14-11-2008 - immunisations

My mood while writing this blog: fine

Today my baby turned 8 weeks old. And we had an appointment at the maternal and child health clinic. He has grown 3cm in 4 weeks and put on 1kg in that time. I knew he was getting heavy. He has began smiling a lot and does laugh actually. he also does the cutest little cough thing when he wants extra special attention. When he smiles he shows his gums and they look so cute I seriously want to eat him up. Then I took my daughter to the dentist and on the way back called in at the doctors where he had his shots. He took them really well the poor thing. he looked so happy before and then his expression changed. Then he smiled and bang another one and this one he cried for for about 5 seconds and then he was fine. I Know they are for his own good and I have been through the tears when my first daughter had them. Anyway it is only painful for a few seconds and then it goes away. I will be there for him tonight if he just wants to be with me, I will hold him all night if I have to. After we left I gave him boob and he fell asleep and has been quite sleepy all day. He has been still sleeping til 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 o'clock. I think he has discovered the joy of sleeping.

I have been working now for 2 weeks and it isnt so bad. I get to speak to nice parents morning and night and do fun stuff with kids all day. In the middle of the day they sleep for 1 1/2 to 2 hours and I get a rest. I have even had 4 asleep at once including mine so it really isnt as bad as I expected. It really doesnt feel much different actually. However, I have been trying to materialise some goals this week. I am a huge believer in positive thinking and also willing things to myself so have been putting it out there that I would like a career change as I would love to be home with my baby everyday and I believe my thinking has led me to a potential career posibility that I am trying on for size at the moment. I also have this tendency to become so gung ho about something then become trained then totally lose confidence and not do it, so i want to be sure before I spend money on it and head in that direction but like bubby's name I am not going to tell too many people around me at the moment as I dont want their negative feedback that tends to deflate my enthusiasm. I am also a bit bummed as I havent exercised in 2 days and my progress has stopped in that department. I have a pretty busy weekend ahead - anyway, that's it for today. just wanted to talk about the immunisations....................