Thursday, May 26, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
...always the left one...
Bailey always looses the left sock, always has right from a few weeks old!
does it mean she...
Has a smaller foot?
Wriggles that foot more?
Is left footed like daddy?
Who knows?
R x
Ps you know that thing about loosing socks in the dryer? Well it happens to baby socks too! I lost the first one the very first time I washed all the baby clothes pre baby! Weird x
Friday, May 20, 2011
Hats off!
Dippy!
We used this gripe water (to get rid of gas) at about 6 weeks old, she wouldn't burp well so we thought we'd try it, didn't seem to do much but she liked the taste!
So one day when she was crying, but tired I dipped her dummy (paci) in it to distract her from the crying, it worked like a dream and as soon as she has the dummy in sucking the eyes start to go!
We've used it ever since! She seemed to get excited when the blue dippy bottle appears!
It's called mommy's bliss gripe water!
R x
Back scratching
All of us Bingham girls (sisters & mum)
Like a bit of pampering!
I remember as kids we all use to get into mum & dads bed, dad would go get tea & breakfast and we would lay in a row back scratching then all roll over & do the other side!
I preferred being on the end, yes ok you went without when facing one way but the other way you got a scratched back without having to scratch someone else's! Bliss
Looks like bails is going to like a pampering! Who can blame her!
R x
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
4d scan = Bailey Rae!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Ice lolli (Popsicle)
I was eating an ice lolli, Bailey wanted a suck, then once tried she was like a frantic eating monster she couldn't get enough I had to finish it as fast as I could and get an ice cream freeze headache just so she wouldn't keep grabbing and crying for it!
Then the mouth turned blue...not from the cold but from the lolli, Oh no! Bad mother and all she'd been eating was breast milk or organic steamed and puree by my fair hands or plum babies!
But the coloured mouth went quickly and she seemed no worse for wear, is it better to be a relaxed parent than a paranoid one? I'm trying!!!!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Must dash!
I'd love to stay and chat but I really....
(picture of a mustache)
so I thought I'd do one but with a furry mustache stuck to it, I couldn't resist Bailey trying one on!
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Worried parents
She was even smiling after the procedure at each doctor and nurse that came in to the room, and the doctor we saw then next day at our pediatricians she positively flirted with him!
She did amaze us how quickly age recovered her smile after each horrid procedure, as long as mummy and daddy were there age seemed to be ok, us on the other hand were not so ok!
We realized quite early in my pregnancy that from here on out worrying was our job as parents, but this last trip to the hospital has really shocked us, to how helpless one is when it comes to your precious child, it was scary, upsetting, and I think both Steve and I needed to talk to friends and family about it to...get over it!
Sounds dramatic but honestly felt numb about it all, in shock?
Happily we as a family are over the trauma and here is a little photo of us outside our old house, one last walk on our old (pre-pregnancy/ during pregnancy/ with Bailey) walk
Off to the new house to find a new route!!
Exciting times, our new adventure.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Poorly baba
Bailey had been poorly with a temperature from Friday night but with Tylenol it kept coming down and other than a little more fussy she seemed fine.
Sunday morning it was still around so I call the doctors for second opinion, they asked alot of questions and other than a temperature she had no symptoms.
Roll on Sunday evening and we thought we take her for a walk as we'd been inside & stuffy all day, put her in the bjorn and she went crazy crying, pulling her ears, so unlike her she loves the bjorn, so I just looked at her felt her head ears then felt her soft spot it was bulging, panicked!
Call doctors again, they said get to the hospital.
Got to children's hospital 9.15pm, checked us in she seemed fine but bulging soft spot even her temp was down as we'd not ling given her the Tylenol, into the room the did some checks and because she was smiling and engaging not cranky and upset she seemed fine, so they were unsure what tests to do, the decided urine test first so when we too diaper and onsie off, we noticed an angry rash that hadn't been there an hour earlier, then another doctor came in and they decided on a few more tests.
Bloods- and fit an iv line, on a baby this is no easy task for the nurse or the baby 3 of us holding her Steve trying to talk to her and soothe her, I was crying, she was sobbing, screaming oh my it was awful.
Then they decide to rule out meningitis they need a lumbar puncture, fir thus they recommended we leave the room, which in itself was traumatic, the waiting room was just awful as waiting rooms are and seemed to be completely sound proof, when we got back she was really upset and had thrown up, I fed her to calm her and age went to sleep.
All test came back and yes she had a virus but it was not meningitis, we could go home and visit the doctor the next day.
Home at 2.30am she slept after a feed, three hour later age was awake crying very upset unconsolable, I check her temperature, it was really low, she felt cold - wrapped her against me googled it - possibly shock!
Call doctor again talked it through he said he'd book appointment for 8.30am, and to call if it dropped again, checked it 10 mins later as she was asleep it had dropped again rang again, check the other ear sometimes a bit of wax can give off readings, other ear completely normal!
I do think she had become cold in the night, you know when your over tired, bit of an ordeal, you need an extra blanket.
We went to the doctors and they think she had Roseola virus. Would be fine in a few days, which made us feel bad all she was put through for nothing really and we did that to her, but then in the next breath I think meningitis is not to be messed with and better to be safe and rule it out for sure!
Moral of the story, check temp in both ears or better still try getting temp two different ways, I'm not keen on rectally (not easy to get if baby is already upset and wriggling!) so we've ordered the temporal lobe thermometer.
Thankfully she is a lot better although has now taken to waking in the night, I cannot complain as she was a 10 hours a night sleeper from 6 weeks old! But oh my I feel it when she wakes now as I'm not use to it! All my friends laugh when I say I've had a bad night! Welcome to parenthood.
Checks for meningitis- include: but not necessarily all together,
Temperature
Vomiting
Bulging soft spot
Aversion to light
Cannot bend neck to put chin to chest
A rash that when you roll a glass over it the spots do NOT disappear
Babies don't like being handled.
Reference: http://children.webmd.com/vaccines/tc/meningitis-symptoms
Be an aware parent x
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