Babycakes has had a mixed week, he has had a few off days which is quite acceptable as its expected that baby's have one unsettled period during the day and one off day per week...so he is acting very normal.
His off days have been after visits with Mum, not that Mum is causing them its just that babies don't cope with being kept up for hours at a time. access visits are 3 times a week for 2 hours but it takes up four hours with the couriering of baby there and back so we have had long periods of crying on those days until he falls asleep exhausted and my hand is falling off from patting bottoms and rocking prams...I don't make a habit of the rocking as baby needs to learn to settle himself.
I have started adding a few teaspoons of rice cereal to his bottle as I think he could be also suffering from a bit of reflux, he is very gaseous after his bottle still but not as bad as when he arrived and was on normal formula so I will see if this helps over the next few days...if not back to the drawing board.
Nappy rash has come back too, thats baffling, so my other thought is that the added cereal will solidify his poops and lass surface area of his bottom would be affected...again we will see how he goes over the next few days.
I think babycakes could also be coming down with croup as he has a horse throat, no temperature but I am keeping my eye on him, I rang Doc's today to see if by any chance Mum has a throat infection which I was told was possible, that will be a problem if I have to spend any time in hospital or worse still contract it as I have Melinda to care about who cannot come into contact with any sickness whilst she is undergoing chemotherapy.
we have had lots of photo sessions during the week, he was shy with a camera at first but now I think he poses...soooo cue, Ced thinks he looks like Harry Secombe still and I have to agree but he is far more cuter>
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