Poppy has not been well, her chest has been rather poorly, and so ofcourse has her breathing. She has been coughing a lot and sick a few times as a result, also she has not been eating very much, she always goes off her food when she is ill, so it has been my mission today to get her eating, to be honest I did not care what she ate, as long as she ate something!
Poppy arrived at just before 8am with her Mummy, still dressed in her pyjamas, she had only just woken up. She managed to eat 2 quarters of a slice of toast and a bowl of grapes so that was a good start to the day. She also drank almost a bottle of milk which I was pleased about, she needs her nourishment. We went into the garden and she enjoyed herself riding on her little bike, opening and shutting the doors to my new cold frame and looking at my newly growing seeds then shutting the doors and saying bye! She picked some pretty flowers for me and every time she put one into my hand she said "pretty flower", saw a ladybird and generally walked around the lawn with her wellies on. By 11am I could see she was getting tired, she was yawning and rubbing her eyes so I brought her indoors and sat her on my lap, putting baby tv on for her to watch until she dropped off to sleep. She slept for 2 hours, quite soundly which was good, her sleep has been broken by her coughing so it was nice to see that she was sleeping soundly for a change.
When she woke at 1.30 Jill had arrived, I made a sandwich for Poppy but she did not want to eat it so I gave her some Wotsits, a jaffa cake and a small icecream cone, at least she ate them which was a start, she did drop the remainder of her icecream cone on the floor and Barney ate it, which she was none too pleased about it, so she had another one! Grandad arrived at his usual time and after half an hour playing in the garden with her he decided to take her for a walk to feed the ducks, so off she went in her pushchair clutching a bag of bread. While they were out I made some gingerbread men in the hope that she might eat one. Lasagne for tea which I was pleased that she ate the majority of and then I gave her a ginger bread man which she said "hello" to and then bit his head off!
She was playing the `put grandad behind the gate game` when her Mummy arrived, she grabs him by the back of the legs and pushes him through the baby gate into the other room then shuts the gate and will not let him back in until she decides he is allowed!! Barney also has to go through the gate and gets pushed in behind her grandad. She then says "bye" to them both and walks away before returning to play the whole game over again!
Em was pleased to be told that Poppy has eaten a bit better today and was relieved to see that she is hopefully on the mend.
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