Here's my beautiful little boy:
He's sitting up all by himself in the photo, but only because hands were hidden nearby to catch him should he fall (or throw himself!) backwards.
Pretending to be a lion! Benjamin has been rather struggling with his eczema lately. :-( I think the late nights with all the chaos from us going back & forth between the two houses has tired him out and made him less relaxed. And of course, whenever he's tired, hungry or stressed - he thinks about scratching - whether there is visible eczema there or not! Thankfully he has eczema in a lot fewer places than he has had before. I mean, it all began on his feet, and was there until fairly recently. But he has very little signs of eczema of on his feet now, yet he'll still rub his feet together whenever he's bothered! The major place he's battling it is on his hands/wrists - which isn't helped by the fact that he will chew his hands/fingers and also scratch/rip them till they're running with blood! So I think they've been a bit infected lately and I've been trying to get that under control without having to take him to the doctor for full blown course of antibiotics, but not sure yet if that will work. They improve slightly overnight since he has mitten sleepsuits to sleep in, but mittens don't seem to work very well during the day since it affects him being able to play/hold things, and they'd get wet & mucky very quickly! Anyway, I'm just thankful that he's not covered with it like he was before - basically just arm/leg creases (behind knees and other side of his elbows) and his hands/wrists, and a small patch on his neck at the moment. It doesn't mean I don't feel stressed about it - esp when he has bad days of wanting to scratch all day, but when I think about it fairly, I realise that he was so much worse before! And he's sleeping a lot better too - most nights I'm able to sleep totally undisturbed! I don't go to bed early though ;-) - so I'm able to give him his cup for a drink around midnight or sometimes slightly later, but then I don't hear anything from him till he wakes up for the morning around 7:05am! So all in all, I do have much to be thankful for - even tho we still live with eczema!
Tickling his sister!
Abigail looking very un-impressed with Benjamin sitting inside her desk!
And smiling Clement again! He's got such a sweet face with his big smile. However, the poor little boy hasn't been doing as much smiling for the past week or so. :-( He's been rather poorly in several ways! First started around Saturday last week when he was just a *lot* more tired than usual and grumpy. Thought maybe it was just teething but by Monday evening he was a lot worse and had quite a high temp. So we phoned up the clinic here and they gave us an appointment for that afternoon. The doctor looked at his throat and said it was red/inflamed, so he prob had a sore throat. It was a relief to hear that, as I'd been concerned the fever might have meant another urine infection. But then 2 days later he woke up with an odd patch of redness on his forehead and small spots *all* over his back and tummy/chest, and an on-going nappy rash problem we've had was majorly worse! So back to the gp again! The lady said that the rash on back/tummy/head would be viral, and connected to the fever he'd had and that hopefully it meant he was on the mend! As for the nappy rash, she said that was thrush! :-( This is my first time after 3 children to have any thrush problems, so I'm convinced it's from Clement spending nearly 4 months of his life on antibiotics! grrrr! So she gave me a prescription for a cream which has made a lot of progress with clearing it up, though it's not toally gone. And I just hope it doesn't come back again. Guess I'll need to feed him lots of yoghurt to get some good bacteria back into him!
And here he is again, trying to crawl! He keeps getting up on all fours and trying to have a go, but not totally getting the hang of it yet! However, the solid floors are good for sliding around on, so he moves quite a lot. LOL
And here's him again, when he wasn't feeling very well! :-( Trying to snuggle up and get some rest in the pushchair while we were doing some final painting to our old house! At last we've finished the indoor painting and had the home report (survey) done today! So, we're on our way to getting it on the market!! And I took lots of photos of the inside as well, should anyone be looking to buy a house up this way (or just wanting to have a nosey!):And now I must get myself to bed!
