Out in the sunshine

Today we finally got about half an hour of sunshine, so we sat outside for a while. Kitty met Johnny, one of our neighbours for the first time and Rosie, another neighbour took her for a walk to the pub and back. She seemed to enjoy it!

The day got even more exciting when the mobile library visited. We hopped on board, got ourselves a library card and a couple of books. Pete, the mobile library driver/librarian was very taken with Kitty. There weren't many books for Kitty, but she seems happy with the copy of Delia's Vegetarian Collection that I got. I quite like it too.

61cm

An ideal opportunity to measure Kitty arose today when she fell asleep in full stretched-out mode. She is now approx 61cm long. She has grown 7cm in her first month. I think she will be nice and tall like her dad.






















Kitty likes to have her hair brushed. She was so chilled out by it that I managed to cut her little nails for the first time.

Country bumpkin

Our little country bumpkin wasn't too impressed with the big city. She showed some interest in the sights Manchester had to offer today for about 10 minutes and then decided that sleeping would be better. Don't blame her, dirty smelly place full of over-done idiots. Fresh egg noodles from china town were good though.

Summer babe

It has been like this all day. Fog.

Before Kitty arrived, everyone kept telling me how lucky I was to be expecting a summer baby, as I would be able to spend my maternity leave outside in the sun. Hum....rain, wind, more rain and now fog. So when is the sun coming?

Pouch baby

Kitty quite likes going out in her baby pouch to walk the dogs in the morning, but feeding the goats is proving less popular. Climbing over an electric fence with a baby and a bale of hay just isn't working for either of us. I think I'll have to come up with a different solution for this.

Bamboo baby

Grandma and grandad Pih came to see Kitty on the bank holiday. She decided to wear her trendy jeans and t-shirt that grandad picked out for her. She looks like a big girl in these.






















Since Kitty has grown so much, today I decided to give the reusable bamboo nappies we got for her a try. They seemed way too big three weeks ago, but now they fit nice and snug. They are really soft and cuddly, but once the cover is on too they are quite bulky compared to disposables. Not sure we'll be able to get many of the 0-3 month clothes over these. Her little jeans definitely won't go over!

The first one lasted about half an hour before she filled it and unfortunately it leaked at the leg. The second was slightly more successful, but she certainly let me know the minute she had filled it.

I decided to put her back in a disposable for bed time, but will resume with the bamboo ones in the morning.

Also today, the health visitor came to check Kitty over. I was very pleased when she complimented Kitty on her pretty name and said that despite the fact that she covers the whole of the Pendle area, she hasn't come across another Kitty yet.

What a porker!

This little porker has been weighed today and registered in at a staggering 11lb 4oz.
At only 22 days old, from birth that makes an average of around 1.8oz per day she is piling on!!!!!!