I am always astonished by the gorgeous wonderful things I learn each day as a new mother so I thought I would start a blog to share some of them with you.
My beautiful daughter, Ruby Jane, is now 5 1/2 months old and has just celebrated her first Christmas.
It was so lovely to enjoy Christmas from a new perspective, having for the past few years seen it more as an obligation to go from one family house to the next, to be on time, to try to get through the food and then to finally get home.
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| Plotting to take over Christmas.... |
With a baby you don't even think about yourself as part of the Christmas equation.
- When will they be able to have naps?
- Will we be able to visit everyone so even family members who haven't met our daughter yet can do so?
- What happens at the end of the day when she konks out?
- Where will she sleep?
- Will she settle???
The long drive to Pakenham proved helpful as 2 nice sleep opportunities for Ruby but then at the last house (3 in total) at the end of the day, the stimulus seemed too much as a wide eyed little poppet couldn't down enough milk to make those eyelids drop.
We had done well. She was showered with beautiful gifts; clothes and bedding mainly; and she behaved well. But by 8.30pm we knew she was just not going to retire for the night unless we got her home and away from the bustle.
Once home, she drank the last of her milk and her eyelids surely did drop without resistance as she moved from Christmas day to Christmas dreams of new faces, lots of kisses, laughter and a new audience for her hideous new screeching talent.
Christmas is fun again!
Is Greg going to dress up as Santa when Ruby's a bit older?
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