Night activity

Today, I'm suffering from poor and little sleep last night.

I'd finished work late and reached home at 10pm. Kate was asleep and I quickly went to take my shower. Halfway through scrubbing up, I heard her crying very loudly and angrily. She was fussing so much the MIL could not even put her down to prepare milk.

She saw me and wouldn't be pacified, until I carried her. I had to coax her to go to the room and lay down on the bed to take her milk. After the feed though, she was really active, not wanting to sleep and she kept bringing her books to me, wanting me to read to her! She wanted to crawl around and sleep was definitely not on her agenda.

I was tired and I told her very fiercely "I am very tired. I do not want to read or play with you now. It is sleeping time!"; and I proceeded to lie on the bed with my eyes (semi-closed, peeping at her) and ignored her.

Alas, that didn't deter her and she was quite content to play on her own. She laid on the mattress on the ground, she picked up her soft toy and carried it from the bed to the dresser, she walked alongside the bed, she thumped books on my face in a bid to get me to read to her, she talked to herself, and (this is my favourite) she'd walk away and come back and place her head on my chest, before walking off again, and coming back to do it again.

I have no idea what she was doing, except that she just did not want to sleep.

Finally, after 2 hours, and my 40th attempt to carry her (she just kept wriggling away), she let me put her to sleep - with the aid of some milk.

It was past midnight.

Bliss

... is lying beside my baby at night time. Watching her sleep peacefully. I'm thankful that she's such a lovely baby, perfect in my eyes. I accept her for who she is, and I know that I try to be the best Mom in the world.

It'd be better if the husband was around, but work calls and we have to be understanding and patient and count the days till he returns.

1 more week to go!

Papa's favourite picture

Our little missy looking like a little adult

Sunshine in the morning

EYES

NOSE

TONGUE

TEETH

SMILE!

The haze and Kate's low immune system is a lousy combo - she now has cough and phlegm. Poor baby! But, as always, it's so lovely to see her in cheeky spirits. Gotta love her spirits.

Day with Kate

Good morning, beautiful baby

Day is good just seeing her flash that toothy grin

Dressed up, ready to head out

Baby hard at work, reading

Just woken-from-nap baby

Kate thrashing newspapers about, her mid-afternoon entertainment

Hitting the swings at the playground with my precious

Tired baby

In the clear!

Had to bring Kate for her follow-up check up today. And I'm happy to declare that she is fine! So she's contracted a bacterial stomach flu - the named bacteria being salmonella E (or something like that) and I'm so glad that she has pulled through. I gotta say that her spirits were barely dented through the week, and her diet was pretty good despite her not liking soymilk much. And she was able and willing to consume porridge, albeit in smaller quantities.

Yay to my strong baby. And Yay that she's better!

Snapshots of my 13-month old baby

:P

Cheery (unsuspecting) baby, on the way to the PD - for the 4th time in 6 days!

Kate's 4th finger in a band-aid - wounded from the blood test prick

Sunday afternoon ride

This is my favourite photo - intense Kate, watching Daddy's clip specially for her