Thirty - Something

Dirk accompanied his little brother Jasper to the Doctor's surgery today. While Jasper had his injections, Dirk had a sneaky go on the weighing scales. He is now 13.6 kg and weighs 29 lbs 15 oz.


(Clue: It's not a hyphen!)

That's nearly thirty quid!

Dirk was weighed at the breastfeeding clinic today. He's now 28 lbs 4 oz. (That's over two stone!) To find out what Jasper weighed, visit his blog by clicking here.

The Emperor's Toy Tour (including Favourites List)

"This morning we took the New Kid to see the midwife. I played while we waited."

The only emperor is the emperor of...

...COTTAGE CHEESE!!!
"Yum-Yum! My new favourite!"

Favourite foods:
1. Toast (dry wholemeal, nothing on it!)
2. Cottage cheese
3. Banana (that's the curved thing, not the E-number!)
4. Carrot Crunchy Sticks
5. Shredded Wheat (with no added salt, nor sugar neither!)

Favourite drinks:
1. Water
2. Milk

Favourite books:
1. That's Not My Monster
2. Go Wild With Colour
3. Baby Talking

Favourite toys:
1. Giant "Lego"
2. Zoo Activity Cube
3. Doll & buggy

Favourite TV:
1. In The Night Garden
2. Pocoyo

Dirk and the Silly Nurse

Dirk just saw the nurse. She asked Mummy whether she ought not to stop breastfeeding, as Dirk is nearly eighteen months old.

Good job he wasn't listening!

Paranormal Boy - Official

Dirky Turkey Weighs In

Dirk was weighed at the clinic today. He weighs 26lbs 13oz.
12.16kg is the amount of manure produced by a typical broiler chicken in its first seven weeks.

Hospital

Today, Mummy, Daddy and Dirk rode to the hospital in a bus. When they got there, they saw Dirk's baby brother/sister on the ultrasound scanner. Here is Dirk on the bus:

If you want to see a picture of the baby, click the yellow ticket to visit Baby Withnail's Web site.

Egghead

Mummy and Daddy ate an Easter egg early†.

Dirk is far too sensible to eat chocolate*, but he did enjoy his new cardboard helmet!

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Feeling better.

After lots of sleep and a few more doses of his medicines, Dirk is feeling much better. His temperature has been stable since last night and he is drinking well. He hasn't eaten a proper meal yet, but is happily snacking on his favourite crunchy carrot sticks. He even decided to help Mummy with the cleaning this afternoon!

Chillin'

This evening, Dirk enjoyed himself with no nappy on. It helped to keep him cool.

Unfortuntely, he overheated again during the night, so we all had to get up while he had some more naked time. His convulsions were worse this time around, but after a while he started to recover.

Back in Hospital

Today, everyone was very tired after last night's adventure.


Dirk had a little play in the morning.

But after trying a little bit of lunch, and deciding he didn't feel like eating, Dirk started to have a trembling fit and went to hospital in an ambulance.

After more medication, he perked up a little.

The he went to have his photo taken...

On the way back from the X-Ray Department, Mummy and Daddy took Dirk outside in the cool fresh air. This revived him considerably.

After a final feed and more examinations by the registrar and doctors, he was allowed home.

After sleeping all the way home, Dirk was ready for some carrott sticks and some fun with Mummy's mobile phone!

No Injections...

Dirk had an appointment with the doctor this morning, for more injections.

But his temperature was 38.2, so he was given some antibiotics instead.

Later in the afternoon, Dirk became very unwell. The doctor took his temperature again and found it was 39.9°. So he sent him to the hospital.

At hospital, Dirk had some medicine which seemed to make him a bit better. The doctors came and prodded him. He was especially upset when they took his blood (after several attempts to stick the needle in his wrist.) After some more medicine (which he took like a little angel) he had to wait a long time for the blod test results. The doctor reappeared later (prompting a wicked look an moist eye from Dirk) to say that Dirk had an infection; though they weren't entirely sure where. Eventually, he was able to come home at about 3am on Saturday morning. Mummy and Daddy were very tired, but Dirk was just beginning to boink!

Arrival!

Dirk was born by Caesarean section at 1.22am on 9 February 2006, at Luton & Dunstable Hospital.

His parents are Greg and Elaine Withnail.

Meet The Grandparents (Part 1)

Dirk is introduced to representatives of a more experienced generation. Between them, Gran and Grandad have been around sixty-six thousand times longer than he!

Unscheduled Hospital Visit

On Monday morning, Elaine had a fall taking Connor to school. In the evening, we went to the hospital to make sure baby was OK. We arrived at about 9.30pm and left at 1.15am. Despite being told everything wsa fine, we went back today, and this time it was Elaine who became the focus of attention. However, she is feeling better now and is at home resting.

Caesarean Booked

Elaine's Caesarean Section has been booked for 13 February. We expect baby to be delivered sometime after 9am.