At 6 weeks, Alfie had his first check up with the GP and the Child Health Nurse. They were both very happy with his progress and said he was doing really well. The only thing that needed some attention was his dry and flakey skin that was still left as a result of his sweat rashes. I have used QV moisturiser on him every day since then and after a few weeks, his skin was back to nice and soft.

After his GP check up, he also received his first lot of immunisations since he was born. He had two needles and a drink. He cried a lot when he got them and even had his first tear but I fed him straight after and he was feeling better after that. About 3 hours later we went to the shops to do our weekly grocery shop and all of a sudden, our little man started screaming. I took him to the parenting room but he wouldn’t latch and just kept screaming. We quickly left the shopping centre but he wouldn’t go back into the pram so one of us had to hold him while the other one had to juggle the pram and the trolley at the same time. He continued screaming until we got home. At this time we gave him some Panadol and not long after that he was feeling much better and fell asleep. It was heartbreaking watching him in so much discomfort and we were so happy when he was feeling better.