One small step...

Elizabeth had her injections last Thursday (15th February) and seem to fare worse this time around. She was fine immediately after the injections, but didn't sleep properly on Thursday or Friday night (in fact Friday night she was more like a newborn, waking every three hours).

She went to her first party on Friday 16th February - her little friend from the breast feeding support group was 1. It was interesting to see how I have become a 'Mummy' and look forward to activities such as this to share with Elizabeth. I also saw how the other half live, and immediately came home to check house prices in the area where the party was. We all took a drive out to the village on Sunday and decided that the rural life will definitely be for us, one day.

After being 'coldy' for much of the weekend Elizabeth seems a little bit more like her old self today. She wore her stripey dress (a present from when she was born) and if it wasn't for the big scratch on her right cheek she would have looked perfect. She enjoyed the support group this morning - we sat on the mat and she played with her little friends, and she also had some tummy time and people remarked on how strong she was. We came home and I converted the pram to a pushchair just to see - she's a bit lost in it at the moment, and having checked the message boards I don't think she'll be ready for it for about another 8 weeks. But, she might be ready for her big cot.

The Health Visitor came yesterday and I mentioned that Elizabeth was now waking early in the morning (typically 3 or 4am). She suggested moving her into the big cot. I bought the sheets and blanket yesterday, washed them, dried them, then set it up last night. We came home from the baby group, she fed briefly then I put her down in her big cot. She cried initially so I picked her up and calmed her down, then she went down with her eyes open and closed them the minute her head touched the mattress. I snugged her in with her new blanket and couldn't believe it - she was soundly asleep. What a massive achievement! Something that you want to shout from the rooftops but of course there is nobody here to share it with!