Two more days

Only two more days until Starbaby is back in casts. I feel a little choked up just writing that! The last three weeks of being cast free have been wonderful - baths every day, nobody staring or asking how he broke his leg, squishy little legs to snuggle... I feel really quite sad at the thought of him being in a big cast again. 

Despite the fact he's had a cast put on 13 times in the last 5 months, he seems so much older than he was when the last one went on nearly 4 weeks ago, and I think he is not going to be impressed to have his leg restricted. Thankfully, though, our new hospital encourage breastfeeding during casting so hopefully that will calm him during the actual casting process (our old hospital weren't supportive of it).

I'm trying to view the casts as a means to an end... hopefully within 6-8 weeks Starbaby will be done with casts and onto Boots and Bars. I know that will bring its own challenges... but thinking of the positives... it means we can have baths again!

Starbaby is quite a cranky little chap most of the time, but the place he is always, always happy is in the bath. That is the thing I will miss most when he's back in casts.

One day at a time, one step at a time, we're getting there...