Sunday, 21 March 2021

2 Months Today!




Here's our lovely Amber at 7 weeks old.  Not sure why this photo didn't make it onto last weeks blog!

And here she is at 2 months...




This was on Thursday at 8 weeks old, being her lovely smiley self.  That was, until I took her for her 8 week vaccinations.  Then she spent the entire afternoon and evening feeling rotten and screaming.  I dosed her up on Calpol, which helped, but you could tell she wasn't feeling great.  Poor love.













This was from Mother's Day last weekend.  3 generations!



And last night, Amber slept through the night for the first time! Amazing! She slept from 11pm - 6am.







 

Monday, 15 March 2021

7 Weeks Old

 


I can't believe we're at week 7 already.  Nearly 2 months old! How crazy is that!!!

Week 7 saw lots of smiles, as well as Mum's birthday - we went for a walk along Highcliffe beach, for a coffee on the cliff top, then had smoked salmon bagels for lunch at home and this wonderful cake, made by Dad.

Amber and I also had our first week home alone during the day, as Matt returned to work.  It was a bit strange at first, but we got used to it and by the end of the week were very tired, but also knew what we were doing - I was able to shower before midday most days, so that to me was quite a big achievement! 



























Tuesday, 9 March 2021

6 Weeks Old

 


A few photos of Amber aged 6 weeks... and one of Sooty being cute!






Monday, 1 March 2021

5 Weeks Old

 The sun has finally come out in the south of England! and it's wonderful!  We're trying to make the most of it by going to the cliff top and into the forest at the weekends.  It's a bit trickier to go out during the week now that Matt is back teaching online.  So, Amber and I are going for walks around the local park every day.  Today, Matt had a meeting at school, so we walked him there and met him on the way back for a coffee in the park.  We need to soak up that vitamin D!

Matt got promoted to Head of Upper Prep this week, a job that will start in September, so that was brilliant news.  We celebrated with a takeaway pizza on Saturday - we're so rock 'n' roll!

Amber is changing so much every week.  Her head bump seems to have gone right down, which is nice, and she's got lovely chubby cheeks.  She has been sleeping a bit longer during the night, so will go for 4 hours between feeds now.  But, she gets very grumpy in the evenings, starting from as early as 4 or 5, and just eats and eats and eats - then she doesn't eat much during the night - I guess she is stocking up to get her through the night.  It's a bit trying though when it takes you 3 hours to watch 1 episode of Line of Duty and you have to take it in turns to eat dinner because she wails if you put her down!

We were supposed to see the Health visitor last week but got a flat tyre, so that is next week instead now.  

Matt had parents evening on Tuesday, which is also his busiest day, so I walked over to Mum and Dad's for the day.  Dad and I took Lola and Amber to Barton cliff top and had a hot chocolate and a carrot cake slice and enjoyed the sunshine.  It was lovely.  It will be even lovelier when we can see Matt's family too!














We had our first smile this week!  Amber smiled at Matt, and the next day at me, and now she is smiling quite a lot! It's so wonderful!