Well ... it has been an interesting 24 hours. Apart from cluster feeding every hour last night ... Oliver has been fantastic. Unfortunately Alex has been pushing us to our limits.
He woke a few times during the night, which we put down to the newness of Oliver etc, then around 3.30pm he vomited. Duncan slept with him on the fold out couch and he woke up this morning seeming a lot better. He ate some breakfast, had some drink, we skyped NZ and he was good. Then, he went down for his nap, woke up as we were about to put Oliver in the bath and vomited again.
Duncan and I sorted out Alex while the Kraamzorg (baby nurse who comes to our home for the first week) bathed Oliver ... so we have no pics of his first bath. I hope that this won't cause too much sibling rivalry or resentment in the future!
Alex perked up again, had some lunch, seemed happy, went down for a nap, woke up and was sick again at 5pm. Again, he ate, drank, seemed happy and then was sick again at about 6.30pm. He has no other symptoms, no fever, runny poo or signs of pain and seems happy in between times. It's just so stressful! Fortunately, my milk is coming in already so Oliver has been satisfied between feeds and content to mostly doze so we have had a bit of time for Alex.
I just hope it's a short 24 hour sort of thing ... on top of having to watch Alex be miserable, the washing machine has been going constantly and we're running out of supplies and energy.
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