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!!