Now We Are Six

(days). Feels like months at least.

It's weird - not because Marnie's keeping us up all night - she's not - but more like she's been part of the family for ages. We both seem unnaturally unfazed by anything Marnie's pulled out of her short sleeves so far. Perhaps we have adjusted really fast; perhaps the delayed shock's waiting to pounce; perhaps we've had it easy so far. Whatever the reason, we're all pretty happy.

Glaikit's definately not in the same place; she's getting no peace from either us fetching and carrying, or Marnie gurning and yelling. She took up residence at the far end of the garden yesterday morning...in the rain.

On the whole, things seem reasonably OK. Marnie's being a little angel, and doing what babies do - sleep, feed and fill nappies. She can be a little madam - the first night home she cried for six hours straight - but since then as long as we pre-empt her on the feeding, she's pretty quiet. Although there's a definate feeling of a lot of calculating and figuring going on behind the silence, broken every now and then by an ripping eruption.

I've been trying to think who she reminds me of, and so far I've come up with:
for the weird rolling eyes / wavy hands schtick

certainly for a facial similarity, but also from a tactical point of view - when she doesn't want to be fed she dodges and uses her fists like a pro.

Folks, you've been very kind in welcoming Marnie, and your messages have been greatly appreciated. Amongst a range of comments from "she's lovely" to "she'll do" (no it wasn't me), several have noted cow-girl Marnie's apparent inheritance of Christine's fetish, and Christine had an expression of sympathy on the installation of her emergency catflap... And we've had our (admittedly biased) opinion that she's a beautifully baby-shaped-baby confirmed officially "Marnie is adorable! (I'm a neonatologist, so I should know.......)."

There've been one or two comments about what she's inherited from whom. Answers on a comment, please. Personally we're a bit confused about the ginger / auburn hair.

I'll finish with a parting question - Marnie usually starts hiccuping after she's fed, but just how does a baby drink out the other side of a nipple?