Been too long

Where the heck have we been? You may well ask.

Well, the fact is we've been somewhat pre-occupied, and blogging has not exactly been a priority. So here's a very brief summary of where we're at...

• Ainsworth is five and a half months old, sleeping well, laughing a lot, and coping with formula milk for reasons which will soon become clear.
  
  
• Rachael has been in a bad way. Her Mastitis just kept on coming back, and seemed resistant to antibiotics. She ended up having two stays in hospital to have them intravenously - first time just for one night, but the second time it was four nights' stay. She's through the worst now, but remains on antibiotics, probably until she finally finishes breastfeeding. Since last Tuesday, when she went into hospital, she's been feeding only on one side, and now she's dropped that down to two feeds a day. next week, just the one. And then slowly reducing that to zero.
  

• I've coped okay with a very different schedule, as I've generally had Ainsworth at home, taking him into hospital for feeds as and when. Nights are interesting, aren't they?

That'll do for now. It's been a difficult few weeks.