Claire’s Baby Diary #11

Well, Elsie is now coming up to 24 weeks….5 and a half months. I can’t believe it!! It’s flown by so quickly!

I’ve started packing away all of the little bits that don’t fit anymore and I have to say it’s a bit sad…looking at the little newborn sleepsuits and bodysuits as I’m packing them away and I can’t believe that she used to fit into them, they’re so diddy!

She weighed just over 14lb when I had her weighed last week and she is doing really well. She is such a happy and contented baby, we’re so lucky. Although for the past 4 days she hasn’t been well, I’ve had a horrible cold and cough for over a week and now Elsie has it! It’s so horrible seeing her to ill and looking so miserable. A trip to the doctors for some medicine soon made her feel better although I don’t think she saw it that way because once the doctor took her temperature she started screaming and crying….she didn’t like her ear being touched, I think she has a little ear infection too as she flinches when I touch it to clean it.
She’s getting better which is great, she had a good day today and was laughing at herself….which I’m sure is a good sign

She makes me laugh every single day, each day she seems different and tends to do something different!! I love it!
She’s getting used to having her photo taken and actually poses for the camera! I take ‘official’ shots every couple of weeks but have always got the snap happy camera within reach and have some great silly shots of her. She’s gonna hate me when she’s 21! I’ve been thinking though and we don’t have many family photographs of the three of us which is a shame, one of us is always taking the photo – usually me! It’s such a shame and we’ll have to get to grips with the self timers on the cameras. I don’t want her looking back on the photographs and wondering why there are never any of the three of us. It’s so important to have family photographs taken, especially as it’s National Family Week from the 31st May to 6th June. They are so important, especially in years to come. I love looking back at my grandparents old family photographs.

Being a working mum is so difficult and up until now I never fully appreciated how other mums coped. Obviously my baby comes first with whatever I do but running my own businesses with a 5 month old baby is difficult. We’re managing but it’s just taking me longer to fulfill and check of my to do lists!! I’m so busy now which is fantastic and I’m not complaining one bit however there just aren’t enough hours in the day now. I usually work when Elsie’s sleeping or she’s happy playing although I do usually end up rolling around with her and making silly noises! It’ normal for me now to work into the early hours to catch up with myself so I’m only sleeping around 5 hours a night which somepeople might think is great…I however need at least 9 hours sleep to feel fully refreshed…or at least i used to. I’m surprising myself with the amount of sleep I’m missing but yet I’m coping. Although it is nice when my husband leaves me in bed on a Sunday morning for a few hours whilst he gets up to see to the baby….that’s my little treat!

I can’t stop buying clothes for her. H&M do some great baby clothes however the sizes are all to big for the ages. I bought Elsie a lovely denim skirt with is 4-6 months…she almost 6 months and it’s still to big for her!  Some bits fit her but she will grow into most of the stuff I’ve bought for her at the age she is now.

Anyway, not much else to report so I’m off to answer the call my bed is making for me!!

Best wishes
Claire x