Karen's Journey

Hi all

Wow a whole week of great weather! Does this mean summer is really upon us this time??? Hasn't it been fantastic? I am just loving every day being able to have the lounge doors wide open and washing on the line and walking when I have the energy/time... Lets hope this continues :)

So what have we been up to the last couple of days? Not a lot really... Wednesday was a day at home (apart from a 45min trip to the supermarket). Rachel was pretty upset on Wednesday afternoon and Janene thanks for your tips - she does have her basinett raised at the head end and was ready to change formulas but am sticking with what we have now after talking to the Drs (more on that in a moment).

Yesterday, we had her Dr's appt for her 6 week check up and immunisation shots... so afer rushing to get the Drs on time (why the hell was I rushing I don't know) and ended up having a 40min wait before we got to see her (that was the longest wait I have ever had to see her). Gillian is really pleased with Rachel and her progress and reminded me not to listen to coffee group "comparisons" i.e. "J" is doing this and "C" is doing this etc... as every child is different and develops at their own pace! My mum reminded me that I didn't walk until I was 17mths old and didn't even talk properly until I was 5yrs old (and haven't stopped since LOL)! Anyway, we then went to the nurses room to get told that they had run out of one of the vacines so I could either let Rachel have two now and come back next week for the other one OR I could come back for them all next week which doesn't really suit us... so they have fitted us in tomorrow (Saturday) which is great as that means Steph will be able to be there too.

After the Dr's, we dropped a couple of pkts of nappies (that don't suit Rachels size) off to a friend of mine who is pregnant with her 2nd child and then just came home and blobbed. Rachel was brilliant initially but then when she woke at 6pm, she woke grizzly and just cried and cried and screamed and screamed some more! Steph did everything he could for her while I cooked tea and then ate mine... and then when Steph was eating his I thought right I would take her for a walk to calm her down but nope that didn't work either as she just cried and screamed the whole 35 odd mins I was out (and rolling my ankle while I was out certainly didn't help me)... but as soon as we got home and I got her out of the pram there was instant silence and sleep for a wee while before taking 60mls and then crashing for 6hrs!

Today, she has been absoutely brilliant - in fact too good if you ask me with the amount of sleeping she is doing... does the heat make them sleep more? Looks like I will have to wake her shortly as I am not letting her sleep for longer than 3hrs at a time during the day to try to encourage "short" sleeps during the day and "long" sleeps at night time - sometimes it works and other times it doesn't. Not everyone agrees with waking them but it is something that we are trialling to try to get her day vs night sorted.

We have also decided to get Rachel christened so I am trying to organise that for while all my famiy are here (probably the weekend between Christmas and New Year all going well). I have asked a great friend of mine and her partner to be godparents so am just waiting confirmation (once she has checked with him) of that :) And oh also waiting to hear back from the local priest - seems to be a hard man to track down! :) Can't see it being a small affair either not with 29 of my family there and then Steph's family and a few close friends! Fingers crossed it is a nice day so people can be outside as well otherwise it will be a TIGHT squeeze inside!

Anyway, best I get moving and organise a bottle for Rachel so I can slowly start to wake her up... might have a BBQ for tea tonight if we get the energy otherwise it may end up being takeaways.

Hope everyone has a great weekend and I will catch ya all later :)