The first few weeks have been a bit of a blur of happiness, tiredness, hormonalness and trying to keep Organic Monkey running. I must be mad launching a business whilst heavily pregnant but at least it has kept me occupied and busy and it is all starting to pay off with the Twickenham Baby Show and the Fairtrade Press Day being hugely successful, receiving more fantastic reviews and testimonials and generating numerous enquiries and orders from new stockists. Exciting stuff!!
Forrest is slowly adjusting to life with a sibling although for the first couple of weeks I know he was wondering when this 'noisy baby' would be going again. He has certainly found it challenging and he has been more sensitive and demanding of our attention as a result but its important not to underestimate how much his little life has changed with another little man taking attention away from him. Thankfully Cassius is like his brother in character; content and relaxed, sleeping and feeding well although slightly more sickie than Forrest was. Cassius projectile vomited his milk up just as I was leaving the house last Friday so had to meet friends in the park with a crusty, damp patch on my jumper and smelling slightly rancid! Nice!
Tomorrow is D-day, Daddy is going back to work so I am on my own. I have no idea how I will cope, how I will manage to make it out of the house with 2 children to organise, trying to time feeds and nappy changes with military precision, how I will deal with Forrest's bath and bedtime routines when they coincide with Cassius' cluster feeding frenzy which seems to happen between 4 and 7pm. I am sure I will find a way and will be in a routine soon enough but it is still a daunting prospect, lets just hope for a good (as good as it can be with a demand fed baby) nights sleep tonight.
I feel my consumption of coffee, cake and chocolate might hit new heights over the next few days!!!
Wish me luck!
Heidi
Organic Monkey's Managing Director
