am exhausted. going to bed.
but shiv. waterloo east is totally easy to handle. there is a lift down to the waterloo mainline concourse. it comes out right by monsoon, m&s and the central branch of wh smith. then you need to get a lift down to the road and then walk round to the south bank. again, totally easy especially if one of us London gals is there to act as guides. south bank is about a 5min walk from there, no steps at all to giraffe afair.
ae is now on dioralyte rehydration salts, he has to have it instead of his bottles for 24hrs. oh joy. he's being pretty good but poor lamb now has a nasty nappy rash from all the runny poos (11 nappies today).
bed.
11 nappies?? Bless his little bott and bless you for having to keep changing them!
Lets hope the salts work and he gets back to normal soon.
xxxx
thanks Cazza
he is getting better, fewer nappies yesterday and today... took him to the doctor yesterday morning (after getting a lovely non-conventional birthday present at 6.40am
- actually first time I've been pooed on by him so not bad for nearly 20 weeks). doc was reassuring that he's fine, which I knew anyway, as he has been behaving pretty much as normal for him, but I felt the doc was condescending to me (and Chris agreed) - I mean, AE had the shits for a few days before it occured to me he wasn't ok, I am not some kind of crazed, over-protective mother (I hope I am the right sort of concerned and protective though) and I didn't run to the doc, I got advice from NHS Direct and it was them who said he needed to be seen by a doc (much as I adore AE it wasn't on my list of things to do on my birthday morning, sitting for an hour in the doc's waiting room, if I could avoid it - the doc I spoke to the night of the 30th said TAKE HIM TO YOUR GP IN THE MORNING). so to be spoken to like I am over-reacting galls and upset me. I KNEW he looked fine to me but he is my first child. I KNOW he sees thousands of babies with diarrhoea and knows that AE is ok by one glance but he is the only one I've seen and for all I know dehydration is something that they have and look normal. or it progresses quick. and he wasn't drinking his milk. and after the first 6oz he gulped he didn't want to rehydration fluid... so OF COURSE I was concerned. eeeesh.
so I made the decision to change docs. it's been brewing for a few months. really since I was pregnant, and I had such a job getting something for my heartburn. then I had an annoying 8-week post-natal check up, when I didn't feel I was being listened to. and then I went to the docs for my knees and the other doc (a retired gp who doesn't seem very retired to me as he's been there regularly since the summer) prescribed something he shouldn't... and I feel the other reasons I liked that practice have gone (my GP, who was ok for years but now he's pissing me off), there was a woman GP I liked and she left, there was a REALLY nice and helpful receptionist, but she's gone... it used to be 10 mins away but they moved and now it's a good 20 min walk, which is one thing when you haven't any urgency but when your baby is sick it IS. and with the baby clinic I am there every few weeks and it's the same HVs who run the one at the docs I am changing to so...
the place I am registering me and AE for didn't exist when I registered at my old GPs, its right over the road from us, literally 2 mins away. though Chris is registered there it's pretty much an unknown quantity as he's only been once. but worth a try for the convenience. I can always go back to the old practice if I have to. like jelr said last time I mentioned this, I can say I wanted us all to be together but it wasn't as good, heh. so I went over yesterday (in the heat of my anger, it is true) and got the forms. came home, calmed down, and decided to fil them in and take them back with the ID things they wanted. I feel fine about it. a little apprehensive about going somewhere new but oh well. it will be nice to be able to take AE over in the sling rather than the pushchair. and if we have an emergency we don't need to take the car and find parking.
so after all that I finally had a bit of a birthday.
and then we all went for dinner and the night at my best friend's house. got back this morning. AE was ok over there, especially last night, he was on good form, fussy this morning but he's better since we've been home.
and so - happy new year everyone. may 2010 be good to us all.
looking forward to meeting some of you soon! (and sorry about the ones who can't make it this time, one day perhaps
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sleep well spk tomo and look forward to meeting you all very soon!!! 
- not to mention a weeks holiday we already had booked and 2 lots of people coming for visits! It was hectic to say the least!
It's lovely to have you back my dear, don't be sheepish, we won't bite! 
Your move back and your hectic few weeks sounds like utter madness, hope it wasn't too exhausting and that you're all settled back in the good old UK now! Sounds like G is doing wonderfully, he is so gorgeous in your Facebook pics! Well done for the continued BF, I imagine at least a couple others will be breast feeding at the meet, I'll only be envious of you 
have sent most of you a message so hope you are all OK! 
