- Lucie has her birth certificate and is now officially on the books.
The last two weeks have been a real rollercoaster.
There’s the ecstasy of Lucie’s arrival into the world followed by the sheer terror of getting home and realising that she’s a fragile little newborn baby that unfortunately doesn’t come with any operating instructions.
But I think we’re doing pretty well so far.
Jayne and Lucie we’re kept in at St Mary’s until Saturday when we all finally got to spend our first night at home. And it was a little tough to be honest. We still hadn’t got to grips with breastfeeding. I was completely terrified of picking her up thinking I’d break her. None of us really slept and a hungry little baby can do little more to communicate than cry.
Hats off to the community midwives. We had our first visit on Sunday and got some great advice along the way… by Tuesday we had a little routine going – She is feeding every three to four hours and now that Jayne and Lucie have found their preferred feeding technique, we’re all getting a better night’s sleep (still broken by the 3:30am feed though).
Lucie hasn’t been hard work at all so far. Her needs are pretty basic and as along as she’s been fed, changed and hugged she’s pretty easy going. And she’s does definitely take after her Daddy – she loves to sleep. Having said that her awake time is increasing and every day she interacts with us and her world a little more. The changes are very subtle but immensely joyful – even when it’s time to get up for her 3:30am feed.
We’re getting out and about more too. Lucie’s been back to the hospital for a scan, into Salford Uni to say hello, had a look at a few potential new houses, too the Trafford Centre twice for some shopping and lunch and into Manchester City Centre to get her birth certificate – so she’s now officially on the books.
Thanks to friends and family for the fantastic support we’ve been given and all the lovely gifts, cards and messages. We truly are very very blessed.
