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28/08: More photos for all the happy campers
It seems like a never ending photo shoot. The first week has passed very well being a family of 3. We've had a few guests stopping by already, and due to several requests some of the photos are now uploaded for public screening. Enjoy.Baby girl photo series
Ps. Should you already by know have seen enough of the girl (still unnamed), just ignore this post and the photo album.
25/08: Day 8
What has happened since our return with our girl? Well, firstly the grandparents have paid a visit or two since and so have a couple of friends. Our girl has until now adjusted very easily - and she sleeps through most of the night and day. She eats well and soils a fair amount of diapers.Her hearing has been tested and it was all good, so no excuse for her to not listen to her parents :o)
Tina is healing nicely as well, although not quite fit enough to do any cooking, cleaning or shopping!!!?
We've also had a visit of a home nurse (kind of), who comes by to check the baby and have a general talk. This happened yesterday, and the official weight is now 3700g. For those who have not yet read books on becoming a parent, it's quite normal for a newborn to loose weight after birth. However it should be back at its birth weight within 10-12 days - and with her appetite, I'm sure well make it.
Last I'd just like to add one comment about that little last piece of umbilical cord which is left on the stomach. What happens is that it starts to go black, rot and shrink until it falls of by itself. This process is fine with me, however the smell of the rotting flesh I could certainly do without. The odor has spread throughout our apartment, and you don't know if she's done number 2 or not, cause the smell is just really really bad. Luckily the piece we have enjoyed for the last week came off yesterday, and this has really improved the joy of changing diapers :o)
21/08: Why does it allways have to be PINK
Yes, we've got a girl and we're happy. One think that can really get me up the chair is the damn baby clothes. Why do boys have to wear blue and girls pink????
Pink is really not my color and I've spread the news around in my family as well, just so they know not to buy to much pink clothes for the new born. Never the less, we are 4 days from when she was born and look what I just pulled out of the washer!......BUY SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN PINK IF YOU WISH TO BRING HER CLOTHES........please!
18/08: Baby girl born
17 August 11.34, 3900g, 54cm....mom, daughter and dad are all doing well.More details later :o)
16/08: No kid today
Tomorrow they will make another effort in kick-starting the birth........man this is a long waiting periode.15/08: It must be really really nice in there
At the hospital they have today tried to kickstart the birth, but the baby just won't come out. Maybe something will happen later today or tonight, otherwise another attempt will be done tomorrow......I wonder if I'll ever become a dad?14/08: Still waiting....but not for long
Something tells it will happen very soon....probably tomorrow!!![Cryptic, I know :o)]
12/08: .....and waiting....
Still no news, maybe another visit with the midwife on Monday will escalate the little thing.Tina really wants to give birth soon - her belly is about to burst, and I want someone to play with.
Who said patience is a virtue?
09/08: We're still waiting
Still no baby. Tomorrow will be exactly 40 weeks we've been waiting, and Tina is about to burst. Monday we saw the midwife again, this time she estimated the kid to be 34-3500g and everything still looks fine....so, we'll just wait :o)I'm still working on updating the website, so there might still be problems, let me know if you come across any. There is so much PHP and CSS to look out for, and lots of it I don't even understand, which equals lots of testing!!!