Apologies for not posting anything on the blog recently, but in spite of both of us being at home Wednesday to Monday there did not seem to be any time left over to report on events, as my Dad and brother, i.e. Jessica’s morfar (maternal grandfather) and morbror (maternal uncle), came over from Sweden especially to meet Jessica. They stayed with Jessica’s farmor and farfar but came to visit almost every day or I, Ian and Jessica were over there.
As Jessica hadn’t seen her morfar and morbror before (and vice versa) a lot of time was of course spent trying to catch up, at least a little bit, on that. So two more people to lavish her with attention and admiration – I guess it’s a good thing babies can’t get spoilt, or we’d have a right little madam on our hands…!
The weather stayed nice for us pretty much throughout. On the first day Dad, my brother, Ian, Jessica and I went out for a walk together, enjoying the sunshine for a good couple of hours. Apart from a few more walks in various constellations (one day Dad took Jessica out in the pram for a few hours so that I got to catch up on some sorely needed sleep – much appreciated!), a day in London for my brother and Ian, an afternoon at Ian’s tennis club for Dad and Ian, and an afternoon of window shopping and coffee for me and my brother, we also managed two family meals over at Jessica’s farmor and farfar: one in ‘aid’ of Ian’s birthday on the Saturday (his birthday sadly ended up slightly in the shade of Jessica, unfortunately…) and the other a roast lunch on the day of my Dad’s and brother’s departure. It was excellent to have an extra pair of ‘baby sitters’ around, and brilliant to be able to take a few hours ‘off’ to catch up with family. Naturally, time went very quickly and my Dad’s and brother’s visit didn’t last long enough…
Regarding Jessica, her feeding recently started to veer off from the routine it was seemingly getting into with feeds at regular 3-hour intervals – during my Dad’s and brother’s stay, she got into snacking between meals and her meal times seemed to be a bit all over the place… However, getting some advice at the Health Visitor’s weekly clinic today, bringing along the ‘feeding log’ Ian and I have kept for the last 3-4 days, it seems the amount of food Jessica is eating is fine for her weight and age. Her weight gain is also (still) perfectly in line with her birth weight (her current weight being 5.34 kg/11lb 12oz), so there were no health visitor concerns that she’s getting the wrong amount of food. They did, however, suggest giving Jessica boiled, cooled water in between ‘meal times’ to try to steer her into getting her fill of milk during regular 3-hour feeds. So we will give that a go and see if it can convince Jessica to adjust her feeding back into a more predictable pattern.
Gabriella