Nothing can prepare you...

They say that nothing can prepare you for that first night at home with your new baby, so you're prepared to be unprepared - but really you're still massively unprepared. Firstly babies make a lot of noises that aren't necessarily crying, I didn't know that. She did make noises in the hospital, but at home you're flying without a safety net so each little gurgle seemed louder and more ominous. So in the first 24 hours we did a lot of hovering. However, once we realised it was silly of us both to be awake all the time, we started to tag-team better. I would do the feed and then try to settle her. Eric would then take over if she was still unsettled and look after her until the next feed if necessary whilst I got some sleep.

The first month has flown by. Rico is now back at work. After initial problems she is feeding better and putting on weight (over 4kgs as of last Friday and growing out of some of her 0000 clothes). She is also sleeping better at night after an initial period of thinking that was what daylight hours were for. Of course I am expecting this to change at any time - I have been warned.

It has been the start of the 'firsts' year. A lot of things she will be experiencing for the first time. First stroll (carry) around the garden, first walk, first trip to Benalla and Wangaratta (where we had 'one of the first' baths - too cute not to include), first smiles. I think I mentioned in a previous post about how she is a bit of a show-off, well at our last maternal health checkup/weigh-in she smiled at the nurse! She doesn't even smile at me much, but she was just batting her little baby-blues and cooing at the nurse, hmmm.

Well, I can't believe she is over a month old already, time flies. I will try and keep this updated at least once a week to let you know what's been happening.