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Apart from the health things, and the usual collection of computer games, Lego and painting/crocheting, here are some other things what have been happening:

Matthew had a birthday at the end of March:

A birthday cake with candles reading "13" and a large indoor firework shooting sparks

There was easter, and we had chocolate eggs, and decorated boiled eggs for rolling down a hill

Matthew has an easter egg is as big as his head!

4 decorated eggs, ready to roll down a hill

We went on a bike ride, 38 km from Audley End to home, via a nice pub

A selfie in the sunshine of three of us on bikes

And we finished off the Easter hols with a bluebell walk from Elsenham to Newport

Beech trees and bluebells with an inviting path in the sunshine

Most of you probably know that Matthew was breastfed as a baby, and that we continued well into toddlerhood and beyond. To be honest if you spent any time with us it was probably hard to avoid knowing :) There were times when it looked like he'd never stop, and it's always been both easier and nicer to continue.

Well, it looks like we're starting to head towards the end. Matthew was 4 in March, and (apart from occasional injury or meltdown) we've only been feeding morning and night since Christmas. A month or so back we stopped doing milk downstairs at bedtime too, so he's only had night-time milk when it's my turn for bedtime.

Last night at teatime I asked if he was ready to stop having mummy milk - and said we'd buy him a lovely present to celebrate being such a big grown up boy (he has his eye on some more Nexo Knights Lego). He agreed - and had just cuddles with his stories at bedtime.

I was not at all surprised to find he did want some milk with his iPad this morning. I asked if he really did want milk, and reminded him about the present, but he decided he did want milk for now, and we can try again tomorrow or next week. We'll see!

Daddy's been ready for him to stop having milk completely for a while now, and I think I'm pretty much ready too. It looks like it won't be long before Matthew is!

I thought I'd split this into a separate post.

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Goodness it's a while since I posted here! Apologies to those who follow me on Facebook (or my photos of Matthew on blipfoto) and have probably heard most of this already :)

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NB: My two recent LJ posts were partly as a result of seeing this - so I'm reposting in case it inspires anyone else:

'When you see this, make a post in your journal or in a community. It can be anything: a crosspost something you've posted on Tumblr, a few words about the last thing you read/watched, or just a "Hi, how is everyone?" Then go read your f-list and leave at least one comment.'

Just a quick post - while daddy is doing a nappy change. Life is pretty tiring at the moment but very rewarding. Matthew is growing like anything and still a handsome little chap. We're enjoying getting out an about a bit in the pram - walks with daddy at the weekend and into town during the week. Here he is showing off his latest present from my comrades Mary, David, Ann and Rachel in Cambridge UCU

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