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Apologies for the dead air over here!

I just reread Thursday night's post and can see how tired I was.

Thursday, baby didn't nap a lot, she went 36 hours between poops, she was still getting over her needles and she was only feeding in two minute bursts. By the time we got home from dinner with the husband's family, she was well and truly jack of it. She would switch at the drop of a hat between dozing, crying, smiling and giving just THE saddest face. We gave her some panadol and settled her down to sleep, and she was okay.

Friday was better. We still gave her panadol at the end of the day when she went totally ratty, but she took the day a lot better. I went out to dinner with friends and was able to relax a bit, and concentrate on normal adult talk rather than freaking out about my poor baby.

She's pretty much back to normal now.

She's getting used to having just her arms wrapped when she sleeps, rather than her whole body (we're not allowed to wrap her legs as it pushes her legs towards each other - this is the only restriction on how he hold her). This is even quite timely as it's getting warmer.

She's kicking and stretching and moving her legs pretty well too - perhaps her muscles are loosening out.

We've had her on her tummy a few times - now we're sure to prop up her front half, otherwise she tips down towards her face. She even looked like she was trying to scootch forward this morning.

She had her first sponge bath this evening. She was happy because she LOVES having her clothes taken off. I don't know what's caused it, but whenever you pull clothing on or off her head, she gives the biggest grin. I am hoping we will get permission in the near future to be able to take the harness off for an hour and give her a real bath, so she can stretch and we can get her properly clean. Although I don't know how'd she react to having the harness put on again.

She spends her day  in a size 0 short sleeved/pantless onesie (she had just moved up to 00 this week), with socks and a bib. The weather is not too bad so her arms don't get cold, a lot of her leg is covered with harness and the socks keep her feet warm. The bib is handy in that we don't have to change her clothes too much, but also limits how wet she can get the harness (to limit it chafing her skin).

It's not so bad - it really helps that she is happy enough.