27th February 2007

Well Gracie has officially weaned herself off the night feed! She hasn’t had it for 4 nights now and doesn’t seem to miss it! She has a cup of milk before she goes to bed and her excitement about milk has passed over to that! She is still enjoying her morning slurp though! It’s so cute when she has finished she looks up at me with the cheekiest grin. I always ask her if it was yummy and she nods her head in agreement!! I wonder how long that feed will last now??? Also I wonder if I will be lopsided?? Ever since she cut down to only 2 feeds she has had lefty for breakfast and righty for tea! She is still only having lefty for breaky…but it all seems fine though!

Grace is really starting to gain her own independence now! We went to get the fruit and veg yesterday and she was very insistent about picking out EVERYTHING! I only got to hold the bag and scrutinize her choices from afar! She just loves helping with everything that we do! Sometimes it is a good help but most of the time it just means more work for me!!

I really don’t mind though…I love her exploring and working out things for herself! One form of her exploring that is becoming quite embarrassing is that with her mouth!! She loves the feel of all different things in her mouth…very unusual things!! For example we were at pathology today waiting for Duane to have his blood test. Gracie was touching a wall that was very textured…all bumpy! Now it would have been fine just feeling it with her hands but no she wanted to feel it with her tongue! She started licking the wall! Every time I pulled her away and tried to distract her she went straight back to it and started licking again! It must have looked strange to everyone lese waiting!!

Oh another thing she did this morning as we were waiting! I was standing up (everyone else seated) ready to pounce on Grace if she went somewhere she wasn’t allowed! I called out to her and she came running at me full pelt and grabbed my legs in a big hug! That would have been nice also but she then decided to pull down on my skirt…nearly revealing everything to the “audience”! Nothing was revealed…but I must remember to be aware for this next time I am in a skirt (all the time!!)

Now back to the mouth thing! I also caught her the other day lying on the floor trying to get the door stop in her mouth! She often goes up to the dog’s wide mouth trying to get them to lick the inside of her mouth, and then she laughs her head off!

The dreaded heartburn started with a vengeance yesterday! It’s still not too bad but it has made me remember how bad it can be! You feel the burning flame coming up your throat, sometime into your mouth and the worst is when acids come up all the way! Yuck! Off to the shops for quick-eze for me I think!

Baby has been kicking a lot more now. I am still mainly feeling them on the left side…I think I even felt a bit of rolling the other day! I can feel a little it at the front but it is a lot duller! I am feeling fine, more energy now. I can’t believe that I am just over half way now! I really want to enjoy this pregnancy…It could potentially be my last which is sad! Nicole is still having trouble with M/s…maybe she is having twins???

I taught myself to knit a few weeks ago! I really enjoy it and have knitted Grace 2 woolen soakers to wear over her nappies at night! They actually didn’t turn out too bad for a first attempt…and they work which is a bonus!

Duane is still not feeling well. He went back to the Dr yesterday and had blood tests done today! I hope that the can work out what is wrong with him because he has no energy and has already lost 8 kgs! I am thinking that he is just slower to get over the tummy bug…I hope that’s what it is anyway!