Hard to hold her to feed her, she struggles but I know she's hungry, she takes at least 30-90 minutes to settle for sleep. She can just be loud and yell a lot. And then the blisters started appearing. I thought, oh some blocked duct pimples. Some more, hmm insect bites? No that doesn't look right, definitely blisters. Chickenpox. Has to be that. New years, well she's doing ok I'll take her to the doctor after new years. And doc said, yeah probably chickenpox. So pr1cked open 2 blisters with a sterile needle to swab, Ellie was excellent, didn't even flinch or make a peep. Just watched. So we just have to wait. She's been really good today, woke at 7.30 rather than 6 (mummy was SO HAPPY) and didn't want brekky after bottle but that's ok, she had a good nap, about 45 mins. Then play, bottle, lunch, yogurt, play, some fruit juice iceblock, and then nap for almost 1.5 hours, more play, a jar of fruit gel, play, some dinner, bath, milk, bed, took her 1.5 hours to fall asleep but I let her lie quietly for about 30 mins before really settling her for bed. And the whole time she was in bed never cried out. Just sat there oohing and aahing and blowing raspberries. Excellent day.

ETA: apparently pr1ck is a bad word, but that is exactly the word I need.