Monday 28 July 2008

From a dream sleeper to a banshee at bedtime.....in one week

Nelly has moved from going to bed perfectly with an easy routine and a Night Night - before closing the door and getting an evening together....to a screaming banshee as soon as I put her into the bed and leave the room. Such a Banshee that she can keep at it for a good hour with me going in, reassuring her, not talking, putting her back down , etc ( controlled crying ) until she then stops screaming for Mummy and starts on Daddy at the top of her voice for another half an hour and literally thwos all of the toys and bed linen out of the cot! ( I now know where that saying comes from! ) .....poor thing is soaked through with sweat and finally falls asleep in Rob's arms or in our bed. Decided along with little sister advice that she really probably needs to kick the afternoon nap habit! So yesterday was a long old day of keeping her awake! success she still wanted to scream at bedtime but I sat with her for ten minutes after story and soothed her until she fell into a deepl sleep and got a full 11 hours! hoping today will be the same. Will try and limit the sleep to only 1/2 an hour or 40 minutes and see what that brings...

Tuesday 22 July 2008

holidays, weekends away , work ...



nelly with the fat controller on a day out to Thomas Land...



Nelly loving the sea on the villa balcony...




all happening - where does the time go...
the garden is overgrown with weeds.....the cat cost me £1500 in vet fees and since coning home from holiday with only one Canine tooth left she has managed to bring me at least three mouse presents and one bird!
Unable to add images onto blog at the moment so cannot share images of Nelly in Corfu ...she had a great time, was a star on the aeroplane and loved joining in with Greek dancing one evening at a taverna! Photos to follow...every morning she and I spent an hour or so in the pool doing what she called Proper Swimming ....by the end of the week she was floating around on her ring unaided. She did go under the water once on her own but was not phased...!"

last weekend we spent the weekend in Amsterdam - I had a meeting just outside the city on Friday morning so we thought we would take the opportunity to visit. It rained most of the weekend, we had a lovely time despite that and took in some of the sites....we had planned on the Anne Frank Museum but the queue was so long...The architecture is fab and Rob and I spent most of the time walking around looking through windows ...an amazing place once you leave the Red Light area, I managed some retail therapy ! fab pair of shoes and two tops ....I never shop for myself these days always for Nelly so that was fun...