Wot no sleep?

Jessicat is still waking up around midnight and being difficult to settle back down. As a result of this, Dave and I are feeling pretty tired at the moment. Still, we are looking forward to Dot and Brian visiting, and hope they will be pleasantly surprised by how well Jess is doing (minus the erratic sleeping patterns).

We have been discovering couple of children's classics this week:

Goodnight, Gorilla - Peggy Rathmann. This book has made me realise that it's actually harder to read books that have very little text, as the onus is on me to provide the narrative and explain the illustrations to Jess in a way that she understands. Thankfully, the pictures in this book do lend themselves to lots of talking, repetition and animal noises - 3 things that Jessicat loves! And she does laugh at the page where I have to say "good night" in lots of different voices.

Goodnight, Moon - Margaret Wise Brown. Lovely rhymes make this book a joy to read aloud, though the pictures are very small for Jessicat to comprehend. One very tiny quibble - that balloon is not red, it is orange! I think it's important to get colours right when babies are taking everything in.