Juliet at 9 weeks

Bless Juliet - she just goes about the business of being a baby and doesn't get much of a mention in these here parts.

She's a really very good little person and is treating us to many smiles.  She settles really, really nicely - you can literally pop her in the cot, walk away and she'll doze off with hardly a sound.  It's still difficult to get her to stay awake for longer than 90 minutes and if she is any form of vehicle, it'll be less time still.

I'm really working hard on keeping her awake for longer in the day, however, as she was showing no signs of sleeping longer at night.  Yesterday, I ventured out of the house twice without her and she woke crying both times.  The evening session lasted for 2 full hours (poor valient Daddy who didn't call me to come home) although he gave her a bottle, she wasn't for settling.  However, the really great upside was that she slept from 10.30 - 5.45am after I had sauntered back through the door at 9.30pm and fed her as usual.  I feel like a whole new woman today!

Juliet accompanied me to our work Christmas lunch last week and behaved amazingly well.  She didn't cry at all and was passed from person to person with no fuss.  Here she is in her finery.

In fact she behaved much better than my workmates, some of whom were over 2 hours late and all of whom had far too much wine ;)  Can't wait until nursing is over!