Giganta-Connor update

Thanks to everyone for their support (and particularly advice thanks Emma and newmum) over the dairy free revelation of last week. Connor is doing really well now and has started to settle into something close to a workable routine. He's also started piling on the weight and is up 200gr from his birth weight (now 4660g from b/w of 4395g).
The terrortot is loving having his dad home for entertainment and hasn't really paid that much attention to the baby - I think he's waiting for him to become more interactive.

The pre-teen turns 11 on Sunday, so things will continue to be chaotically busy. Super-stepdad is taking him and three friends to LaserForce to shoot at each other, then filling them up on McDs and returning them to their parents. It seems the best way to have a celebration while not having a mob of pre-teen boys destroying the house and waking the baby and being annoyed by the terrortot who would want to join in.

It's the bestest time.... (he's on my shoulder snoring just like his Mum as I type). Maddie is looking gorgeous! Loved the photos in your post!

What a cutie Connor is! Glad to hear things are settling down at home, and hope you aren't suffering for a Picnic too much Terrortot does look a little bewildered by the whole baby thing!

BTW if you need any dairy free recipes let me know,am off to bake some more choc cakes and muffins for the freezer this afternoon...

awwww hes sooo cute reminds me of james at the same age

Seems like Connor looks a bit like pre-teen...? Maybe I'm imagining things!

Sounds like you have things under control... men obeying instructions and what not. Hope Connor figures out the hierachy soon.

Glad to hear that Connor is doing well Maree - he looks like a lovely wee boy

What about rice milk? I can't stand soy but I can kind of tolerate the rice milk. And the Cadbury Drinking Choc is dairy free I think.

Ah Rach - that makes up for the mayhem and destruction they cause - you end up looking at them and saying 'you're cute' and forget that they've just shaved the cat or something as equally terrible.

Emma - I haven't tried rice milk yet, though a few people have raved about it. Will put it on Nick' shopping list for next time he leaves the house. I've been having the choc soy milk on my sultana bran in the morning with some LSA (linseed, soy and almond ground mix that Mum bought me and told me to have because it's good for your bowels and liver - thanks Mum). It makes quite a nice breakfast and conceals the soy flavour of the milk. I'll definitely check out the drinking choc option too. Many thanks once more

Yep, yay for Whittakers!! Connor is gorgeous Maree and sounds like everything is running well at your house! I figured you can bascially bake anything to be dairy free just use soy/rice milk and dairy free margarine (theres a new one which is way cheaper than Olivani but it is too late to think and cant be bothered walking to the fridge to check). Anyway, choccy cake became a favourite in our house!