The busy life of a baby

It's amazing isn't it? I just can't believe how time consuming a small baby is and the main reason that I've not had a chance to update you on his progress.

Thomas and I wake up at about 9am and by the time he's had something to eat, spent an hour on his playmat while his mummy washes up all the overnight bottles and tidies upstairs, it's 11.30. Then while he has a short nap, his mummy leaps onto the treadmill for half and hour to try and get her figure back. Then more playing with mummy before he has some more food and then a longer nap when his mummy finally gets a couple of hours off to do the washing, check the emails or pop to the shop to get dinner.

Before I know it's 4pm and time for more playing, bathing, feeding and finally sleeping at around 7pm. Phew!!

And another thing, why does it take so long to wind a baby?? I must spend between 2 and 3 hours a day in search of wind from Thomas' tummy. Sometimes, it's just impossible and I give up only to lay him down and for him to scream two minutes later from the discomfort so we have to start all over again.

Thankfully, I love spending time with Thomas so I don't really care that he takes up most of my day especially when he looks at me and gives me a big beaming smile. I only wish that I didn't have to do the washing, clean the bottles, etc. because then I could spend a few minutes longer entertaining him.

Since my last post, we've been out and about visiting family in Brighton and Wales as well as enjoying a night away in a B&B in Whitstable (here's Thomas with his daddy walking along the seafront).

We've also had another new addition to the family as a cousin has just had a little baby girl called Bethany and Thomas has already been down to Peacehaven to meet her (here's Mark with his new daughter Bethany).

I'll try not to leave it so long before the next post.....

Settling down again

Well life is beginning to settle down again since Thomas came home again two weeks ago. He was a little grumpy the first week but I guess that's not surprising when you've had a hole drilled through your head. This week, he's been so much happier and is enjoying playing on his playmat and going out in his pram for walks. We've been slowly catching up with friends and family and Thomas has already had lots of visitors this week!!

He's pretty much fallen into a good routine that includes sleeping from 7pm to 9am, waking just for feeding so mummy manages to get enough sleep too. Obviously there is the occasional blip but I guess that's what life is all about eh?

We've had a couple of outings this week to Tescos and Mothercare - oooh we know how to live. We invested in a new gadget, a portable swing for indoors which is fab as it seems to provide some entertainment as well as soothing time when he's feeling a bit grumpy or when mummy's doing stuff in the kitchen.

We also visited Thomas' consultant on Tuesday for his six week check up. Dr Otunla was very happy with him and when we measured his head it had reduced by 1cm so his shunt seems to draining the excessive liquid well. He was also weighed and is now a whopping 8lbs 5ozs. Dr Otunla also suggested that we stopped one of his drugs for Reflux to see if he can manage now that he's bigger and touch wood we've had no problems. He still has an Apnea monitor which is very reassuring during this period although occasionally slightly irritating when the lead gets caught on something and obviously hurts Thomas as it gets pulled. While we were at the hospital, we also popped into NICU to see everyone and show them how much he has grown since he left.

That's all for now and here's a picture of him enjoying his new gadget!!