The Worst Night Of My Life

Monday 1st February @ 8:30 ish pm, was like most nights. We had our tea as a family, I got the boys into their pyjamas while Mr B done the dishes and James kissed his brother and said good night like he would most nights. As we live in a 'granny flat' attached to my in-laws house Mr B took James up to see his nanny while I done some ironing down in the bedroom (okay so I quickly blasted them with the steamer and hung them up, biggest time saver ever!!). James had a dirty nappy so they came back down to the house and got changed...

Then it happened.

The shouts for help.

All I can remember was hearing 'Laura its James come quick, come quick' at first I thought that James had an explosive nappy that needed extra assistance but when he shouted again I knew something was wrong. I could hear the fear in my husbands voice as he shouted for me to hurry. I ran as quick as I could down to the living room, where James was getting changed, and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. My precious little boy who I was laughing and playing with, who kissed his brother goodnight and happily waving bye bye to him, was having a seizure. His eyes were glazed and he was shaking uncontrollably. I shouted to my husband to ring for an ambulance and ran up to my mother in laws house for help and to see if anything had happened to him while he was up there. While there he continued shaking and started foaming up at the mouth and going blue. I had no idea what was happening. I thought he was dying. Mr B was on the phone to the ambulance service and they told us to put him in the recovery position. All the while my precious boy was still shaking. I was shaking. Then all of a sudden he just stopped, his eyes still glazed and rolled in the back of his head. I immediately checked his pulse as I thought he was dying on me. I have never experienced anything like this before in my life. He was lying on the kitchen floor motionless and floppy. I felt so helpless. It felt like it took the paramedics forever to come but it was only 10-15 minutes. I can safely say they were the longest minutes of my life. The paramedic took a heart trace and done all his obs, he told us that he thinks he has had a febrile seizure and that he would call an ambulance to get him checked out in hospital. Thankfully while we were in the ambulance James started to come round and the first thing he done was call out for his brother Harry, which immediately made my heart go from being torn into a thousand pieces to being completely melted. At the hospital the doctors wanted to keep him in over night for observation and take bloods the next morning. I didn't sleep much all night worrying about him and praying that everything would be ok. The nurses checked him over night and his temperature had started creeping up and spiking to 39 degrees so they gave him paracetamol and nurofen to help make him a bit more comfortable and bring the temperature down. In the morning he had his blood work done and the results all came back clear. However the Dr wanted to send him for an EEG to check his brain waves as when the seizure happened there was no real signs of him being unwell or having a high temperature so he wasn't confident in saying it was a febrile seizure and wanted to check for signs of epilepsy. That meant another nights stay in the hospital and more worry for a sleep deprived mummy. All night and into the next morning his temperature was still spiking so he was stripped of his closes and was left to rock around the ward in his nappy! He seemed happy enough by this showing off his nappy to everyone, pointing to the characters! That afternoon he went for his EEG and thankfully everything was clear. Due to his high temperatures following the seizure the doctors and specialists from another hospital felt confident enough that it was a febrile seizure which was caused by an underlying illness. They also assured me that febrile seizures are very common in young children, especially between 6months - 5 years.

 

 

Never in my life do I want to witness any of my children having a seizure again. The helplessness that you feel will never compare to anything that you have ever experienced before. I would highly recommend reading up on febrile seizures and what to do if, god forbid, it ever happens one of your little ones. I have attached a link from the NHS website that has loads of information about what it is and what you can do if it should happen and how to prevent it from happening.


Has this ever happened any of your children? Did they ever have it again? I would love to hear your experiences in the comments bellow.

 

 

Fashion Friday #4 - Next Baby Haul

As promised I have a baby haul of little bits that I pick up for James this week in NEXT which I think you are all going to love as much as wee do. Greys are so in right now as well as legging/joggers for boys, so you can imagine my excitement when I came across a new line of grey inspired baby clothing, Little Stars, with a cool funky tepee theme!! I fell in love with a pair of tepee leggings from Zara but unfortunately they had stopped making them so I knew straight away when I seen a similar pair in NEXT that James had to have them in his wardrobe. Of course he needed some t-shirts to go with his new leggings so here are a few of the things I picked up to mix and match his outfits with.


Three pack of t-shirts

 

 

The tepee t-shirt is my absolute fav! I just think it is so cute and different.

Grey tepee romper with hat and socks

 

 

 

Again I just love the tepee design and the dark grey and it is an added bonus to have the matching hat and socks combo which also works well with the rest of the outfits bought.

 

 

 

Pack of three body suits

 These are perfect for putting under the t-shirts when the weather is a little bit too cold for bare, chunky arms!


Pack of two leggings

I think you can guess by now that I absolutely LOVE these leggings they are a lovely design and so soft and comfortable. Think I may need to buy them in the next size up as I like them so much!

 

 

Grey lace up pram shoe

 What outfit isn't complete without a nice pair of shoes to tie the whole outfit together. These grey lace up shoes are fantastic and very soft and flexible giving baby plenty of room to move their feet. I cant seem to find this shoe on the NEXT web page but they cost only £5.


There are some other lovely items which I never got as they weren't yet in store but here is the link to the full collection.


Here's just a few snaps of James modelling some of his outfits!

Hope you all have a lovely weekend and make sure to check back next Friday for Toddler boys NEXT haul!!

James - 6 Month Update

James I cannot believe that you are 6 months old already! Where has the time went? It feels like you were only born two months ago and still a little 9lbs newborn, now you are gradually making new milestones and growing and learning something new every day!

Here is a little overview of how you are at 6 months old xx

Weight 
No idea! We haven't had you weighed from your 4 month visit with the healh visitor but you weigh a tonne and you are getting so long as well.

Eating
You are still having 4/5 7oz bottles of hungry baby milk a day and last week we started you on solids. You still done know what to make of the baby food. The facial expressions you pull are hilarious! You are so different to your brother. He would have ate the arm of you if he had the chance but you are happy enough not to rush and take your time.

Sleeping
You are sleeping threw the night, most nights. Although recently you have decided you want to roll over onto your tummy and end up getting stuck and mummy has to come to your rescue. You love to have your little doggie and Ewan the dream sheep to fall asleep every night and also when your napping during the day. I love to sit and watch you sleeping and wonder what you are thinking about. You always look so peaceful...and I'm always a little jealous that I'm not down lying beside you sleeping aswell!!

Nappies
You are in size 4 nappies at the minute! You love to get t off and have a good kick before bath time.

Clothes
You are in most of your 6-9 month clothes at the moment. Only some of the bigger sized 3-6 month clothes fit you but I am sure it wont be much longer until I'm going to have to pack them away into the attic because their too small. I came across one of your first baby grows the other day when I was sorting out the clothes and I cannot believe how much you have grown in only a few short months.

Mood
You haven't been in the best of moods this past few weeks as you are teething and just wanting to chew on everything! We laugh that you are going to have no fingers left because you are constantly chewing them.

Loves
You love getting down on the floor and rolling at the moment. You are trying your best to get up on all fours to start crawling. I don't know how I will cope when that day comes! You will be all over the place. The jumperoo is your favourite past time. You could bounce about in it all day if we let you and you even managed to fall asleep in it one day!

Dislikes
You dislike weaning and teething and you have gotten to the stage where you don't like to be held, you would much rather be down on the floor rolling about. We even have to resort to putting you into your pram to give you your bottle as you try to turn around and fuss so much!

Milestones

• Can roll over
• Can sit up on your own for short periods of time
• Found your feet and love looking at your hands
• Can find your dummy and put it in your mouth
• Took first spoon feeds
• Trying to crawl

I cant wait to see you grow and develop over the next few months and see how much has changed. I hope you will be more keen on your spoon feeds and your 1st tooth will have come threw by your next update at 7 months.

Love you James xx