Monday 6th October 2008 - I slept really well last night and only woke up at 6am because my nurse thought that would be a good time to weigh and dress me. My weight was a very healthy and impressive 10lb 11oz which is the biggest I've ever been! I wasn't too impressed at being woken at such an early hour though (a princess needs her sleep!) so fell straight back to sleep again and didn't wake up till daddy came to see me.
Daddy didn't look his normal self today and didn't pick me up for a cuddle or give me a kiss like he usually does. I kept looking at him while he held my hand and smiled lots while he played with me and thought he'd cuddle me soon. Then he opened a bag and pulled out some of my toys from home! I was so pleased because I haven't seen them for a very long time. I got all excited and soon forgot about daddy not giving me a kiss or cuddling me.
While I was playing with my toys daddy was talking to my nurse and I heard him say that he didn't feel very well as he has a cold and didn't want to give it to me and that's why he wasn't kissing or cuddling me. I don't know what a cold is but I don't think I want it so I'll just hold daddy's hand till he feels better I think...
Daddy stayed with me for a little while and we played with all my toys and I laughed a little bit. I missed not having a cuddle with daddy and got tired and went to sleep. When I woke up later, daddy was there and he said I could have some cottage pie! I was really pleased because I was feeling a little hungry. Daddy picked me up and we had a little cuddle (but no kisses) and then he put me in my chair. I ate nearly half of my jar of cottage pie and really enjoyed it. But then my tummy started hurting and I was sick a lot all over my clothes. My nurse said that daddy should not feed me any milk or give me any more food today as I couldn't tolerate it just yet and maybe we were going a bit too fast.
After I'd been changed I fell asleep again and slept for quite a long time. Daddy came back to see me when it was nearly dark and spoke to my nurse. He seemed pleased when my nurse said that the salty medicine was being stopped but was puzzled when the nurse said I was back on Domperidome. He explained that I used to have that medicine but tests had shown I didn't need it anymore. My nurse said that because I was being sick again I needed it so I'm not sure if I'll have it for long or not. Daddy said we'll see how it goes.
My nurse was cuddling me when daddy was talking to my other nurse and when I saw him I got upset because I wanted a daddy cuddle. Daddy said he'd been talking to mummy and he had told her he was ill (about 658 times apparently...) and mummy said that it was highly unlikely I wouldn't get daddy's cold so if I wanted a cuddle I should get one! So daddy took me from my nurse and we had a long cuddle which made up for missing out earlier. Then daddy put me in my chair again and gave me 3 spoonfuls of chocolate pudding before we watched In the Night Garden together. I wasn't sick this time so daddy was pleased!
After In the Night garden had finished I started feeling very tired so daddy laid me in my cot and sang to me for a little while. But I knew what he was doing and, as soon as he stopped and went to wash his hands, I cried lots until he came back and stroked my hair and held my hand again. He sang a little bit more to me and then left even though I cried.
Daddy said he'll come and see me again later tonight so I'm going to have some sleep because I'm still very tired.
