General Chat

Thank you all for your words of encouragement. I've known all along there was nothing wrong with him but this bl**dy annoys me. As someone said, with prem babies you usually go by their corrected age (ie when they SHOULD have been born), but she doesn't seem to take it into account at all. There's absolutely nothing wrong with him that time won't cure, and from now on I'll take no notice whatsoever. As someone said, he's the most precious thing in the world. He's given us a lot of heatrache and worry but so much happiness too. Incidentally he woke up this morning covered in spots, so is off to the docs this afternoon... chickenpox we thinks :S

You are the parents and you know your baby best. It is an eminently sensible idea to have these safety nets but it is annoying when we get stuck in them and yet there are children (in an area not far from where we live) who really need to be caught in them but slip through. My little girl was three weeks late (although according to the authorities she was not - I must just have the technique of delaying implantation just like the deer!) and weighed over nine pounds. That put her on the 91st centile and of course she did not stay there. I remember being lectured so often at baby clinic by the health visitor (and my husband was a GP in her practice!) that my little girl got the idea that being weighed was frightening and it took 18 months for us to eventually see a health visitor (at one of her routine development checks) who was the sort of star to persuade her to cooperate. There ARE some fabulous health professionals out there, when you find one hang onto them! Regards Abigail

On the subject of health visitors - a little tale... My Auntie is 88 and her youngest son has just turned 51. Auntie is still in touch with her health visitor, who is now blind and lives many miles away, so most contact is by phone. Auntie rings every Sunday to tell her when to switch on the television for Songs of Praise. They have remained firm friends for all those years.