Home Sweet Home

We'd got all of the essentials (and plenty of not-quite essentials) that the house was likely to need to set it up for the impeding arrival of Baby Boardy. But in reality, as this was all very new, and we really didn't have any idea what we were doing, we were a little (only a little) worried that the house itself would "work" with a newborn.

Getting the process working in the hospital is one thing - but seeing if it works at home, without all of the extra support, is another thing entirely. Thankfully, it seemed that it was all going to work. We went through a few feed/change/sleep cycles and with a little tweaking of what we were doing, it all came together very easily.

On the plus side, it was such a relief to get home. As much as it was great to have the support of the hospital, they were somewhat intrusive at times. In particular, the mornings were pretty full-on. As well as checking on us, there was generally a weighing of Genevieve, as well as (unfortunately) a few heel-pricks to test her jaundice. The paediatrician would stop by, as would Dr Lionel (our obstetrician). Getting home, it was just the two of us - oh... make that the three of us now. That will probably take some time to get used to hey?