Sorry I'm posting so little at present.  I seem to be drowning under a combination of book shop (long commute and a lot of hard work), folk festival, (which will at least be over in six weeks) and occasional granny stuff.

The plus point of being a granny is that I seem to have acquired the super-power of 'stop baby from crying'.  I get the occasional text/phone call of 'help, she's been crying for three hours', go along, pick her up, pop her in the baby sling, start walking and she drops off to sleep immediately.

What I want to know, is why didn't this super-power work when I was a parent?

I suspect it mostly comes from being fresh to the case and not frazzled from lack of sleep and not having back ache from already carrying her around for several hours.

Whatever the reason, it's good to be able to help Oswin's parents and it's handy that I live close enough to be able to get there easily.

Meanwhile, for those who wanted the latest pic - here's a short video of Oswin feeding.  She wasn't strong enough to suck from the breast when she was born, but Carrie has been expressing breast milk, so a lot of what Oswin is drinking is breast milk even though it's in a bottle.