Went to a Postnatal Group this afternoon at the clinic where I usually get Olivia weighed.. An NHS letter came in the post from the Heath Vistitor inviting us book a place as spaces were limited. This all made it seem like it might actually be worth going to but the first session was a bit disappointing. It ended up just being a discussion thing with a load of mums in a room nattering about babies. No offence to those there, all of whom seemed nice and a few of whom I knew from our antenatal classes, but I have my own friends to sit around and natter with. I thought it would be more along the lines of the antenatal classes where we were actually taught stuff. The Health Visitor did ask us about what we wanted to achieve in the next 3 meetings and people asked for information on establishing sleep routines and weening so maybe the future sessions might be more interesting. Next week, however, there is someone coming along to do a session on baby massage and as I am doing a whole course on that I don't think we will bother. I did have an opportunity to get Olivia weighed though, as we missed clinic yesterday as we were coming back from Lincolnshire. She has had another big gain this week and put on 13oz over the 8 days to get up to 11lbs 5oz. She is still following the 50th centile though so remains terribly average :)
She's not average...she's smart!
ReplyDeleteShe knows that if she moves up the ranks...people may start expecting too much of her. She's just learned to sneak in just under the radar!
:)