Wednesday, June 25, 2003

Settling In

There has been much upheaval since the little one got home. We are starting to get into a routine here now and things are looking up. Until this weekend we'd been having a nightmare - it has been a struggle from the start with his breast feeding. We have been worried he had not been feeding enough and indeed, he had lost a lot of weight.

We made the decision to switch from the breast (after much soul-searching and heartbreak) and give him the formula feeds. It has completely transformed us and him. He sleeps more regular, he doesn't scream for food and get frustrated that he can't get it and we are all a lot happier.

We've even managed to get out of the house a couple of times - Saturday a stroll around St Fagans, Sunday the in-laws and Tuesday the bay. I'm sure it wouldn't have happened if we had still been trying to get him to breast feed. It is easier for me and Mrs Dio as we can take it in turns to feed him (which now takes an hour rather than two) and we can both get some decent sleep.

Fatherhood is great - but I can't imagine how this will work when I return to work after next weekend.

Here are some more stills - he is a different baby as these photos progress - he looks completely different to how he did in the beginning.

"Yes - the torment has begun - look what my 'parents' made me wear..."

"Then to make matters worse they changed me trews and sent me to colourful psychedelia land..."

"It makes me wanna hurl..."

"But at least I can hold my own now..."

Posted by Dio Bach at 10:26

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