Just a fluke ?

Molly was four weeks old yesterday and managed to sleep through the night for the first time last night. Obviously, while she slept 'the sleep of the just' we slept 'the sleep of the I'll just check if she is still breathing' spending the whole night dozing fitfully constantly wondering whether she was just about to wake up. Now we shall have to see if that was a one-off or whether it truly is the shape of things to come.

It's funny, you spend the first few years trying to get them not to wake up at night and just when you think you have sorted that out, they become teenagers and suddenly do not sleep at night again and want to sleep all day.

We were very glad that we kept Molly in our room last night. Helen's mum was keen to have her sleep in her room. Just imagine how bad it would have been if Molly had slept through for the first time on her first night with Diane, allowing her to tell us in the morning how superior her babycare skills were. Erm...not that we are competitive in that sphere of course !

Molly came to the Chiltern Shakespeare auditions for The Tempest last night and was cooed over by the assembled masses. She slept through the whole process, apart from one brief moment, when she heckled my attempt to read for Caliban. Emily read for Miranda and did very well, although I do confess to being a little biased.

I am looking forward to another possible fluke this evening - Norwich City beating Reading away from home. Well, if I can't sleep, at least I can dream, eh ?