Archive for September, 2009

Although Today Was Incredibly Hard and I am Exhausted

it is days like today that make me grateful for 1 year of Maternity Leave.  In the States I am pretty sure I’d be back to work already. Today was a day with an upset baby all day.  He was beyond cranky.  He was screaming crying off and on all day. And all I could [...]

September 29, 2009   Posted in: Adam, Being a Mummy, daily  No Comments

The Saga Of The Lump…

So, when Adam fell out of my arms at 3 weeks old one of the things that he had, along with his cracked skull and broken rib, was a little lump on his side, under his left arm.  We were told it was a sub-dermal haematoma caused by his rib bleeding when it broke and [...]

September 26, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Adam, daily  One Comment

Its Been A Hell Of A Week

Starting with Simon getting home late on Monday, seguing into spending Tuesday afternoon with Adam in the A&E about the lump on his side (more on that in another post), winding up with Adam having two off days in a row due to his getting his next set of injections. All three of us were [...]

September 25, 2009   Posted in: Adam, daily  No Comments

I May Have Ranted About This Before

but I am going to rant about it again! I take two meds for my mental health issues; Xanax, for anxiety and Trazodone for depression. Each of these meds has been mentioned on TV shows I watch.  And misrepresented. Trazodone was mentioned on NCIS once.  Abbey claimed that someone on it would be so knocked [...]

September 19, 2009   Posted in: Mental Illness, Thoughts, daily  No Comments

My Day Off

So yesterday, for the first time since Adam was born, I took myself shopping by myself for more than an hour in a row. I left the flat at 11.  I bought a few necessary things at Boots.  And then I went shopping! I wandered through Marks & Spencer’s with no one looking bored or [...]

September 18, 2009   Posted in: Adam, Being a Mummy, daily  No Comments

Last Night…

a miracle occurred. Last night was my night off.  I woke up, on my own, at 0715.  And I’m thinking, how nice.  Simon let me sleep in.  He must be wrecked, poor boy.  And he won’t have much time to go back to bed since I have a doctor’s appointment at 0945. So I peek [...]

September 14, 2009   Posted in: Adam, Simon  2 Comments

Letter To My Son – Adam – 3 Months Old

Dear Adam Today you are 3 months old.  And what a 3 months its been! Month 1 – spent most of it in hospital between SCBU after birth and dropped at 3 weeks. Month 2 – started developing like gang busters, between major head lifting and becoming Mr Smiley. And now, here we are at [...]

September 11, 2009   Posted in: Adam, Letters, daily  2 Comments

So Today, I Was Waiting For the Lift

in Marks & Spencer’s.  I had been picking up some lovely mushrooms for my mushroom and mustard pasta.  M&S is pricier than Tesco, but their mushrooms are much better. In any event, as I was waiting there, with the pram, Adam contently asleep wrapped in his favourite blue blanket and I could see my reflection [...]

September 9, 2009   Posted in: Adam, Being a Mummy, Thoughts, daily  One Comment

So, I Have A Dilemma

I have recently realized that I have not bought any clothes that were not work related in about, oh 5 years.  I mean, I own jeans and leggings and things like that, but I don’t really own casual tops, sweaters, jumpers etc.  On weekends when I worked I would just wear a pair of jeans [...]

September 8, 2009   Posted in: Being a Mummy, daily  2 Comments

Happy Anniversary Simon!!

Every day I love you more and more.

September 4, 2009   Posted in: Simon, daily  No Comments