A good start...

Well Jasmine's 1st day with the childminder seemed to go without any major hiccups. She was dropped off at 8am in a flurry of snow, and was soon in Lisa's arms. A call at lunchtime confirmed everything was ok, that she's had a 45 minute nap in the morning and had just polished off her lunch.

I left work earlier than usual under the threat of being snowed out and arrived at the childminders just before 5pm. Jasmine still hadn't had her dinner (we're used to feeding her at 4pm), but despite this she appeared in a great mood. Babbling away and generally being very nosy at all the comings and goings, with all the other parents collecting their little monkeys.

Her skin looked great, much better than any of the times I had collected her from nursery There was little to no redness to her cheeks, and although it was still apparent where the rougher patches were, her skin looked relatively beautiful.

Hopefully this is a sign of things to come. Maybe nursery wasn't as attentive as a single childminder, who knows? It's early days, but we remain optimistic!

New starts

It was Jasmine's last day at nursery yesterday. She obviously wasn't aware, but it was sad to see her scramble across the floor for the last time. Her crawling ability has come on leaps and bounds and I believe it has done wonders for her confidence, allowing her independence to shine through. Despite our suspicions of whether or not the nursery adhered to Jasmine's dietary regime as strictly as we did it has been an invaluable experience for her and we were reluctant to take that from her.

Jasmine starts afresh with a child minder come Monday and went for a 'taster' session this morning. It appears she got on ok, eating most of her lunch and even gracing everyone with an hour nap!! ;) ...no flare-ups, no screaming fits, it's all very positive, but then it has only been half a day.

We plan to continue making up her meals at home and the minder generously agreed to reduce her costs in light of this. I am hoping that this, combined with the minder's intention to get more fresh air and increased attention for creaming will allow Jasmine's skin to improve. I think we could count Jasmine's trip's outside of the nursery on 1 hand since she started at 6 months, some 5 months ago! ...now that's a lot of time to stay cooped up in one room.

Her skins seems to have remained stable ever since her face swelled up like a balloon. Excuse the slightly blurry pic, we've not been too happy with our camera for a while. We'll get a decent one sooner or later. ...probably later ;) Hopefully her skin will continue to improve!