We're at home, just the three of us, in the morning, then heading over to my mum's around midday to have dinner with DM, DSF, DGM and DSis. My brother is 200m away with his sons, exGF and her new BF. Cosy! ExGF has never, in 14yrs, brought the boys to my mum's for Christmas, so I feel she should have one with her newest GS.
We're good, now. In news that will shock nobody, I have PND. On meds and weekly doctors visits. I also have gallstones, had several attacks of biliary colic which landed me back in hospital, then home on co-codamol so bye-bye breastfeeding. Bye bye this planet really, my job is safety critical so I haven't taken anything stronger than paracetamol for years so 60/500 dose knocked me sparko for several hours after taking them. My mum had to step in with the baby a few times. Got it under control now through cutting all , on the urgent list to have my gall bladder out, have a pre-op consultation on 23rd.
Alexander was poorly too and we had 6 days on the children's ward with him. I took him to the out-of-hrs docs with constipation at 7pm, at midnight he was having a lumbar puncture, so escalated quickly
. He'd been screaming all day but had no temperature; when we got there the paediatrician was concerned about the size of his head and fontanelle; he then developed a non-blanching rash, so was started on IV antibiotics while we waited to see if he had viral meningitis - the nasty bacterial kind was ruled out early. He didn't, and the antibiotics did their stuff, so we were allowed home. But the antibiotics destroyed all the good bugs in his stomach too and he was put on lactose-free formula.
A few days later he was screaming whenever awake. several GP visits (no it is NOT colic) later back to the paediatrician, he now has silent reflux. On Neocate, Gaviscon and Omeprazole. Much happier.
Oh and a tooth has crumbled but I can't get an appointment. Gah. Think that's it!