Still reeling from our apparently normal sleep deprived parenting experience we took Alfie for his hearing test and it was no great surprise after the events of the previous week that he failed. Wearing a set of groovy headphones he had some sounds piped through his response to which was measured on sensors on his back, neck and head. I watched nervously as little blocks appeared on a line like those that you see as an internet page loads. He did well on one ear while the other only reached 75% loaded! This was obviously a concern but he would later pass on both ears. It did raise the concern that with Alfie now fully recovered the potential damage caused by his lack of oxygen may not be visible. We would get more news on that as the week progressed.
We went back to the special care unit to see how well he had been breaking down Beth’s milk with a blood test via a prick to his heel. We were also able to give him his first bath… we hope it will be something he will come to love! During the afternoon Alfie had some lovely daddy cuddles and slept two hours between some feeds. By this point we had worked out that even though you have passed out from drinking too much you soon come around and can have a few more – something I learnt for myself a long time ago.
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