March to May 2010 Mommies

Sorry - forgot to mention the micro-pore plaster is over the patch so he wont pull it off!

Luke with the patch over his left eye.... Day 3 of patching

Good evening mommies..

Hope you all doing well in this cold...

I had Luke at the eye specialist on Thursday and he did more tests and it seems as tho the squint and focusing of his left eye has got worse.

He advised that I start patching Luke's eye. I have to patch 2 days on the left eye and 2 days on the right eye - will be doing this for the next month.

The patching forces his eye to focus and "work". The reason we alternate between the two is so that the good eye does not get weak.

The first two days of patching was difficult - because Luke kept pulling the patch off (the patch is almost like a plaster but specially designed for the eyes) - so my mom suggested we put micro-pore plaster over his patch because then he cant pull it off (micro-pore plaster sticks very well but comes off very easily with water).

He goes back to see his Dr on the 18th of July and his partner will then be accessing Luke to determine what medication we will be using for his eye to help.

As for Luke's squint - unfortunately he will need to have an operation in the next year to year and a half to correct it.


ScribblingAl - how did the offer on the house go? Were you guys happy with it?

Well, I'm home alone, and not in a Macaulay Culkin kind of way - Emily and her dad are hanging out at Grandma's while I'm supposed to be hard at work on the big fat albatross. While it's nice having some time on my own it's surprisingly lonely. It's not often that I've been alone since becoming a mother - Emily sleeping doesn't count. It's something that I was a lot better at before the Emily Era. Which just goes to show how much Motherhood can swallow up the woman. This will be remedied. As soon as the albatross has been let loose, that is.

Other than that things have been moving along at a cracking pace. We've had an offer on the house, so if the bond is approved we'll be house-hunting in earnest. It will be nice to not have people in and out of our home. And to leave the kitchen in a mess just because we can.

Emily finally seems to be warming to the 1 - 3 years milk, and I'm hoping that she'll be off that budget-smashing Nan HA soon.

We had a big of a crappy night last night as the power went out a midnight and only came on again at 5. Which is fine if you don't have a little one who wakes up like clockwork when her radio goes off (we put white noise on in the background because we're on quite a busy road). It was freezing, so we put her in bed with us, seeing as the heater was off. What a night! Madam lay sprawled out in the middle, and the two of us each had a tiny little corner. I definitely think she's gearing up to get out of that cot! Is anyone else thinking of making the move to a kiddies bed?

Enough scribbling. The albatross awaits!

Thanks Mommies for the advise and support regarding my situation - I am going to take all the advise you have given me and just carry on doing it on my own - after all I have my mom and brother who will be there for me if I need them and also the most amazing friends!

@ ScribblingAl - My understanding about his name not being on the birth certificate - is that he has no rights and will need to do a little bit of fighting from his side if he want anyinvolvement.. So YAY to me for not putting it on there... He refuses to sign any paperwork - so no luck in that department and as for txting or emailing him... Im not gonna bother cos he wont reply.

Once again a BIG BIG THANKS!!!

Pinky I'm going to have to bring Emily over to play in that sandpit. She loves dirt and will have Karla eating it in no time Glad she's better. Nothing worse than a sick baby.

Hi ladies

Thanks for all the kind words!
ScribblingAl, we must definitely make plan!

I bought Karla some sand for her sandpit today, she has never played in one before, now she is sooooo extremely scared, so funny shame!

She is much better... thank goodness for that!

Babyshoes... I feel for you girl... and I agree with everyone, if you're okay on your own, leave him out of it... he will just cause you more problems in the future... good luck!

Des... still can't believe you're going to have another little nunu... well done! We're looking forward to all you're posts!