How to walk down the stairs without making a sound.....

Starting from the landing, quietly but gently place your left foot on step 1 as close to the wall as possible. Place one hand on the  handrail and rest your free hand on the wall so to take the majority of your weight. In one swift, controlled move, place your right foot on step 4 (or 5 if you can manage it without breaking your leg).... all whilst holding your breath and repeatedly chanting 'please don't hear me please don't hear me' in your head!

Needless to say, G isn't sleeping too well still. It took her around 2/3 weeks to get over her multiple infections, and whilst we enjoyed 5 days of good health we did only manage two nights of sleep.As always, it was too good to last and she is full of cold now! 

G usually goes to bed pretty well, but when poorly she prefers me to 'sit by door' while she nods off. Her head bobs up every 2-3 minutes to check that I'm still keeping guard, but there comes a point when the breathing deepens and it's safe to start making a descent. That's the hard part. She seems to be able to hear a pin drop from a mile off, so my size 8's stomping down the stairs aren't easy to disguise!

'SPEAKING!!'

G is hilarious at the moment, I could just sit and listen to her all day. Her mannerisms and sayings are a mixture of mummy & daddy, with a few other key influences thrown in for good measure. 

'Hello.....speaking' she says assertively when answering her peppa pig phone, (with obligatory hand on hip).

'Ninne go wee wee' she orders Winston as he's shoved out of the back door.

'Bean time, fruit bar time, tuna time, egg time, home time' literally anything that she is remotely exciting about has the word time at the end! 

'Chocolate cake please, thank you' how is our child so incredibly polite?

'Daddy get off' she giggles as he tickles her relentlessly. I'm pretty sure he uses a few more expletives when we try and tickle him! 

'Mummy come back soon' she says sadly as I drop her off to the childminders, full of cold, having only woken 20 mins previously. Heart melts. Heart brakes. Hate being a working mummy sometimes.

How does our 21 month old have such a good memory? Such a wide range of vocabulary? Such a run of ill health the minute winter comes a knocking. Thankfully we have a whole host of people who regularly keep G in their prayers.

What's next for us?

•We have a gastro appointment on Tuesday, along with an appointment with the allergist/dietician. On my 'hot topics' list are:

-G's recent eczema outbreak

-G's awful bowels (still, 19 months after her 1st intolerance was discovered)

-Alternative milk options. Oat and soya are a definite no no, as were almond hazelnut and other varieties of nut. Nasty neocate formula forever?! 

•Tomorrow is designated decoration day. Given that she gave the asda Christmas display tree a thumbs down (infact it was a 'no like it'), I'm not sure how she'll take the Christmas make-over that we have planned for the lounge tomorrow. 

• 'Church time' in the morning. Yet another opportunity for me to chase her up the aisle and surgically remove her from the electrical items! That aside, a reminder of how amazing, how loved, and how miraculous she is.

Oooooo and I finally did it, after over a year of battling, we've finally got an Ear Nose and Throat referral. Don't mess with a mummy on a mission. She WILL win!