- been busy
- more blood tests
- tests have varied considerably over the last 2 weeks
- going to endocrinologist tomorrow for more news
- looks like it's Hashimoto's disease (NOT a Japanese restaurant apparently )
- doc not even sure if I will need meds but will find out tomorrow
- feeling ok about it as I know it can be managed
- miss my family
- wish I had them around to help, to visit or to just talk too
- feel like we are doing it alone
- being a mamma is wonderful but it can be lonely
- managed to do the house work by myself last week
- managed to do the weekly food shop yesterday
- had 'A' in the baby bjorn
- shopping not as easy as it used to be
- might get SP to keep helping me until 'A' can sit in the trolley seat
- have a new respect for women with more than one child
- 'A' is 12 weeks this Thurs
- he has slept 11 hours the last two nights
- up until then he had been sleeping 9-10 hours
- feel like a very lucky mamma
- day sleeping not going so well unless I am rocking or walking
- although he is asleep now
- trying to keep him up a bit longer between feeds to see if that works
- I guess you can't have it all!
- he is now 6.5kgs (14lb 3oz)
- he looks more like a 6 month old
- went to visit SP's family in Canberra
- we have a new nephew called Jamal David
- he is cute
- my little man slept all 3 1/2 hours on the drive down there
- but didn't sleep all the way back
- got a bit grumpy about an hour out of Sydney but we made it home in one piece
- I was a bit sad cause I knew he was hungry but there was nowhere to stop
- but I don't think he was going to waste away
- he is now down to 5 feeds a day - yippee
- reading 'Changing Your World One Diaper (nappy ) at a Time!
- L.O.V.I.N.G it
- so relevant
- better reading it the second time after actually having a baby
- I think I might be quoted in it - unless that was some other chick who lives in Australia and has family in England?
- I love that I know so many of the girls who are in the book.
- that Marla chick sure knows what she is talking about
- blogging still sporadic and still haven't been able to catch up on all your blogs
- maybe if 'A' sleeps better in the day I will have time until then I will be thinking of you all
- hope you all have a great day
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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Hey Nixter, sounds to me like you're doing fantastically as a mum! Must be so hard with your family so far away. I've been relying on my mum so much the last few months (not with a baby, obviously, but with being sick and all the stress of the thesis) but she's going overseas for a month on Friday! Don't know how I'll cope!
I have to say, that after spending a couple of days in Canberra with my brother and sister-in-law and my poor, sick little 6-month old niece, I have an enormous amount of respect for ANY parent!
What an update - such highs and lows hey. You're doing a great job!
Looking forward to catching up
xxx
I wanted to call it One Nappy at a Time, but they wouldn't let me.
I just figured out why he's A. As in A, B, C, D. Not as in Aaron or Adam or Alabaster.
I desperately wish I could come visit you and keep you company. You are sooooo welcome to come spend a month with me!!
Love you!
Nix - you are brilliant, doing a brilliant job! You are amazing! Your lovely little man is just adorable, and WOW what a great night time sleeper!!!!!! !!!!!! !!!!!!
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