Usurper is suffering from second child syndrome and is missing out on all those things that were such a big deal for Little Miss.

The latest is that she turns 1 on Wednesday (well done to her for surviving), but unlike for Little Miss there is to be no elaborate gathering.

This is not entirely our fault. For a start in a sure sign that the grandparents are now getting old and feeble (as opposed to just feeble), Nanny has taken a tumble and is unable to travel for a little bit. I keep telling her that at her age she is lucky that it isn’t a broken hip, but not to fear that the is a vacancy at the “Independent living accommodation for the elderly” facility up the road.

Apparently I am an annoying little sh*t of a child and should just bugger off.

So what was meant to be party day complete with presents and cakes and all fun that entails is now just a trip up to the local cafe with Pa in tow. (Pa is as big of a sh*t as I am apparently and has left Nanny behind and flown up for the day anyway).

And I think Usurper may have cottoned on to the fact that she is being dudded, babies are clever that way. She is currently registering her displeasure in the following manner:
1. She is now back to refusing to walk more than 1 step at a time. Since the fateful night of the 16 steps she has hardly even walked and all.

2. She is currently on a very tight schedule of not sleeping. Her current night routine is bed at 7pm, wake at 10:30pm for feed, wake at 1:30am for sook / feed, wake at 5am for sook / feed. Except for last night where she didn’t actually sleep between 11pm and 1:30am at all. It’s a lot of fun to have a 1 year old baby that refuses to sleep through the night no matter what.

I guess on the upside there is little chance I will miss the 6:25am train in the near future.

Oh well, off to the cafe and then back home for presents - I hop they are the kind that make a lot of noise.