Holidays – Been and Gone.
It’s been a while since I wrote anything. It’s not because I don’t want to, or have lost interest – more that I struggle to find the time when I have nappies up to my knees and a baby who doesn’t like settling herself to sleep. Not to mention full time work on top of all this!
We did have a well-deserved break last week though, and popped over to France to see Freyja’s granny and grandad (James’ side). It was a lovely holiday – not too warm (at least on some of the days), and it was very relaxing for us all. We both really struggled to return to normality today.
It was also Freyja’s first plane ride – she was as good as gold! She fed on take off and landing, to try and prevent her ears from popping – she was a true star – much better than all the other kids on the flight. She also had her first meeting with a swimming pool – she didn’t really know how to react to it, with it being a completely new experience for her, but at least she’s been introduced.
The only main problem we are having with her recently is her inability to settle to sleep. It can take hours some nights. She is absolutely fantastic, once she has drifted off to sleep, it’s just the getting to sleep that’s the problem. We have tried and tried, resorting to leaving her to cry it out when we were in France, much to the dismay of everyone. It seemed to be the only thing we could do. We were recommended the Pick Up Put Down method, but I really doubt that will work with her. We have also given the cot a go tonight, thinking it may be because she doesn’t have as much space as she would like in the hammock. I’ve been feeding her lots more today as well, thinking it may be a lack of milk causing her upset. She’s napping fine during the days, so it’s not lack of sleep. She just cries and bawls and whinges for so long, UNLESS we rock her to sleep – I’m sorry, but we can’t do that forever. She won’t be in her hammock for much longer, and we have things to do of an evening!
Even the most patient, mother-earth, of parents need a bit of “Me Time”. We’ll see how it all goes.