Francis Gets An Upgrade

Today we went to Mothercare World in Aintree to buy Francis some new vests and sleepsuits. We were changing him into a clean outfit at some ungodly hour on Sunday morning after one of his regular post-feeding-puke-fests, when we noticed that his vest was a bit snug. Actually, it was a LOT snug - his shoulders were popping out of the neck. We also noticed that his feet now come all the way to the end of his 7 1/2lb sleepsuits. He doesn't weigh anywhere near 7 1/2lb, but he is quite a long baby - I have the feeling he's going to be tall!

On Sunday morning I dug out the 0-3 months clothes I had stockpiled long before he was born when I had foolishly believed I wouldn't need anything smaller. (You can guarantee if I'd stocked up on newborn clothes, Francis would have been 2 weeks overdue and weighed 10lb.) They were clearly still far too big for him. I realised it was time to spend yet more money - at nearly 3 months old, Francis is now ready for newborn-sized sleepsuits.

As luck would have it, Mothercare had a special offer on packs of sleepsuits and vests - buy one get one half price - so we stocked up. We also ventured into the toy department to get Francis a rattle. We bought a lovely giraffe-shaped one that straps on to his wrist (you can see it in the above photo). After spending the best part of £40 and negotiating the barrage of annoying older kids racing round on tricycles meant for toddlers, we made good our escape before I got my eye on anything else to add to Francis' ever-growing wardrobe. This kid has more clothes than I do, and that's saying something.

We got home and, after tea, put Francis in the bath, which he seemed to enjoy for a change. As you can see from the photo on the left, he wasn't overly impressed with his new Piglet vest. However, he calmed down once we put him in one of his new sleepsuits, which he dribbled on almost instantly and was sick on about an hour later. Money well spent then.

Lisa xxx