singing in the car

snot

zoe has her first cold and by golly it's amazing how much grief a bit of snot can cause. when i was 12 i broke my arm riding a bike and my mum said up until that point she had always wanted to suffer for me.... but she didn't want to take on the broken arm for me :). at the time i thought it was a strange thing to say however now that i'm a mum myself i can totally understand what she meant. i wish i could take on that snot and blow it out of zoe's nose for her.

out to lunch with dad

he doesn't get it does he? even if it is pasta with bacon in it i'd prefer sweet, sweet mama's milk any day!

hanging out on the beach with some frisbee kids

the reason zoe isn't looking the least impressed here is because she has realised quite young that many an hour will be spent watching mum and dad throw a silly bit of plastic around.

an eventful 24 hours

for the most exciting news of this blog.....ZOE SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!! we are talking from 9:00pm to 8ish am. for all you non-parents out there this is a most momentous occasion and although i ended up getting up a few times anyhow cause my milk production was going a little spastic (and i wanted to make sure she was still breathing) i felt amazing the next day.

with hopeful intent we put her down the next night with an extra large top up feed only to have our tues night telly watching interrupted by a squealing zoza. squealing and exceptionally hot zoza...she had a fever of 38.6c° ahhhhhhhhhhh what do you do? initially we scanned all our baby books and various internet sites but ended up resorting to the trusty home midwifery service (yeah i know i've long been discharged but i don't know who else to call over at the hospital and given i have already annoyed them with other urgent questions they know me by now). at the time of the call zoe's temperature had decreased to 38.4c° and the nurse recommended baby panadol unless her temperture was above 38.5c° at which point she would have to go to hospital to be checked over. hmmm, now i know i'm a scientist and all but the difference of 0.1c° for a radically different course of action is a little concerning. we opted for the baby panadol and a reassessment an hour later. obtaining baby panadol at midnight on a week day in this city of millions is another blog entry all together but we did manage to get our hands on some, administer it to a spluttering zoe (cherry flavour is evidently not her favourite flavour) and thankfully she was back to her usual self within the hour.

so although we are pretty certain that sleeping through the night does not cause high temperatures the following night we'd love to risk it again for an entire nights sleep!!!

hanging out on the sofa

what i've become good at since having zoe

* singing in public
* going for long pointless walks
* talking to strangers about my clacker
* getting up a zillion times during the night
* moving slowly and rhythmically while humming

am i feeding zoe too much?

zoe's first frisbee tournament

zoe didn't find her first frisbee tournament all too thrilling. there was alot of sleeping and hanging out in the shade with the oodles of other frisbee mums and kids. all zoza wanted to do was be at home having some nappy free time in front of her mirror!

tummy please

today was spent having zoe get grumpy every time she was placed on her back! backs are for babies, zoe wants to be up on her tummy checking everything out. our own private pediatric physio, lisi, noted that zoe has very strong neck muscles and she probably just wants to use them now i guess.

my hands

zoe has most definately found her hands! she still doesn't really comprehend that they are hers and she has complete control over them, but they do manage to find their way to her mouth, both at the same time and they BOTH have to go into her mouth as well!

fingerpainting

for zoe's third month birthday we attempted to make some hand and foot imprints.....the foot was easy, the hands however remained tightly clenched until i was momentarily distracted and she revelled in smearing it all over herself and the change mat. oh well perhaps the 4 month imprints will work out better.

proud as punch

we had our antenatal class reunion today...more on that soon but for the moment check out how proud the dads are.

what i love about zoe

• - her sweet milk breath
• - as a new born how she would startle even upon picking her up and in doing so fling her arms wide to unintentionally embrace your neck
• - kissing her chubby cheeks
• - those satisfied groans at the end of a feed
• - her soundless giggle
• - the way she plays with her hair at the back of her head during a feed
• - her deltoid fat deposits
• - that strained pooing face
• - how she practices talking with her mouth closed