It's too hot!

10 weeks 1 day

I'm at risk of being typically English here but I just can't cope with the hot weather! It's bad enough that I can't sleep because it's too hot at night but then throw in a baby into the mix and you spend the whole night worrying that their going to overheat. Not a happy mummy. It's 27degrees in our bedroom for heavens sake!

Thankfully so far the heat hasn't overly affected her (touch wood!) as I expected her to be crying a lot more which hasn't happened. So far. 

However, it has seemed to affect her night sleeping as she's regressed and isn't sleeping past 2.30 and then is up again at 4, 5 & 6. Which isn't fun for anyone. Am trying to implement a mixture of routines at the mo; Gina Ford, Jo Tantum, the Baby Whisperer etc. Mainly the principles of trying to get F to nap for 3-3.5 hours during the day (ideally a two hour nap at some point) and not after 5pm and then bedtime around 7ish and a dream feed at 10.30-11pm so she sleeps her longest stretch when I'm also asleep. So far it's not worked but I'm sticking with it as these things don't improve overnight. Literally!

Anyway, here's a pic of F sleeping her two hour nap. And yes, she's not in her crib nor in the pram. Beggars can't be choosers!

Oh and Murray won Wimbledon today. Hoorah!

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A little bit of hot

9 weeks 6 days

Had the bright idea to take a walk today. Not just any walk but a walk into town along busy roads and crappy pavements. All ~5km of them! Not to mention it being the hottest day of the year so far! 

Not pleasant and decided to cab it home again! 

We did try out the forward facing carrier though. Not sure F liked it much because I couldn't see her face. Maybe it's best for when you've got company. Also pushing the pram whilst carrying F whilst trying not to get run over is not much fun. 

Anyway, here's a pic of F and I 

Really considering staying in for a couple of days next week to try and get F to have proper naps. She only napped for a total of around 4 hours today and mostly in the late afternoon/early eve. Which can't be good for her night sleeps. Well, let's see how she sleeps tonight...

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A boy dressed in pink?

9 weeks 5 days

Florence was mistaken for a boy today. Even though she was wearing pale pink. What's with that?! This is what she was wearing...doesn't she look adorable?! Need to be better at taking pictures though!

Have tried to concentrate better on F's feeds and sleeps today. Have tried to feed her every 2 to 2.5 hours today. She slept for 45 mins this morning around 9ish, then again in the car at 11.30 until 2.30pm in the pram which I was very impressed by as she didn't wake up really with the transition. She then slept again in the car for 30mins on the way home around 4ish. Gave her a bath at 6.30ish and then she fell asleep without feeding completely which was frustrating. I put her in a gro bag, she slept for an hour and then fussed so I completed her feed but she wouldn't settle so I have resorted to swaddling her again which I didn't want to do but she's clearly not ready to be unswaddled yet. Which is probably why she had an awful nights sleep for the last two nights. Grrr. 

This last paragraph is probably really boring for anyone else reading this blog but :-P I have to document it somewhere!

Now to watch Next Top Model which I watch with different eyes now that I'm a mother of a girl. I don't want Florence to aspire to only being a model/be famous but that's a debate for another time. 

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More painful for mummy?

Florence had her 1st jabs today. All day I felt a bit sick about the prospect of hurting my poor innocent baby and rightly so. Holding her tightly as the needle went in I felt her tense and jolt in pain and then the sobs from the tips of her toes rattled through her body. Heart-wrenching. 

I really do think that a baby's cries bury deep into a mothers soul and rip apart their insides. This was the first time F had really cried in pain and it broke my heart. 

However, however, however I truly believe that it is the absolutely right thing to do to get your children immunised. It's a hotly contested issue but 1) I'd rather F go through the short sharp pain of a needle than suffer the pain of the disease itself. Heck, she could die from the diseases that they get immunised from so it's a no-brainier really. And 2) I personally think it's unfair to not get your child immunised as it can mean that other children that your child is exposed to could be in real danger because you have chosen to go against the medical profession and not hope to eradicate these awful diseases once and for all. 

Right, off my soap box now. 

Let's just hope for a good nights sleep and no dramas. 

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A little bit of Kate

And so I wander into the wonderful world of blogging, with no idea of where this will go or how much I will write but I wanted to find somewhere to document my life as a wife, mother and career woman.

I don't plan for anyone but me, my husband, my daughter and any future children to read this blog. However, if anyone stumbles across it then welcome to my life!

I hope to take a picture a day (probably week...giving up on daily posts already!) of Florence so that we can one day look back and see how she grew into a wonderful, kind, funny, beautiful young woman.

Florence is now three months old and I will post some pictures of her first three months of life but she is currently waking from a nap so I best get to her...

Let's hope this isn't the first and last post that I write on this blog!

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