Visiting

Yesterday, Madison and I went to visit a friend from Space. Maddy was very social with Joseph, but he was a little unsure of this little girl trying to speak to him. It was very cute to watch Maddy reaching out to him, while giving him her bigest smiles - she was definately working the crowd.

However, last night I didn't respond quick enough to her tired signs and it ended up taking 2hrs for her to go to sleep. She slept from 9pm - 3:30am and then 4am-7am. So that wasn't too bad. Tonight I will be incredibly strict with putting her down quicker and see how that goes.

So good so far!

The last couple nights have been much better, after getting some great advise from Plunket. What I have to do is put her down and let her try put herself to sleep for 10min, if she doesn't then I must go in and sooth her till she stops crying. do this three times and on the forth help put her to sleep. So on Monday she eventually put herself to sleep, but woke an hour later (8pm), so the whole process started again. Eventually I had to feed her and put her down at about 9pm - she then slept till 8am the next morning. Last night she went down at 8pm, but 8:45pm I eventually feed her and put her down at about 9pm - she slept till 2:10am (which is perfectly acceptable for her age), I then put her down at 2:40 and she slept till 9am.

This is so much better than the last 2-3 weeks have been, basically I am showing her who is boss.

A nice long walk

Yesterday, late afternoon,we went for a walk around Cornwall Park ..... yes all the way around! It was extremely plesant (hot, but with the right amount of breeze). Once we had finished we put out a canvas and sat down to feed Madison her dinner. She thoughly enjoyed moving her feet in the grass and scrunching a leaf.

It was too cute ... this little lamb got left behind and so began bleating and running off after mama, it caught Madison's eye and she followed it with wide eyed facination. At this stage of the walk I was holding her facing forwards, so she was able to see so much. All passerbys thought she was too cute.

I definately hope to do that more often!

A wonderful day

Well, today Daddy and I set about regulating Madison's sleeps so she doesn't sleep as much through the day. We are hoping this will cause her to sleep more at night. Sooo ....

She had a morning nap for about 1 and1/2hrs and we set off to Aunty Julie's house ( she had a small nap in the car) for lunch. This was good fun and as usual Maddy was so good and in quite a jolly mood, using her charm to work the crowd. Then again she had a small nap in the car, on the way home. We stopped off to get her a night light, as we feel this may play a part in her not being able to put herself back to sleep at night. Got some dinner stuff.

Then she remained in good spirits, having mixed veggies for dinner - and loving it at that. Then at about 8pm she lost the battle and fell asleep. Right now Daddy and Mommy are sitting having a rum together. Even if she has a bad night it is great just to have a little while with Greg.

Tomorrow I will say whether the night light had a possitive effect or not.

She is getting so big!

Well, I forgot to write that Madison now weighs 7.71kgs, that is 4.56kgs more than her birth weight. Gosh my baby girl is no longer a newborn, but is on her way to becoming a crawler in the next few months.

She is so very close to rolling, but she isn't stupid ... she knows that if she rolls then she will have to get her own toys.

At the moment she is sleeping terribly at night and to remain sane I remind myself that she won't be like this forever. for example she was up from 5:30pm last night till 11pm and then woke again at 1:30am. This means I am on edge while trying to get to sleep. She woke at 8am, so this was actually a good night. Anyway, she is lucky I love her

Nana and Baloo are visiting Aunty Bibi and Uncle James in Brisbane and have been there since the 01/01/07, Maddy is definately missing their visits - I know she will recognise them immediately, when she sees them.

We love you Nana, Baloo, Aunty Bibi and Uncle James!

She's got an Eina!!

On the evening of the second, Madison and I had a very long night, she woke up screaming and I wasn't able to console her - this was incredibly upseting for me. I didn't know how to help my baby girl! So she spent the night in my arms suckling. Dispite her being in pain, Madison tried to keep up her beaming smile for me.

So yesterday I took her to the Doctor ..... it turns our she has her first ear infection, my poor little baby girl. Maddy is now on antibiotics, she has her 5 month immunisations as well - thank goodness the Doc prescribed some paracetamol. Last night she was awake from 7pm - 11pm and just battled to get off to sleep, eventually the little angel passed out at 11pm and slept till 8:30am.

Right now Madison is in La La land. She is so beautiful, I truely am blessed to be her mommy.

New Year

Once again I have been terrible with updating - I've been caught up in the festive season. Christmas Day was great, a long day for Maddy, but still great. She loved all the unwrapping of gifts and really 'tore into' the paper. I think Madison formed a special relationship with her Aunty Bibi - pitty it was just so short a time.

We had Connor and Rebecca from the 24/12/06 - 01/01/07 : this was a great time of bonding for Madison and her sibblings. She responded to them so well and would play with them for ages while I was able to get a few things done. I do think from now on Maddy will take less time to remember who they are each time they come to visit.

At the moment Madison is starting to recognise her name and turns towards the person calling her, well most times anyway. Another thing taking place is that she is starting to notice her feet and is trying so hard to put them in her mouth, but that gorgeous tummy of hers tend to get in the way. Lately she has been very talky and lets me have it when she isn't getting the attention she wants .... yes she raises her voice and tells me off. Sometimes I sit her down on the floor with cussions around her or between my legs and she sits by herself, not very well but sitting none the less. She looks like a little ape, leaning on her knuckles.

One thing that remains constant is that she is a very content and happy baby!