Week 10

All dressed up in a cute pure pure baby outfit and it lasted for about 10 seconds before he puked all over it.

His reflux is driving  him and us a bit nuts. His Dad changed him 5 times over night he just kept bring it up. The worst is just before he chucks he gets the biggest smile on his face so he has a new nickname the smiling assassin. We've tried thickener and gaviscon infant neither helped as he reacted to thickener and screamed for ages with both. Mylanta helps and he has developed a taste for it but the next step is Losec.

After discussing this and his sleeping issues my mother group leader suggested we go to a mother/baby unit for a few days and let them help. So she rang a private hospital one where she used to work and got us on the waitlist. Then this afternoon they rang and said if I could come in tomorrow I had a spot.
So it's goodbye long weekend, hello baby bootcamp.
Not sure if I'll have internet access and the thought of 4-5 days with no internet scares me more than I want to admit. I'll take my knitting, an ipod and a good book or two.

Other things that happened this week
I had a lovely morning with a girlfriend at the new Pure Baby outlet opened in Melbourne, which was very good news for C's burgeoning wardrobe and my wallet.
I totally splurged on $5 sample t's, $10 sample knits and rompers, $15 sample sets and $20 single flat sheets from their yummy organic cotton jersey. The samples all either went with stuff I had purchased from the new range or mixed/matched with each other.

See entire haul here

Better go pack my bags and make sure I have everything we need.

Comments

[Nichola]

I hope all goes well.

[Nyssa]

Just wanted to say, the Chucking sucks, but DD did it continuously for 6 months and then just seemed to get over it rather quickly by 7 or 8 months. I still have little spots all over the carpet though *sigh* and I always carried Burp Cloths and half a dozen changes of clothes :( Good luck with it all.

[Aurelia]

... as if you need more "helpful suggestions" from another random stranger, but I'm going to give you some anyway! I'll spare you the background story, but to "fix" the wee man's reflux try taking him to a chiropractor. I'm not the only mum to find that her little assassin leaks less after all those tender bones are bumped back into alignment. Prior to that I found a big stash of soft bibs were much easier to change than whole outfits, especially in the middle of a dark, cold winters night.

[Lara]

Cadel is delicious!

I hope all goes well at baby boot camp (looks like we're going back too!), and soon after you get back there will be a parcel arriving for you. Finished the last item tonight. SO pleased with myself, I hope you don't mind a bit of crappy handmade stuff, it was made with love :)