Yes I've been AWOL again. I haven't really felt like blogging. A few days after K's dad passed away, we found out our friend had died. We're still not really sure of the consequenses as he didn't have many friends around here and his family live in another county. K had asked his ex girlfriend about the funeral and she was supposed to be informing us of the details. She didn't, and I ended up finding out about the funeral online, a few hours after he'd been burried. I was gutted. And then my Grandma's brother died. I didn't know him, but it's not nice when my grandma's upset.
I didn't want to blog until I felt ready to post regularly again though. So anyway, onto more positive things. What have we been up to?
-Meeting "The Family". Me and WJ didn't go to K's dad's funeral as we didn't know him so K didn't feel it was appropriate. We met him afterwards at the wake and got to meet all his family, including all the cousins he didn't know he had. A lot of people kept coming over to meet "G's Granddaughter". Unfortunately they were met with half her face and half my boob as she was just starting her growth spurt. WJ's Great Auntie J and Great Uncle R were really excited to see her. They gave us their address so we'll definitely keep in touch with them.
-Watching films. We watch Four Lions, a comedy about Islamic terrorists. It was funny but had a sad ending. We don't usually watch comedies though so was a nice change. Then we watched Grave of the Fireflies, a Studio Ghibli film. This was really sad about a boy who loses his parents in the war and is left looking after his sister, who dies of malnutrition. I found out afterwards that is was based on a semi-autobiographical book. It's not as imaginitive (read "crazy") as the other Studio Ghibli films, but we really enjoyed it. Then we watched Chrysallis, based on a short story by Ray Bradbury. K wanted something thought provoking and has read some of Ray Bradbury's books so chose this. But it was awful. The acting was really poor and there wasn't any depth to the story, apart from a Christian undertone. The only good thing about it was that it wasn't too long!!
-Shopping. We all went to Manchester. I bought some yarns to make a christmas present for my nephew, I bought a gorgeous hat and gloves for WJ, and I bought a Christmas tree.
-Yoga. Baby yoga with WJ, we loved it! I get my stretches while entertaining her, then she gets to do some stretches. Then we both relax together. It's such a relaxed atmosphere, and it's ok if your baby wants to stop for a feed, needs changing, starts crying, talking or giggling. Then we all stay and have herbal tea and a chat.
-Massage. WJ got invited to a course of 4 baby massage classes. Today was the first. There were just under 10 mother-and-baby pairs (including a double pair of grandmother-mother-twins) and a health visitor talked us through giving our baby a leg and foot massage. I can't wait to go back last week. Now I just need to teach WJ how to massage me.
-Crochet. More details to come soon ;)
-eBay. I decided to buy another knitting machine. I don't know why!! I also taught K how to use eBay, so now my watch list is full of guitars!!
Showing posts with label Films. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Films. Show all posts
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Monday, 10 October 2011
Last Week - Jabs, DVDs, Hot Chocolate and Boobie
I had my last session of counselling. When I started going my head was all over the place. I was pregnant to someone I hardly knew, I was struggling to find anywhere suitable to live, and I was having to totally change my life. I feel so much better about my life though now.
Getting off the train coming home I saw a girl with a baby in a Kari Me stretchy wrap so I started talking to her. Her little girl is 4 months old and she only lives around the corner from me, so we agreed to both go to the Breastfeeding group that week.
WJ had her first 2 jabs. We had debated about whether to have them done, and we'll be deciding each one separately, but decided to have these two. I'm always going to say yes to any for deseases that can lead to meningitis as I remember a girl local to me dying from it when we were children. She had her 6-8 week check at the same time and is totally fine, 9lb 11oz and 55cm long.
K stayed thursday night. We were going to get a film from the library, but didn't realise it shuts early on a thursday, so we watched one episode from my Tipping the Velvet DVD.
Friday was the Breastfeeding Group, so I had to get up early after a late night. The girl from the train was there, so then we went to a cafe and I had hot chocolate. When we got home WJ was worn out!
K stayed again on saturday night so he cooked tea, then we finished watching Tipping the Velvet. I was a bit annoyed because he comes up for WJ and all she wanted was Boobie! She started feeding while he was cooking, I had to eat while she was stuck to me, and she stayed stuck to me for two hour long episodes. She wasn't just sucking for comfort either as I could hear her swallowing, and she kept getting frustrated when nothing came out so would hit me until I switched sides. He had to leave on Sunday morning to help out a friend with a boat.
Getting off the train coming home I saw a girl with a baby in a Kari Me stretchy wrap so I started talking to her. Her little girl is 4 months old and she only lives around the corner from me, so we agreed to both go to the Breastfeeding group that week.
WJ had her first 2 jabs. We had debated about whether to have them done, and we'll be deciding each one separately, but decided to have these two. I'm always going to say yes to any for deseases that can lead to meningitis as I remember a girl local to me dying from it when we were children. She had her 6-8 week check at the same time and is totally fine, 9lb 11oz and 55cm long.
K stayed thursday night. We were going to get a film from the library, but didn't realise it shuts early on a thursday, so we watched one episode from my Tipping the Velvet DVD.
Friday was the Breastfeeding Group, so I had to get up early after a late night. The girl from the train was there, so then we went to a cafe and I had hot chocolate. When we got home WJ was worn out!
K stayed again on saturday night so he cooked tea, then we finished watching Tipping the Velvet. I was a bit annoyed because he comes up for WJ and all she wanted was Boobie! She started feeding while he was cooking, I had to eat while she was stuck to me, and she stayed stuck to me for two hour long episodes. She wasn't just sucking for comfort either as I could hear her swallowing, and she kept getting frustrated when nothing came out so would hit me until I switched sides. He had to leave on Sunday morning to help out a friend with a boat.
Monday, 3 October 2011
Sunday Dinner and Bottom Burping
Well I've just spent the last few hours catching up with all the blogs I follow while WJ sleeps on my lap:
After feeding, I burp her on my knee and she often falls asleep there. It seems to be her most comfortable position. She doesn't seem too happy sleeping on her back. At night I let her fall asleep on me, and then gently place her on her own mattress. We co-sleep using a bedside cot side-car arrangement The last couple of weeks though she's been troubled with uncomfortable trapped wind. She's been kicking her legs up in the air and squeezing her abdomen, so I help it come out by doing a knee-to-chest "bottom burp"
Last week I did 3 loads of laundry and I still have a big pile that needs doing.
On Friday we rented a film from the library, The Ghost, directed by Roman Polanski. It was K's choice, but I really enjoyed it. It was about a man who was ghost writing the ex Prime Minister's memoirs and ended up investigating rumours about him being involved with torture and the CIA. It had a very unexpected ending which I will not spoil.
WJ seems a lot more alert and aware of her body and her surroundings. She's been playing in her activity gym, either hitting the dangling things, or just looking around, exclaiming "Khwai! Khwee! Khoi!"
I spent all yesterday making sunday dinner for K and I. I'm 25 but I've never made a sunday dinner before because I've never really enjoyed them. I don't dislike them, but I find them bland. I never think they're worth the effort when you can stick the same ingredients in a pan with some spices and make a curry or something with more flavour. I have a very fussy taste. So here's how it went:
-I made gluten-free bread in my bread machine in the morning. I just made plain white bread as I was trying to get the texture right before experimenting with different flours and extras. Gluten free flour doesn't hold air as easily so it's taken a few attempts to get the texture right but I finally managed it!
-For starter we had sweet potato, spinach and red lentil soup with the bread and a dollop of creme fraish in it.
-For the main course we had pork, cheesy mash, stuffing, yorkshire puddings, roast pattypan squash and red cabbage. The stuffing was made with crumbs of my bread and sage I'd picked myself. The red cabbage was cooked in my slow cooker with veg stock, apples and raisins. The Yorkshire puds were a disaster, I'd never made them before so I wasn't going to bother, but when I was in the supermarket they had some gluten free yorkshire pudding mix reduced from 99p to 75p. I don't think I read the instructions properly, and then I burnt the poor attempt anyway!
-I was going to make the flapjack cookies found here and serve one broken with creme fraish and some fruit, but we didn't eat until late and were both very tired (I'd been awake bottom burping WJ, and K had been stuck outside overnight as the boat was in the lock and someone had hidden the windlass!). K doesn't really like sweet things, so I thought he wouldn't want dessert anyway. I'd made the cookies earlier in the day though and woke up this morning to find one missing!
-We spent all morning washing up!!
I've decided I need more structure to my blog, so I'm going to start participating in the weekly photo posts such as 'Wordless Wednesday', 'Small Style' and 'This Moment'. On Mondays I hope to do a catch up of the previous week (such as in this post) and on Sundays do a list of things I plan to do. I'm still going to have other posts.
After feeding, I burp her on my knee and she often falls asleep there. It seems to be her most comfortable position. She doesn't seem too happy sleeping on her back. At night I let her fall asleep on me, and then gently place her on her own mattress. We co-sleep using a bedside cot side-car arrangement The last couple of weeks though she's been troubled with uncomfortable trapped wind. She's been kicking her legs up in the air and squeezing her abdomen, so I help it come out by doing a knee-to-chest "bottom burp"
Last week I did 3 loads of laundry and I still have a big pile that needs doing.
On Friday we rented a film from the library, The Ghost, directed by Roman Polanski. It was K's choice, but I really enjoyed it. It was about a man who was ghost writing the ex Prime Minister's memoirs and ended up investigating rumours about him being involved with torture and the CIA. It had a very unexpected ending which I will not spoil.
WJ seems a lot more alert and aware of her body and her surroundings. She's been playing in her activity gym, either hitting the dangling things, or just looking around, exclaiming "Khwai! Khwee! Khoi!"
I spent all yesterday making sunday dinner for K and I. I'm 25 but I've never made a sunday dinner before because I've never really enjoyed them. I don't dislike them, but I find them bland. I never think they're worth the effort when you can stick the same ingredients in a pan with some spices and make a curry or something with more flavour. I have a very fussy taste. So here's how it went:
-I made gluten-free bread in my bread machine in the morning. I just made plain white bread as I was trying to get the texture right before experimenting with different flours and extras. Gluten free flour doesn't hold air as easily so it's taken a few attempts to get the texture right but I finally managed it!
-For starter we had sweet potato, spinach and red lentil soup with the bread and a dollop of creme fraish in it.
-For the main course we had pork, cheesy mash, stuffing, yorkshire puddings, roast pattypan squash and red cabbage. The stuffing was made with crumbs of my bread and sage I'd picked myself. The red cabbage was cooked in my slow cooker with veg stock, apples and raisins. The Yorkshire puds were a disaster, I'd never made them before so I wasn't going to bother, but when I was in the supermarket they had some gluten free yorkshire pudding mix reduced from 99p to 75p. I don't think I read the instructions properly, and then I burnt the poor attempt anyway!
-I was going to make the flapjack cookies found here and serve one broken with creme fraish and some fruit, but we didn't eat until late and were both very tired (I'd been awake bottom burping WJ, and K had been stuck outside overnight as the boat was in the lock and someone had hidden the windlass!). K doesn't really like sweet things, so I thought he wouldn't want dessert anyway. I'd made the cookies earlier in the day though and woke up this morning to find one missing!
-We spent all morning washing up!!
I've decided I need more structure to my blog, so I'm going to start participating in the weekly photo posts such as 'Wordless Wednesday', 'Small Style' and 'This Moment'. On Mondays I hope to do a catch up of the previous week (such as in this post) and on Sundays do a list of things I plan to do. I'm still going to have other posts.
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