Baby's first...Home Alone
It's almost 3 weeks now since we left our boy home alone for the first time.
And before social services kick up a fuss, we had legitimate reason - we were out getting drunk.
Not quite...Congratulations to Richard & Zoë on their wedding, as you'll gather by now that's where we were. And this was the first time both of us have had a night away from the boy together, a whole night where neither of us was on duty. A whole night of peace and quiet - well, scrub that last bit.
Grandma and Grandad did a cracking job of looking after him for well over 24 hours, by the time MOTS was getting ready, heading through on her own (I had the groom to transport in capacity [or should that be incapacity?] as best man). I was also away the night before so got to see Grandma putting the lad to bed.
Well, bedtime on the Friday was funnier than the best man's speech. Let's just say Grandma isn't exactly Naomi Campbell in the legs department. So with fixed cot sides it's not so easy for her to reach down into the bottom level of the cot. It was easier when it was on the top level when he was a baby, but now it's been dropped two levels things aren't as easy as they once were. Teetering over the edge is s ight to behold, but when she's gone out and bought a Blu-Step from JML (available at Woolworths and all good retailers) to stand on so she can reach in.....
Cot - £200
Mattress - £100
Sleeping bag - £23
Blu-Step - £10
Seeing Grandma using a stepladder to reach her Grandson - priceless!
There are some things Grandma can reach. For everything else there's Blu-Step.
The night away was just a total non-event after that, we never bothered, Grandma and Grandad never called for help, the wee guy was all smiles when we got home. Yes, a non-event.
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