Not long after Violets silent reflux settled a bit and she could spend hours at a time without writhing and arching her back in pain. The differences in Violet and Henrys development became obvious and smacked us full on in the face. We guessed it was due to her incredibly hard start but there was … Continue reading My heart broke a little bit, for the first but not last time
Both Violet and Henry struggled to gain weight for weeks after birth. Henry started to race ahead from 4-6 weeks of age. Whereas Violet was still struggling to suckle. This changed dramatically between 6 - 8 weeks when Violet started to sort of suckle and took bigger feeds. She was catching Henry up weight wise. … Continue reading Lightweights
My family - my parents, brother and sister and law. They are beyond amazing. During our hospital stay they came as much as they could, brought us food, drinks, held Violet and Henry. Tried to feed Violet, brought us tiny baby clothes and micro nappies. Everything I had packed in my hospital bag was too … Continue reading Family is everything
Our beautiful Violet has not had it easy and as a result neither have we as a family. I had a previous blog but it became so negative and such sad reading that I deleted the whole thing. I'm glad I did. Now my aim is to look back at those hard times and reflect … Continue reading The struggle is real
