A Growing Boy

Hey all

The little man is growing big. He was a wee bit jaundiced (breast-feeding jaundice) which ain't serious but we go to the Rotunda every Weds to keep check on him. There's a new group (The Domino project) of midwives who call out to your home instead of keeping mother and baby in Hospital. I think it's a great idea 'cos the 1 on 1 is more personal. They also check out the mother's health which tends to get overlooked in hospital.

Orla only slept the first night she got home. All the other baba's tried to outcry Daniel...he had none of it!
He's a Gemini and from the little I know it means that he'll be v.sociable and we'll be abandoned as soon as he get's able to walk!

The other news is that Orla's sister Sorcha has also given birth to a baby boy...Ronan. Cousins 3 weeks apart. I wonder how they'll get on as they grow up. Will they see much of each other?


But back to Daniel! He's gonna break many a girl (or boy's) heart. Man is he good-looking. He is so tiny he might break. If he would only sleep through the nite. He feeds every 2 hours and needs the nourishment to beat the jaundice. Orla seems to cope with the sleep deprivation better than I. I suppose I just get wakened without being able to do anything. We tried occasionally 'expressing' the breast milk into a bottle so I can do the middle of the nite feed, but it confuses him and he gulps it down so fast he thinks he's had none and needs the real thing anyway. Not Coca-cola!!

Will Life ever be the same again?

Evening all

Pat