Things are going well here. I love the weekends as Craig is home two nights to give me a hand. Usually I have bedtime AND mornings by myself which is a bit of a struggle with Jared still up twice a night most nights.
We had to go back to the hospital for another heel-***** test on Thursday. I managed to get both boys and myself dressed and fed and at the hospital for a 9:30 appointment! I was so proud you'd think I'd worked out a plan for world peace Jared's results for Maple Syrup Urine Disease came back elevated. We have to wait another 11 days to hear if we need further testing, but I'm not worried as he doesn't have any of the signs or symptoms.
Ben has been a star yet again. He now goes into bed and climbs in himself (his bed is high and he needs a stool which he was too afraid to use before). Then he reads one of his little Thomas books for a while before going to bed. Sometimes we read to him, but it's not always possible with Jared around and Craig often in bed at that time.
Anyway, they both want me so I'd better go and attend to at least one of them
Mel, don't you love that they can now open the fridge? Actually, once I put the Tim Tams out of reach, Ben's been pretty good It's even quite handy now that he can go and get his milk out of the fridge while I'm feeding Jared.
Maple Syrup Urine Disease is apparently pretty rare. It means that you are unable to break down amino acids and can cause some pretty serious damage. I'm not really concerned as Jared isn't showing any of the symptoms, but it's still niggling away in the back of my mind.
We had a great night last night! Ben went down to bed after I read him a book. I left him with his book and he went off to sleep by himself. Then, Jared was fast asleep by 10:30 after a pretty unsettled day. We were up once in the night for a feed and then back to bed until 7am with Ben getting up at 7:30. Much better! I even did the washing up and mopped the kitchen floor (with Jared in the Hug A Bub) this morning. Quite an achievement considering I've done basically no housework since the little one was born (or even before he was born actually!). The sun is even out at the moment after a week of rain. Don't know how long it will last though, I don't think I'll risk the washing on the line outside.
Jared's results for Maple Syrup Urine Disease came back elevated. We have to wait another 11 days to hear if we need further testing, but I'm not worried as he doesn't have any of the signs or symptoms.
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