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We were just having some pudding – stewed apple & custard. Eve got to use her much treasured ‘pudding bowl’. She’s finished about half when she went quiet & stared for a moment before, “belch-vLAAAArp!”.
Again, she’s sick.
This time it was just her drink really – most of her tea stayed down. Also – she had magnificent aim – it nearly all ended up in her pudding bowl. Very little clearing up. She was a lot better yesterday. She ate quite well earlier in the day. We suspect that the blackcurrant & cranberry juice was a little harsh on a delicate stomach.

<sigh> I’m missing the broader picture really with this writing; I’m only really scribing bits of the evenings with the kids.
It would be more complete if Louise was writing what the kids are up to as well, but I would be torturing her in making her do that. She does tell me what they’re up to, but my brain is not sponging up the details at the moment. Last night she told me a bunch of stuff as we were falling asleep… Things that made me chuckle… but it’s completely the wrong time to tell me stuff I’ll remember in any detail.
Jude was awake as I left this morning – watching intently as Louise ate her breakfast. He gave me a couple of really wonderful smiles before I left.

Eve actually slept better last night. Not something we expected. She is/was teething – she has cut a lower left molar. She is still not well because of this. Orange juice is off the menu – which she will not like, as she enjoys drinking it, but it does not sit well on her stomach. She finished her tea yesterday & then brought the whole lot back up again. That was the second vomit of the evening, so we really should not have been surprised. Unpleasant to clear up, but as it was on a flat surface I found a dustpan & cloth the most effective. Despite telling Jack not to look – he did, looked worried, with bulging eyes & backed off. Hey – I thought he did well. In those circumstances I would have joined in – contributed to the mess. It’s funny – I do not have a very strong stomach at all – but when needs must, you just get on with it.
Right put me off eating the rest of my tea though… It’d gone cold by the time I sat down again.

Eve will hopefully sleep a little longer this morning, as she kept me quite awake between 4 & 5 this morning. She’s not that well – suspected teething. Fragile. At the supermarket yesterday she got upset that Jack was in the ‘Bob the Builder ride’ – it being only a one kiddie ride. Jack tried to accommodate her, but it was too tight a squeeze. She went off bawling to the checkout where Louise was packing up & promptly threw up everywhere. As I was carrying Jude, there was not a lot to be done other than prompt the blank looking checkout girl to call for a mop. Stares all around. I have to admit that the farcical nature of it all made me find it amusing. She still has the ability to puke when really upset. (Violet Elizabeth?)
Getting a lot more smiles from Jude. On Sunday he seemed to take one of those little leaps of comprehension at the world around him. He is watching more & engaging more. You sometimes have to remind yourself that he’s only 9/10 weeks old. Mind you – he’s not up for watching, or wanting to take much notice of things other than lights lines & people. It’s the people one that’s interesting. He was watching us eat breakfast most intently. If you are doing something like that he seems positively keen to observe. He quite likes a quick ‘baby chat’ as well now.

Hmmm- it’s been a week or so since I charged this emate up – just gave me a battery warning – so that seems a good excuse to stop for now. I’m sure it would carry on, but a ‘thinking impasse’ & a good excuse….