Moolies

Today

Was James' first immunisations day.

:(

He got a mild fever in the afternoon and didn't know why he felt strange, so screamed, and screamed solidly, until he wore himself out. Thank the spaghetti deity for Calpol.

Paediatric clinic

I'm cutting this short because i am at that horrible first stage in a stinking cold. Consequently my brain doesn't work and I want to die. (oh please let this be easy on James. Please).

Fucking hot day, headachey etc, hot inside hospital. Nice woman. Talked. No allergy tests because it's all a bit random at this age, so I'll have to conduct experiments and eat some cows' milk products (Haagen Dasz, anyone?). Also, much as I would like to only use oil or lovely, expensive but fragrant SOS cream on James' skin, it hasn't responded well when I have, and it has got far too dry too quickly. Putting it plainly - his skin's too sick and needs drastic action. enter the revolting smelling delights of "Diprobase", a sort of gooey version of Aqeous cream plus two strengths of hydrocortizone cream. Sigh. It's not that I was despreately trying to avoid these sorts of measures at the cost of James' short term wellbeing, at all. It's the recognition that it is just too much for him at the mo.

Immunisations tomorrow. What a joyous week.

Now Ihave to sleep before I start weeping with insane tiredness.

Proper posts shortly, I promise

We are still here. Time's been a bit short. My sleeping is currently compartmentalised in such a way as to preclude any real time for lesisure actiities other than a furtive check of my email.

Everyone well - docs on Tues tomorrow for late immunisations (ugh) then amazingly, actually have the long mentioned pediatrician appt on wed. Although my regome of eating the most frustrating diet on record is going great guns at keeping James' skin from being entirely the creaking, cracked mess it was. All the red marks are there & behind the ears gets pretty bad, but the red marks are more like tiny pinpricks, and most importantly, there are no background red swollen areas. We're about to swap from Aqueous to Safflower oil, which according to a nutritionalist Grandmother of my friend Zelda (!) contains the vitamin b spectrum in a positively brimming type capacity, and thus is good for babies with eczema. given that we were switching to Grapeseed oil anyway, we'll use Safflower and keep an eye on how strong it is - grapeseed is very inert.

Must go. Holiday report is - christ, it went from 24 degrees (ie: about 18 indoors) to 37 degrees in 1 day. it was impossible for James & I. We didn't actually leave the house for several days. That having been said, he was an absolute angel, and slept very, very well, partially I' sure due to the pitch black of the bedroom (wooden shutters, y'see) which has spurred me on to buy some proper blackout curtains. Nora has a great, great time. Loved it. My Dad falls in love with her anew every time, I'm sure.

Alright, alright, I'm going!

Hilarious

My employer did a big rebranding exercise which went live today.

I just went to check it out. All routes to it were down. Whoops!