We had a seriously unhappy afternoon, nathan was crying so much I now have a headache. He's sound asleep now tho. Apart from that everything is really fine. On Sat went to go to mum's (1hr drive). Nathan starts crying on the way, then he starts getting hysterical and makes this horrible sound. I am stuck at traffic lights, after 2nd time they have gone red(Don't stay green long enough to make it thru) get out to check on him and he is bright red. Start panicking that he is sunburnt and possible sunstroke (I didn't have the shade cover on window). When I finally get thru traffic lights (3 sets) I pull into a servo and feed him. His colour goes back to normal and he calms down. Went into servo to get some drinks for kids, go back to car and it won't start. Ring NRMA they tell me between 0 - 90 minutes mention I have a baby. He showed up in 40 minutes, my battery was dead, he installed a new one. Hows this: whilst waiting I looked at my watch and it had stopped earlier that morning (2 flat batteries on the one day). What are the chances, dh also had to put a new battery in his van this week. Anyway I am not going on any long car trips for quite a while now!
Karen - what a day! I haven't had any like that with Oscar yet...but I'm sure they'll come!
DP is trying out the new Nuk bottle...Oscar isn't very impressed, hasn't drunk much and I should probably get ready for bed so that he can have a comfort suck and drop off...
Sensory defensiveness can be as extreme as a baby being upset by most fabrics, too much light, too much touch, too much sound - all or just some of these. I know DP wasn't very affectionate as a child, as my MIL tells me, and he doesn't like holding hands when walking, some ways of touching him are irritating rather than sensuous etc. This was a bit frustrating for me until I read this book in the last week!
OK, better go make the most of the opportunity to brush my teeth etc...
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