Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Monday, 9 December 2013
BCA play
It's nice to pop to the BCA for an hour after Leilas's afternoon nap as it gets us out and she loves the cats there, running in the garden, picking up sand and going (up and) down the slide. the staff love her and play with her too which can bring her out in smiles and giggles.
Sunday, 8 December 2013
Leila the sound engineer
Leila has always loved lights (the more colourful the better) and has developed a passion for flicking switches.
As part of our sound equipment setup, we have a compressor which is kept near the computer. Leila has found the switch to turn it on and off, and appears to like the red and green lights!
As part of our sound equipment setup, we have a compressor which is kept near the computer. Leila has found the switch to turn it on and off, and appears to like the red and green lights!
Monday, 2 December 2013
This week we have been mainly...Up and Down and In and Out
Leila's temperature has been up and down all week as she has had a virus, poor thing. She hit 39 on the first day and had a prickly rash in her body. She was so tired and cuddly that we were really worried. The doc reassured us and so prescribed Calpol and cuddles. A few days later and the rash had totally cleared up and she was back to her walkie talkie self, but despite this the fever has continued to come and go all week. At our third doc appointment of the week teething was mentioned and that evening the wails and biting seemed to confirm it.
Even though she has been really quite poorly Leila has still wanted to go out. We know whst she wants because she goes and bangs on the door of the bathroom where we keep our shoes and then goes and tugs at the buggy. It seems like we have a little doggy on our hands! She totally understands the word "shoes" and will go and get the shoes out then sit down ready to get them on. She's trying to say "sh sh" which is very cute too.
Friday, 29 November 2013
Selfies
We found out recently that Leila has been taking 'selfies' on her phone. Well, OK, Ella has been taking pictures of Leila on Leila's phone, but they still are pretty cute.
Saturday, 16 November 2013
This week we have been mainly...dancing and adapting
Leila has started to 'dance' this week. Her dances consist of either knee bending, fast stepping or arm waving. She hasn't figured out how to combine these moves, so does them in turn. She seems to enjoy her 'dancing' but she also really enjoys having us hold her to dance - which is quite tiring after a dozen songs and does somewhat limit the moves we can do ourselves. She still really loves it whenever one of Scott's songs comes on the playlist :-)
This week has been a tough week though, as we are changing Leila's routine. I have been feeding her before each nap and then putting her to bed which has worked fine for me as it means she gets tired but is also full. The problem though is that Ella obviously can't do the same routine on the days when she's looking after her. Alongside the nap routine problem is the bottle issue again - since we got back from Sharm Leila has been refusing a bottle completely. She had a whole week of just breast and has now decided she doesn't want the bottle at all.
So we decided that I needed to change my daytime routine to try and get Leila onto the bottle again. So this week I haven't been offering Leila the breast during the day, only a bottle. This has been hard for us both, especially as she doesn't want any milk from the bottle! Naps have involved CIO which hasn't made it any easier.
We've ended the week realising that she really doesn't want the bottle, will sometimes take a sip from a cup of milk (but prefers to blow bubbles into it - who doesn't?!), but loves bm ice lollies. She can fall asleep herself in her cot after a bit of crying and reluctance to let go. She can get away with one nap a day, but functions a little better with two!
Towards the end of the week I did get in touch with a British Health visitor who lives out here to ask her advice and she was really reassuring that actually Leila shouldn't need lots of extra milk during the day if she is having two good feeds from me at night. This is great to know and means I can focus on a new nap routine and offering milk from a cup or giving a lolly, but not stressing about the amount of milk she is/isn't having during the day.
This week has been a tough week though, as we are changing Leila's routine. I have been feeding her before each nap and then putting her to bed which has worked fine for me as it means she gets tired but is also full. The problem though is that Ella obviously can't do the same routine on the days when she's looking after her. Alongside the nap routine problem is the bottle issue again - since we got back from Sharm Leila has been refusing a bottle completely. She had a whole week of just breast and has now decided she doesn't want the bottle at all.
So we decided that I needed to change my daytime routine to try and get Leila onto the bottle again. So this week I haven't been offering Leila the breast during the day, only a bottle. This has been hard for us both, especially as she doesn't want any milk from the bottle! Naps have involved CIO which hasn't made it any easier.
We've ended the week realising that she really doesn't want the bottle, will sometimes take a sip from a cup of milk (but prefers to blow bubbles into it - who doesn't?!), but loves bm ice lollies. She can fall asleep herself in her cot after a bit of crying and reluctance to let go. She can get away with one nap a day, but functions a little better with two!
Towards the end of the week I did get in touch with a British Health visitor who lives out here to ask her advice and she was really reassuring that actually Leila shouldn't need lots of extra milk during the day if she is having two good feeds from me at night. This is great to know and means I can focus on a new nap routine and offering milk from a cup or giving a lolly, but not stressing about the amount of milk she is/isn't having during the day.
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