Lets play catchup
Today is the day we find ouy about Louis' hearing. I'm on tenterhooks, waiting to hear whether a stupid drug error may have given him a 'disability'. It's not over yet for little Louis in the hospital review appointments whatever today's results bring. At his 6 week examination the doctor discovered that he may have occult spina bifida, the hospital appointment regarding that is next week. Daughter and SIL appear to be coping well with the uncertanties involving Louis, but I suppose that I appear to be as well. Suffice to say that I had an extremely broken nights sleep last night contemplatig what news could be forthcoming today. What we all focus on is two little boys who are doing really well, putting on weight like the clappers, smiling away and, on the whole being, as their Mummy puts it, 'good babies'. Yes, there are nights when her sleep is in short supply, and days when it seems to be an endless round of feeding, winding and changing but it could be so much worse. Amy has now settled down with having the 'bruvvers', 'little lovies'. There were some hairy times in the first few weeks, a toddler plus one baby can be hard, plus two has been difficult.
Gosh. Other daughter has just phoned me to see if there is any news, she knew immediately from my voice that I hadn't heard anything and I nearly lost it there on the emotion stakes. I can show how worried I am with her, I feel I have to be strong and in control with Louis' Mummy and Daddy.
Back to 'the boys'. It's amazing how identical they are. Hair, eyes, eye-lashes, even weight gain. One week you think that they have entirely different personalities, but as daughter put it yesterday, 'Jamie's being the naughty twin today', so they are still not exhibiting different behaviour. It is extremely rare that one is awake and the other asleep. One will start stirring, not crying, just moving around and pulling faces and within a couple of minutes off goes the other one. I am really looking forward to when they are a few weeks older and they start to interact more with each other, and us.
Jack is at school three mornings a week. His speech is almost perfect now. The stutter he was displaying a few months ago has almost entirely gone and even when he does start it is hardly noticable, I think the only reason we do pick-up on it is because we knew it was there.
Izzy is the cutest little girl. She has remained quite petite and as a result it is easy to forget that she is 9 months old. For weeks now she has been threatening to crawl forwards but she never quite seems to manage it. Backwards, no probs but that important first trusting her arms will support a forward movement never seems to happen. It may be because she is a prodigious roller, she travels anywhere, through doors, round the furniture just by rolling. We have discovered that she is 'double jointed', fingers, wrist, hips, knees. If you want to feel slightly nauseous just watch Izzy's contortions!
Son is getting married next May. They have been living together for 8 years and have decided to 'tie the knot', I would have thought that a joint mortgage would be quite effective at making things official but it will be lovely to have a wedding in the family.
Still no phone-call. Not sure how to interpret this. Have to have (another) coffee!