Lincoln had his second round of immunisation injections and according to mommy was the bravest little boy ever, not actually crying but looking straight at his momma while the deeds were done. Even the nurse was impressed by his bravery! A little bit of Calpol to aid recovery and he was good all day, I think these have been easy compared to what he has gone through in his life upto now. The only disappointment came from Reagan who again turned up to gloat on the torture that is “jections” only to see him sail through without a murmur…?
This is my 700th post and I still love writing this blog although finding time to write everyday is very difficult since Lincoln was born. The most important thing for me still is to keep my mom in-law and the rest of Jamie’s family upto date with our lives and the progress of Reagan and Lincoln but I also want it to be a diary of our four lives that we can look back on in years to come and see what it was like for us at each stage of our life.
I feel some pressure at times to add blogs so that I don’t forget things that are important but just lately the important things have been making sure Lincoln is kept comfortable which at times is so time consuming the only other thing we do is make sure Reagan doesn’t feel left out, so the blog becomes secondary.
The other pressure I feel is that I want to document Lincoln’s life as comprehensively as I did Reagan’s and at the moment I don’t believe I have but that as I have stated is purely because living our life takes up so much of our time that spare time is very scarce. As time goes on and Lincoln gets better I know life will become easier and I will be able to write more but for now this is the best I can do.
This blog was written while I sit downstairs after taking Lincoln off mommy who had struggled through the night to feed and get him back to sleep until at 5am she had had enough, this is “spare” time for me?
Over the last few days we have been making Lincoln sleep in his own bed and it is going quite well, with him actually sleeping for on average one hour at a time before needing to be comforted back to sleep. At best we put him down at around 20:30 and he sleeps for about two and half to three hours giving us time to relax and recharge, at worst he screams like he being murdered and it takes both of us taking turns to get him calm and to sleep for a few minutes before eventually succumbing to exhaustion.
It will take time and that’s all we have we just want our lives back in some sort of way but most importantantly Lincoln to be healthy…
Uncle Ian and Aunt Patty gave Reagan a Peppa Pig robe for Christmas so tonight after getting out of the bath I dressed her in it an asked her to pose (lol) She said “Can I use my Peppa Pig toothbrush as a prop and I’ll love the camera for you darling!” It just sounded like “Uh hahahaha!”
On the way back to the station there was no way we could just walk past the Carousel on the Christmas fairground and not have a go. Reagan loved it almost as much Mommy and Patty.
My true love said to me lets take Patty Ian and the family to Manchester’s Christmas market. We got up and made breakfast for our guests and then opened our presents and gave Patty and Ian theirs but although all the gifts were greatly received by us all it was the portrait voucher Patty and Ian gave us that really blew us away and we still can not believe they got us something that we have been trying to arrange for ages our selves
As soon as the presents were done we dashed to catch the 11:03 train to Manchester and a walk around the Christmas Market (the main event) although the American’s in the group were really looking forward to Taco Hell which has just opened up in the Arndale Centre
After Taco’s were done we meandered back through Manchester stopping off at the Christmas fairground so the girls could ride the Carousel on our way back to the station.
Sat up writing this after trying to do the right thing by taking Lincoln downstairs because Jamie needed a break from trying to feed and get Lincoln to sleep which she had been doing since 2am
Got him downstairs and put him on the chair while I sorted out the sofa and he began to scream and NOTHING I did would shut him up. He did this for 30 minutes screaming louder and louder until Jamie came down fed him and took him back to bed.
I don’t think I could feel more pissed off than I do right now
My true love said to me Patty and Ian want to come up and see us and I immediately said any time they want to come up the norf we will welcome them and if they ever want to live up ere then buy the house across the road from us (just don’t park yer bloody van in front of our drive ya southern….lol)
I always gush about these guys but I love them, and I don’t mean in a gay or philandering kind of way but in a way that I wish we were able to be around them a lot more, because its just so easy!
They arrived mid morning and spent the rest of the day “celebrating Christmas” a little early but we are not going to be together over christmas. Jamie as always had prepared and cooked and was ready so we had a relaxing day drinking eating and generally having fun, until….
Jamie has gone out on a much deserved girly night out in Middlewich leaving me to look after the kids, which I have to say I was a little nervous about. Just as Jamie left he started to cry then scream and he screamed for 45 minutes and it took a lot of stressing rocking and frustration to find out he was hungry which I didn’t think he would have been because the last thing Jamie did before walking out the door was feed him. Anyway once I’d sussed it he calmed down but wasn’t happy for the next hour or so.
I felt so stressed and was praying he started to tire soon then noticed the jerky movements Jamie told me to look out for which is a sure sign he is tired so I winded him just incase and then laid him down on the sofa next to me and he was asleep in seconds and that’s where he is as I write this.
Mommy has just texted to say she is on her way so I may just have survived my first night alone…? Most of all though Jamie knows I can do it now so there can be more nights like this possibly!
We went to the hospital today to see the Consultant Paediatrician and as we arrived they weighed Lincoln
Lincoln weight history:
08 Dec 2011 – 15lbs 1oz
01 Dec 2011 – 14lbs 4oz
24 Nov 2011 – 13lbs 14oz
17 Nov 2011 – 13lbs 8.5oz
09 Nov 2011 – 13lbs 0oz
02 Nov 2011 – 12lbs 7oz
27 Oct 2011 – 11lbs 9.5oz
20 Oct 2011 – 11lbs 0oz
13 Oct 2011 – 10lbs 7oz
06 Oct 2011 – 9lbs 6oz
27 Sep 2011 – 8lbs 8oz
17 Sep 2011 – 8lbs 11.5oz