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She successfully crawled this morning :)

Subsequent attempts have been about 50% successful.

Watch out world....

Aliza's been sniffly the past few days. Now my throat is tickling. *sneeze*

This morning I went to the doctor's surgery to drop off my prescription repeat form. I miscounted the number of pills i had left, and on Saturday I realised I only had enough to last through Tuesday night. My surgery has a 72 hour turnaround for repeats (I think this is ridiculous; my old surgery was 48hrs and that was bad enough). So I asked if I could have my prescription Wednesday. I was very apologetic and polite, but she still said I'd have to call Wednesday morning and see if it was ready. Pah.

I went to an NCT get-together today for the first time in ages. They've been moved to Mondays and my organisational skills are minimal on Mondays. Aliza had fun playing with someone else's toys.

We discussed feeding, and it seems that although Aliza started last, and is still probably having the fewest regular meals (some of the others seem to be on 3 + snacks) she's had the biggest variety of food of the kids there. (I gave up on the allergy rules early on. I live dangerously.)

Speaking of food, her appetite's gone up: tonight she ate a whole weetabix with milk and 1/3 banana. She just kept opening her mouth for more. (yes I gave my kid cereal for dinner. I didn't cook tonight. Besides, not as if she cares...)

Also, the show Bringing Up Baby came up; someone said that the '70s continuum concept woman made her think of me (mainly because of the sling, I think!) As it happens, although I am AP I don't particularly rate the Continuum Concept. It's not a great book and has some major flaws. On top of that, I think it's overwhelming to new mothers to say you have to be with your baby 24/7. I'm all for emphasising closeness and contact, but for me it's about making it fit your and your baby's temperaments. I actually dislike it when all AP gets lumped in with CC-type things, because Dr Sears et al aren't that militant at all--one of the things that's emphasised in his books is the need to follow your instincts and maintain a balance. Sure, co-sleeping is great for breastfeeding and it works perfectly for some people--but if you and baby aren't actually sleeping well, then it defeats the purpose!