She is the most positive little thing and hardly ever cries or complains; I am sure I sound like a very self righteous mum, singing about her baby, but when you love something so much, why wouldn't you?
Ivy has lots of favourite things; her favourite food (without a doubt) are blueberries, she could demolish an entire punnet in 5 minutes! Her favourite way to spend a Friday morning is to go to Jo Jingles, a music movement session. She is the little geek of the class, shaking a marracca, patting a tambourine, clapping and waving when she is supposed to, sitting straight up, focussing her whole attention on Charlotte and Jo! Her favourite thing to do at home is make her way around the living room with a tiny piece of fabric, "cleaning" anything she can. She loves her treasure baskets and thrives on routine. She loves to dance, bopping up and down on the spot, or moving her legs like Elvis, to any music she hears. Her favourite songs are "If you're happy and you know it" and "Wind the bobbin' up". She is so sociable and has lots of friends, her best friend is a little girl called Jessica. She is still breastfed and has the most amazing appetite for solids, the only thing she won't eat is broccoli, which strangely enough was the one thing I couldn't stand when pregnant!
I could go on and on talking about my little best friend, she loves life and is never bored pottering around with such an innocent curiosity.
There is one thing you should know, as it is the reason for this blog, on the 13th of April 2014, she was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Nobody could have prepared us to hear those words, the tears were pretty instant and the unnecessary guilt quickly followed. In minutes she was swept away from us and was in the High Dependency Unit. A parents nightmare.
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