Bluet can spell "Bluet"

Last night, in the bath, Bluet did this all by herself

Advent Day 10

Bluet talks a lot. We can't always (usually) understand what she says. See if you can understand these pearls of wisdom

Two ends of the day

in the morning, Bluet wakes around 6.30am, which is a little too early to be honest. However, we chill out and drink her coffee, maybe she watches a little sesame street, then she eats her oatmeal. After that if we are lucky she will be in a playful mood, easily fascinated by the world around (this is the case most days). The other day she spent that time reading her favourite book, "Pat the Bunny" as you can see.

Later, when we are home from work and Bluet has eaten, it is bath time. This is fun for all the family, and Bluet loves it so much that as soon as she hears the sound of running water, as you can see in the next video. In this case, no clever camera tricks or video editing were used in the production of this vid - she really can move that fast these days.

An Experiment

Tonight we try an experiment. Usually Bluet eats around 18:30, has a bath (a description of which may be posted when we get our 5,000 visitor), listens to a story (perhaps 'that's not my tractor' - the attention span is too short for Dr Seuss). Then by 19:00 she is fast asleep in bed.

Bluet asleep in own bed. Note thumb in mouth and essential rabbit

Tonight we are going to go to a birthday party for a friend of mine at work, starting at 19:00. Our plan, such as it is, is to head down there a little early, and let Bluet go to sleep in their bedroom. Then, once we are ready to leave the party, we will try and not wake her whilst walking across the city to the uptown bus. This will fail, but hopefully she won't scream all the way home, disturbing the revellers returning from their nights out. One hope is that this interruption to her sleep will help her adjust to the loss of daylight savings time (American 'British Summer Time'), and thus she will no longer be waking up at 5.30 in the morning. A second hope is that it works brilliantly and we can employ this tactic for future parties.

A good night's sleep restores energy

How could a baby that looks like this be any trouble?

Take me home. now.

Bluet's New Friend

Every day, somewhere 'twix special play time and bath time, we take a minute for Bluet to greet her friend Teulb. The two of them are exactly the same age and seem to be totally in synch - particularly, when Teulb smiles Bluet smiles, and one time they even spat up at the same time. And yesterday, Bluet reached out to touch Teulb, and Teulb to touch Bluet - it really was quite sweet. Sadly, Teulb lives in the mirror, so the two of them are unlikely to ever really hang out. Strangely she is more interested in Teulb than any real babies she ever met. So every day it seems a good idea to let Bluet smile at Teulb, and Teulb smile at Bluet.

Then to the bath, and once all areas are cleaned and dried, Bluet gets her bedtime story. We started with 'Brown Bear Brown Bear', although I secretly think she's probably already ready for Harry Potter.

In unrelated news, Bluet appears to have discovered her thumb, and has started to suck it. It seems surprising to me as it looks too small to be satisfying, but it is very sweet. Stay tuned to this space for a photograph or two over the weekend.