god,its the hair pulling and also the earrings. i have always loved big earrings and hoops but now i am wearing small studs so i don't get my ears ripped off or scratch the little lady.
the hair thing is annoying but i refuse to cut it in case i really look mumsy. i know a couple of women with mixed-race curly hair like mine who cut it short post-birth to be "practical". not up for the small fro myself. also, still getting down to my fighting weight - in the meantime, the bigger the hair, the better!
in a way, long hair is versatile in that you can put it in a bun or ponytail, which is how mine is most of the time.
well, hate to admit it but i am in the process of losing the dummy again. Day 2 and she really fights it for her morning nap, lunchtime is better and last night she slept from 8 until 6.47. I know some people thinks its mean (my mum, for example) but she doesn't have to get up to replace it at 4am.
The process is horrible and stressful but hope by tomorrow, she won't miss it much and she has a lovely new blankie which i have "worn" for a while, so she's cuddling that while she sleeps now.
I think doing finger foods and purees from the get-go is a bit confusing for them but they eating learning curve is much steeper and they get up to speed quickly. Last week, I noticed that Elodie doesn't open her gob up like a little bird for the spoon, unlike the other babies in my mum's group. She is pretty deft with a rice cake though. This week, if she likes the puree/mash, she will open her mouth but she does like to hold the spoon or a veggie or something. This morning she had porridge with grated apple and yoghurt whilst waving a rice cake around.
She is doing the vilest poos now - stinky, stiff and quite often. In fact, yesterday i noticed her bum was quite red, which is either the poos or the cheap wipes by dh bought. She is slavered in bepanthen or sudocrem now. My dh also bought pull-ups for her -wtf?? Such a pain.
Now a good day yesterday - sore bum, no dummy and then i put her in her massive pram and was fiddling underneath putting in bottles for the recycle bin when the whole top carry cot part came off and toppled back and she didn't have the harness on! Poor little thing rolled into the canopy bit, upside down and was scared but unhurt but if that had happened outside, would have been nasty! God, feel sick just thinking about it.
I am forcing myself out today. I live opposite the Danish National Art Museum and never go there. There is a kiddy part so I am going to take her in the baby carrier for a bit of outside world and stimulation.