Special guests
Nanny and Grandad came to visit last week, and we all had a great time.
It was great having them around, they helped out so much around the house and garden, cooked us some delicious food (slow cooked lamb shank!), and were also able to help with Katie when she got a bit too much for us. They are welcome back whenever they want :)
However, Grandad was a little naughty... we are trying to get Katie into a routine and to get her used to settling down on her own. It is really hard because it would be lovely to cuddle her to sleep and when she cries it would be much easier to just to pick her up and cuddle her, but we have decided that it would be best in the long run if she can learn to settle down herself and not be reliant on cuddles from us. Sometimes her cries are really loud and sound so desperate but we are being strong and not giving in.
Grandad doesn't have the same sort of will power and loved cuddling Katie and letting her fall asleep on him (admittedly, they did look cute together). Also, as soon as Katie cried he wanted to give her a cuddle. It meant that on a number of occasions Grandad got told off (in a loving way). Poor Grandad, he can have cuddles, but as soon as she yawns, she needs to be wrapped up and laid down in her moses basket. Although it was lovely to see, we knew that if Grandad carried on spoiling Katie, it would be us that paid for it and we would have a really rough week this week trying to get her to sleep on her own.
Katie cried all day long the day after they went home!
Sorry we've not got any photos of the visit, we didn't have chance to get our camera out as Grandad had his permanantly on Katie. We think he loves her very much.
It was great having them around, they helped out so much around the house and garden, cooked us some delicious food (slow cooked lamb shank!), and were also able to help with Katie when she got a bit too much for us. They are welcome back whenever they want :)
However, Grandad was a little naughty... we are trying to get Katie into a routine and to get her used to settling down on her own. It is really hard because it would be lovely to cuddle her to sleep and when she cries it would be much easier to just to pick her up and cuddle her, but we have decided that it would be best in the long run if she can learn to settle down herself and not be reliant on cuddles from us. Sometimes her cries are really loud and sound so desperate but we are being strong and not giving in.
Grandad doesn't have the same sort of will power and loved cuddling Katie and letting her fall asleep on him (admittedly, they did look cute together). Also, as soon as Katie cried he wanted to give her a cuddle. It meant that on a number of occasions Grandad got told off (in a loving way). Poor Grandad, he can have cuddles, but as soon as she yawns, she needs to be wrapped up and laid down in her moses basket. Although it was lovely to see, we knew that if Grandad carried on spoiling Katie, it would be us that paid for it and we would have a really rough week this week trying to get her to sleep on her own.
Katie cried all day long the day after they went home!
Sorry we've not got any photos of the visit, we didn't have chance to get our camera out as Grandad had his permanantly on Katie. We think he loves her very much.
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