It's been a while since I was last on here and it has certainly been tough. So lets start back at the beginning, the meds I was on caused so many side effects that I felt worse than being depressed so my doctor changed me to another sort. These didn't seem to do anything so she upped the dose, which actually sunk me into a really bad place. I barely went out, was very anxious, moody and don't really interact with Harry. Luckily I had my friends and sisters support and they told me they were worried about me. My doc didn't seem that worried and just lowered the dose again and of course nothing changed, so from June this year I weaned myself off them and things are looking up
I was hoping to be a stay at home mummy, but finances just wouldn't allow it. So in March, I returned to work after initially handing in my notice in Jan to finish in Feb when my maternity leave finished. Luckily part of my hours were still available for me to do, I currently am doing 14 hours a week cleaning at a leisure centre. The hours suck (fri,sat,sun 4:30am-9:30am) but they fit in with not needing to put Harry in childcare. Ideally I need more hours and money, but it just isn't possible to fit it all in.
Anyways this is Harry's journal so lets talk about him. He is now 13 months and amazing. He has 8 teeth in total, is a dribble monster and he does like to bite, which we are trying to get under control before he bites another baby. He is very vocal and says mama, dada, baba (bye bye), ata (ta) and just is generally noisy, although he doesn't usually say any words in context, just when he feels like it lol He has started being very steady on his feet and taking steps over the last 3 weeks or so. Now he just wants to try and walk everywhere and won't even hold my hands. He can walk about 10/15 steps before falling down and needing to crawl to some furniture to pull himself back up on and then he is off again.
He also hates it when the stair gates are closed, as he cries even if u have come into the room with him, but we have to be careful as he now navigates the stairs very well and takes himself up for his nap and bedtime.
I will try to add some pics in a mo as not the iPad and all my pics are on my phone xx