30th July 2007

We had recently two badish days of colic and attachment! baby Reuben seems very much in need of mummy and daddy and seems to want frequent feeds ...he is putting on weight and since last Thursday he put on 80 grams and since birth he grew 3 cms. This is exciting, the midwife said that for a few weeks its gona be rocky until the routine kicks in.....Having said this Reuben had slept last night from 10:30pm -3am! then we had loads of colics and nappy changes....
Sunday reuben has been to church with us! he was really good and slept through the service, he was awake for about 15mins and enjoyed the singing and all the noises of the church.

He loves Granny's baths and Rebeka's holding. Rebeka loves him to bits and is looking for every opportunity to hold him. Granny cooked today the bestest chicken soup and lovely sauteed potato with chicken drums, we also had home made cakes! I am so pleased I have Jonathan for an extra week, Rebeka and Mum....for another two weeks.

I am feeling good except I get very tired in the afternnoons....!! I promised myslef to sleep more except I am a bit neurotic about cleaning....I really should not be after all I just had a baby two weeks ago but it seems I can only rest when I know things around me are in an acceptable way....yes I know its sad!!!:)))

Anyway, hope tomorrow we can go to the sea side a bit to enjoy some sunshine and some fresh air!

XX

28th July 2007 Reflexology Day

Today we had a Reflexology day with quite a few visitors, we enjoyed being given the first session and was great to see the immediate effects - a full nappy and a calmer Reuben. Granny Boros cooked a lovely meal of meatballs, french fries and a lovely salad made from the leaves that Helen gave us from her own garden.

Later on Granny and mum decided to give Reuben a good bath to celebrate loosing the remains of the umbilical cord. Granny has a amazing technique for bathing which surely we should adopt. Reuben enjoyed the bath so much he hasn't said a word since!!

27th July 2007 Granny and Rebeka day

Hello

We can;t believe its Friday again! Soon we will be two weeks old. The colics are slowly getting better and hopefully we developping a bit of a routine. Something nice happened Monday that we forgot to mention. Gordon Oliver one of the Canons from the Cathedral (also attached to our church) has decided to come around and give us a blessing. He read out Ephisians 3:14-20 which talkes about may we feel the depths, the leghts, the widths and the hight of Gods love for us. That is so amazing....he read what one of my favourite verses are in the Bible. He then prayed for Reuben. Tonight we had father Gary with Moira (wife), Vicky and Dominic. It was so nice....Gary also put his hand on R's head and blessed him....!
We can do all we can for our babies but God is in charge and the more blessings the better really as far as I am conserned. When I feed I always pray for R! God bless the babies.

Today we were lazy! R had some cramps so it was sad to see him upset! We had the midwife around and R has put on a whopping 200grs so now he is 3.62 kgs. He was born with 3.55 and he lost some first week but he has put on quite a bit...so now...we are enjoying a sleep and hopefully he will keep up the good work of eating well.

Tomorrow we have reflexology day no doubt with visit from friends and family!

XX

25th July 2007

Hello

Today we are happy! we had a good night sleep with three feeds and were so good during the day! that infacol must be helping!
We also been registered so now we are holding a certificate of birth and met with other babies (amazing how much they grew in a few weeks) which went really well thanks to Stella who hosted the day!
We are now waiting for granny and Rebeka to arrive from Gratwick (from Romania).

XX M

Tuesday 22nd July, 2007

We had a great trip out to Bluewater yesterday, we enjoyed just strolling around with the buggy being breastfed in John Lewis...but when home colic started and did not finish until 7am this morning. Today, was okish...went for a stroll on the highstreet then colic started again. We are fearing the nights but hope it won't be too bed. We want 2 see people but we are getting too tired and exhausted and caught up with baby and being at home...hope this will get better.

XX M

23rd July 2007 Monday Am

We had a good night sleep after daddy has helped sooth those tummy aches! Reuben started having some cool boiled water before each meal so he has less colic but today we are getting the infacol which apparently will help much more. He loves sleeping on his belly on daddy's or mummy's chest! He seems to be deep asleep then ...and he is angelic. We only woke twice last night for feeds THANKS GOD! Daddy had a full night sleep and mummy isn;t bad either as morning waking was at 10:30am.
We are hoping to venute out to Bwater today to get some bits and pieces....its wierd you buy all the things you need then you discover there are more you might need thats just so wierd!

Hope to see some friends too today!

more later!

22nd July 2007 Sunday

Reuben had a difficult night with much cramps but he came through ok. This morning Sunday, he was weighed and he has ony lost a healthy 0.13kgs which apparently is very good. He has got rid of the jaundice signs and well he is now fast asleep and resting. We had aunty Helen, uncle Andrew and the three causins here yesterday....and today we are hopeing to see the God parents who are coming from Watford to see us for the first time!

Hopefully Reuben will be doing as good as until now and will enjoy being with people as we are likely to see more and more people now!

XX