Week 31: 19th to 26th Jan 2012

Aww bless!
Just received the parent support pack from CDH UK.  Very sweet and lovely containing simple things like a fleece blanket for bean, notepad and pen, telephone card amongst others.  Somewhere (altho' can't find it at the moment - it might be on their facebook page - oh yes, so it is! ) they have a new appeal - Tiny Socks 4 Tiny Toes.  One of the items they would like to include within the packs are a pair of little socks.  The reason for this is ...
"CDH babies usually receive minimal stimulation to begin with, and are unable to be dressed because of this and all of the tubes and wires that are attached to their little bodies. Doing things like stroking and lightly kissing them, talking & singing gently to them helps greatly. Other things like changing baby's nappy and other little cares that the nurses can help you with (and providing it's okay) help too.
Putting little socks on baby's feet is one way of helping parents to feel like they are looking after their baby in the absence of being able to dress their baby, as their tiny toes can get cold with being immobile and especially if they are in an open type cot." ( taken verbatim from here )

 

Wednesday's Thought
(well, hopefully not the only one, I've got quite a bit of work to do).
What is the ettiquette\rules\instructions for driving in conditions of a medical emergency?  Flashing lights and hazards... or just damn quickly and hope that the police don't catch up until you've reached the hospital?  Not sure Mother would be happy going down the M5 on the back of the motorbike whilst in labour.  That might lose me brownie points.  But that would by far be the quickest method...


Tuesday - NCT Class ( my last)
Lots on feeding and problems of feeding (so what problems might you expect breast-feeding... well, the fact that bean is intubated and in an incubator might be a minor issue!).  The issues of Day 3 were also addressed and that was useful. 
 It turns out that this will be my last as I'm in London tomorrow so missing the breast-feeding session and I'm in France the following Tuesday and the very last one we'll be in London following a - hopefully - successful balloon removal operation.  I think that in better circumstances I would have enjoyed the sessions more.  I did find them useful and they were a lovely bunch of people and wish them the very best of luck.

Weekend - So why have I come to need to move house now?!
Yes, finally the time has come where I need to shift all the rubbish from where I was living to where I'm currently living.  Except, there's no room as we haven't built the extension yet.  Or even got the quotes in from the builders.  Oops.  Where's the nearest storage facility?!
Still a house to clear and sort.  Still my brother has a far worse job.  Much more stuff.  But it's so time consuming to sort stuff out.  Why do people put themselves throught it?!