So many changes, so little time!

He consumes my time and energy, he's a 24 hour, round the clock job - but one of those jobs you love. I have to neglect everything; friends, hobbies, potential jobs (even stay at home ones) because he requires my every waking moment. I'm itching to start reading a book or to start work on an article I've been meaning to write for a while now but I can't, I just can't! If I'm not preparing his food or feeding him, I'm changing his nappy, washing him, doing his washing, buying his supplies, entertaining him or just sat on the sofa next to him nursing my sleep deprived headache while he clings on to my trousers trying to pull himself onto my knee! It's hard work! It's tiring! I don't have any help from family members which makes it a lot harder because even an hours free moment a day would help so much. There again I wouldn't really like comments and recommendations that including other family members would entail. I can do it! After all, it's the best job in the world!
He's now asleep in his swing, yes, he still likes his swing even though legs and arms spill over the sides and the battery runs out ever so fast due to those whopping ten kilos it has to swing back and forth! A moment's peace! I can finally write in this blog and keep it updated.
Flavio has a tooth! At seven months his little bottom tooth on the right hand side sprouted and is oh so cute. He is teething so badly, he always has to bite on something and dribbles like a waterfall, I'm forever changing bibs. Recently he's not been so well, he had a fever for 4 days in a row followed by a nasty rash all over his body which the pediatrician informed us is the Sixth Disease. The trouble is the rash is itchy so he's always trying to roll and wrythe to scratch himself seeing as he doesn't know how to scratch properly with his nails yet. He was in a lot of discomfort yesterday, it must have been so itchy and he didn't sleep that night either. The ped prescribed some antihistamine drops but they don't seem to work that well as he still rubs his head and body on things after I've given them to him.
I had some friends stay over at my house a few weeks ago and it was so good to have this company for a few days. I needed a change. Flavio was so well behaved, he enjoyed being smothered with attention by his 'aunties'! I even took him to an art gallery and he was so good, he's such a good baby when we're out and about, it's like when I take him on the plane, he's as good as gold.
Well, he's seven and a half months old and life is good. It's so wonderful having a little baby, just that most of the time you're too tired to enjoy it. Like now! Sorry, I have to shoot off, he's woken up and is shouting 'ba ba baa'...