Too darn hot

We've all been wilting somewhat in the current heatwave, but the determinedly cheerful Kathryn has been managing very well, despite the alarming appearance of a heat rash over most of her body. She drinks lots of water and I can keep her happy on a sweaty bus journey home by feeding her grapes, or - how cheeky is this - breast-feeding her on the top deck! To my amazement she's actually been sleeping much better of late, which I put down to a) let-up in the latent teeth activity, b) slight reduction in snot quantities [a continuous series of colds seems to be a fact of nursery life], c) feeling much more settled at nursery, or d) all of the above. After some weeks of appallingly disturbed nights I was beginning to wonder if she'd ever sleep through again, but she's evidently not lost the knack completely. Sleep deprivation has such a powerful effect that when you actually get some sleep you're joyfully grateful to be woken only at 5:45, especially if it's by a little person standing up enthusiastically in her cot and waving with excitement when mum's head appears round the door.