It’s all starting to mount up!  The incremental sleep deprivation is doing its thing its thing [I did notice this, but after publishing.  I rest my case – ed.] with the two of us, well three of us really; even Doglet has been dog tired!  Continue reading→

We got off to a good start today.  I was raking through the washing basket to get out light colours for a full load along with Marcail’s stuff, when I found them.  Continue reading→

Last night, well the small hours of this morning really, Marcail made her first noise that wasn’t simply a cry. She was in her bed and made a little gurgly baby type noise.  It’s a tiny thing, I know, but it’s another little step forward.  She is getting the hang of feeding, and of demanding to be fed!  We had the first sign of frustration tears this afternoon when she couldn’t get latched on quickly enough.Continue reading→

It was a big day today.  Marcail’s first recreational car ride, and it was to go on a shopping expedition. I really hope this is not a long term, major, strategic error!  If we get a few years down the line and all she ever seems to do is shop, shop and shop, then maybe this post should be passed to the psychology community for the future health of society.  But dear reader, there is a lesson to be learnt here too.  This was Marcail’s first experience of the bitter taste of consumer disappointment.Continue reading→

We’re starting to get the hang of this job a little bit and it seems a little less daunting than it did yesterday.  The midwife came to see us this morning, and we’re not in jail and Marcail isn’t in care so we can’t be doing everything wrong.  Although, it turns out we did try to melt her in bed last night.  Put fewer clothes and blankets on tonight I think. Other than that, not a lot to say today, but I’ll put the latest portraits up.Continue reading→

Debs was pretty tired by this morning.  I’d been able to get a good 8 hours solid sleep at home; once I was done with all the blog updates, emails, phone calls and Skype…  Debs was pretty wiped out though having been able to get very little sleep on the ward, which was actually quite noisy with crying babies, call alarms and constant staff rounds.Continue reading→