Well, Logan will be tomorrow anyway. It's also Juliette's birthday, though I'm forbidden from mentioning how old she'll be (on pain of pain).
We had a bit of a full-on day on Saturday. At 9 he had his third swimming lesson at Tawa Pool. His first lesson (four weeks ago) went well, until right at the end when Logan brought up some water he'd swallowed, with a little milk. As soon as the pool staff thought he'd thrown up, everyone was ordered out of the pool and it was closed while it got cleaned.
This time, another one of the baby's in the class threw up. It was less than Logan had brought up, but it was in the middle of the lesson. Same reaction, and the class moved to the big pool. Unfortunately, this was a lot colder and when Logan got out, he was turning blue!
A quick warm shower and change, and his colour returned, in time for our next stop -- morning tea at some friends' place. We were there for nearly two hours, swapping baby stories and advice before we had to go to our third appointment for the day -- lunch at the Denny's in Porirua with more friends (including Logan's godparents).
Logan tried curly fries (which he loved), didn't really like the chicken nuggets, but really got into some pasta and watermelon. We were at Denny's for over two hours, and Logan was doing really well, especially considering the only sleep he'd had was a 15 minute nap (on Daddy) at our friends' place. No crying, no grizzling. We got him home and tucked him into bed, and he slept for another couple of hours.
Sunday was a quiet day at home -- apart from a trip to the supermarked for weekly grocery shopping -- since we thought he'd still be a little knackered from Saturday. He also seems to have picked up a bit of a sniffle from the cold pool, so when we did go out, he was wrapped up snug.
Today, all three of us had the day off (we're having a 4-day weekend for Juliette's birthday). We tried Logan on scrambled eggs for breakfast (this is the third time we've tried it). He wolfed it down, but -- like the last two times he's had scrambled eggs -- he's now very unsettled and grizzly. We've spent the past couple of hours trying to get him settled, but it took a dose of baby Nurofen before he settled down properly. Unfortunately, he'll probably cough himself awake at 2:30.
Poor wee man.
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Monday, August 16, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Busy times
It's been a busy two weeks for little Logan.
Last Monday, we took a trip up to Palmerston North to visit our friends Amber and Steven, and their kids Caitlyn and Carter. Logan was good on the trip up -- he tends to go to sleep in the car -- and while we were in Palmie. He even endured Mummy shopping in Ezibuy and JK! Unfortunately, on the way back home, we got caught in the traffic north of Otaki. As soon as the car stopped, Logan woke up and started screaming. Mummy managed to calm him down with a bottle of formula, while Daddy worried about having enough petrol to make it to Otaki. Fortunately, after nearly an hour in the traffic jam, we made it to the BP in Otaki, and stopped to feed Logan properly, change him, cool the car down, refuel, and get something to eat and drink.
On Wednesday, we had coffee group at the Peppermill again. Everybody in the group has had their babies now -- 9 boys, 4 girls -- though not every one managed to make it. Logan got a little grizzly in the cafe, but not too bad, and he put up with his parents going shopping afterwards. The wheels started to come off towards the end, though, so Mummy and Daddy raced home to feed him.
On Thursday, Mummy and Logan had their first Baby & You class, so Daddy managed to get a break from helping Mummy look after the little chickling.
On Saturday, we had another big trip over to Greytown to visit Sarah and Jason and their little critters (Logan's second cousins Hamish, Amelia and Samantha). No problems at all -- Logan slept all the way there and all the way back. We also stopped in at our friends Judith and Dave (and their son James) in Totara Park on the way home.
This week's been less hectic. We finally met the Plunket nurse on Monday, and -- contrary to other people's horror stories about Plunket -- she was very nice. She weighed Logan (4.9kg), and gave us a few hints and tips to help with wind, feeding, and the thrush infection in his mouth.
We had dinner with Nan and Grampa on Monday night, and Mummy and Logan had the second Baby & You class yesterday (where Mummy learned baby massage, which Logan seems to like).
Last Monday, we took a trip up to Palmerston North to visit our friends Amber and Steven, and their kids Caitlyn and Carter. Logan was good on the trip up -- he tends to go to sleep in the car -- and while we were in Palmie. He even endured Mummy shopping in Ezibuy and JK! Unfortunately, on the way back home, we got caught in the traffic north of Otaki. As soon as the car stopped, Logan woke up and started screaming. Mummy managed to calm him down with a bottle of formula, while Daddy worried about having enough petrol to make it to Otaki. Fortunately, after nearly an hour in the traffic jam, we made it to the BP in Otaki, and stopped to feed Logan properly, change him, cool the car down, refuel, and get something to eat and drink.
On Wednesday, we had coffee group at the Peppermill again. Everybody in the group has had their babies now -- 9 boys, 4 girls -- though not every one managed to make it. Logan got a little grizzly in the cafe, but not too bad, and he put up with his parents going shopping afterwards. The wheels started to come off towards the end, though, so Mummy and Daddy raced home to feed him.
On Thursday, Mummy and Logan had their first Baby & You class, so Daddy managed to get a break from helping Mummy look after the little chickling.
On Saturday, we had another big trip over to Greytown to visit Sarah and Jason and their little critters (Logan's second cousins Hamish, Amelia and Samantha). No problems at all -- Logan slept all the way there and all the way back. We also stopped in at our friends Judith and Dave (and their son James) in Totara Park on the way home.
This week's been less hectic. We finally met the Plunket nurse on Monday, and -- contrary to other people's horror stories about Plunket -- she was very nice. She weighed Logan (4.9kg), and gave us a few hints and tips to help with wind, feeding, and the thrush infection in his mouth.
We had dinner with Nan and Grampa on Monday night, and Mummy and Logan had the second Baby & You class yesterday (where Mummy learned baby massage, which Logan seems to like).
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Big Day Out
Yesterday, Logan had a big day out.
First up was the first coffee group for our ante-natal class, meeting at the Peppermill in Porirua. Four of the six babies born to the group so far were there (with their mums, obviously) as well as one other dad; Ann-Marie from the Mana Parents Centre; and five of the still-pregnant mums. It was entertaining watching the mums who'd had their babies swapping labour stories, and the mums-in-waiting cringe and want to move to another table!
It was good catching up with everyone, and we got some good advice from Daxa on relieving wind, as her son Taj has been having much the same problem as Logan.
After the coffee group, we popped into Baby Factory and Babycity to get some more prem clothes, as Logan only fits the smallest of the newborn clothes we have for him.
We then went to the supermarket. We were going to pop in to North City Plaza and see if our friend Margaret was at work, but while we were talking to another dad from the ante-natal class that we bumped into in the carpark, Margaret spotted us as she came out for lunch and ran over to say hello.
We've tried the advice from Daxa, from Juliette's Aunt Carol (who used to be a midwife), and from the Baby Whisperer DVD and we seem to be getting on top of Logan's wind problem. He certainly seems to be more comfortable, thank God!
We gave Logan a bath last night, but we had the water a little too cool for him (regardless of what the bath thermometer said). He went in the shower with Juliette this afternoon, and loves it!
He's snoozing now, and seems quite content. We noticed yesterday that he looked a lot less uncomfortable when we took some layers off him. Perhaps he's like his parents and prefers cooler temperatures...
Monday, November 9, 2009
More news
Today was a bit hectic. We had to leave work early and dash out to Lower Hutt for an appointment with Dr Sood at 3:45, then come back into Welly for the second breastfeeding class at 6:00.
Baby's all good, still got a strong heartbeat, though Meera had some problems doing a proper scan on her dinky little machine, so we're going to the lab in town for scans on a real machine.
Baby's all good, still got a strong heartbeat, though Meera had some problems doing a proper scan on her dinky little machine, so we're going to the lab in town for scans on a real machine.