swim

Today I

• had vegemite and tomato toast and cranberry juice for breakfast
• managed to sleep till abuot 5.15am, somewhat of a record lately
• hate the resurgence in live moths I'm seeing
• love when we don't have a fraught work morning

So yesterday I took Bella swimming for the first time ever. I was pleasantly surprised, she wasn't afraid (well provided she had a good grip on me she wasn't). We'll be doing that again, and now I've got to go and investigate proper swimming lessons, because I have no idea what I'm doing. All in all, swimming was a big success as an activity. I've got to say though, there's nothing like seeing your toddler walking in a swimming cossie on a wet pool deck, for highlighting things like the fact that she's still really not strong in her legs at all, and her balance is fairly atrocious. When she's got trousers on you can't notice it so much, but yesterday it was perfectly obvious to me. They did tell us when Bella was diagnosed that it might take 6 months to a year for her to recover fully, but at this stage I'm not sure I believe that.

Other news, well we had our anomaly scan for Kosciusko on Friday and all went well. The little tacker is measuring spot on for dates, and everything looks normal. I almost cried when the sonographer looked in the head and saw what she was supposed to see. So it's onwards and upwards from here, and bring on July I say.

Insomnia is currently kicking my arse. On Saturday night I didn't get to sleep till after 2, and then had broken sleep until about 5. I'm not managing to sleep past 5.30am any day (and 5.30 would be a good day for me at the moment). People who say to get as much rest as you can before the baby is born can go bite me. I am so constantly tired that I've been angry since October. I don't like this angry self, but my tether is so short right now. I'm guessing that wont really change when I'm up several times a night breastfeeding will it? Hmm, probably not.

Unrelated news, my friend that lost the baby in December is pregnant again. Please send all hopes and prayers her way. The results of the post mortem on her little boy were not great, so she's got a scary time ahead of her waiting to see if this baby is also affected.

In crafty news, I am almost finished knitting my current shawl. The colour of the yarn totally overshadows the lovely lace pattern, but I don't care. I will be most happy to finish it, and I've discovered that nupps don't suck as much as I thought they would. I've also managed to score a ticket to a talk with Meg Swansen. I don't expect any non-knitters to get how exciting that is for me but it is.

Comments

[Liss]

Oh I can imagine how worried you were seeing her and realising you're not as far along the journey as you'd hoped/believed :(

Oh so happy your friend is up the duff again.. that's wonderful news and little K's being a good grower - hoorah. Sorry to hear you're so tired though, hopefully warmer weather on the way will be helpful to you... xx

BTW: I have tagged you in the seven things challenge :P

http://frillsinthehills.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-seven.html

[EmilyH]

Maybe once the swimming lessons start they will help?
I have this theory (ahem) that Bella will be more confident in the water (once she starts to learn) as she didn't learn before the illness, so she wont have lost confidence in the water, and as the sense of balance is different, she will feel different and happier.
I hope that makes sense, I have a head cold and it is in the way of some though processes - such as the communication of ideas!

[ginchy]

I'll do the seven thing soon Liss.

I think you're right Emily, I think the fact that she had no water confidence to lose means she hasn't lost it!