We started this week giving Rose a bit of expressed milk using a bottle.
I have to say that I found it very empowering feeding my daughter, I finally feel that I can see to all her needs.
Also, as a brucey bonus Rose actually gets to see the person feeding her rather than just boob and arm. All the way through she just looks up at me with a steady and loving gaze. ahhhhh.
The next step is for Deborah to go out and we can have a father and daughter afternoon. Can't wait....
Rose had her first taste of work today when Deborah brought her into my office so I could show her off to my colleagues.
She was an absolute darling, awake, alert and cute and I couldn't have asked for more. I'm so pleased and proud of her and glad that my work-mates finally got to see the person I go on about so much.
Very pleasing day.
Rose is getting bigger and apart from starting to out-grow some of her clothes, she also gets to go in the baby bath.
Up to now, Rose has had wipe downs and just holding her head over a bowl to wash her hair.
Now that she is a big girl who can hold her head up she gets to go in the baby bath donated by my friend Andy. How happy she is at bath time seems to vary as sometimes she gurgles and seems quite cool about it and at other times she just screams and screams.
At the end after I've toweled her dry and put her in a fresh set of clothes I get the bonus of tufting her hair into amusing styles. My favourite is a tuft on top and one on each side so that it looks like three horns.
Kids are fun!
Just hanging out with my little girl last night when she discovered something new.
I'm sure she discovers something new every hour, but this time it was her feet. Rose was sitting on my lap, when she pulled herself forward and her hands touched her feet. This seemed to startle her and you could almost see the light bulb go on - 'if my hands touch these things I can feel it'.
She then just stared for ages at her ickle toes. What a revelation.
The screaming greeted me as I approached the house coming home yesterday evening. With small interludes the screaming and being upset continued for pretty much all of the evening.
Poor little Rose was so tired and exhausted that she slept for a record breaking seven hours straight! She may have had a troublesome evening but it did give us an undisturbed night.
The sleeping at night was stretching longer and longer and I'm loathe to call this a breakthrough, but you never know.
