Teeth...

Elizabeth has three new teeth. The bottom left tooth has finally come through (bottom right was her first) - like a little razor's edge at the moment. And the top teeth either side of her two front teeth have appeared at the same time. That could explain why she has been waking up so early since the clock's went back. I'm not sure if it does though, as she goes to sleep fine, and doesn't wake up during the night, just at around 4am or 5am. We had a dilemma about what to do when she does wake up. If I feed her we are back to reinforcing her waking up, and what do we do then? Start the day at 5am? How would that affect the spacing out of her meals throughout the day? And woudn't she just be really tired by the end of the day? In the end we settled on trying to settle her back to sleep. For a couple of days that involved waiting to a more reasonable time (i.e. 6.30 am) and feeding her then with the result that we were all exhausted. This moring husband settled her back to sleep by 4.50am and we got a bit more sleep, and I was actually able to have a shower before she called out at 7am.

We bought her a Winter coat on Saturday, just in time as the weather has turned really cold. We opted for a purpley coloured zip/popper anorak that is really padded and warm from M&S after rejecting pink puffy creations from various cheaper shops. It felt like a real relief that she is wrapped up warmly in something that actually fits rather than layering her up in bits and pieces of jackets/hoodies etc that are too small. Not a day too soon as on Sunday it was bitterly cold, but she was warm as toast in her new coat.

I've ordered her a second sleeping bag online from a company called The Dream Bag - slightly cheaper than Mothercare and definately cheaper than Gro-Bag. I think the 18-36 month jungle bag that we've chosen was £18.99 incl. postage and packaging, so that was a bargain! Will wait and see how we get on with it, but she definately needs one to wear and one for the wash.

Mental note to self - in future only buy white socks. Buying different coloured socks for Elizabeth means waiting for ever for them to dry, then realising you can't make up a pair because one has gone missing or is still in the washing basket!

Interactive games have developed a lot this week with Elizabeth. There is the 'Starbo' game where we lie in bed, I put the star on my head, and we both call out "Oooooooooooooooooooh" until it, ahem, drops off my head, then she takes her turn. There was the shape sorting game where Elizabeth handed me all the shapes from her shape sorter one by one until I was holding one on each finger, then she took them all off me and put them back in the sorter. She can identify her socks, Simbob the dog, Starbo, and can hand me her hair clip.

She is still fairly clingy, making doing anything while she is awake very difficult. I'm wondering how much longer she will carry on with two naps (she naps at 9am and 2pm now) - wondering if I should instigate a nap at about 12.30pm... we'll see.

No news from work, other than to say they are organising the meeting. No news on having my own business, except to say that the research continues. No news from anyone else really.