First Easter

Maddie had her first holiday when we went up North to visit Kev's family we, stayed a few nights with Kev's parents and then went up to The Lake District to stay with Kev's brother and family who had a cottage for a week. We had a fab time, especially in The Lakes, we took Maddie on a few walks, had picnics and she even saw her first Stone Circle. She was very spoilt too and got three soft toy bunnies for easter, as well as a big Easter egg with her name on it, I think Kev and I might have to help her eat that!

Matt, Kev and Maddie

Livi, Greb, Ali, Matt, Me, Kev and Maddie on a walk in the Lake District

Me on an adventure playground for under 14s, I'm sure no one noticed!

Maddie all wrapped up while we are walking in The Lakes, we've stopped for lunch here so Kev is having a break and Maddie is enjoying the sunshine

Bath time for Maddie, Kev had a some little helpers

Castlerigg Stone Circle near Keswick

Maddie doesn't find golf quite as interesting as her Dad

Maddie loves playing with her cousins

First Bottle and 10 Weeks

Maddie had her first bottle today given to her by her Dad, I was really worried she wouldn't take it, but there were no problems. Look out Kev, I'm going to be expressing all the time now.

We have also started giving her a dummy occasionally as she has discovered her thumb, but her thumb and fingers are getting very red and sore so the dummy gives them a bit of a break.

We're off up North to Kev's parents tomorrow and then to the Lakes for a few days with Kev's brother and family.

Maddie has only put on 3 oz over the last three weeks which is not much but she is very happy and contented and the health visitor told me that its nothing to worry about.

We went to Bumps and Babes yesterday and she was the only girl again, four boys this time. The eldest baby was 12 weeks and the youngest 3 days younger than Maddie so they are still oblivious to each other.

Kev is in charge of bathtime, he also thinks he Vidal Sasoon as well, mohawk's are popular but Maddie also favours a side-parting.

Maddie loves her sleeping bag from Nanny Pen and Grandad Chook, its lovely and snuggly and means there are no blankets for her to kick off.

9 Weeks Old

Maddie was 9 weeks old yesterday and growing fast. She had her first immunisations on Tuesday, she was very brave and didn't cry too much but was quite cuddly and sleepy for the rest of the day.

so relaxed!

With her Cheer Bear, Care Bear from Uncle Sam, I use to have a Care Bear when I was little too.

Big Sleeper

Maddie had another 12 hour sleep last night, for the past two weeks she has been sleeping through the night most nights and if she does wake its normally 5.30 or 6am which is great. She is having a morning nap now and I haven 't heard a pep out of her which is amazing because Kev is drilling and sawing and making all sorts of noise right outside her door.

Shes back sleeping in her basket after I discovered her horizontal in her cot with her head up against the side twice. My auntie in NZ is going to make her a safety harness thing to sleep in which will be good.

Below is Maddie's "bottom lip" this tells us she's not happy and there will normally be tears to follow. Kev just laughs when she does it, such a mean Dad!!!

Having a cheeky sleep in Mum & Dad's bed

Hello Teddy

Thanks Nanny and Grandad for my Teddy

Waking up after her first sleep in the big cot

10 pounds now

Maddie is 7 weeks old tomorrow and she now weighs over 10 pounds and has grown 4cm in length since her birth.
Another big development is that she has slept through the night the past three nights, not just for 6 hours or so, but almost 12 hours, she has gone to bed at 7.30pm and has woken up at 7am. Shes a little star, great for me as a full nights sleep is definitely a bonus, except the past three nights I have been waking up to check on her because I can't believe she hasn't woken.
We went to Bumps and Babes today, just two other boys, apparently in our area twice as many boys have been born this year as girls. Thats good news for Maddie when she gets older, maybe we shouldn't tell her Dad that though! The coffee morning was actually in a house within a school, the womans husband is a teacher at this private school, which is huge, its a posh boarding school which lots of Prime Ministers have been too supposedly, it even has a mini St Paul's dome thing. Maddie slept though the whole thing practically and then had lots and lots of wind at the end which really impressed them!!!

All ready for the car

I call this the bunny rabbit pose.

What you lookin at!!

Mummy's little girl

Maddie's Favourite Things

It's hard to believe but Maddie will be 6 weeks old in two days time, its gone so quickly. She seems to be changing everyday, and demanding a lot more of my time as well. A few weeks ago all she did was sleep and feed, but now she needs a lot more awake time and that means looking at things, she loves lying under her play gym and looking into peoples faces. But most of all she loves having a bath, now instead of crying when we put her in she cries when we take her out!! Also she loves getting naked on her changing mat and looking at Panda and Giraffe on the wall and her little friends Peter Rabbit, Mr Duck and Shakin Creature from cousin Harriet.

5 Weeks Old

Lots of smiles from the cheeky little girl

Weekend Away

We took Maddie up North to meet Kev's family, she was really good and we managed to make both trips there and back without stopping to feed her. But we realized she is a speed freak and would only start crying when we slowed down or stopped.
She slept through the night too on the Wednesday before we went away, she hasn't done it since but I think we are getting there with most of her night time feeds around 4-5am.
She was weighed by the health visitor last week and now weighs 9 lbs 4 ozs, she is developing very chubby cheeks!!











Maddie with her cousin Matthew Maddie with her cousin Olivia

She also discovered the joys of a big bath at Grandma and Grandads

Maddie with cousins Matt, Livi, and Harriet.

Smiley Maddie

In the past week Maddie has started smiling, but I haven't managed to get a decent photo yet of her doing it. She hasn't been a very happy bunny at feeding time though, she definitely noticed a difference with the antibiotics and let us all know about it with a few screaming fits. We visited our friends who had a little boy last tuesday who weighed 8 pounds exactly too, he looked so small compared to Maddie who I'm sure must be over 9 pounds now.

She loves cuddling her Dad.





Poking her tongue out is something she likes doing alot.

Healthy Girl

The midwife came again today, she wanted to see Maddie again after her cord had come off. (which was quite stubborn and took two weeks to come off) She also weighed Maddie and she has put on 7 oz since last Wednesday, so she now weighs 8 lb 14 oz, 4kg. A very healthy weight gain at this stage, she is feeding and sleeping really well only waking once in the night, last night she managed to sleep from 11.30pm through to 5.00am. I've developed an infection though so I have to take some antibiotics which will affect my milk slightly so hopefully Maddie won't be too bothered by it, apparently some babies can notice the difference in the milk and are a bit reluctant to feed but it shouldn't be too much of an issue.

Sleeping Maddie

ahh so peaceful

but not for long