December 2006 Archives

My mom and Nige will be forever known as 'Nanny & Grandad with the doggies'! They came over for the day to visit on Sunday and to meet Harrison for the first time. It was such a lovely day and they made such a big effort flying over lunchtime and going back early evening - thank you for doing that it was lovely to see you both.

Emily was really excited to see them both and Harrison was totally settled with them both and mom even managed to have the magic touch and settle him from crying right down to sleep!

Wish we could see you more often you two. x

Well as you can see by the recent moblog photo over on the left I finally braved doing a full 'big' shop at Tesco's with the two of them! Now I know I said very early on that I went to Tesco's with them both but that was with Harrison in the pram and I only got about 3 or 4 things.

I am been really apprehensive about doing an actual proper shop with them both and the past few weeks it has either been done online or by Warren. It really was a combination of having to deal with them both and the logistics of the trolley. Our car seat doesn't fit into one of those car seat things they have on some trollies and I was feeling rather protective about putting Harrison into the seat so early. But it had to be done sometime and so I just went for it. With the seat padded out, covered in a blanket, with Emily sitting beside him he never even knew he was there. They were both little angels and I feel like it is another hurdle over.

I always mean to post about the various things that Emily comes out with or the amazing conversations we have, but I never get around to it. Its so easy to take all of these adorable things for granted and they fill every day so its hard to remember to take a moment to tell you about them. So here's a snippet:

Today when I picked her up from Playgroup the conversation went like this:

Me: "Did you have a nice day in school?"
Em: "Mom. I was looking for you today."
Me: "Really? Why was that?"
Em: "I wanted to tell you something."
Me: "What did you want to tell me?"
Em: "I wanted to tell you that you're lovely."

I was so chuffed that I had to give her a big squishy cuddle there and then! How amazing is that? I feel all warm inside!

Also the other day she said a couple of funny things. The first thing she said was that she wanted to go outside to look at the clouds to see if she could see any Higglytown Heroes (tv influenced of course). The second, which was both funny and strange - she was drinking a carton of apple juice and had got to the bottom. She took out the straw and poured the remaining drips into her mouth and started attempting to look though the straw hole into the carton. The she said that she wished that she was small enough to fit inside the carton so that she could see what was in there!!

I have to make a note of recording more of these conversations!

I feel lucky that I have 5 minutes to write this post, so I will be quick and update you with all the goings on.

Harrison and Emily are still not 100%, both with a cough and cold. Although they are not in bad form which is something. However Harrison has taken to feeding non-stop which has now left me feeling vey much on the edge. When I say non-stop, just to give you an example the other day he fed from 11.30am all day till 10pm with only 10-15 minute breaks inbetween. I thought this was a temporary blip - a growth spurt - but now it has been going on for days and I have reached breaking point. It has taken a lot for me to reach the end of my tether as otherwise I have been in good form and coping well. But I don't know how much longer I can go on feeding like this.

It is so hard, especially with Emily as I just can't play with her or entertain her or even make her tea! I felt awful today and just had to ask Warren to come home early as I had had enough. He has taken Emily to Tesco's and left me to hopefully get a break (although not form Harrison, who is finally have a nap after feeding all day - I am hoping he stays a sleep at least for a short while). I got him checked out at the doctors today just in case but everything is fine.

So Warren is getting the shopping and included on the list is the dreaded 'f' word. I can hardly bring myself to say it, but I have asked him to get some formula and if I can't cope with the feeding at least we can try supplementing him with a bottle to see how that goes. I'm not ready to give up breastfeeding completely, but if we don't take some drastic action I might end up going completely nuts (I am practically there already).

On a happier note I have a picture of Emily's visit to Santa to put up and lots of other photos when I get a chance.

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Just adding an update to this post. Tesco didn't have the formula I would've given Harrison (Aptimil First) so I guess H must've known and scuppered our plans to give him anything but mommy milk. In fact he has been more settled tonight, the little monkey. Lets just hope it stays that way and we can hold off the bottle.

Saturday was the first time Harrison had a bottle and the first chance Warren has had of feeding him. I wasn't that keen on expressing this time as it really is a pain in the bum and when you are feeding all the time the last thing you want to do is express. But Friday night I decided to go for it and the incentive of a glass of wine for my trouble seemed worth it - especially after the week we've had!

It took nearly half an hour to get 3.5 fl oz which isn't much but it was enough for an experiment. So Saturday Harrison had his first bottle and I sat and enjoyed a lovely glass of vino! He took it well and guzzled it all up, which no doubt means more will be needed if I do this again. As for me, I thought I would have no problem, but like with Emily it felt very odd watching Warren feed him and I still felt territorial about the whole feeding thing. Its very weird.

Photos will be coming soon by the way. Warren has found a great solution to sharing our pics, it just needs me to do it now!