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Taking a bijou blog break this weekend as off to Suffolk to see granddaughter and parents for a couple of days and taking them back home.  They have had a mixed week weather wise, but have enjoyed  time away from the bustle of London and just being on their own, the three of them, with no distractions.  A new baby is a wondrous thing but the first few months are so fraught and new and overwhelming and relatives and friends flocking round all the time, that I sometimes think time just to be quiet in all this excitement is necessary.

So that means I have not seen Florence for over two weeks now and I miss her dreadfully.  It seems as if she has always been there with us and I cannot imagine my life now without this child and am so looking forward to giving her a cuddle.  I gather that she is now taking solid food and is nearly sitting up on her own and cannot wait to see how she has changed – I also gather from Helen that though Florence still rolls up on her tummy and is kicking her legs and lifting her head, she has yet to grasp how to roll back. This is causing some problems at night when she does this in her sleep, gets stuck and yells and has to be turned over again before she nods off.   This is happening about five times a night and Mum and Dad are getting adept at staggeringg out of bed, doing the necessary and staggering back again while still remaining more or less asleep. Oh I remember that feeling well…

Have a good weekend everyone – I know I will.

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5 responses to “Saturday”

  1. Elaine Simpson-Long Avatar

    Ten in the Bed was a huge favourite with my girls too and we still have our copy which will be read to florence – you can bet on that!

  2. Liz F Avatar
    Liz F

    Florence sounds adorable and isn’t it a lovely age?
    We had Amelia, who is just over two, with us for the weekend and she kept us on our toes. Sorry correction, kept me on my toes – often having to referee disputes when she wanted to watch Handy Manny or Peppa Pig and granddad wanted to watch the football! At some points I wasn’t sure who was the toddler!
    One big success of the weekend was the copy of Penny Dale’s Ten In The Bed, a favourite of my younger daughter when she was little, and now definitely one of Amelia’s – I read it five or six times each day and when Junior son and his girlfriend arrived, she persuaded ‘Ceena’ (the closest Mely can get to Francina) to read it three times in a row! Definitely worth the money!

  3. Elaine Simpson-Long Avatar

    Am now back and Florence gets lovelier every time I see her. Now sitting up in high chair and taking solid food and she can nearly sit up on her own on her play mat but tends to keep over so we sit with protective arms at the ready. She is a happy little girl and beams and smiles and is a joy.
    So much clutter had been accumulated on the holiday that instead of taking them to catch their train I drove them home so we packed three adults, one baby, suitcase and all attendant bags and baggage in my little Nissan Micra and off we set. Two hours door to door, Suffolk to London and then a cup of tea and I drove myself home and I am now shattered and ache all over and off to bed. A day of idleness and sloth tomorrow I think. Will go get the paint for the living room but might leave that for a few days methinks.

  4. Bluestalking Avatar

    Oh yes the memories!!!

  5. Karen Avatar

    At this rate, Elaine, she’ll be off to university next month. How fast it goes . . .

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