Yesterday after 10 days of no poo, Jake decided to let rip. What a relief it was for both parents and for the bairn! Within seconds his little face looked relaxed and contented. It was so good to see it after all the days of red faced straining and pained expressions :-(. Jake ironically had …
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Cool postcards
Our postcards arrived today from Photobox. I expected them to be just prints made with special paper with the space for a stamp and address on the back. They are actually properly printed just like pictures in a magazine or paper. I’m sure that there is a technical name for this type of printing but …
Constipation
Our health visitor came by today and said that little Jake was suffering from constipation. This accounts for his restlessness and bouts of crying. I was beginning to get a little anxious because he has not pooed for several days. We made an appointment with the doctor in Hilly Fields and she diagnosed the same …
Almost three weeks
I thought we had turned a corner. On Friday Jake was sleeping around 4 hours in the night. This meant that we had just two feeds to give him. However, on Sunday night he started to feed every 2 hours again. This is probably a growth spurt but it coincided with an increase in crying …
Two weeks on…
Jake is now two weeks old today. It has been and still is incredibly exhausting, especially for Amy. Jake seems to breast feed for hours, but is still hungry an hour later. We have realised that he tends to feed for a short while then falls asleep on the boob. When asleep he continues to …
Baby Jake is here
Baby Jake is now 1 week and 1 day old. He was born on 16th March 2006 at 8.58am precisely. He really is a joy to behold and we are really thankful that after a long labour and subsequent complications he is a beautiful healthy bairn. The learning curve over the past week has been …
background extraction
I have been trying to do this successfully for a while but my endeavours have never looked quite right. Leafing through the March 2006 issue of Photography Monthly I found out that there is a filter in Photoshop that will do the job for you. What is ‘the job’ you may ask? This is where …
6 days to ‘B’ day
Only six more days to the ‘official’ launch of the Swiss Family Bodlington. Both of us are extremely anxious now. Every time Ames gets a twinge or slight discomfort I am thinking ‘here we go’. The chances are that he will be born after the 6th. I have formed this opinion through a quick survey …
Down with the Sickness 2
Further to my entry last year Amy has come down with a particularly vicious cold. I feel bad for her as not only is she struggling to sleep with all the pains and twinges due to the pregnanct but she also has a blocked nose and sore throat 🙁 This is made event worse by …
Yoga
Yesterday Amy had her first Yoga session. The intent is to learn relaxation and breathing techniques in preparation for the birth. The idea is that by focussing on the breathing, attention is diverted away from the contraction pain. The place was a bit of a nightmare to find and in a less than salubrious(to my …