SNOTTY POPPY.

Its been snotty Poppy all day, poor little soul. Whether she is teething, has a cold, or both I am not sure. She certainly does not like to have her nose wiped, I have had to chase her around and practically pin her arms to her side to enable me to clean her up! Yuck! Even though she has obviously been feeling a little under the weather, that much was obvious just to look at her, she has still smiled all day like she usually does! Apart from nose wiping time that is!

I had just given Poppy her lunch which she was almost finished with when a car pulled up outside, I thought I recognised it then realised it was Chris, the health visitor, come to do the 2 weekly measurement of Poppy`s head! I don`t know how I do it, I forget she is coming every time! As it turned out it was good that Poppy was still sitting in her high chair as it kept her still to have her head measured! As she is never normally still, that was a useful side effect to have her sitting in her highchair. I will have to remember that next time - if I can remember when the health visitor is going to arrive that is!!

This afternoon we popped out to get a few things from the shops, Poppy enjoys a trip out and likes sitting in her pushchair looking around, smiling and waving at everybody! We hoped that the fresh air might help her cold too.

I was worn out when Emma arrived to pick up Poppy this afternoon as I had been looking after her earlier than usual this past couple of days and she had also been stopping a bit later because Emma had Ofsted in school and was working hard to make the visit a success, going into school early and working later as a result. We took Poppy back home to her Daddy but he does not arrive back from work until about 6.30 so the last two days have been really long ones. Emma just phoned to say that Lee has no work on tomorrow so I have the day off and can have a lie in, yay! Now don`t get me wrong I love having Poppy, I love her to bits and she is a delight to have with me, but she is all over the place and it is difficult to keep up with her! She loves to climb and will climb on anything and everything, the sofa, armchairs, the dogs, Grandma, you name it! She also thinks it is very funny to be help upside down (you can blame her Daddy for that one!) and will suddenly fling herself backwards so that you have no choice in the matter! You have to have extremely quick reflexes to catch her and as she is getting heavier all the time it is not always an easy matter to do so! Its no wonder my back aches and my shoulders are painful, little monkey!

Bless, I shall miss her tomorrow.