2Y3M 29W6D 便秘 Constipation...

ブルーベル

が満開。薄暗い森の底部に敷き詰めたように咲いているブルーベルの、濃青の鈍い光が森の陰の中に浮かび上がって見えた。そんな幻想的な光景に息をのむ。

もう一度あの感動をと思いながら、毎年この短い季節を逃していたが、今年は近所のナショナルトラスト、

ハッチランドパーク(Hatchlands Park)で観賞。私のイメージと、森の薄暗さが違うのか、ブルーベルの色の種類が違うのか（前に見たのはもっと濃かったような）、「幻想的」という程ではなかったけれども、それでも圧倒される。

見事なブルーベルとは対照的に、便秘なのはタカラ。離乳食開始後2週間が過ぎた月曜日、今までの完全液体状から少し硬めになり、火曜日には、「祝」初普通のウンチ！

ところがそれ以来丸4日間便秘。出そうとして苦しそうにしているのに出ない。あれだけ食べるし、おなかが不快なのか、離乳食がおいしいって気づいたのか、おっぱいもあまり飲まない。私の胸はパンパン。便秘に効きそうなマッサージや体操をしてあげて、昨日の夕方やっと開通。寝る前までに2回して、今日は4回も。何日分出たのかしら・・・。タカラにとっては硬いウンチを出すという、新しい経験、試練なのだ。

Bluebell is fully open now. A couple of years ago, I saw a glow of dark blue carpetted on the ground of a dim woodland. It was dazzlingly beautiful. Since then, I've always wanted to see it again. We went to Hatchlands Park this year. My image of bluebell had been more 'secret beauty' and it wasn't like that there. But still amazing.

Contrary to beautiful bluebell, I have to mention about Takara's constipation. On Monday, 2 weeks after he started solid food, his poo started to become no longer liquid. On Tuesday, we celebrated (?) his first solid poo! But since then till Saturday morning, he'd suffered from constipaton. Lots of times, he strains and tries in vain to push it out. He eats a lot. Probably it was so uncomfortable. For a while, he didn't take much breast... I had sore breasts and both of us were so miserable.

We massaged his tummy in in circles in clockwise or we moved his legs in a cycling motion. Yesterday morning, he managed to have one! Then another one later. He's had pooed 4 times today! I wonder how much more he keeps in his tummy. This is another new task Takara should learn...