Update...(finally I hear you cry!)

Well what is news with us ? Thomas is now crawling everywhere and absolutely loves it. There is no stopping him now and he loves creeping up on us and playing a game called"BOO!". His personality it really coming out now and he takes after both Simon and I on the cheeky front and loves being tickled when he lets out the most infectious giggle we've ever heard.
The eczema is being kept at bay by the hydrcortisone creams and this means he is generally a lot happier little boy, he doesn't need to scratch all the time. Although we've noticed that he tends to scratch when he's frustrated or bored as a way to get our attention...cheeky little boy!!
His top teeth are cutting at the moment which means sleeping at night is a bit difficult but he has to learn sooner rather than later that it's not ok to keep getting mummy up every 2-3 hours for feeds! We've been trying the "tough love" (controlled crying) and is getting better every night as last night he slept from 12midnight to 5am. I am certainly feeling the benefit of having more than 2hours of solid sleep and long may it last!! He loves his solid food and eats a good range of foods:- sweet potato, carrot, parsnip, califlower, leeks, sugarsnap peas, butternut squash, apple and pear, banana and also likes drinking water from a beaker. Don't ask me if he's taking a bottle yet as the answer is still "NO!". I saw our health visitor last week to discuss the allergy attack he suffered before Xmas and she said best not introduce anything drastic to his diet until we've found out what caused it (this also includes not trying formula milk so for now he's getting his own way and getting me and my milk!)
Last week we all suffered with this terrible sickness and upset tummy bug. I was so ill on Thursday night that I had no milk for T and on Friday didn't even have the strength to lift him. Luckily my mum and dad came for the day and made us all feel a lot better....what would we do without our mum's eh? Even now my tummy is still no quite right. I'm still eating a lot of toast and only managed my first cup of tea this morning since Thursday.