Sunday, 25th Aug 2013
My wife said she still thinks the reason Gio was not breastfeeding very well was that he had suffered burns and had now healed.
26th August 2013
27th August 2013
28th August 2013
Bought 14cm stainless steel saucepan 1,130/-
1 litre Milton’s Sterilising Fluid 465/-
(This was 550/- on Biashara Street!)
400g roll of cotton wool 230/-
That is 1,875/- on Gio.
Be warned, babies can be expensive!
29th August 2013
30th August 2013
31st August 2013
18th August 2013
We finally ran out of the diapers we have been given since before Gio was born. My wife went to T-Mall but they did not have Huggies in Gio’s size. She bought a small pack of Bebe Dou instead.
19th August 2013
I went to Nakumatt and bought a Huggies pack of 60 diapers at 1,495/=.
What??
20th August
Wednesday, 21st August 2013
“On Monday,” said my wife, “it would be nice if you would remain with Gio. The nanny will have traveled and will be back on Monday evening.”
Thursday, 22nd August 2013 – Hot Water
My wife found the nanny about to give Gio water to drink.
Let me do it, she said.
When she took the bottle of water, she found it was quite hot. Hot enough to make a cup of tea with!
This water is so hot! She told the nanny.
He likes it hot, she replied.
Naturally, my wife warned the nanny against doing that again.
23rd August 2013 – 7 Months
Gio is seven months old today.
After finding the nanny about to give Gio hot water and the nanny claiming that Gio likes it like that, my wife suspects that Gio’s mouth may have been burnt, causing him to not want to breastfeed.
If he was burnt he wouldn’t be feeding this well, I said.
Sucking is a different action, replied my wife.
Saturday 24th Aug 2013
Went with Gio to a family function to plan some wedding events.
Gio was generally quite social.
At some point, my wife went to breastfeed him and he breastfed, ending concerns about his earlier refusal to do so.
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