Staying over at Nana's

20 weeks old


Sienna has stayed over at Nana's a couple of nights now and it is a lovely break for Dan and I. Not that Sienna wakes in the night anyway but it's just nice to relax and not worry about waking up too early in the morning. The silly thing is though, when she stays with Nana, rather than Dan and I get a nice lie in we end up going out, getting drunk and waking up with the worst hangovers ever! This time was even worse because the next day happened
to be Father's Day and I was no way in a fit state to give Dan the nice father days I had planned..... whoops!! Luckily he forgave me but I should make it up next year.





I took Sienna strawberry picking and she loved having a little taste too!


Daddy taking Sienna out in the baby carrier. She loved looking about and got a lot of attention, especially from little old ladies!

Holiday in Cyrpus

18 weeks old (4.5 months)


Mum, Sienna and I headed off to Cyprus on our first holiday! I was a little worried about how Sienna would be on the plane so I dosed her up on Calpol and hoped for the best.... the flight was easy peasy, she pretty much slept the entire way. The airport on the other hand was a nightmare.... I didn't realise how much longer things take when you have a baby and buggy in tow. We almost missed our flight but luckily we just caught it.

Once we arrived Sienna was great in the heat. It was about 30 degrees, so not too bad but she took to it fine. She slept a lot more during the day but was happy to do that on a blanket under an umbrella by the pool whilst mum and I topped up our tans!!

We took her swimming every day. To begin with she cried a bit but on the second day she was loving it and happy to have her little dip. I think it cooled her down too. I did also dunk her too (ahhh), apparently babies are born with a reflex that blocks their airways when put under water.

I was really nervous beforehand but I couldn't believe how little fuss she made. I only held her under for a second but she came up, scrunched her eyes and then spat the water out! Not a cry in sight. AMAZING!!


She was a great little sleeper whilst we were away. Her bed time was a little later than at home as we took her out for dinner in her pushchair each night. She was happy just looking around rather than sleeping, so she was nodding off about 10pm. She didn't wake up in the night though and nor did she sleep in later in the morning, gutted! I was a bit worried that she wouldn't fall back into her usual routine once we got back but the first night home she was back to normal!