Our miracle child and star has gained 10g over the weekend, which means that he is able to sustain himself. We also had such a good day today, AGAIN. Gidion gobbled up our runny egg yolks when we went for breakfast this morning. Then, when we got to the food picnic, he ate so much custard like a little piggy that I had to use my fingers to scrape off the last of the custard from the plate. And he still wanted more! Even the Prof sent me up to the hospital’s ward to get him some more custard. Everyone was laughing and enjoying him so much today, he was back t his old self. Back at home he ate THREE tablespoons of “melkkos” with tea, and had a nice nap after that. He is now communicating with us when he is hungry by whining, and then by squealing with delight when I prepare some food. It is SOOOOO adorable, I want to eat him up myself J
Daddy thought it would be a good idea to give everyone at home a glimpse of what a typical day at Graz looks like:
04h30-05h00: Gidion wakes up (nooooooo!!!! Mommy still wants to sleeeeeeep!!)
06h00-08h00: All of us get ready and dressed to go to hospital (mom still has to learn how to plan and prepare food now!). It only starts to get light at around 07h00
08h00-08h40: The tram journey takes about 40min (we have to switch lines)
08h40-09h00: We have to walk to the Kinderklinik since no transport is allowed in the university grounds (good to walk off that extra calories we take in to show Gidion how “boertjies” do it!!)
09h00-12h00: Gidion has his therapies, most of the time there are 2-3 scheduled for the morning, each lasting more or less and hour (this is hectic for a small baby like Gidion)
12h00-13h00: Food picnic!!!!
13h00-15h30: Gidion usually is passed out by this time in our arms. We usually arrive back at the hotel at 15h30, after we did some grocery shopping. Some of the afternoons also had therapies scheduled, but only once or twice a week.
It gets dark again at 16h00, so the days are very short. Gidion goes to bed again at about 18h30 and wakes up about 3-4 times during the night to drink some tea. This photo is one taken this morning from our hotel room.