As a new mother, you expect to be judged. You expect strangers to come up to you in the local Spar telling you that your child isn’t dressed warmly enough or that you shouldn’t be holding him *that* way, etc. You expect to be judged. What you don’t expect is that same judgement from your [...]
I wanted to blog about the care I received in hospital. I picked my hospital because it is the closest one where my gynae practices. Unfortunately he doesn’t practice at the hospital closest to home. In fact there are two hospitals very close to where we live, but he doesn’t practice there and I
So after Rudi expressed concern we decided to take Babyice to the Ear Nose and Throat specialist for a second opinion. We went to see her yesterday and she put a scope down his throat through his nose to confirm her suspicions and those of the pediatrician. The ENT gave me the option of taking [...]
So yesterday we had our first doctor’s visit. I’m almost a R1000.00 poorer, but it was totally worth peace of mind. Babyice is only 5 weeks old today, but on Friday he started wheezing. I wasn’t too concerned on Friday, but it sounded like it got worse over the weekend and by Monday I was [...]
When we found out about Jamie, our District Elder came to our house with our house priest to pray for us and her and to advise us. The ranking of the ministry in our church is more or less as follows (shoot me cos I don’t know exactly): Deacon < Priest < Evangelist < District [...]
On Sunday Babyice was baptised. The day before the baptism we left him in the care of my grandparents while we did our monthly grocery shop. I didn’t want to take him to a shopping centre just yet. Shortly after coming home he started screaming blue murder. He continued to do so for almost an [...]
