Phew!

It's been a busy few days! It's quite bizarre how one tiny person can be a 24 hour job for two people but we are fast finding out that they can. Things got a bit rough on Monday night with Daisy deciding that she didn't want to feed on the right side and she didn't want to sleep in her Moses basket. In fact, all she wanted to do was scream. Waaaa! I think Andy walked a groove in the floor taking her round the house in the early hours. I called the midwives in the morning and they were with us within a couple of hours which was fantastic.

Daisy is a bit jaundiced and compounded with the feeding problems she was continually hungry. She still won't feed the normal way on the right but she will go on in 'the rugby ball' position. What a good little kiwi! We are making her eat more which will hopefully get rid of the jaundice and it also means the screaming has stopped (for now, anyway) and we managed to get some sleep last night. When we were in the hospital a few staff used the word 'fiesty' when checking Daisy out and yesterday the midwife upgraded that to 'obstinate'. It would seem that she has more of me in her than her appearance suggests....

Today has been a much better day. She is still being a bit tricksy about feeding but I feel like we have a few options in dealing with it which is a big relief. It's certainly hard work and I didn't quite realise the extent to which she would take up our every minute but she is so adorable that we don't mind at all. Although I might change my tune if we have another bad night tonight!

Andy has just been down to the town hall and registered her birth so she is now officially Daisy Clementine Ellis. How exciting!

Bx