Just come back from a visit to the health visitor where, in typical fashion, Piglet did an enormous wee on the baby weighing scales and I was told off for not taking vitamin supplements, despite the fact that (as I protested to the health visitor) they have been repeatedly shown to be useless. Better just…
Category: adventures in the NHS
I Impress the NHS with my Great Knowledge of Medical Matters
Just taken Piglet for his BCG vaccination. I don’t think this was as entertaining for Piglet as it was for me, as he screamed blue murder throughout the experience. However, it was necessary, warned the nurse, as TB is “everywhere.” “Ah,” she said, leafing through Piglet’s red book, “you have just moved here.” “Well, not…
DOES THIS CHILD HAVE A PARENT?
It is 9pm and Piglet is asleep in his bouncy chair. I am pretty sure that this is VERY BAD, as apparently babies are not supposed to sleep in their bouncy chairs. Especially without the little seat belt attached to strap them in; the little seatbelt that Piglet has recently discovered and now regularly tries…
Surrendered Mother
Piglet is sleeping blissfully in his bouncy chair following his 16 week jabs. Blissful sleeps seem to be increasingly rare these days. Most sleeps are preceded by hours of fretfulness where he screams for ages until Mummy finds the exact position which he has chosen to fall asleep in that day, and he finally conks…
How to avoid using dangerous substances such as Calpol
So I am trying to write this while Piglet naps on my chest (look at me! Multi-tasking uber-mother!) He had his first set of immunisations this morning. This was relatively stress free. Apparently some women are so distressed by the sight of a huge (relative to size of baby) needle being stuck in their baby’s…