At 6 weeks old we started going to postnatal classes. We've made some friends and we've been learning about baby massage. It's taken 3 weeks to get her through the full massage session without crying, but after each session she fell asleep so it must have been good.
She also joined the library, I'm getting her started early.
At 7 weeks we had a day with my niece who is a year older than Bryher. We went swimming for the first time. Bryher loved it! We stayed in for ages, splish splash sploshing and she only cried when she had to get out. It has made bath times more interesting as she now splashes much more in the bath and gets me drenched. My neice didn't love it! She hasn't been swimming for a while and she screamed! I'm planning on taking Bryher regularly so she doesn't forget how much fun it is and stays confident.
The rest of the day was fun. My niece gave Bryher a thorough once over. She was totally fascinated, but seemed quite frustrated that she couldn't pick Bryher up. She gave her plenty of hugs though.
Later at night when I was winding Bryher my niece decided her monkey needed winding too and started copying me. It was totally unprompted and unbelievably sweet!
8 weeks marked Bryher's first cold. Thankfully it was no more than snuffles and she got over it quickly. She did manage to pass it onto me though and then get grumpy when my coughs disturbed her during the night.
At 9 weeks I turned into Evil Mommy as it was time for vaccinations. She hasn't screamed so much in all her short life. A few minutes of sucking on my finger calmed her down, but I think they gave her an upset tummy and she was still grizzly the next day. Grizzly though she was she did sleep though the night from 10:30pm (having finally done a huge poo) until 6:30am! Then last night she slept from 11:30pm till 6:30am. I'm hoping we can say goodbye soon to the the 3am feeds.
Her 10 week birthday was marked by finally managing to suck her thumb. It's taken weeks of knuckle sucking, punching herself in the face and poking herself in the eye but she's finally found her thumb.
The "Starfish" sleeping pose may have been replaced by the "thumbsucker" pose. I'm not sure why she needs to grip the back of her head with her other hand, but it's something she's always done.
Her thumb is definitely her new favourite thing. It's kept her entertained for hours today, which means it's also my new favourite thing.
In the odd moments that our life isn't being dominated by this little person Porl and I have been baking.
Porl makes bread. So far he's done plain white and wholemeal loaves, the white makes fantastic toast Also plain breadcakes (white & brown) herb and cheese breadcakes and garlic & rosemary breadcakes. All delicious.
I make biscuits. Cornish Fairings, which are like mild ginger biscuits and Catherine Wheels.
Yum yum yum.
I've also become completely addicted to Facebook... or more particularly Scrabble on Facebook. I'm always looking for more people to play against so feel free to challenge me. If you don't know my real name drop me an email first, my name is too unusual to publish here.
I'm also on Ravelry now and would be very grateful for friends on there. I've only got 2 so far and I feel very lonely.