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Friday was the follow-up ultrasound on Loey’s hip. We were hopeful - particularly bean, who has done such a lot of time over the last six weeks with him in a sling that puts his legs in a similar position to the brace (I would have too but there was something in the way!). But our hopes were dashed - the ultrasound showed no improvement at all. So Loey is now in a Denis Browne splint, and will be for at least the next three months.

It’s not so bad - it can come off for an hour a day for baths, and he can still fit in the sling and the pram and the carseat, which is a relief. And it has the unexpected side benefit of making it easier for him to sit unassisted - something he has been working on very hard for the last month. It will put a bit of a dent in his pre-crawling activities though, which has been his other big physical project lately. And nights have been worse than ever (for bean - Huey and I are sleeping in the bungalow, because there is no point in both of us being cactus) with ten minutely wakeups and a lot of crying. Hopefully he will get used to it though.

Loey’s four months old now, and such a complex mix already of very intense and very joyful. He is constantly learning - his eyes wide, pushing himself forward in space, desperate to get on the move. He talks to us all the time, often with gorgeous coos and bubbles, but also often with pterodactal screams that shatter our ears but seem to give him a lot of pleasure. His life has changed since Huey in ways that he doesn’t understand - we are no longer both able to give him 100% of our attention and I think he is feeling that. But he is tentatively interested in Huey, kind of like he is interested in the chickens and the cat - every now and then he will stare at him intently. It’s very cute. We don’t want to wish Huey’s newborn gorgeousness away, but at the same time, we are very excited about their potential as brothers to play with each other.

It’s hard to find time to post (this has been in draft since saturday) but we will do one about Huey soon too. He is just divine…