We're trying to get Nathan to feed himself more. In order to avoid total chaos we've been spoon feeding him his dinners and hand feeding him toast and fruit.

To be honest, the toast has been more successful than the fruit. Apart from some partial success with a clementine, most of the fruit ends up on the floor. Still, we'll keep trying.

Dad had his cast removed today. The foot feels a bit stiff, but it'll get better, and it certainly will be nice to go swimming with the lad again.

We went to the physiotherapist. She agrees that Nathan is a little behind in development, but there doesn't appear to be anything seriously wrong with him. She's like to see him do more rolling, as Nathan's only big movement currently is to sit up from being dace down by pushing himself backwards. This is apparently a bit stressful on the hip joints. We're going back in a couple of weeks.

Nathan was a bit tetchy today. We don't know why but he didn't eat much of his food either.

It hasn't affected his growth. The lad's finally grown too heavy for his dad to carry him and do stuff (like make bottles) at the same time.

The lad is now booked for his Tuesday morning playgroup, for a Wednesday morning music and movement session, and for his regular Thursday lunchtime playgroup.

We're also due to see the physiotherapist this Friday afternoon. This is on the suggestion of Nathan's developmental doctor a few months ago.

Just Nathan and Dad together again as Mum returned to work after the holidays.

We did lots of throwing toys around and a little light shopping. Nathan's outgrowing his 12-18 month size babygrows, so we're getting him the next size up (18-24m).