Three weeks old today!

He was weighed on Monday by the Health Visitor and was 11lb 6oz so the mastitis had not affected him one bit. He doesn't really seem to have been bothered by my antibiotics either; The mastitis, thankfully, has fully cleared up. I stopped taking the antibiotics on Tuesday. Unfortunately his sticky eye hasn't, which prompted a mad dash yesterday afternoon to the doctors. Dad came and sat with Elizabeth (asleep thankfully) and I dashed out at 2pm, saw the nurse practitioner, was prescribed new eye drops which have to be administered every four hours, then dashed to Boots to collect the prescription, then dashed home again.

Dashing seems to be the order of the day. Husband went back to work on Monday and I was absolutely dreading it. It is a kind of panicky terror that sees me through the day. Typically feed Edward, get Elizabeth up at about 6.30am, get her washed and dressed, then either feed him, or start with our breakfast, then either feed him or have a shower, not forgetting hands/teeth, and sorting out the washing. I feel like a sort of full-time laundry manager actually. Every day there is a nappy wash to do, and usually one light wash and one dark. Monday is her bed change day, Friday is ours, somewhere like Wednesday is towels day... Yesterday and today I've had washing out on the line for the first time, so feel I'm using less electricity!!

Edward seems to feed constantly all afternoon and evening until finally giving up at around 8.30/9pm, then he sleeps until around 12.30, feeds, sleeps again until around 6ish, although sometimes there is a 3am and a 7am - just depends. He seems to have quite a long sleep in the morning, although if I didn't put him to bed he wouldn't. He is quite fretful, but when he's had a nappy change and a feed he will generally settle after crying a little bit. I can tell by the cry if he's got wind, and if he has he won't settle at all until that is resolved. Last night he was really sick - lost a whole feed, and I had to change his sleepsuits twice, so that was quite dramatic. In the early days he was getting through sheets/blankets like nobodys business but he's a bit better now!

We went to group on Tuesday (he slept all morning) and to Sainsburys on Wednesday, but other than that just surviving the day has been all we've managed. Elizabeth got out in the garden with her Grandad yesterday, and earlier in the week I think she went out with her Dad, but it has been fairly boring for her.

This weekend we've got to visit Great Gran and the in-laws (Mother's Day/Birthday) on Saturday, then Sunday has been scheduled as a rest day. Not quite sure how that will pan out. Looking forward to watching Moving Wallpaper tonight, and having a bit of help for a couple of days... Take-away and Casualty tomorrow! Woo hoo!