I’ve been so busy!
1. I’ve had to succumb and return to work. As I don’t live in breastfeeding utopia, I’ve had to leave baby B with his Nan. That’s right, my mil. But she’s not been too bad with him at all; there’s not much babywearing going on but there’s lots and lots of play and tactile comfort, plus the baby-led weaning is still continuing and going well. I pump while I’m in work for him and he gets plenty of solids & water plus a bit of milk while I’m in work; at home he breastfeeds often; he is also a milk vampire and feeds constantly at night!
2. I’ve been busy with my peer supporter stuff; I’ve graduated now (hurray! lovely day where we received certificates from the Mayoress of St Helens) and three of us (me, A & K) are starting up a group on Saturdays in our local SureStart children’s centre.
3. Dh hasn’t been well. He has been diagnosed with a central serous retinopathy in his right eye… which is bad enough by itself, but his left eye is a lazy eye. Sadly we weren’t getting anywhere with the NHS so we went private for the diagnosis … it looks like he’ll have to have an operation, although we can get this on the NHS.
So you can see I’ve had a lot to contend with – apologies for my absence but I will try to pop back a lot sooner next time!
