14th April 1998 Today we went out again. Mummy and Daddy took me just about everywhere - both Mummy and Daddy bought new clothes, and they got me some new overnaps. When we got home the last bit of my umbilical cord fell off! I feel like I'm moving on to different things in life, like I've seperated from the past. 15th April 1998 Today I get to meet my other Grandma. I wonder what she'll be like? Mummy and Daddy semi-proudly announced that I'd just done the record poo as well. I guess I shall have to try harder. Hey, Grandma seems to be cool, though she says she doesn't like being called that. Have to think of something else to call her. 16th April 1998 What a cultured day. Mummy and Grandma took me to the Art Gallery, and the Museum while Daddy stayed home and did some work on his computer. And Grandma! I've never seen someone do so much washing. I'm having a hard time keeping up with her! 17th April 1998 Went out in the car that Grandma hired again today. Gee, kinda fun this going out stuff. There was a parade in town too, and that woke me up from the sleep I was having on Daddy's chest in the frontpack. Still lots of over-naps were bought, and that's important. Later on Mummy gave me a bath, and Daddy took lots of photos. Something about wanting to finish the film so people can get photos and some can go up here on the web. I dunno, some people. 18th April 1998 Grandma went back home today. She's off to somewhere far away, called Perth. I dunno where that is, but maybe one day we'll take my pram and go and see her. She bought a little camera and took lots of photos of me and her and me and Mummy and Daddy. So that was cool. 19th April 1998 Oh, busy day. I kept Daddy busy by not falling asleep for five whole hours today. I think he was getting pretty frustrated in the end. Mummy seems a bit sick, and she slept for sooo long, I thought she'd never wake up. Then when it came to bath time Mummy and Daddy had a disagreement about whether the water was "warm" or not. Personally I think it was just a bit silly, and that I should just never be given one, warm or not. The reason that I look so shiny in these photos is that Mummy and Daddy add olive oil to my bath to stop my skin going flakey. 20th April 1998 Paula came around again today. Sheez, it seems like she's visiting every week. She took off all my clothes and weighed me again - I'm 9lb 12 oz! She was amazed that I'm so big. We went into town again, and Mummy and Daddy did some shopping, and then took me to the video store. I didn't like it there, so I cried until Mummy took me into McDonalds and changed me. Then we came home and I slept most of the evening, and was really good for them. I even let Mummy get some study done! 21st April 1998 Mummy and Daddy think I must be going through a growth spurt, 'cause I'm eating lots, and awake lots, and being rather difficult. I'm just preparing them for life ahead really. Go figure. Mummy and Daddy got a bath thermometer from someone, and checked the water temperature of my bath. Daddy was right! We celebrating by having him bath me, and I didn't cry at all. 22nd April 1998 Today Daddy took me to our old house to pick up the rest of our stuff, and to show a couple of people around. On the way we stopped into the office and I met Donna! She seemed pretty nice and she was very excited to see me. Renee was there too, so I gots lots of attention. After we'd shown the people the new flat Mummy and Granddad came and took me home, and Daddy went off to a lecture. 23rd April 1998 Wow, lots of weird stuff. We went back to the hospital this morning, but not to the maternity ward, but to the childrens pavilion where I did lots of sleeping. They stuck lots of wires on me and stuff, and then got me to sleep while they shoved a thing over my head, and then tilted the bed up. Then they switched me to my front and did the same thing. Mummy and Daddy said something about SIDS, whatever that is. I just slept through the whole thing. 24th April 1998 Oh dear. Tonight was pretty horrible - everything was sort of uncomfortable and I couldn't sleep in the evening an I woke up quite a lot through the night. Mummy and Daddy were very frustrated, 'cause Mummy doesn't feel well, and Daddy didn't get much sleep. They said it might be colic. I tried to look it up, but couldn't find it in any of my baby books. 25th April 1998 Today we went out to lunch with Mya and Aunty Sandra. She was in town for something-or-other. I didn't catch it because I was too busy sleeping. She was pretty cool. Apparently tomorrow there's going to be lots of babies. Wonder if they'll be as cute as me? 26th April 1998 Wow! Babies and babies! Apparently Mummy and Daddy went to some classes before I was born to learn about me and about the birth and how to look after me and stuff. And there were some other people there, and they all got together again today. Most of the other babies didn't have hair, and I was the biggest, but they were OK I guess. Everyone commented on my red hair, and said I was very nice. I think Mummy and Daddy were pretty proud. 27th April 1998 Paula came around again this afternoon. She's a day early this week. She weighed me and I just about went off the scale! That's 10 lb 2 oz. They also measured my length, and I was 59 and 1/2 cm. That means I've grown 3 and 1/2 cm in 4 weeks. On the baby growth chart that makes me a very tall baby! 1st June 1998