Slightly more mobile!!

My silly ankle is still playing up but I've had a session with an Osteopath and it is at least moving now! Apparently there was one bit that was in the wrong place and has probably been wrong since I broke it in 2002!!! It was a little painful having it corrected but at least it is done now!! I also had some ultrasound treatment on it - a little odd as all the previous ultra sounds I've had since last December have been to look at how a baby was doing!!

I can now cope around the house without a crutch so long as there is furniture within reach and when outside I'm coping with 1 crutch rather than 2. Still makes looking after Mikey a little challenging and he really doesn't understand what is wrong with Mummy - and explaining that will take the rest of his life!!

I've spent another couple of days with my parents this week - luckily Andy is off for some of next week so he can drive Mikey and me around!! I've been banned from driving for at least another 4 weeks unless I make an amazing recovery or my car turns into an automatic! But it has meant that Andy could use my car on Thursday and Friday as his had a puncture!

Mikey and I had our first baby massage lesson this week, he loved it whilst is was being done but by the end of Wednesday afternoon he was in a foul mood.... no idea what caused that but the screaming was unearthly and took major Mummy cuddles to stop.

We may need Mummy cuddles next week as well - Mikey has pretty much out grown his Moses basket so Grandad ordered his cot bed this week which is now in a box in our lounge waiting for Daddy to put it together... I may take Mikey out so he doesn't hear the swearing!! Just need to go shopping for sheets etc for it!

Still limping...

We're now over a week on from my spectacular (not) slip outside the Osteopath's office and I'm still hobbling around like a 90 year old. Mikey and I have been travelling to my parents for most of this week, Daddy has been dropping us off on his way to work - I have discovered that my son is really not a morning person and is not ah his most smiley/happy at 8.00 in the morning. Also he doesn't like Wednesdays and was a real grump all day as well as screaming everytime the car stopped in the morning, we have not yet grasped the concept of traffic lights or other traffic!!

It has been a fantastic help being at my parents - 1) I can't pick Mikey uo and walk with him and 2) they have a downstairs loo! I think Mikey has enjoyed it too, although hopefully he didn't listen too carefully to the rugby songs Grandad was singing instead of nursery rhymes! I think personally I'd prefer him to stick to the periodic table for now rather than Mary Had a Little Lamb in various versions....along with a few other songs I've managed to forget - along with some of the 'jokes' that came out!! Thankfully at 3 months he can't repeat anything yet or remember stuff!!!

Yesterday we stayed at home and then went to the Bluebell Childrens Centre - Mikey went into the creche and I'n doing a 2 hour art/craft course to give me a break! It was good fun and Mikey slept through his 2 hours without waking up once! Next week I will have to avoid feeding him just before we go! I think the nurses we a little disappointed he didn't wake up or need them this time... but I can't stand the screaming if you try to delay feeding him. And I thought his Dad was bad about feeling hungry!! One big plus about this course is you get lunch provided... considering when  it's just me and Mikey I don't always get round to having lunch at all it's great to walk in and find it all waiting for you!! And the staff are constantly offering drinks etc so you can just relax and be you rather than being someones Mum!

A & E...ER....Casualty....ED

I've just spent most of this morning in William Harvey as a patient of one of the above...whichever name is being used right now!

As I was walking out of the osteopaths office on Thursday I went over on my ankle, being me I pretty much ignored it and for the last few days the pain has increased until this morning when I could just about stand but walking was a real NO!

Dave kindly drove me ot the hospital so Mikey and Daddy stayed put! On arrival he blagged a wheelchair (Or I'd still be walking in to be honest) and I checked in and prepared myself for a long wait and some serious people watching! THe waiting area seemed pretty full and there was a steady stream of customers arriving - many seemed to be football injuries of the clashed heads and copious bleeding type... which didnt help me when another customer also in a wheel chair sat opposite me and proceeded to try to make herself throw up I nearly did just that for her from the noise she was making...

The staff we on fast forward mode today and I was called in very quickly and despatched for x-rays. I'd announced yesterday nothign was broken...it hurt rather than grated the way it did when I did break it! On arrival at x-ray I was taken straight in and 4 shots later it was all done and I was wheeled back to 'minors'
As predicted I haven't broken anything but I have torn the ligaments in and around my left ankle...which as he nurse happily pointed out will hurt more than breaking my ankle! Not exactly what I wanted to hear if I'm truthful! I was quickly issued with a pair of crutches (I only gave my last pair back earlier this year!) and shown how to walk and support my damaged foot correctly. I then returned to the waiting area to phone Andy to ask to be collected  - easier said than done as he was feeding and changing Mikey so couldn't answer the phone! Once I got hold of him I escaped outside to the Ambulance bay to wait and get some freash air (and gaze at the air ambulance paramedics and pilot.... men in uniform, guaranteed to make a Heather feel much better!!)

Mikey was happily staying at home with Emma so it made Andy's trip to collect me much easier! He's also already spoken to my Mum and I'm going to work with him tomorrow and Mikey and I are spending the day with my parents! Cuts down the trips up and down stairs and so reduces stress on my ankle!

Cranial Osteopathy

Mikey had his first appointment yesterday, and it's safe to say he adores Andrew who was working on him!! It appears that he is a little scrunched up/tight on the right hand side, possible due to his head engaging quite early and also the delivery taking a while and he did get a little distressed... (Cue Mum feeling very guilty...)

It is a strange experience for an on looker! Mikey was laid across our laps as we sat knee to knee and to be honest most of the time it was hard to see anything being done! But Mikey's face did show that he was enjoying it, although he also refused to let go of his SCBU dummy (it is his favourite, I dread to think what will happen when we have to throw it away) But I think I was almost as relaxed as Mikey was - Andrew has a very calming manner and makes you just relax! Maybe this is therapy for Mum and Baby!?!?!

We are going again next week, so we can have more work done on Mikey's back and neck and also check his skull bones positioning! I guess squishing through the birth canal can have a nasty effect on the poor little things and being a cowardly first time Mum I will do whatever it takes to look after/protect or make my gorgeous little boy feel better... and if I carry on like this I'll make myself cry again!

Life from now on gets a little busy! We have Mum & Baby group on Wednesdays, and from the 22nd we start a Baby massage course on Wednesdays as well! From next Friday I'm doing an Art/craft course whilst  Mikey tries out a creche (new socialising experience for him) and next Thursday is Osteopathy... Not sure whan he'll fit in all his naps!!

Drs, immunisations and Mikey

We finally got the 8 week immunisations done today! We started off with my post natal check - Mikey is only 11 + weeks now!! That was really a waste of time. It really felt as though everything I said was totally ignored/disregarded and unimportant, I got the idea quickly that I was just supposed to sit quietly, smile and agree with everything the Dr said to me.

Once he was satisfied that I was fine (whatever I thought!) we moved onto Mikey's check up. This involved Mikey being naked  - I just left his nappy on until I had to remove it as I know my son is a great fountain when he wants to! I think Mikey has had a small growth spurt...he had grown 3 cm in length since last Wednesday and his head has also grown - I am so relieved it wasn't that size when I was trying to give birth to him! Weighing Mikey took a bit longer. The first attempt came out a kilo less that last week - There is no way he has lost weight (my bad back confirms that!) but by the third attempt we worked out that the scales were being held up at one end, making Mikey lighter than he really is! It turns out he has put another 200g on in the last 6 days - but it is fine to feed him as much as he wants as he could put more on if he wants to!

I was then allowed to re-dress Mikey and let reception know we had the all clear for the infamous jabs! Mikey settled in his car seat happily until we were called into the nurses room, he then decided he was a touch peckish! He soon started on his 4th bottle of the day, only pausing to scream as the first injection was done - but that stopped as I tried to remove his bottle! He did scream briefly when the second injection was given b ut again stopped as soon as Evil Mum tried to remove his bottle! We've now booked in for his second lot on 5th October...hopefully he will have forgiven me by then!

Life is due to start getting busy from next week...Friday I start an Art course designed ot help my post natal depression, the Wednesday after we start a baby massage course and at some point we will also sart to visit an Osteopath for some baby cranial massage to help Mikey relax and hopefully improve his colic/reflux (which the Dr today also ignored - plus he had never heard of this type of treatment!?!?! I'm a little concerned to be honest!!!)

3 Sept

Today was Grandad's birthday so Mikey and I headed over to Medway once I had dragged myself out of bed and got us both into some clothes - luckily those can't be confused! Breakfast for Mikey had happened at 6am, but he wasn't finished yet and needed a top up before we left - which gave me time to wrap birthday presents as I wasn't very organised yesterday!

We had a slight delay for a quick bottle at 10 before hitting the M20! The trip was uneventful, and once we arrived the car had to be unloaded as we don't travel light these days!  Grandad was given his birthday presents whilst Mikey had his first experience of singing happy birthday! I think the presents went down well as Grandad started eating his toblerone pretty much immediately!

Mikey had a great time, we had loads of smiles, lots of bouncing in his chair and major arm and leg waving thanks to his Fisher Price Camera from Auntie Nicky & Uncle Miff! I don't have a clue what it may be saying but he loves it! I think we are moving into the noisey toy stages now as they are far more fun for him! Thankfully the 2 he has do have off switches built in...failing that I may still need that sledge hammer I've been craving for the last 8 years! I just need a translator as the camera is talking away in Spanish and it lost me at Hola!

He's actually been awake for most of the day and has literally just fallen asleep! Typical as I want to feed him at 8 and then get him into  bed! His last feed was at 4 so he can't go to bed yet... He's also been filling nappies regularly today, as well as watering the sofa at Nanny's (bless him!) and puking milk down Auntie Nicky so she had to go home and change her underwear! (Daddy is very proud of him!)

Stressy Driving

I currently have a very ill hubby - man flu has struck and has left me in a very quiet house as the main symptom is a lost voice! Mikey is talking louder than Daddy at the moment!

This morning I was being a loving wife and heading for Boots to buy Strepsils (which I forgot to buy yesterday) and Mars Bars which are apparently essential mediation for Man Flu! As I drove slowly along Brookfield road I had to stop at the first set of lights, as I stopped a large gentleman in a high Vis waistcoat and a daft cap wobbled along the road on his bike. I was under the impression that traffic lights apply to cyclists as well as motorists but he jsut carried on pedaling and sailed straight through the lights. Once we law abiding motorists got moving again it was easy to see where he's got to because of the wide berth everyone gave him as we went past - I've never seen anyine stick their knees out so far before!

Driving back from Boots left me even more stressed. As I was crawling up to the Cow roundabout due to the road being taken down to 1 lane, I got increasingly annoyed by the number of driver who were screaming up the inside lane and then forcing their way into the other lane, thus slowing us down even though we'd been patiently working our way up the road. Once I got round the cow roundabout heading down to the tank roundabout there was the usual Ashford idiot turning right from the left hand lane...I will admit I used the acceleration on my little rocket to make sure they didn't get infront of me, by this point I'd had enough and just wanted to get home.

This evening we a big event in the Zerfahs household - we went out and left Mikey at home!! Not alone of course, he had his very first babysitter and I really hope he behaved himself for her! We saw 'Grown ups' Not a film you had to think about at all, but funny and really a good choice for our first trip out sans baby!  I was not happy leaving him but I knew he was in safe hands, and I only checked my phone a couple of times...