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the answers to yesterday's dinner menu question are:
1. cauliflower,
2. spaghetti bolognaise,
3. custard, and
4. raspberries.

the raspberries mostly ended up on her legs, the custard on her bib, the pasta under her butt and the cauliflower on the floor!
well, she did eat a reasonable amount. it's just funny how much of a mess a baby can create on themselves and the world around them.

i also rang tresillian yesterday to ask about her nite feeds. at 11 months (next week) she really shouldn't be needing/having any feeds thru the nite. after speaking with paul we've decided we'll try to drop the early morning (generally around 2 or 3am) feed first. this will mean offering her water in a cup that she has to sit up to drink instead of a bottle she can slurp on while still lieing down. and then living out the consequences. consequences i predict to be hours of screaming and crying until she's tuckered herself out and falls asleep from exhaustion. uurrgghhh, i hate the thought of it.
we've given ourselves a reprieve on doing this until we are both healthy again. paul's stomach pains are still not entirely gone plus he is nursing a sore throat and a bit of a head cold, while i'm still coughing and got a head full of snot. with the rate that we are getting sick these days tho, we might never get around to weaning percy off the nite feeds! it seems we lurch from one ailment to the next.

on a positive note, perhaps little miss overheard us talking and thought she'd excelerate things herself last nite. she had a bottle just before eleven, then slept 'til 5:45am. six and half hours of sleep! what a delight! i gave her a little breastfeed at 5:45 after which she fell asleep 'til 7am again. when i went it to get her up she was happily sitting up playing with raffles. she gave me a big smile and happy little yelpy sounds. perhaps she enjoys longer sleeps too. not holding my breath for tonite tho- she's too random.

on an especially cute note; playing with raffles involves clutching him desparately with both hands and vigourously rubbing her face with him. then pausing for a breath, panting, grinning and repeat. it's laugh out loud ridiculously adorable. i will have to try to get some footage of her doing this. i think it will call for david attenborough type stalking...