Last night Little E stayed up late partying in his cot.  Over the monitor we heard lots of singing ("ba ba black sheep" and "Twinkle twinkle"), chatting ("where's teddy gone?","What is that?"), Animal noises, and bouncing.  I was impressed that he is so able to bounce so much in his gro-bag, however we did hear the occasional bang as he crashed against the side of the cot.

 

All was revealed this morning, when I went to wake him up only to find him looking rather pleased with himself, holding his toe-toes and telling me that he had undone the zip himself!  The conversation went a little like this ...

 

The Mummy ... "did you undo the zip all by yourself?"

Little E ... "Yes, zip zip"

The Mummy ... "Clever Boy"

 

Aside from being impressed as any Mummy is when their baby does something for the first time, I was also filled with the realisation that this was the beginning of the end.

 

The beginning of the end of quite adult filled evenings, whilst Little E is happy to play in his cot for up to an hour before falling asleep.

 

The beginning of the end of undisturbed, sleep filled nights.

 

Soon Little E will have mastered the art of removing the gro-bag, climbed out of his cot, opened his bedroom door (something he has been able to do for several months), and get up to lots of mischief.

 

I confided in the childminder, partly to show off how clever Little E is, and partly to see what advise she gave.  The baby brain must be very deep routed, cause she stated the blindingly obvious that she always hides the zipper puller behind the safety popper.  A function on the gro-bag that is designed to prevent the very occurrence I was worried about.

 

So tonight, I will show Little E that the Mummy will tuck the zip away, and we will have no more escaping (fingers crossed)!!!