Jessica slept from 8.15pm yesterday to 6.45am today, and she didn’t want breakfast straight away either – we had a nice chat and a giggle as I changed her nappy and clothes before we went into the living room for the morning. (Usually I have a lie-in on Saturdays and Ian on Sundays, but we swapped this weekend.) It’s 8.50am as I write this, and Jessica is asleep again – after a short feed at 7am, we looked at a magazine and a book and then she played in the babygym for about half an hour before she got tired again. She cried at first when I lay her down but when I sang her a lullaby she started to doze off. She’s sleeping on the sofa now but I’m keeping a close eye on her. She’s at that age now when she could start rolling at any time, so we need to be careful (and she really should go back in her cot every time she sleeps – I just didn’t want to disturb Ian…).
Jessica in the gym this morning:
Early afternoon today we’ll be going over to Horley for a second viewing of the semi-detached house that we’ll be renting from 30th June. As we have Jessica now, we wanted a ground floor place with a garden, and this place seemed just right. We’re renting still, and have received the contract so the place is definitely ‘ours’, but we wanted to view it again without the furniture of the previous tenants to double-check some things and measure up some spaces to see how we could best fit our things in. Have found that I’m getting a bit excited about the fact that Jessica will have her own room and I’ll get to sort it out before she moves in some time in August…! (She’s staying in our room still until she’s 6 months old.) As we’re renting, I can’t make too many changes, of course. I seem to remember that the walls in that room are a nice blue, so that’s fine, though I’m thinking more and more that it’d be nice if I could paint them a bit more imaginatively – leave the blue at the top half but perhaps paint them green at the bottom half to represent grass, add a few trees and maybe a castle in the background on a hill… Maybe I’d be allowed to if we promised we’ll paint it a plain blue again before we leave.
I carry Jessica over my left shoulder as I’m right-handed and she usually watches the world over my left shoulder (with Ian it’s the opposite way around). But on Thursday (7th June) she decided to turn around and lean back slightly so that she was in front of me and could watch things on my right-hand side. That’s great for me, as I can then see where her gaze is aimed and the expression on her face without craning my neck too much or guessing. She also discovered me (yes, it wasn’t just some mode of transportation, it was Mummy!) and looked me straight in the eyes, seemingly slightly surprised at first but then smiling and chatting away.
Another thing, when I was singing to her with her on my lap this morning, he kept reaching out to grab my bottom lip and chin. Good thing I cut her nails this morning too (actually for the first time while she was awake)…!
Gabriella