Heidi has had a busy last week or so, travelling about to see various people and things.

On Wednesday 23 July we went to the doctors so she could have the first of her innoculations. Fred had his first ones as well but I decided to take the day off to come along, and to be able to help Rachel out if Heidi became upset or unwell afterwards.

She was very alert beforehand, laughing and smiling and again this was reminiscent of Fred in Bristol. Neither of them had a clue as to what was coming next, and we were instrumental in getting them into a situation where they would shout and holler.

Once inside the surgery we waited about twenty minutes before they called out Heidi’s name and we trooped in. Out came the pre-packed syringes and it was checked by the nurse. I think she needed specs, as she spent a while squinting to look for the label. I later guessed she was actually trying to read the batch number which was printed on the container, but which was in very small print.

Left thigh was exposed in went the needle quite deep, with a jabbing motion. It took a second before her smile left her face and she went in to a roof-rattling bawl. Then the right thigh was done, and within five minutes she was feeling sorry for herself but nodding off again.

A bit of Calpol later kept her from grumbling and she actually slept most of the time. She did not really want much to eat so we let her rest for the remainder of the day.

She has forgotten that now and today is very smiley and is now using her hands more to hold on to things, and to purposely move her legs about. I can see some early practicing for rolling over.

It has been very hot again today and when we pick her up she can feel quite warm. She wears re-usables which might may her feel hot, but she still seems happy with then. The occasional disposable comes out of R is heading up to Chagford overnight, as it saves lugging the bucket up there too with an already full car.

We would have loved to put her out in the garden but the weather has either been roasting or too cold. Hopefully she will be able to play out there for a bit, but slavered in sun cream. In the evenings it gets cold and we try to get her to bed early otherwise she tends to be distracted by the television or us talking.

Not sure what weight she is but she has outgrown her pram insert, which is like a carry cot. The Moses basket is getting near breaking point when she goes upstairs too, so we will have to purchase a new cot for her. The old was just that, so we shall use the various vouchers we have left that people kindly gave us to buy her a nice new cot. The old mattress has only been used once so that will come back into use.

We have been stockpiling Farleys formula milk recently, as I may have mentioned. It is currently £4.59 whereas SMA Gold and the others are about £7.50 to £8.00 a tub. She seems happy with it, but they are renaming the product to “Heinz “Nurture” which has meant it is getting harder to source locally. However the new Nurture product has nearly double in price to £8.00, so whenever we go to Lidls we clear their shelves.