Two weeks

[jane_somebody]

frodo_lad is a fortnight old today. He seems to be thriving, although he has developed the same flaky skin at wrists and ankles that prince_eldarion had when he was born, and somewhat dry skin in general, so now we are oiling him with extra virgin olive oil ;-) He also has gungy eyes, but these are apparently probably due to blocked tear ducts rather than an infection, so

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[na_lon]

Haven't read the whole post, but gungy eye: NQ had one. My MW recommended using breastmilk on cotton wool to wipe the eye and Amalion recommended squirting breastmilk into the eye. Worked a treat with NQ

[jane_somebody]

nak - ta for eye advice - worth a try! appreciate fellow feeling on hormones etc.

would *love* a visit! it'd be lovely if you could manage it ;-) but understand if not easy of course.

cardi is gorgeous ;-) yep, it fits nicely (and will prob fit even better when don't have melon-boobs!) also pretty flattering to post-preg figure! thanks so much ;-)

also, el loved his pressies - partic keen on "my tiny thomas". he was so thrilled, he kept checking, is this one my present too? fro stuff cute and useful too, ta.

[didiusjulianus]

My experience of parenting has been that things do indeed pass by frustratingly quickly at times, and while it's nice to try to preserve memories and artifacts if you've got the time & energy, it's more important to LIVE. And your children will thank you for it, and probably not mind that there aren't reams of things to look back on, so long as there are some from key moments

[anonymous]

Lovely to hear how you're all getting on. Bless El for being such a good big brother. Looking forward to seeing you all soon. Love, Neuromancer

[louisedennis]

On the subject of structured play is there a Montessori nursery near you? My eldest niece went to one for a while in the States and her parents were very impressed by the way everything was structured to give a bit more depth than just random play. I don't know if they are all like this but it might be worth checking out.

[just_ruth]

*Big hugs* What a lot of changes! I hope your "blues" and assorted initials of things I'm not entrely sure about get better soon.

El sounds like he is being perfectly normal. Your telling him how lucky he is to be a big brother sounds like a great way to reduce some of the rivalry that will happen (I've never heard of any way to avoid it.)

[febobe]

*awwwwwwwwwwwwwwsnugs*

Thinking of you and your little brood. :)

*snugglebunnies*