Cranky

We had a busy day today.

First off, I must have broken a mirror or walked under a ladder or something, because my Mum crashed her car this morning. She is okay, the car however, is not. This year just keeps getting better and better....

I then took Mali and Alex to our appointment at the cottage and Alex slept in the bassinet for about an hour. Why cant I get her to do this at home? It makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong. One positive thing is that the nurse is going to loan me an electric breast pump to try to get enough milk to allow someone else to give her a bottle and let e have a bit of sleep.

We then headed off to our paediatrician appointment. He said her shaking legs are nothing to worry about and they should stop by the time she is 3-4 months. Neurologically she looks fine and her muscle tone is good. He lowered the Zantac to 0.8ml twice a day as he thinks her crankiness is not linked to the reflux. I'm now on a dairy free diet for 4 days to see if that improves things and if not we will try a prescription formula to see if there is some other sensitivity going on. I also have to get a urine sample from her to rule out a UTI. She doesn't have a temperature and is having plenty of wet nappies but he said it could still be a possibility.

I finally get breastfeeding working (in that she is gaining weight, never mind the fact I spend all day feeding) and now I have to give up all dairy...Grr...I need chocolate!!! I'm thinking of just trying formula anyway, the prescription one will cost a fortune and maybe regular formula will work. I really want the breastfeeding to work out though, so I guess I will keep at it for a while and see what we come up with.

On a lighter note, Mali has been telling us 'When I'm older I can drive a car!' She seems pretty keen on this idea and is telling everyone.

6 Weeks of this -

Alex has reflux. So we have had a lot of screaming and not a lot of sleeping. We did start her on Zantac and whilst it has helped with the screaming, she still does not sleep a lot and only sleeps if she is being held.
Just so I can show that she is not always screaming, here's one with Mali and her out of control hair. Mali has such fine hair that is always everywhere. It is so hard to keep it under control. Any tips?
That crazy hair again. My two babies (I'm pretty sure she is over the weight limit).
I managed to catch a picture of Alex asleep somewhere other then on a person. She did wake up after 20 minutes, but you take what you can get. She is 6 weeks old in this picture and we still get stopped by people everywhere to ask how big she is and who think she is a week old, she is so little compared to Mali.
Here's Mali at 6 weeks with Auntie Sam, Uncle Greg and Spencer.

A day with Trains

We took Mali to the local miniature steam trains last weekend. Silly me didn't put her in enclosed shoes but luckily they had a pair there that fit. Who would have known that enclosed cloth shoes would save your toes in the event of a train derailment??Alex just chilled in her sling. I had sandals on too, so no train for me, but a cute sleepy baby made up for it.
Waiting to leave the station
And were offBack and looking like it was a tiring trip.

Mali loved it and keeps asking to go back. Its only open the first Saturday of each month but were planning a picnic for next time.

New Promise

"Please post more....."

So, I promise I will.