The Kings

First family photo!

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Quick update on the past couple of weeks in the King household

• Max is sleeping through the night from 10:30/11:00pm - 7:00am (he has the occasional wake up at 4am but a quick dummy in his gob and a re-wrap and he's back asleep)
• Ingrid had her 37th birthday yesterday - we had little cup-cakes after Kids Klub which Sophie LOVED! - and Soph also made Mummy a nice big heart present too.
• Ingrid got pretty crook last weekend so Nic took Sophie out to her place for the day and night - thanks sis - a life-saver.
• Sophie has only fallen out of her new bed twice so far.
• Soph's flaming nappy-rash has come back with a vengeance...the past couple of nights dealing with this mixed in with 'number 2's' have been nothing short of soul destroying...the docs seem to have no answer as to why it re-appears so often.
• Max is talking (well, goo-ing and garr-ing) a lot more and cracking more smiles - and he still loves his baths with his big sister...and Soph loves 'em too!
• Sophie turns 3 on Monday - we're having a party with heaps of her friends from Kids Klub and a few from Coffee Group - the party is Cinderella themed - and Sophie is pretty damned excited about it!
• Check out a Little video of Max King (smiling too) here!

Shucks...

Eventful couple of weeks

I don't mean to sounds mean, but Ingrid is shithouse at updating the blog - so all you're getting is a quick post with a few highlights and low-lights from the past couple of weeks...

• The Baby Whisperer has worked out pretty well - Max is in a fairly consistent routine now
• I took Sophie to Nana's in New Plymouth for an Easter holiday
• Stink holiday for Sophie and Nana...as Sophie was horribly ill all weekend and vomited several times - turns out she had a urinary track infection.
• I drove back down to New Plymouth to be with her...and got a speeding ticket on the way
• Thankfully Sophie is much better now and is even sleeping in her big grown up bed...and loving it!
• Sophie started to use the potty last week...
• But now she's constipated and had a few accidents...and doesn't want to use it anymore
• Max was sleeping from 11pm - 7pm
• ...but then he got his injections on Friday and has hardly drunk all weekend and is back to waking in the early hours again...

Check out the jealous kid in the back-ground!

Who's that serious bugger?

Happy Max

Max pulling silly faces...that or filling his pants

Sophie growing up

Do you think she likes her new bed?

Brad

The Baby Whisperer

Ingrid and I brought in some outside assistance to try and help Max get into a better, more consistent feeding and sleeping routine. A friend of mine from work had used...hang on wait for it...someone called "The Baby Whisperer" (TBW) when she was having problems with her own baby last year - and she swore black and blue it was the best thing she'd ever done!

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So Kate, TBW arrived on Sunday morning and immediately looked concerned at Max's weight - she thought he was extremely small and had very little fat on his face - her first words - "he's not getting enough food" (and here Ingrid and I thought he was turning into a little fatty!) - Basically, TBW determined Max was missing the equivalent of one entire feed over the course of 24 hours - so she designed a very strict plan that we had to put in place over the following 3 days - it involved Ingrid having to express everyday rather than breastfeeding, and giving Max exact amounts of milk (both breast and formula)-...and then waking him / putting him down at exact times during the day and night - and not deviating from the plan. The first 24 hours into it were absolutely disastrous...Max became hysterical at one point and we both wondered what the hell we had done!...thankfully, Max was a little better the next day, and now it's nearing the end of day 3 and touch wood, he's settled and sleeping very well. I must admit, we were hoping Max would start sleeping 8 hours overnight, but apparently 7-weeks old is far too early and unhealthy for that sort of carry on...(bugger!) - so now I'm doing the 10:30pm feed and Ingrid does the horrid 4:30am feed - but at least Ingrid can get around 6-7 hours sleep uninterrupted overnight. As stupid as "a baby whisperer"sounds though - she does seem to know her stuff - and the photo below shows just how happy Max has become in 3 days.

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Max's first smile (and caught on camera!)...Sophie has the golden touch - she's the only one who can get him to smile!

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A happier mummy after 3 settled days in a row

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Sophie doesn't want to miss out on the action...here she is jumping into Max's bath!
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Found an old photo on facebook - check out the 5-year old sailor-boy on the right - makes me feel very old, that photo was taken 30 years ago!
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Brad