Bows, bells, baubles and beads

On Wednesday, mum, Charles, Rohan, Bea and I went to London. Mum, Charles and Rohan went to the Natural History Museum, Bea and I to St Thomas’ hospital, to enrol Bea on the EAT Study. They are looking at allergies. The theory they are testing is that early, regular exposure to key allergens will reduce […]

  This is our Bea today, at 13 weeks old. She’s loving sitting up, although she can’t quite do it by herself without support. That isn’t stopping the sweet little thing from trying to move onto the next stage. She keeps trying to bum shuffle. The moment she can sit by herself, she’s going to […]

So, Bea got herself born, and we came home from the hospital Sunday evening (it took them forever to sort out the discharge, which came with a bunch of follow up appointments). On Monday, Martin’s parents brought Ro back. He rushed through the front door and put his hand on my tummy to check she […]

On Sunday 28 November, at 2:13am, Beatrice Elizabeth Anne was born, weighing 9lbs, 11oz. On Tuesday she was readmitted to hospital with jaundice, but thankfully she’s much better now (though still a little yellow) and we came home on Wednesday evening. That was the nice bit. What follows are the full details of Bea’s labour […]