6 week check (baby)

Elizabeth was awake twice in the night, which is very unusual for her - I can only put it down to her being alseep for so long yesterday afternoon when she had a three hour nap (unheard of!).

Dashed to get myself and her ready for our trip to the Doctors this morning at 11am. I fed her again but wasn't sure she had completely had her fill, so felt like I was on a 'wing and a prayer' a bit. There was no delay when I arrived us on the touchscreen computer thingy, and Amy the Health Visitor called us in at 11am. I got her undressed and she was weighed, and the circumference of her head was measured, then I had to wrap her in a blanket and wait for the doctor to arrive.

All was well - Elizabeth was so good, she hardly cried at all! Her arms and hips were checked, he looked at her eyes, and checked her over. Then he painted a chemical solution onto the granuloma (which I was reassured had no nerves, so Elizabeth wouldn't feel any pain). With this done I dressed her again and negotiated the rain and howling wind with the car seat and changing bag. Went for a quick drive around before returning home for a feed at 12 o'clock.

This afternoon decided (despite the horrible weather) to go for a walk, so put Elizabeth in the sleeping bag that my Mum bought for her, snuggled her in with a fleece blanket, and attached the hood and apron to the moses basket, and made up the pram. Off we set for a walk around the block and within seconds she was asleep. By the time we got home her big eyes were looking around, but I brought the carrycot in and put it on the table, and while I was putting away the hood and apron she fell asleep again. I sat reading the local paper not wanting to get too engrossed in any other tasks fearing she'd be up soon, however she slept on. She cried out once, I picked her up and she let out a big burp then promptly fell asleep again.