Sunday 26 February 2006

These photos were all taken in the past week.

The one of her in her chair is how she spends a lot of her waking time. Her legs are constantly moving and it's no wonder that she's not really putting much weight on! The outfit was given to Lauren by Sandra, Gareth, Imogen & Marissa Prandle.

The next photo shows Lauren having her hair brushed by her Daddy - hence why she is gazing at him! This outfit was given to her by Sheila & Alan Jeffcoate. The All Black outfit was given to Lauren by her Auntie Paulette and is a little big for her. Still she'll definitely be an All Black supporter. The final photo is Lauren having a bubble bath with her Daddy - this was her second bath with bubbles and she loves them. This time she'd just woken up and for some reason just wouldn't let go of her dummy! Again she's staring lovingly at her Daddy.

So this week has been quite a long one. Lauren had her second lot of immunisation jabs on Monday morning and was a grizzly baby for the rest of the day. It didn't help that she's also had a cold and was pretty poorly Monday & Tuesday. Wednesday morning started with a smile, so she was obviously feeling a little better - but by this time Dave & I had started to feel a little unwell! I lived on Vitamin C tablets and have managed to keep the cold at bay - Dave has suffered quite badly and hasn't really done very much. Lauren is much better now - she has a cough still, but is improving daily. Unfortunately for me, she's got out of her routine and is waking at about 2.00am for a feed! Dave is back at work tomorrow, so this week will be spent re-establishing her routine and letting me get a proper night's sleep. On Thursday she saw the Plunket nurse for her 3 month check-up and has put on 300 grams in the past fortnight - she weighs just under 5.3kg, and is 62cm long. Otherwise we've spent the days going for walks or just relaxing and letting everyone recover from their colds. No plans for this week, other than getting a decent night's sleep!!