The lamb is ten weeks old today. It seems like we have always had little Jakey as part of our family. He was a little sweetie tonight. I offered to give Ames the night off so she could have a relaxing evening. When I got home I bathed him. He enjoyed it up to the …
Monthly Archives: May 2006
Batting and grasping
The weather over the weekend was absolutely appalling. We took Jakey shopping at Sainburg’s and we made the schoolboy error of forgetting the umbrella. I stayed in the car looking after Jake while Ames did the business. It was really tipping it down so there really wasn’t an option of taking Jakey out of the …
Jabs
Jake is nice and healthy according to the doctor so that’s a relief. He was a very good boy yesterday and went to bed after his feed at 7pm. What a little pet! Today Amy took him for his first lot of jabs which included diptheria, polio and meningitus to name a few. Amy said …
Poor Lamb
I have spent two days off work with a stinking cold. Poor Jake is fairing no better and has a hacking cough and a slight wheeze. Last night we decided to take him to the hospital because we were worried about his chest which seemed a little rattly. Jake was given a pre-evaluation pretty quickly …
Two months tomorrow
It’s another Monday morning and rather grey outside. Jake is suffering with a cold and so is his Daddy, although shamefully I must say that he seems to be coping better then I am. The poor little mite keeps waking in the night coughing and spluttering. Notwithstanding his cold, last night, for the first time, …
Big sleep
It was bliss to have the day off yesterday. It does make a difference to have a long weekend. I went with Amy to the drop-in clinic to have Jake weighed. He is piling on the pounds and is now 9 pounds 11 which is just above the weight his should be on his weight …
Seven weeks
Jake is now seven weeks old. I have to say that the last couple of days have been very difficult. Jake has been uncomfortable and crying inconsolably a lot of the time. In addition he has been feeding twice as much as previously. This has led us to believe that the little mite is going …