I have been using my own home brewed baby wipe solution combined with cut up pieces of muslin. This has been great although limited to use at home. So I wondered if there was a kit out there that could be used at home and out and about.To this end we have invested in a …
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Tired!!
Back home after dropping Jake off at school. Last night was okay. The usual three feeds. One at 12am, one at 3am and one at 5am. Jake decided to wake at 6am this morning which was less than ideal. He got dressed(well I dressed him) but he still earned his star. After breakfast he had …
2 weeks old
It has been great spending time with the new addition to the family. Today we took a trip to Bluewater. Mia was a delight and slept the whole way and all the time we were then and all the way back home! This evening she has been a little restless with a bubbly tummy. I …
1 week old
Baby Mia is now officially one week old. She has been feeding well and sleeping like a dream. Her cord stump came off a few days ago an has been bleeding slightly. The midwife advised washing with cool boiled water which I must do tomorrow during her nappy change.
Mia 6 days old
I have to say, Mia is an absolute PERFECT baby. She feeds until full then sleeps. She does not need to be rocked or cajoled into the latter. She simply drifts off. A few minutes ago I was holding her and she was looking at me. Suddenly she gave me a big smile. Okay, I …
Jake meets Mia – 1 day old
Jake met Mia yesterday for the first time! He was so excited and immediately climbed onto the bed to give her a big cuddle. He then very gently stroked her head and gave her a little kiss on top of her head. It was the sweetest thing to watch.Later Mia had her first bath and …
It is time
Amy started contractions at around 10pm while being monitored at the hospital. We had gone in to talk about inducing but the friendly mid-wives set about getting her ready for inducing. Had to wait an age before a less than sympathetic consultant told us off for suggesting that the hospital had got the dates wrong(they …
Back at the hospital, 12 days overdue
Back again to have baby monitored. We arrived at 12pm at had to wait an hour before the whole monitoring farce began. First the sensor would not work properly and kept cutting out, then the paper got jammed in the machine. The sensor that was supposed to be monitoring the uterus simply wasn’t working. The …
11 days overdue
We took a trip to the hospital yesterday to have baby monitored. Halfway through said monitoring process Amy actually started to have contractions every 3-5 minutes apart. After the monitoring had finished the midwife came in and looked at Amy’s face. She then said “I can see that your labour has started”.
5 days overdue
5 days overdue and counting. Not much in the way of twinges last night. Something has to give now. Amy is huge! Thankfully we have not had any snow for a couple of days. The roads are nicely gritted. Also Sally and Roy have decided to make the most of the good weather and come …