Here she is at last!

My best creation to date has got to be our lovely daughter, Nimue Rose, born just short of a week past her due date. We think she's gorgeous (well I should hope her daddy does as she's the spitting image of me!) and we're very much in love with the (not so) little miss (she has her daddy's Dutch genes so she was a fairly big baby).

I can't believe she's already nearly a month old, I have no idea where those first few weeks went!

Do you remember my last post and this year's resolution? boy, has that been challenged already! The birth didn't quite go to plan and I've had a lot of regrets and guilt about it even though it was entirely out of my control. Breastfeeding didn't quite go to plan either when our darling daughter obstinately refused, despite our best efforts, to cooperate and I had to make the very difficult decision to stop fighting her and put her on formula. I wasn't quite prepared for the disappointment and the huge amount of guilt I would feel as a result. Rationally, I know it was the right decision to make but on an emotional level, it's a very hard one to process and accept. And I have an inkling this is only the start of the difficult decisions we'll have to make along the way...

Of course, every difficult decision is offset by a gazillion beautiful and precious moments! Every little smile and happy gurgle make my world a happier place :-)