Cranium

Cat and Aimee are up in MK already leaving me back in London to go back to work for the few days before Xmas. I forgot how much attention, questions and quizzing from work colleagues went on before Aimee was born, but now, rather than shoulder shrugging and blankly responding that Cat was not yet in labour, now, I can talk endlessly about life with Aimee. In fact, I go on so much about it that I think people are now avoiding me. Especially since I do like to give colourful and incident-filled reports about how tough the birth was and how gruesome the nappy changing can be. But I love talking about Aimee, and my new audience is other parents - who also love talking about their kids so now, I am in this totally new club.

Whilst Cat was in MK, she saw her osteopath and he gave Cat a clean bill of health concerning her hip bones. But when he l examined Aimee he noticed that her skull was slightly compressed on one side (the side she had her fist held as she was born) which could be the reason why she is exhibiting some tantrums during feeding and not sleeping well. This field of cranial osteopathy is new in the UK. Whilst it is not tree-hugging hippy medicine, it is something not really known about by midwives and doctors. My friends Charles and Liz also went for treatment with their baby daughter, and can attest that it works. Aimee is due for a couple of cranial treatments this week so I am keen to keep track of how it affects her behaviour.

One thing we did learn was a pressure point just on the left side of her belly which could be massaged to encourage wind to pass through the system, either as a belch or a fart. Aimee is quite a trooper with the wind, she either selfishly harbours her wind until it causes her pain, or she lets off with the most embarrassingly loud parps. Either way, we welcome any help with getting the wind out of her system fast.



Anyway, for me, it is great to finally get a full night's sleep. But Cat is already making sure that I make up for it when I go up to MK with a full quota of nappy changing duty.

My next report will be on Aimee's first Xmas - in MK with the family Mac.