When I arrived into the hospital room, the nurse told me they needed to put Benny into an incubator as his temperature had dropped. She saw my disappointed face and suggested he try a cuddle with mum instead. I was still cold and shaky from the caesarean so it was nice to cuddle my brand new baby, skin to skin. Both of us warmed up and got our temps back to normal. The nurse came back, smiled and explained to me that mums bodies are designed to give their babies what they need. We both needed that cuddle.
Because of Bennys undiagnosed lactose intollerance and my huge supply of milk, he had lots more cuddles! His feeds went right through him. He had both vomitting and diarrhea. I had way too much milk, which just made it all worse. He had lots of tummy aches so he slept with us for quite a while. Since I smelt like milk and he always wanted to feed, we decided he would sleep with Job. Those two were always sleeping!!
He was always trying to latch onto my face whenever I gave him a kiss
Benny with his Uncle (John) who he is named after. Benjamin 'Apolosi' Tai
He was such a cute bubby, he used to do these funny model poses. People would laugh and smile at him in the street, I think because he was so big and rolly. I didn't mind, it just made him cuter to me.
Here's Grandma, doing some weight lifting. She used to call him a sack of potatoes because at this age, he weighed 10kgs.
The three musketeers (JJ, Charlotte and Benny)
Our family back then. The boys, me......and Elvis
He was one cute bub!
And now he's a cute 7 year old boy.
This is him this morning opening presents. He is completely in love with his new Collingwood singlet, if it were allowed, he would have worn it to school. He also got some lego (which he went looking for and found under my bed 4 days ago.) and a digeredoo.
We all had cocopops for breakfast (a birthday treat) Here he is eating his.... Benny style
He went to school but I picked him up just before lunch. More than anything he wanted sometime off school! We came home and had chip sandwiches for lunch. He spent the afternoon putting his new lego together while I sat with him and planned his party. This is the first year he's had a party, he's been too shy other years. I'm excited for him.
The Terrys came over in the afternoon with a special gift.....a rock. They know how much Benny likes to collect rocks, so Sam carved a 'B' in the side of one. Its such a thoughtful present and one Benny will love for years. JJ is going to put an order in for one for his birthday too :)
We had a family dinner with the Rogers who brought Benny a helmet and the number 10 to put on the back of his new singlet. In the past Benny has cut and stuck the number 10 onto his back, so he is excited to have a real singlet and now, a real number.
We had little pizzas, noodle pancakes, nuggets and garlic bread for dinner....
.....followed by the best part of the night - a chocolate fountain!! We had the choice of strawberries, cherries, manderine, grapes, marshmellows and lolly bananas....yummo!! I will need to do some extra burpees tomorrow morning!
We love you BENNY, our lovable, outgoing, highly imaginative and mischievious 7 year old!
Bring on another year together.
