Pebble, we had a bouncy castle for a party when DD1 was 5 and had to put it out front. Invited the whole class (about 26), but at final count there were over 50 kids "at the party". Firstly (and I find this REALLY inconsiderate), parents were arriving at the door with invited child plus older and younger sibling and saying "off you go now" to invited child whilst the other two looked miserable, so you end up asking them to stay. Then of course all the kids on the estate heard there was a bouncy castle and turned up. Had to do three extra trip to the supermarket for junk food. (Thankfully it was not a poncey middle class area where the parents expected foccacia and sundried tomatoes for their kids. Coke and sweets all the way.) DD1's dad had to keep physically removing older boys from the bouncy thing so the little ones didn't get squished. That said, it was a great day and DD1 still remembers it as her best party EVER!
SOH - Are you still co-sleeping with M? I hear a lot of people say that babies who are co-sleeping wake up for feeding more often. I think partly it's because you're aware every time she's awake. If she was in another room, or even in a cot, then she might snuffle around and go back to sleep without you knowing. Can confirm this is the case with A. I co-slept a lot of the time with her on holiday and she "woke" far more often. I expect if you're going to co-sleep for quite a while, then you might start waking less often yourself - even if she does. I'm wondering if she's "snacking" in the night, because you're there, rather than being starving. Sometimes I fall asleep after I hear A on the monitor and she must go back to sleep herself, because it will be another couple of hours before she wakes again and properly starts fussing for food. I'll stop now in case I'm talking arse.
A slept for 5 hours the other night, so we're kind of back to where we were before the holiday. Have a feeling she won't sleep through until she's weaned. She DID let me have a lie in today though. DH got her at 6.30 when she woke. (He misses her when he's at work, so that's a bonus that he'll get up now, hehehe.) I fed her, had a chat to her and conked out. We eventually got up at 9. Hurrah! Feel slightly more human today.
A had her BCG on Monday. Really vile injection that is. They give infant BCG's in this borough. Second round of jabs next Monday.
Off to baby massage today with two ladies from my NCT group. Think I'll drop into the weigh clinic on the way. She's only be weighed once since she was born. I'm only doing it out of curiosity really. She's clearing growing.