7 months, 5.9kgs, no more kitchen scales!

Fat boy continues to pile it on to the extent that we can no longer check his weight on the kitchen scale! The fat is good as we approach his first Cape Town winter. The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lurks.

Some recent photos that make us smile...

Matt digs his brother















The post-projectile vomit smile
















Dad's favourite people
















Every child is a miracle - this one a bit more explicitly so

5kgs barrier broken

Latest weigh in at 5.05 kilograms! A significant milestone.

A brain scan last week showed that the haemorrage he had in his first few days after birth has resolved. We'll only know in the years to come the impact of the bleed but for the moment it's encouraging that there is no scarring remaining in the brain cavity.

Pretty good news.