my maiden voyage

i did something unthinkable yesterday... i ventured out with my son. ALONE. but i'm proud to say it went pretty well! :D

i took him to compasspoint cos i'd arranged to meet a fren for lunch (i think i'm officially running out of time to meet everyone for farewell lunches/dinners so i figured i'd better squeeze in as many as i can at every opportunity i can get). so i popped the little guy into my ergo, strapped on the diaper bag and hopped into a cab (thk goodness it came by quite quickly else the 2 of us would hv melted in that crazy hot weather).

i reached delifrance at 11am and found myself a nice booth to settle into. ethan had just had his peach puree (home made!!!) around 10am so i guessed next on the menu for him would be a nice bottle of warm milk. managed to get the nice waitres to fill up my metal container (yes i remembered to bring it along!) with hot water so i could warm his bottle and try to feed him quickly before my fren arrived. and that all went according to plan cos by the time my fren appeared, ethan was already done with his milk and busying himself by smacking his hands on the table and making loud thumping noises (obviously my fren had no trouble locating us :P).

he actually fell asleep towards the end of our lunch tho... the amazing thing is that he did it without much whining! i popped the pacifier into his mouth n he was asleep in 5 min flat :) i even managed to get a little bit of shopping done after lunch.

i think i now hv the confidence to venture somewhere a little further the next time ;)

ps: to all his concerned 'fans', ethan's finally recovered from his cough