Happy Easter!!

Ruby's first Easter entailed a trip to Kingscliff - of course - and a visit to see Grandma Sheila and Great Grandma Alice and lots of quality time with Daddy. Ruby didn't get any chocolate (if she did, Daddy ate it) but she did get a new outfit, a dancing chicken, a pink bunny and a Sherrin Footy money box (from uncle Simon and Aunty Taryn).

Ruby's latest trick:

She is sleeping through the night and has been for the last 2 weeks - that's right, the last 2 WEEKS!!!! Most mornings Mummy is having to wake her up so that she isn't going longer than 12 hours without food.

We have been doing the same routine at bed time for a while now and most of the time Ruby seems to enjoy it.

1. Bath

2. Massage

3. Dress for bed

4. Feed

5. Sleep

This week Daddy has been giving Ruby her last feed from the bottle (this is milk Mummy has to express early in the morning as her boobs look like they are going to explode). Ruby wasn't very impressed to begin with but is slowly getting used to it.

Ruby also has this new thumb sucking technique that started about the same time she started sleeping through the night. Basically, she sucks one thumb while the other hand gropes her hair. She looks like she is making out with herself. The only way Mummy is able to wake Ruby up in the morning is to take her thumb out of her mouth.

The only draw back to this great sleeping is that Ruby has decreased her weight gain. She has only put on 350 grams in 3 weeks and now weighs 5350 grams/ 11 pound 13 ounces. Which means she is constantly feeding during the day to make up for it.

Developing, developing...

Due to computer issues we missed a week of Ruby, here's an update:

Ruby now measures:

Weight: 4.950 grams/10 pound 15 ounces

Length: 58cm (that's 10cm in 8 weeks)

Head circ: 38 cm

Ruby is loosing her hair and has bald patches around her little noggin. Mummy has been counting the strands on the back of her pj's in despair every morning. Ruby started opening and closing her hands a fortnight ago and loves having new things touching her palms. Her sleeping pattern is great - she is now sleeping 5 - 6 hours in the first part of the night and then 3 - 4 hourly stints after that - Mummy is starting to look a bit more human.

She is recognising people and their voices and gets away with murder with her cute smiles - even at 1am. Ruby is still struggling with the day time sleeps and will go off no trouble at all if she is moving in her Jeep or in the car but put her in the cot and she will just cry until you come and get her - this is when you see the smiles. We have borrowed a vibrating bouncer which will calm her and help her get off to sleep majority of the time.

Ruby has also started drooling, initially we thought this was due to the vibrating bouncer but she does it all the time. It was just a coincidence that she started it when she was sitting in the bouncer. She has also started putting her fists in her mouth (mostly her left one) - apparently this is a motor skill???

Yesterday, Mummy and Daddy took Ruby for her first injections. She's tough like her father and cried more when the nurse had to remove the band aide, then when the needles where going in. She was a bit irritable in the afternoon but nothing a nice warm bath couldn't fix.

Ruby has been very strong ever since she was born and has been lifting her head from day one. Lately, when Mummy pulls Ruby up to a sitting position (by her hands) her little legs straighten and the next thing you know she will be standing there looking at you face to face. This is very cute and also quite scary when she gets the wobbles.

Here are some cute photos from the last fortnight:That's the cute smile I mentioned.

Playing rough with Grandpa and the caravan.

Family photo 'Andy Warhol' style - taken at the Gallery of Modern Art