Natalya signed her first word on Saturday

19 06 2007

I have been trying to do baby sign with Natalya but it is harder than I thought it would be. Try signing to a baby while you are holding her!

Try remembering to sign when you have been getting up to a baby all night!

The one sign I have been fairly consistent with is milk. It is made with both hands and looks like you are trying to milk  a cow.

On Saturday Natalya did a one ...



Natalya’s first trip to the emergency department

13 06 2007

Yesterday morning both Natalya and I woke up with coughs. It was annoying but not too bad. Then last night about 10ish Natalya’s cough got really bad and had a very disturbing pitch.

My husband Haydon is a registered nurse. In fact he has spent the last few days manning the Accident and Emergency department for the morning shift. When he heard her cough last night he became concerned by the pitch that it may be ...



Please baby just let me sleep!

11 06 2007

She is not letting me have a night off to sleep. I keep having to hold her both during the day for her to sleep and often at night too. Last night she actually slept in her cot but I still had to get up umteen times to feed her and change dirty nappies. I have also been baking. Pizza dough and bread in the breadmachine and also my mums eggless Mocha Date Cake. Natalya ...