Tired. Adrian has been waking a lot at night for almost a week now. Maybe it’s the heat. Maybe he’s thirsty because of the heat. Maybe it’s a phase. In any case he’s woken every 2 hours. I’ve got no problem with being woken at three- or four-hour intervals, but two is hard. It seems to interrupt my sleep cycles in a bad way so I feel like a zombie every time he wakes me. The only thing I can think of is putting my head down on the pillow, so I nurse and then pat him to sleep again. It may be that he doesn’t need nursing but I’m unable to think. I sometimes even forget to check his nappy first, so I’ve had to interrupt his nursing, which he is not at all happy about.

I had my hair cut today. I’ve found a hairdresser very close to work whom I really like. While I was on leave with Adrian I went to a salon close to home. They were cheap and quick but the result was not as good. So when I started thinking it was time to get a haircut, with only a few more weeks left of my maternity leave, I decided to wait and then get it done as soon as I was back at work. I hadn’t taken into account all the piled-up tasks waiting for me there so three weeks passed before I got around to it. Now I feel all fresh and tidy again! I like having my hair really short at the back of my neck, otherwise it sort of itches and bothers me, especially now during hot summer days.