Week 21

15th - 21st May 2005

Emma's Entry

Evan and his Uncle Neil

I have started to notice these little patches of dry skin appearing on Evan's body. We managed to get rid of one that he has had for months on his shoulder by applying Sudocrem at every nappy change. However, this little persistent one on the head just refuses to go away so this week I decided to take him to the Doctors to find out what it was as I didn't want it to be on all his baby photos! Our GP thinks Evan may have a mild form of baby eczema so she has given me a prescription for some Canesten cream - god that cream is used for everything these days! It's done the trick though as we've only been using it for a few days and the patches are not looking as big or as red as they were at the beginning of the week. Hopefully it's just a baby thing as I'd hate for him to have eczema through all his childhood.

Evan and I usually get ready at the same time in the morning as he is usually at his most contented when he first wakes up. I wash and dress Evan and then jump in the shower immediately afterwards. One morning this week was unusual to say the least. Evan had woken up several times in the night and he sounded a little clogged up in his nose. He didn't want any boob and he just gurgled away to himself playing with his teddy bears that were in bed with us. The gurgling didn't bother me too much as I can sleep through anything but the feet and arms whacking my midriff were an altogether different issue :). He sounded like he had a stuffy nose so I kept him in bed with me just so that I could keep an eye on him, I just had to shuffle to the edge of the bed so that I could avoid the flailing limbs. The following morning we were doing our usual routine and whilst I was dressing I could hear Evan chatting away to himself on the change mat in the bathroom. It suddenly went quiet and when I reappeared he was fast asleep. He looked so adorable that I just had to go and interrupt Caroline whilst she was studying so that she could see. He is the most adorable little baby in the world...

Emma

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Evan learning to drink from a cup

Evan made a new discovery this week - one I was hoping he wouldn't make for a little while longer yet - yup, he found his willy!! He's been getting more adventurous with his hands of late and he can lift his legs right up which tips his pelvis upwards too. He was playing in the bath and suddenly I heard this little scream from Emma - "Oh No, he's got his willy!!!!". I came running in to have a look and sure enough there he was giving it a good old tug! Looked rather painful to me but what would I know about that :/ He seemed to find it highly amusing and proceeded to pull it about lots!

Evan's uncle Neil and his girlfriend Pascale came to visit this week (thanks for the extra photos). I was out at the time (in an exam, bleurgh) but when I came back Emma told me that Evan had managed to drink a little out of a cup. He had the little nozzle thing on it but it's still cute. I've noticed on his evening bottle feeds that I do that he tends to hold the bottle himself with both hands. It's too heavy for him to hold up when it's full but as he empties it out he can pretty much hold it all by himself. Earlier in the week Emma had tried offering him some water in a cup without a nozzle and the poor boy almost choked on it! He makes this funny face - it's the same one he makes when he splashes himself with too much water in the bath. We decided he's not quite ready for a proper cup yet!

Caroline