Day To Day

Hello again! Well today got off to a nice start ... Gemma was off work this morning so I was able to get quite a chunk of work done. However she is out until about 7pm this evening which leaves us with a long day! Oh well!

I am currently writing this via my iPhone as BT are doing something or other, and it is leaving us without the net for 24 to 48 hours. Luckily enough I can work offline, but I need to get online soon!

No news of the Macbook Pro arriving as of yet ... bloody Apple! I love them, and hate them for keeping my new machine from me! 

Well thats enough for now ... Niamh is currently happy with her bottle, and I'm working on Gems laptop so all is good enough!

New Computer!

I took a huge plunge the other week and ordered a spanking new Macbook Pro from the Apple UK Store (a nicely customised one) and am currently on tenderhooks waiting for it to arrive. It was ordered on the 6th March and it says it won't be delivered until at latest the 28th! Thats 22 days to get something from Shanghai to the UK.

As a comparison I ordered a Memory Stick to copy all the gubbins from my PC to my new Laptop from China, and that arrived in 3 days! Come on Apple, you're a huge company ... why the heck is your delivery so damn slow??

Yes I understand that my Macbook Pro is customised, but it doesn't take 22 days to get it to me! After all it cost nearly £2,000 which is a huge chunk of money. The least you could do to people spending a lot is expedite its departure and arrival!

Anybody out there purchased a computer from Apple, how long did it takes yours to get to you?

Did I disappear? Nope! I'm back!

Hello all! Well time certainly does fly, and I've decided to take this blog back up again after being contacted by so many people whose baby had Colic and were going through the same thing.

I'm happy to announce that Niamh is now completely Colic free thanks to Colief, and she is now a glorious 9 months old. She can do 'If you're happy and you know it!' and has just started waving goodbye too! Its fantastic!

Last Nights Report

Well last night, Im floored! Wow!

Niamh was still grumpy until about 11:30pm and then Boom! She went to sleep without any waking up in the night whatsoever ... utterly amazing! Gemma and I woke up this morning feeling so refreshed and generally happy, and we looked over into the Moses Basket and there she was - asleep! STILL! Hoo Bloody Ray!

I have to put a quick thanks into the lovely people over at The Urban Nursery for sending us 6 Dr Browns Anti-Colic bottles they really are bloody great! The bottles contain a valve which stops air being sucked in by your baby and therefore you don't get hardly any wind at all, and your baby remains happy as larry, or maybe larrys brother chuck! No idea!

Well tonight is band practice night, and I can't wait! Will be good to meet up with everyone again after holidays etc, I'll let you all know how it goes tomorrow!

Cranial Osteopathy

Well Gemma took Niamh to the Cranial Osteopath yesterday and she described the experience as relaxing. As usual Niamh was screaming from the moment she got in there as she had just fed and was full of gas & wind ... the osteopath took some details then did a couple of procedures that were all very gentle and Niamh calmed down immediately! Then fell asleep so the Osteopath couldn't do any more ...

The Osteopath said that we would have to come back next week so she can carry on the treatment and then we will notice a good change in her ... but could it be that we have finally found the right thing to help Niamh and the evil Colic ... maybe!

Im Back!

Yes it has been a long while since I posted on here, but the weird thing about having kids is ... who would know it takes up so much of your free time!?!?! Ah well ... here goes ...

Thanks first and foremost to the person who wrote to me about Baby Trolleys, a little update on that one ... some of the supermarkets round here have started to introduce these trolleys where you can fit your car seat to them. They are really really good, but the only downside to them is that little Niamh wobbles around in them so much when you aren't going over a smooth surface ... they need to invent a baby trolley, something with a little bed in it or something that would be awesome, oh and why not add an xbox 360 in there for me too!

Well colic is still here, and still bad! But its strange because Niamh has developed a pattern with it, about 8pm every evening she'll scream blue murder, then sleep at about 10, then awake at 11 and scream again until 3am ... fun fun fun!! We've tried everything, so today she has an appointment with a cranial osteopath which is meant to help, I'll let you know what happens tomorrow.

At the time of writing this both sets of our parents are away on holiday which is rubbish! We actually feel quite lonely as we were used to seeing them regularly since Niamh has arrived into this world, only one more week to go and we'll see them all again which will be nice!

Oh and finally, Niamh has started smiling properly in response to things that we are doing, so cue two photographs the first is a smile ...


And the second image is possibly the single greatest photograph of Niamh ever!


What you lookin' at!?

All IS Well!

Tonight has to be the best night ever! Little Niamh has been the best, and it looks like Gem and Me have finally beat this evil colic thing! Persistance is the key! I would really really recommend www.babycentre.co.uk for a great place to chat about your problems with your little one! Awesome!

All Seems To Be Well

Sorry i've not posted much recently, who would have thought that having kids takes up all of your free time. Last night was fantastic though! Little Niamh had a really relaxed evening and Gem and I sat down and ate a great bit of steak and generally relaxed! Superb!

Its All Gone Country!

Well last night I had my first night out after the birth of Niamh, and I went to a local bar to meet up with 6 other people that are going to form a new country & western covers band. I must admit it was strange leaving Gem and Niamh, but I had a great time and next week we are going to rehearse for the first time!

Mum & Dad Time

Now that Niamh has settled again, Gem and Myself got a little time together - so what did we do? No - not that you dirty people! We played Monster Madness Battle For Suburbia on the 360, call us sad, call us what you like - but it was bloody good fun - until we ran across the Granny with the Cat Shield enemy ... if anybody can offer us some tips it would be great cos we suck!

Happy Families (So Far)

Well, so far tonight has gone without a hitch! We picked up some Cow & Gate Comfort Milk to top Niamh up with (for when she isn't being breastfed), and laced it with Colief and at the moment she is asleep on the sofa with Gem looking very happy!

We did take Niamh back to the doctors again today, as she had another huge bout of crying and flailing limbs. Unfortunately the Doctor couldn't really give her anything as her stomach is not too distended ... and she told us everything we are doing is right! Which are always nice words to hear!

Anyways, I'll round this post off with a nice picture of Niamh! :)

Here she is watching television ... unfortunately she's getting into bad habits and watching Big Brother along with Gem ;)

Colief!

I can not extol the virtues of this product enough! I tried this with Niamh today upon recommendation from my sister and within 10-15 minutes Niamh had calmed right down and even went to the loo (don't know if I mentioned she was severely constipated too) ... whoever invented this piece of genius is a ... genius!

Niamh is currently asleep and things seem to be back to normal ... for now!

Hospital

It was about 11pm when Gemma and I decided that we needed to call the doctors, as Niamh wasn't settling and was crying at the top of her lungs for at least 3 hours straight! Not Good!

We were told we'd need to go to the Royal Infirmary (Local Hospital) so she could be examined - so we arrived and Niamh was poked and prodded (in some places where the sun doesn't shine). Gem was really upset through the whole thing and had a good cry in the doctors office, as its not nice to see your little baby upset!

We were then told we'd need to go to the childrens ward so she could be monitored, we were seen by a total of 3 different people - each of them asked the same questions. Finally a registrar arrived and he said it could be either acid reflux or colic (dur, thats what we said originally) ... but that they need to keep her (and us) in for another 5-6 hours while they took blood and inserted a catheter to check her pee.

Not happening! Niamh had finally gone to sleep, we were told it would be a quick visit so we didn't pack any more than a couple of nappies (which were used because every doctor and nurse asked us to remove them). So we decided we would discharge us and Niamh from the hospital.

We got home at 3:30am and Niamh stayed asleep pretty much until 10:30am which we were very pleased about ... and this morning she hasn't been nearly as bad as she was yesterday. The docs did give us some infant gaviscon, which may help ... we will see!

Ok I Lied

The colic definately isn't going! At the moment im sitting here and have just tried to console Niamh through 2 1/2 hours of crying ... something is definately upsetting her tummy as she keeps raising her knees and clenching her fists ... the weird thing is that she hasn't got wind or anything like that - so im guessing that its just tummy ache or something similar. She isn't running a fever or being sick so its nothing to worry about ... much

The other side of the coin is that when you have kids you have this strange idea that during the day & evening she is going to be a little bundle of joy ... that certainly isn't the case if your baby develops colic ... far from it!

If anybody has had a baby who had colic ... pass on some tips maybe, we could use them, before we tear our hair out! ;)

Its going

Hello again, just a quick post this time to say that the colic is definately in decline thanks to Dentinox ... couldn't recommend that product enough I tells ya!

Colic

Its only ever something that I've heard about, but it turns out that Niamh has Colic, this is a rough explanation of what it is ...

"Between 10 and 15 per cent of all children get colic. Doctors don't know precisely what triggers the condition. There are several theories, but doctors aren't agreed on a single cause or even on a course of treatment.

The most popular theory is that the child’s intestines are working too hard, which causes them to get a sort of cramp.

However, some doctors believe that colic arises because the child's bowel movements may be too slow, so that air in the bowel makes the intestines expand, causing the pain.

Others believe that colic has something to do with eating too fast, eating too much, or swallowing too much air without burping. There is also a theory that there is a link between colic and whether or not the mother drinks cows' milk. "

Taken from netdoctor.co.uk

Basically this means that when Niamh is awake, she cries because something obviously isn't right - now most of the people we've spoken to say to try Dentinox, and so we have some - and last night was the best nights sleep we've had since she has been around! Anyways, just thought I would post about this ... its not fun!

Tired

Well, last night was the worst one yet. We have been quite lucky so far with Niamh only waking up at 4am, and then sleeping until 8am.

Last night, however, she woke at 2,4,5,6 and then finally again at 8am. We think she might have an upset stomach. Even though we're both tired we wouldn't change it for the world!

Here's a picture of Niamh and her cousin Emily ... think this is really cute!

Its The Weigh In

Well today was the second time Niamh was weighed since her birth. On the first weigh in she totalled 7lbs 3oz... today she weighed in at 7lbs 14oz! Rock On!

Its seem strange that putting on 11oz would cripple most normal people, well those obsessed with their weight at any rate. I wonder if there is such a thing as baby diet videos, im guessing there would be ... lemme guess ... in America!?

Parent & Child Parking Spaces

Now, im not usually the type that moans (much), but today something really got to me! We pulled in at a local supermarket to pick up a card for my dad (fathers day) and there was only once space left in the Parent & Child section of the parking lot.

So we drive down to it, and get ready to unload Niamh and carry her in the car seat ... when a bunch of chav twats decide to pull in and park their car in the worst way I have ever seen.

Did they have a baby or child? Nope!

This really really really annoys me! It seems there are a breed of people out there who honestly believe that they can do what they want, when they want and fuck anybody else who gets in their way! Its selfish, and I can only hope that these people are the same who's last words before they die will be ...

"You can't die doing this can you?"

Grrrr!

Baby Laughing!