As I write this, I'm cuddling Isabella back to sleep and then will have to wait about 10-15 minutes, or until she passes the flop test (lifting a baby's arm and softly dropping it to feel the resistance, it shows how asleep they are) so I can put her down. She's the world's lightest sleeper and putting her down half-asleep doesn't work AT ALL because she fully wakes up then won't settle down.
I'm sure that if and when I have another baby, I'll be an expert at getting a baby to settle.
Whenever I'm feeding or have a few minutes to myself, I get on the internet and do baby research, mainly because I still feel like I don't know what I'm doing. I use Babycentre, Bounty, Netmums, Yahoo answers and a million and one other sites. I constantly fret about what Isabella should be able to do, what stuff should look like, how often things should happen, you name it, I'll look it up, often on several different sites to be 100% sure. It's a good job that I have internet access 24/7, otherwise I'd be constantly calling my mum. Like when Isabella had hiccups at 3 days old and we had to Google whatto do because Tony decided that 1am was too late at night for me to call my mum. i'm still sure she wouldn't have minded.....
One of the websites that I have started frequenting is http://www.annabelkarmel.com/
For those of you who haven't heard of her, Annabel Karmel is an award-winning cook book author and child nutrition specialist. She's described as a "mumprenuer"and juggles being a mother of 3 children with her product ranges, cook books and her own children's cooking show. That is a superwoman and a half!
What I really love about her site is the information on pregnancy and breast feeding, including recipes for breast feeding mums and positive information about bottle-feeding. It also has information about raising your child as a vegetarian like I'm intending to do. If you're a first-time mum like me, or even a second or third, go check out her website.
I'm going to give it a couple more minutes then try to put Isabella down. We're going to see one of my work friends and her baby tomorrow in Kingston, so I've made a "packed lunch" of expressed milk for Isabella as there is never anywhere to breast feed! All we need is a reasonably comfy chair or sofa in a corner of a cafe or restaurant. It's not really asking for much. Maybe I should run for prime minister and make that one of my policies...
TTFN xx
Me and my gorgeous baby
Perhaps the only barefaced pic of me that will ever grace the internet
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