I think this is where we as parents earn our stripes, over the last few days we’ve had a very unhappy Reagan and she can not tell us whatn is wrong? She has screaming fits that can last an hour or more and there is little or nothing we can do but try and figure out what the cause is. Teething was our first guess which she definately is because you could drown in the amount of drool that comes from her and she will gnaw away at anything you give her and can scream if she gets that gnawing just right. She has a teething rash on her face around her mouth but the screaming fits she has aren’t necessarily cured by bonjela applications? Colic is our second guess and she has all the signs of a colic sufferer ie intense screaming red faced looks uncomfortable arched back passing wind etc Infrocol does seem to sooth the screaming but to say it cures it would be wrong? We took her to the doctor because of the rash on her chest belly and back, our third guess, which can look angrier around late aftrnoon time when the screaming fits usually occur and if you can imagine if its itchy and she doesn’t know how to scratch it that could make anyone scream so we have some eczma cream and bath anticeptic to ease that but all that said we are just guessing at the true cause hoping we get it right and make her comfortable!

Both of us said straight away that if we could take whatever it is away by having it ourselves we would at the drop of a hat! It is soooo stressful to watch Reagan scream like she is being tortured and not know what to do for the best.

Happily the screaming eventually subsides and an exhausted mommy, more than daddy both have to sit and de stress for a moment or two. On Sunday we found the perfect way to destress and that was to take a bottle of white a bottle of red and two Edinburgh crystal glasses and push a now sleeping Reagan along the canal to our favourite spot and sit in the warm evening sun.

Almost stress free?

Every morning I go into Reagan’s room and when she see’s me she miles and I am set for the day.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

OMG Reagan has started screaming the place down between being lifted from the bath until she is fed.

We have always stuck to the same routine nothing changes, at 19:45 we take her upstairs and start the bath running while we prepare her for it. Next we bath her with calm words and suds galore then place her on a towel and swaddle her up to keep her warm until we get her to the bedroom where we dry her put her nappy on and then lotion her up before putting her in her ‘jamas and sleep bag. All this is followed by a lovely warm bottle and some booby milk if mommy’s doing it then she drifts off with a fairy story…!

The last couple of nights though we have had wailing tears and banshee like screams from when she is lifted from the bath until she gets her bottle and we can not fathom out why? If you heard her you would think she was being murdered but we are so gentle and loving but she has this thing now and when you are in the middle of it your stress levels are on EXTREME HIGH and it is just so tiring… but give her a bottle and she is happy. (I must add here that we have tried bottle before bath and that doesn’t work)

As I wrote this she has just settled for mommy after her latest bought of the screams and is restlessly sleeping in to a slumber….

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The loft this morning

Another frog was spotted last night…in the corner of the living room this time?

This is beyond a joke, and not helping my frog allergy

..or was it just a bad dream?