Tongue-tie and Breastfeeding

It’s been pretty hard going recently. Thomas is exclusively breastfed and every night for the last 4 weeks he’s gone from twice a night feeding and relatively settled sleeping to anywhere from 3-6 times a night feeding, and spending a lot of his time writhing around in first his crib and then his cot (we moved him when the crib was possibly too enclosed for all his wriggling), and lifting his legs up and banging them down constantly.

The change happened over night. At first I thought it was because we’d just got back from a week away with a lot of travelling involved, but after a week I figured it could be down to his 3 and 4 month growth spurts, perhaps some growing pains. However, he’s still not settled back into his old sleeping routine.

First Aid Training

Well, ‘training’ is probably a bit OTT, but today I attended a first aid class at the local children’s centre I’ve even got a certificate (that’s for life, don’t have to redo the course in 5 years or anything… can put it on my CV apparently, woohoo! )

I’d asked the community health nurse, who came for Thomas’s 12-16 week visit, about infant resuscitation courses, as we’ll be starting him on solids at 6 months and naturally want to ensure we know what to do in the event of choking on some food, or of course anything he can grab once he starts to crawl (which will ideally be nothing of danger, but they always find something you’ve missed!). So I got booked onto this 2 hour class, which went through resuscitation for adults, children and babies, plus dealing with choking, cuts, injuries and burns.

I certainly feel a lot more confident in saving someone’s life now, so job done