Metal Mummy

We’ve had a lovely few days, having had Kristine (James’ mum) over the weekend, visiting from France. It’s been really nice, and Freyja has enjoyed her stay. We took her to the airport to catch her flight this morning, and I imagine Freyja was sad to see her go.

I’m sure her departure isn’t the reason for Freyja’s aversion to good behaviour today though – she’s going through what I hope is going to be “brief phase” of not wanting to sleep. She has been so brilliant over the past couple of months, settling quickly, and sleeping through the night, and napping well during the day, but for the past few days, she’s been hard work. She’s taken much longer to settle at night, and is sometimes so worked up during the day she doesn’t want to sleep at all. After having a read around the t’Internet, we’ve decided that it will more than likely be down to a couple of things:

• teething – she’s always struggled with her teeth, and has forever red cheeks, and suffering lately due to the 6th tooth popping through
• her new-found ability to stand up in her cot and jump around without the risk of falling over in her sleeping bag. I guess sleeping under a quilt and having this problem is the lesser of two evils, when the alternative involves Freyja injuring herself through falling over in her Gro-Bag.

Hopefully she’ll be OK after she has got used to the new found freedom. I hope it’s not a long phase – it’s hard work!