Clara has been ‘nil by mouth’ since New Year’s Day. For a baby who’s always had breast milk (directly, or via a bottle, or an NG tube) that’s one hell of a New Year’s Resolution set for her! Luckily it was never intended to be permanent (resolutions never really are, despite best intentions, right?!). ClaraContinueContinue reading “A taste of the good stuff”
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A possible blockage in the bowel pipe
Clara’s bowel has a small pipe inside which connects to a soft tube protruding from her tummy. What would be her poo, but is really just milky stomach acid, comes out here into a bag. (The picture below showing the bag has been purposely left upside down and flipped to make it a bit lessContinueContinue reading “A possible blockage in the bowel pipe”
We’re moving to the Children’s Hospital
Today we have been told we are moving to the children’s hospital. Two days after Clara’s official due date, and 5 weeks (minus one day) since she was born. “yay!” In her first five weeks we’ve had three episodes of billious vomiting, two life critical operations, two weeks in HDU, three weeks in intensive care,ContinueContinue reading “We’re moving to the Children’s Hospital”
One month old
Happy One Month Birthday Clara! Although technically you’re still minus 1 day old as you weren’t due until tomorrow… We’ve chosen another pretty dress today to celebrate her first month milestone. Her dress is sized ‘Up to 3 months’ so she has plenty of room to grow into it, but it keeps her legs moreContinueContinue reading “One month old”
Happy baby, tired but happy mummy
Clara has now been completely off of all her pain relief for 36 hours and she’s one happy little girl. No more morphine, no more routine liquid paracetamol (for now anyway). Just one happy girl with her personality back! Today has been another wonderful day of dress wearing, smiles, cuddles, and snoozing. I’m pretty sureContinueContinue reading “Happy baby, tired but happy mummy”
Clara and the Gutcracker 