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.

Dad and daughter chilling out
There's been a couple of complaints about only 1 picture of dad and daughter. Well, the logical explanation for this is - he's the one behind the camera - never the less, here's one more....sorry for those of you who think he spoils the picture :o)

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)


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