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PillsI am not a believer in Yin and Yang. But I do believe in balance.

This week has all been about re-establishing balance in our lives.

I went to see the GP and got pills for my PND. It is a bit scary as I haven’t been on them the first time I had it and I have this question at the back of my mind if I could cope without them. But the thing is that these past weeks I haven’t been coping very well and anything that could help should be given a chance.

Then, yesterday, I spent all day between GPs and hospital children wards trying to get reflux pills for Georgie. We did in the end. Which felt like a great victory after three weeks of hassle and unsuccessful attempts at getting treatment for him. Again, these are the pills that worked for his sister and I truly hope they will work for him too. We will not know for another two weeks, the doctor said, that’s about how long it takes for them to control the excess acid. But he has had a great day today and I am hopeful that things will improve sooner.

I am hopeful balance will be re-established in our lives soon. That baby will sleep reasonably and I will be able to rest physically and mentally and things will fall into place again. Not like before as this is a new era, as a family of 4, but into a new normality.

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I know that this project is a photography one and the pics I post are not top quality. But the reason I try and join when I can is because I am trying to create memories of these blurry days, which I didn’t do when Emma was a baby. And in consequence, most things I have forgotten already…

Lovely Emma, this week you have had yet another change to accept in your life. Your Bica came to stay with us for a while and she has taken the lower bunk bed. You were happy to see her but because you don’t really speak Romanian (my blooming fault), the novelty wore off quickly and now you need to be explained why she needs to stay with us for a while. “To help mummy look better after you and George”, I tell you. Still, you find it hard, all the changes, all the new people and this weekend you came up with a blinking brilliant plan to get my attention: you “developed” a blinking tic, just when I was around…I have been advised by your childminder to pretend I don’t see it and indeed, it had disappeared by Monday night. I know you find it tough, little one and I acknowledge your resourcefulness but honestly, I wish you could just tell mummy you miss me and need me. You seemed to have enjoyed our special girls-only time last night in McDonald’s, I will try and make it a habit in finding things we can do only the two of us.

This week you have taken to “writing books”, here is you drawing and writing Cinderella, all over again 🙂

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Little man, I refuse to focus on the thing that plagues us at the moment, your constant waking shortly after feeding. It will pass. Instead, I will say, you seem to be a very chilled out dude who, despite being in pain, rarely cries(mummy rocks you in the pram when you seem uncomfortable, which seems to do the trick), who has started to smile and is very alert when other people are around. I look forward to taking you to Greece in the summer, to have you sleep unaided by motion and see your personality develop more and more!

Here is a picture of the two of you this week, how sweet you both are:

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