A Health Visitor Calls

Our Health Visitor, Liz, paid Helen and Emma a visit today at 2pm. She rang to confirm at 11am but unfortunately interrupted a nappy change. Helen managed to get to the phone just after the answerphone kicked in so the whole thing was recorded. Emma was crying, or rather screaming, Helen was unsuccessfully trying to hear a single word of what Liz was saying. Half way through, Emma peed all over Helen and the office chair in her state of undress. It'll be a while before we clear the answerphone messages!

Emma had been very good up until that point being very contented and sleeping lots. Last night was good too with one feed in the middle, but otherwise quiet and letting us both sleep for at least 3 hour spells. I came home for lunch and found a sleeping baby all ready to go out for a walk. The walk had been planned for noon, but had been postponed due to feeding! Eventually Helen and Emma went along the seafront at about 3pm all the way to Scarletts for an ice cream and back which went extremely well and gave Helen a good sense of freedom. Except for the hat straightening incident which accidentally tugged Emma's hair and gave her a fright!

The Health Visitor was extremely encouraging, weighing Emma in at 8lb 2oz and saying how healthy she looked. She gave Helen some advice on feeding and how not to be too cuddly at night time, and to avoid too much bright light in the night.

We were invited to Rob and Becky's house in the evening for a barbeque. We were treated to sausages and burgers, chicken and sweetcorn and some delicious coleslaw that Rob's mum, Liz, had brought. A baby cuddle was had by all. Emma woke up and gave some long stares and a rather explosive nappy filling when sat on Rob's lap. He seemed unperturbed, even congratulatory of Emma's achievement.

Not many photos taken today, just this one of Emma when we got back, achieving a good deep sleep pose. I'll make up numbers with these: the first was taken the day we got back from the hospital, the second is Emma at 3 hours old, and the other is an amusing cartoon I found.

Anyway, I'm off to bed now so night night all. I may not update for a few days now until I get back from a visit to my parents this weekend.