who is 3 months older than Reuben so we can see eye to eye on alot of things. Finally this morning we went to the hospital for Reuben's 6-8 week check and he's 12lb 9 oz, and 59cm long. Leon was 11lb5oz at 9 weeks and 60cm long, which surprised me - they are equally tall; Reuben's just got more flesh. I imagine it's that my milk flow being better means he's just made the most of it. Good on him.After the check up, I started to head home amid protests from Leon so I gave in and took him round the back of the hospital to the park. Behind there and the houses is open fields. I could see a tractor ploughing so asked Leon if he wanted to go and see the tractor in action. He of course did, so we went round the back to have a proper look, hence the photo. He can nearly say tractor, but digger is easier so he called this one a digger. It was hard to disagree when I was explaining that the plough digs up the earth, plus it being yellow. In his world diggers are yellow and tractors are mainly red and blue with the odd green one.
We are off on holiday the end of the month and I need to decide which forms of transport we take for the boys - there's the zapp with the car seat and the single maclaren for them but should I take a double buggy too? we have a tandem one which folds quite well but is old, heavy and quite hard to push. On the plus side, Reuben loves it and sleeps like...a baby in it. Or there's the side by side Maclaren, which folds well, is easy to push, takes loads of stuff on it but leaves Reuben more exposed - he will sleep but as soon as the sun comes out, I need to cover his half with a blanket. Monday I took the Tandem buggy into town and Tuesday and yesterday the Maclaren. I'm leaning toward the Maclaren as it's easier to push and I can get more crap on it - it has a fabulous rain cover - both days we got caught in wind and rain and the rain cover is quick to put on and very secure - no nasty Velcro to come loose in a gust of wind unlike the Zapp cover which is the worst design I've ever seen, especially when the pushchair is such a good design. Today I'm back to the pram and toddler seat which is overall my favorite; it's comfy for Reuben and Leon, who has a brilliant view and I can keep entertained on long boring walks up Lynn road. It carries the most stuff underneath - I can loose £30 worth of shopping, nappy stuff and toys no bother in the tray underneath. It isn't exactly designed to go into a small car though, it is my car!
