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 [...]

Yesterday wasn’t a good day for bumps and bruises. Freyja’s morning nap ended in a massive thud, through trying to stand up in her Gro-Bag, and failing miserably. She must have tried to stand, using the cot as support, but must have missed her footing and falling backwards, into the only part of the cot [...]

It doesn’t seem two minutes since Freyja was sitting up by herself. Now she has mastered that and doesn’t topple much at all anymore, it seems as though she has her eyes set on a new skill… the Freyja shuffle. She is trying so hard to crawl – she can bring her knees up, but [...]

Freyja has been an absolute delight lately, she really has. That sounds as though I’m saying that she wasn’t before. She’s always been a delight. But now, she’s sleeping through the night again, which is awesome. Although I thought that since she is sleeping through the night again, and we are getting proper, unbroken sleeps, [...]

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 [...]

Freyja is very easy to settle off to sleep most of the time…We normally put her in the hammock at about 8pm (ish) each night, and, with the help of static, she normally settles quite easily. Tonight was not the case – we think she was hungry, so we fed her more – that seemed [...]